Ben Sanderson (Nicholas Cage) - Leaving Las Vegas
Any man that can chug straight from a fifth of vodka and then stare down a motorcycle cop all while driving definitely deserves a spot on this list.
Willie (Billy Bob Thornton) - Bad Santa
Any jackass can show up to a mall Santa gig with a buzz but it takes a special kind of fucked up drunk to show up to a mall Santa gig fall-down-drunk.
Frank The Tank (Will Ferrell) - Old School
“It’s so good once it hits your lips!” Truer words have never been spoken my friend.
John Blutarsky (John Belushi) - Animal House
Sure Blutarsky is best known for pounding a fifth of Jack but I like to remember him as the kind of drunk that isn’t going to let some assclown bring down his buzz with shitty music.
Coach Buttermaker (Walter Mathau) - Bad News Bears
Only a stand up guy like Buttermaker would hold a Budweiser while parents are dropping their kids off for practice.
Miles (Paul Giamatti) - Sideways
He might not drink merlot but Miles will take down just about any other kind of fermented grape juice that you set in front of him.
Arthur Bach (Dudley Moore) - Arthur
I’ve got to admit I’m a little jealous of man that has so much money all he has to worry about it where he’s going to catch his next buzz.
Bob Mackenzie (Rick Moranis) - Strange Brew
Not every drunk off the street can parlay a “mouse in a beer bottle” scam into a job at a brewery where the free beer flows like water.
Doc Holiday (Val Kilmer) - Tombstone
The “shot glass vs. gun” trick showdown is one of my favorite parts but Doc Holiday’s ability to beat a man in a quick draw contest on the tail end of a three day bender definitely makes him one hardcore booze hound.
W.C. Fields
Some would say that W.C. Fields is the quintessential movie drunk and with quotes like “Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small snake. “ and “A woman drove me to drink and I didn’t even have the decency to thank her.” I’m not going to argue.
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