directed by: Bruce Robinson, year: 1987
actors: Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths

Withnail & I is a sharp, bittersweet British black comedy from director Bruce Robinson. Set in late 1960s London and a doomed countryside retreat, it follows two unemployed actors—Withnail (Richard E. Grant) and his hapless roommate, the narrator I (Paul McGann)—as they stumble from one misadventure to the next, pursuing booze, escape, and artistic pretensions. Witty, embittered, and endlessly quotable, it remains a defining cult portrait of friendship and failed dreams.

Pub Crawl, Comedy Drama, Black Comedy, British Cinema, Cult Classic