Sure, your local bar's great. That damp patch on the pool table adds to the challenge, the smell from the bathroom is bearable and your regret involving the barmaid with the wooden teeth is only responsible for ruining half your nights there, but ... yeah, OK, maybe it is time for a change. But where to go?

If we had our way, we'd be heading straight to the land of make-believe, and into any one of the 10 greatest nightspots the silver screen has ever shown.

10. The Double Deuce ("Road House")
Feel like a few cold beers, a dance with a hot cowgirl to one of the greatest in-house country-rock bands of all time on a sawdust-littered dance floor, before rounding off the night with ringside seats at the most spectacular barroom brawl you've ever seen? Then you need to hit up the Double Deuce.

It's a low-down, dirty dive bar, but when this place gets going, it'll rock the roof right off. Of course, the night will also end with multiple stabbings, shootings, a ripped-out throat and an unfortunate incident with a stuffed polar bear, but that all adds to its charm. That black eye will be gone by next weekend anyway. And, as bouncer Dalton famously said, "Pain don't hurt."

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9. Rick's ("Casablanca")


Sure, the owner's a bit of a grouch, but when you're in Nazi-occupied Morocco, where else are you going to go for cocktails? Who knows, maybe you'll even get lucky and score some letters of transit and a trip back home. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow ... but soon, and hopefully just in time for happy hour.


8. The Korova Milk Bar ("A Clockwork Orange")


Not always the liveliest joints, but then what can you expect from a bar serving opium-laced milk? Do be wary of the Drencrom Milk, though, as it tends to put people in the mood for a bit of the old ultraviolence. And if you don't agree with this choice of bar, then yarbles and great, bolshy yarblockos to you!


7. The Raven ("Raiders of the Lost Ark")


Just the place to keep warm on a freezing night in the mountains of Nepal, The Raven has a big, toasty log fire, a large crowd of hard-drinking patrons and a nice line in high-stakes shot-downing contests. Better get there quick, though, as it tends to burn down around midnight.


6. Fat Sam's Grand Slam Speakeasy ("Bugsy Malone")


In Prohibition-era Chicago, your only option for a drop of the hard stuff is one of the numerous speakeasies that hide behind every phone booth and bookshelf. The Grand Slam is home of Fizzy's awesome jazz band, Tallulah's dancing girls and Chicago's friendliest, fattest gangster, Fat Sam himself. Say hi to Bugsy, but make sure you've got a custard pie or two handy for Dandy Dan's inevitable, splurge-gun-toting entrance.


5. The underwater cowboy bar ("Top Secret")


Although it's never named, this aquatic bar has always held a special place in our heart. A seemingly innocent saloon set at the bottom of a river, its patrons are nevertheless happy to abandon their card game and step up when push comes to shove (or right cross). But don't feel obliged to tip too heavily -- the drinks are a tad watered down.


4. The Bamboo Lounge ("Goodfellas")


Step into this tasteful Brooklyn tiki bar and immerse yourself in the rich Italian-American heritage that surrounds you. Feel free to run up a huge bill, but keep your distance from the little guy in the corner. Sure, he's funny -- but not funny like a clown.


3. Chalmun's Cantina ("Star Wars: A New Hope")


This bar has a strict no-droids policy, but other than that, it's got a fairly open mind as far as the species of its patrons goes. There tends to be a murder or, at best, a serious maiming roughly every two minutes, so keep on your toes and try not to antagonize the local police -- their boss can be a bit intimidating.


2 The T*tty Twister ("From Dusk Till Dawn")


When the sun goes down, this rowdy biker bar springs to life, with a rocking in-house mariachi band, cheap booze and the greatest snake-themed striptease you'll ever see. If chatting with the patrons gets dull (which it shouldn't, considering their various groin cannons, Vietnamese grenade scars and bank-robbery raps), just start a fight with the nearest waitress and, hey, presto! You've got a full-on battle to the death with ravenous vampires to see you through till morning.


1. The Ink and Paint Club ("Who Framed Roger Rabbit?")


The Ink & Paint Club has everything you need for a perfect night out: Donald and Daffy Duck performing their infamous dueling pianos routine, a grinning octopus behind the bar mixing four drinks at once, penguin waiters and, for a finale, Jessica Rabbit singing a sultry jazz-blues number. That guy at the next table's a bit annoying, and ordering a drink on the rocks is usually a mistake, but other than that, this is the greatest bar that, sadly, will never exist except in our dreams.