History Main / SmokyGentlemensClub

-->'"Rose"': "Now it's off to the smoking room for some cigars and brandy where they'll talk business and politics and congratulate themselves on being masters of the universe."

* ''Series/GoodOmens2019'': As in the book, Aziraphale's gavotte club is mentioned.

* ''Series/TheCrown2016''. Prince Philip and his private secretary/best friend Mike Parker found the Thursday Club where they can carry on out of the sight of their wives; specifically the Queen in Philip's case. While it is used for networking and information exchange (one member is shown briefing the others on the rise of Nassar in Egypt) it also has young pretty waitresses; one of whom leaks to a member's wives some of the things that go on there, getting Mike and Philip in a lot of trouble.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Nobody said ''[[RidiculouslyHumanRobots human]]'' gentlemen.]]

Malicious versions of these clubs tend to feature [[AristocratsAreEvil evil aristocrats]] and/or [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corrupt corporate executives]], all [[ManBehindTheMan pulling the strings of society]] for their own benefit. The LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub can also look like this, although it usually caters to a... [[TheMafia less genteel clientele]] and it has 300 pound {{bouncer}}s at the doors. If it doubles as an AdventurersClub, but skews more towards this, then the members are likely {{Evil Colonialist}}s planning their next resource-harvesting foray into Africa or South America.

* In ''Film/{{Scanners}}'', Dr. Ruth is relaxing in a comfy leather chair in such an establishment when Vale calls him over the phone to report back to him.

* The "Four Yorkshiremen" sketch, originating in the 1967 British television comedy series ''Series/AtLastThe1948Show'' and later done by ''Creator/MontyPython'' and others, in which the four participants recount increasingly absurd recollections of the "good old days", is usually set in either a classy restaurant or gentleman's club.

* In ''Film/CarryOnRegardless'' one character is requested to work at one with a rule of "silence". Unfortunately all of the old gentlemen keep doing things that make him laugh and he [[{{Corpsing}} has a hard time keeping a straight face]].

** The unnamed get-togethers where brandy-swilling men plot the replacement of the Patrician in ''Literature/FeetOfClay'' and ''Literature/TheTruth'' fit the sinister version of the trope. It's also commented on by Sam Vimes that everyone wants to believe these exist and are responsible for the CrapsackWorld, because it avoids thinking about how many of their problems are actually caused by people jut like them.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': Tom Anderson hosts an informal one at the Fairplay Saloon in the form of a private poker game where he invites a handful of (mostly) white, upper-class businessmen and politicians to discuss commerce as they smoke, drink and bet while playing cards. Louis de Pointe du Lac later takes up the mantle after he buys the Fairplay Saloon from Tom and changes its name to the Azalea.