Cocktail (1988)

After being discharged from the Army, Brian Flanagan moves back to Queens and takes a job in a bar run by Doug Coughlin, who teaches Brian the fine art of bar-tending. Brian quickly becomes a patron favorite with his flashy drink-mixing style, and Brian adopts his mentor's cynical philosophy on life and goes for the money.

Genres: Romance, Drama, Comedy

What to watch after Cocktail

• All the Right Moves (1983) — Same subject: ambition
• The Marrying Man (1991)
• Elizabethtown (2005)
• Rock of Ages (2012)
• Out to Sea (1997)
• A Night at the Roxbury (1998) — Same subject: night life