The Big Lebowski literally brought the White Russian back from the dead after bartenders spent decades calling it too sweet and too stuck in the disco era to take seriously. Jeff Bridges' character The Dude mixed this creamy vodka-coffee liqueur combo nine times on screen and accidentally triggered the most dramatic cocktail rehabilitation in history—now there's an entire annual festival where thousands dress as The Dude and drink White Russians. Turns out this three-ingredient drink that serious bars refused to serve in the Nineties is actually brilliant: heavy cream over Kahlúa and vodka creates something so indulgent it proves simple beats pretentious every time.