The Oscars Best Picture Drink Recipes

If you’re rooting for one of the Best Picture candidates, show your allegiance with your drink. Let’s make light of heavy film topics by matching them with corresponding drink choices.

AMOUR
You’re probably really sophisticated if you’re rooting for this movie. Be like a French person and drink one of the country’s most popular drinks the Kir Royale.

0.5 oz. crème de cassis
2.5 oz. champagne.

Drink out of the fanciest glass you own.

ARGO
The movie spends most of the time hiding in the Canadian Ambassador to Iran’s house. Drink the Caesar, Canada’s most popular drink, in honor of the friendly ambassador.

6 oz. clamato juice
1.5 oz. vodka
2 dashes of hot sauce
1 dash of worcestshire sauce
celery salt and pepper.

Garnish with lime slice.

BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
If you liked the film, it’s only fitting that you drink Louisiana’s most famous cocktail: the Hurricane.

1.5 oz. light rum
1.5 oz. dark rum
1 oz. orange juice
1 oz. lime juice
2 oz. passion fruit syrup
1 tbsp. pomegranate grenadine.

Serve in a hurricane glass if you have one. Garnish with an orange slice.

DJANGO UNCHAINED
We can’t stop thinking of the purposefully tacky coconut drink Leonardo DiCaprio’s evil character sipped later. Drink a Piña Colada and feel sorry for DiCaprio being snubbed again.

3 oz. light rum
3 tbsp. coconut cream
3 tbsp. crushed pineapple.
2 cups of crushed ice

Blend and serve in a fake coconut for real authenticity.

LES MISERABLES
If you’re gunning for Les Mis, we’re guessing you haven’t watched many, if any, of the other films. Les Mis is the common man’s choice, so drink a common drink. We call it “The Blood of Angry Men.” It is alternately titled “Red Drink.”

1 small bottle of red fruit punch
1 shot of cheap vodka
1 splash of orange juice

Enjoy in a red Solo cup. Keep adding vodka until you forget the death of your compatriots

LIFE OF PI
The film’s characters hail from beautiful India, so show solidarity by drinking one of the country’s most popular beers: Haywards 5000. There are many other delectable Indian beers out there, but Haywards will probably be the easiest for an amateur beer drinker to find here in Bloomington. It’s one of the country’s most popular beer brands, but Haywards tastes slightly better.

LINCOLN
Abraham Lincoln reputedly did not drink, except for a spot of champagne every now and then. Some report he also drank beer occasionally. In his honor, drink both in a Black Velvet. Fill a chilled champagne flute halfway full with a stout beer of your choice. Continue filling with champagne until full.

SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
In honor of “Silver Linings Playbook”’s pseudo-love story, drink a flirtatious and appropriately-themed “Silver” margarita. If you go heavy on the rum, everyone around you will begin to look like Bradley Cooper.  That’s a decent recipe for love.

1.5 oz. Bacardi Silver
0.5 oz. triple sec.

Squeeze half a lime on top for a little Jennifer-Lawrence zest.

ZERO DARK THIRTY
If this is your film, drink something that will require you to consume copious amounts of water to offset. I suggest a Long Island Iced Tea. Your hangover will make you feel as somber as you did when you first left the theater.

0.5 oz. vodka
0.5 oz. gin
0.5 oz. tequila
0.5 oz. light rum
0.5 oz. fresh lemon juice
0.5 oz. fresh lemon juice
0.5 oz. triple sec
1 tsp. sugar

Fill the remainder of cup with cola of your choice. Garnish with a lemon wedge.