Cocktail

1988 · directed by Roger Donaldson

Rating

40/100

Hit

no

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.

Cocktail (1988), directed by Roger Donaldson, rates 40/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Tom Cruise
• Bryan Brown
• Elisabeth Shue
• Lisa Banes
• Kelly Lynch
• Gina Gershon
• Ron Dean
• Ellen Foley
• Chris Owens
• Louis Ferreira

Crew

• Dean Semler — Director of Photography
• Neil Travis — Editor
• J. Peter Robinson — Original Music Composer
• Heywood Gould — Screenplay

More from Roger Donaldson

1. The World's Fastest Indian (2005) — 77/100
2. No Way Out (1987) — 76/100
3. McLaren (2016) — 76/100
4. Thirteen Days (2000) — 73/100
5. The Bank Job (2008) — 72/100
6. The Bounty (1984) — 69/100

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