10 Movie Character Inspired Shots and Cocktails

As a companion piece to the celebrity inspired shots and cocktails we published a couple weeks back, it seemed like it was high time to bust out the pop culture caps one more time and compile a list of the best drinks and cocktails inspired by our favorite stars of the silver screen. This time we’re not talking about the actors and actresses that portray them, but the actual characters themselves. After all, who wants to order a drink named after Harrison Ford when they could be shooting a Han Solo instead? Whether or not you’re a fan of the actual movie, these 10 character inspired drinks are the perfect way to provide yourself with an extra shot of nostalgia the next time TNT is showing one of these films for the hundredth time.

1) The Ivan Drago

​1.5 oz Stoli
1.5 oz Smirnoff
1.5 oz Russian Standard

This shot will break you.

2) The Han Solo

​3/4 oz. vodka
3/4 oz. gin
3/4 oz. triple sec
3/4 oz. rum
1 oz. bourbon whiskey
2 oz. sweet and sour mix
1 oz. Wild Turkey 101 bourbon whiskey

This one’s a real cocktail, but in our version you make someone else shoot it first.

3) The Ron Burgandy

​1.5 oz Scotch
3 oz warm milk

Milk is still a bad idea.

4) The Johnny Lawrance

​1.5 oz Snake River Stampede Canadian Whiskey
4 oz King Cobra Malt Liquor

It’ll put you in a bodybag.

5) The “Lady” from the Crying Game

​1.5 oz vodka
Cranberry Juice
Cocktail weenie at the bottom

Boy George will be singing about this one too.

6) The Chev Chelios

​3 oz Red Bull
1.5 oz Caffeinated Vodka
1.5 oz black coffee

Guaranteed to keep the heart up.

7) The Inigo Montoya

​1.5 oz Woodford Reserve
1.5 oz Knob Creek
1.5 oz Booker’s

This is the drink that killed many a father

8) The Murtaugh

​1.5 oz 99 Berries
1.5 oz Sour Apple Pucker
A float of Boone’s Farm

Because you know you’re too old for this shit.

9) The Andy Dufresne

​1.5 oz Tequila from Ziwataneo
4 oz icy cold, Bohemia-style beer

Feel free to leave out the five hundred yards of “shit smelling foulness.”

10) The John McClane

​1.5 oz Everclear
1.5 oz Stroh
Set on fire and taken as a shot

Yippee ki yay indeed.