Revisit these all time, binge worthy classics in the comfort of your home. For an ultimate viewing experience, I've offered a cocktail recipe to pair with each classic movie. Enjoy!
The Graduate (1967) Nominated for 7 Academy Awards. This film stirred nationwide controversy for its transgressive plot: 21-year-old Benjamin returns home from college, struggles to find direction, & is seduced by a woman twice his age—Mrs. Robinson, the wife of his father’s business partner.
On the Waterfront (1954) Marlon Brando gives one of the screen's most electrifying performances as Best Actor in this 1954 Academy Award winner for Best Film. Ex-fighter Terry Malloy could have been a contender but now toils for boss Johnny Friendly on the gang-ridden waterfront.
Cocktail Pairing: Classic Rye Whiskey Manhattan In honor of the bar scene, where Terry and Edie toast with a glass of good old Guckenheimer, a popular rye whiskey at the time.
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) This movie adaptation, of the famed Tennessee Williams play. The story follows Blanche attempting to start anew in a squalid part of New Orleans where her sister resides. She is relentlessly antagonized by her sister’s husband, and she begins to realize that it isn’t so easy to escape your past.
Cocktail Pairing: Stella! Inspired by the classic, award-winning film, this sweet and creamy, gin and cointreau cocktail will have you foaming at the mouth.
The Apartment (1960) Billy Wilder’s sweet, sad movie stars funnyman Jack Lemmon in a performance filled with pathos. His C.C. lets the married higher ups at his company use his apartment for their affairs, which is complicated when he discovers his crush, elevator girl Fran, played charmingly by Shirley MacClaine, is one of the mistresses.
Cocktail Pairing: Low Rent Royal Martini Referencing the multitude of martinis that are drunk during the course of this film, as well as the champagne that makes the final scene so climactic, this martini reciepe is poignant and perfect.