Awards and honors Nominee, Best Actress-Drama – Golden Globes (Faye Dunaway) Nominee, Palme d'Or – Cannes Film Festival Nominee, Best Cinematography – Independent Spirit Awards (Robby Müller) Nominee, Best Actor – Independent Spirit Awards (Mickey Rourke) The film is recognized by American Film Institute in the following list: 2002: AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions – Nominated Popular culture connections Barfly is referenced in the 2009 movie Precious. Other films based on the life or writings of Bukowski include Bukowski: Born into This (2003 documentary), Tales of Ordinary Madness (1981), Crazy Love (1987), and Factotum (2005). NOFX song, "Green Corn", released on Ribbed (1991), references Tully in the lyrics, "Tully, baby, you're trapped behind your golden bars; I'm the prince of poverty hangin' out in bars", and finishes with the lyrics, "maybe what we had was just green corn". In 2011, it was reported that actor and director James Franco was working on a movie version of Ham on Rye. The film was mentioned in a Season 5 episode of the television series Entourage. One of the show's characters, Johnny Drama (who plays an actor in the show), claims that he did three days as an extra on Barfly. A line of dialogue from the movie was used in a track titled "Only Angel" from Harry Styles' self-titled debut album. In an episode of the television series Mission Hill, Andy French mistakenly rents Barfly while seeking movies with notable vomit scenes. References External links On Set article by Roger Ebert Charles Bukowski's Barfly: The Dignity and Depravity of Emotion by Jay Dougherty Barfly Quotes Barbet Schroeder, ombres et clarté de Jérôme d'Estais, Editions LettMotif, 2017 1987 comedy-drama films 1987 films American comedy-drama films 1980s English-language films Films about alcoholism Films based on works by Charles Bukowski Films directed by Barbet Schroeder Films set in Los Angeles Golan-Globus films Films produced by Barbet Schroeder 1980s American films