Oscars 2016: Cocktail Recipes And Drink Ideas To Help You Celebrate The 88th Annual Academy Awards

Time to roll out the red carpet and start pouring the booze! On Sunday, movie buffs everywhere will gather around their television sets to tune in to the 2016 Oscars. And what better way to honor the year's best flicks than with a movie-themed drink in your hand?

We’ve rounded up some of the best and most creative cocktails for the occasion — ones that’ll leave your guests buzzing (and you feeling buzzed) throughout the 88th Academy Awards. Happy drinking!

1. Red Carpet Cocktails

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups vodka, chilled
• 1 ½ cups pomegranate juice chilled
• ½ cup lime juice
• 1 bottle Champagne
• Chilled maraschino cherries

It all begins on the red carpet, so why not kick off your night of booze-filled fun there, too? Food Network stars Pat and Gina Neely, from “Down Home with the Neelys,” unveil their favorite thirst quencher to get your party started!

2. Dazzling Diamond Ring Jello Shots

Ingredients

• Plastic ring shot glasses
• box of 3 oz. Jello
• 1 cup rum or vodka
• 1 cup boiling water
• sugar crystals or sprinkles (optional)
• package of dry beans or rice to hold ring molds

Celebrities won’t be the only ones dripping in diamonds during the 2016 Oscars. The blog “A Beautiful Mess” reveals how viewers can also partake in fashion’s biggest night — with a tasty twist.

3. The Old Hollywood

Ingredients

• 1 oz. Amaro Lucano
• 1/2 oz. fresh lemon juice
• 2 oz San Pellegrino Limonata
• Bisol Jeio Prosecco
• Lemon wheel for garnish
• Ice

The Academy Awards is the oldest entertainment award ceremony, dating back to 1929 when the event was first broadcast on the radio. Honor the prestigious event with a classic cocktail celebrating the history of the Oscars.

4. “The Revenant” Gummy Bear Cocktail

Ingredients

• 1 oz. raspberry vodka
• 1 oz. peach schnapps
• 3 oz. lemon-lime soda
• 1 splash sour mix
• 3 Gummy Bears to garnish

Leonardo DiCaprio is up for his fifth Oscar nomination for his role in “The Revenant.” But will the actor finally go home as an Academy Award winner Sunday night? Fans of the Hollywood heartthrob are hoping DiCaprio will take home a golden statuette for his gripping fight scene against a bear in the Alejandro González Iñárritu directed movie. With that said, here’s a bear-themed drink in honor of DiCaprio’s fifth Oscar nod.

5. Martian Madness Cocktail

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups cold-brew coffee
• ½ cups coffee liqueur
• ½ cups spiced rum
• One 12 oz. bottle of Coca-Cola
• ½ cup heavy cream

In “The Martian,” an Oscar-nominated film based on Andy Weir’s novel, Mark Watney (Matt Damon) concocted his own version of coffee by letting a caffeine pill dissolve in hot water. And as appealing as that sounds, here’s a much tastier, coffee-inspired option dubbed the Dark Moon. It's out of this world!

What Oscar-themed cocktails will you be downing during the 2016 annual Academy Awards? Sound off in the comments section below! The Oscars airs Sunday, Feb. 28 on ABC.