Хенри Чинаски е поет и алкохолик. Той прекарва живота си из баровете на Лос Анджелис, напивайки се всяка нощ. Веднъж той среща Уанда. Тя също е алкохоличка и той се влюбва в нея. Уанда е доста различна от всички негови досегашни приятелки - тя все още не е загубила красотата си. Двамата се запознават с Тъли Соренсон, която иска да публикува някои от поемите на Хенри. За кратко Хенри намира славата, но скоро става ясно, че той и Уанда имат една-единствена цел в живота си - да пият. Те просто искат да забравят отвратителния живот, който ги връхлита, щом излязат от бара.
Нещата 31-годишния Томи Базилио не се развиват толкова добре. Той е автомеханик, който губи работата си, защото "заема" пари от касата на сервиза. Гаджето му го напуска заради шефа му и сега е бременна, а Томи не си намира работа заради "инцидента" с касата. Затова сега живота му се върти около кварталния бар, където почти се е пренесъл да живее. Там е пълно с най-различни безделници и ексцентрици като изоставени съпрузи и стари пияници. Томи също се лута пиян из живота, все още влюбен в бившето си гадже и търсещ смисъла на живота. Стив Бушеми е сценарист, режисьор и изпълнител на главната роля в тази сърдечна комедия.
Shakes plods about his duties as party clown, and uses all of his free time getting seriously drunk. Binky, another clown, wins the spot on a local kiddie show, which depresses Shakes even more, and his boss threatens him with unemployment if he can't get his act under control.
After a failed suicide attempt leaves him partially crippled, Rory begins spending a lot of time at a neighborhood bar full of interesting misfits. When Jerry the bartender suddenly finds himself playing basketball for the Golden State Warriors, Rory and the rest of the bar regulars hope his success will provide a lift to their sagging spirits. Will Jerry forget his friends? What about his junkie hooker girlfriend and her pimp?
Director John Dullaghan’s biographical documentary about infamous poet Charles Bukowski, Bukowski: Born Into This, is as much a touching portrait of the author as it is an exposé of his sordid lifestyle. Interspersed between ample vintage footage of Bukowski’s poetry readings are interviews with the poet’s fans including such legendary figures such as Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Joyce Fante (wife of John), Bono, and Harry Dean Stanton. Filmed in grainy black and white by Bukowski’s friend, Taylor Hackford, due to lack of funding, the old films edited into this movie paint Bukowski’s life of boozing and brawling romantically, securing Bukowski’s legendary status.
Set in 1912, inside a dive bar named The Last Chance Saloon, its destitute patrons eagerly await the arrival of Hickey, who arrives annually and props everyone up with free drinks and spirited stories of his travels. However, when Hickey does show up this year, it is with a message of temperance and an exhortation to give up hopeless dreams and face reality.
Theodore Hickman, a hardware salesman, makes by-yearly visits to Harry Hope's 1910-era waterfront bar for his periodical drinking binges. But on this visit he has decided to try to save the bar's patrons from their "lying pipe dreams."
The Carson City Kid and partner Laramie are outlaws. When his partner is caught the Kid, his identity being unknown, takes a job in Jessup's saloon. Here he see Jessup cheat Waren out of his money. Warren then robs Jessup posing as the Kid but gets caught. To gain his freedom, Laramie identifies Warren as the Kid. Realizing Jessup is the man that killed his brother, the Kid must find a way to clear Warren and get Jessup.