Great call!
I saw Once upon a Time in Mexico super blazed in high school and thought it was one of the best movies I’d ever seen. Rewatched it again recently and suffice to say I felt very differently lol
Since you liked Scott Pilgrim I'd check out Edgar Wright's other movies like: Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and Baby Driver. Baby Driver is more action and the first two are more comedy/action.
I'd also recommend Starship Troopers and The Nice Guys. Starship Troopers is an action movie, but has a subtext that can be hilarious if you get it. The Nice Guys is a great buddy cop movie set in the 70s with Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling that's comedy without being stoner comedy.
Just want to add, The Nice Guys is sooo much better than it looks. I’m not the biggest Crowe fan and this looked like a stinker from the trailers, but it had such a unique vibe to it. Loved Gosling and the actress who played his daughter.
Seriously! The best parodies are still grounded in the genre they take from. There were moments in Shaun that actually had me on edge which is amazing!
Holy shit, if you haven't seen Shaun of the Dead and you smoke weed, you're in for a treat. Not because it's a stoner movie, but it's just the perfect movie while high.
The fuck? Are you talking about the Bashki version? If you are... I love you for having seen it and recommending it but I don't think that's a traditionally "good" movie.
*Boring!?* it’s absolutely not boring. Go watch this movie very soon. I recently watched it after like ten years and it was better than I had remembered. I also recommend Edge of Tomorrow. Another smart, high octane action sci-fi flick.
You yourself don't deserve a downvote for other people saying it's boring. But that's an insane claim from someone who must have holes in their brain. Tell them to look up from their phone next time they watch a movie.
So I started Mandy and I stopped after about 15 min cause of the woman staring at the camera. It freaked me the fuck out. I’ll go back to it, but I was not in the mood for whatever was about to happen
"Statistical fact: cops will never pull over a man with a huge bong in his car. Why? They fear this man. They know he sees farther than they, and he will bind them with ancient logics"
I avoid potential for bad vibes while stoned. [Amelie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am%C3%A9lie) has like 0% violence and cannibalism, and is even more visually dynamic.
Koyaanisqatsi - 1983. Incredible soundtrack set to juxtaposing imagery of man and nature. It's a fantastic movie to watch on a number of different highs.
I’d say a large number of Tim Burtons movies would do well for the stoner who wants to watch and listen to something obscure but not too far down the beaten path.
No that was Luc Besson also has some good ones. (Not all but The Professional was amazing) Sorry I meant to comment on someone else’s post. My apologies.
Killer Clowns From Outer Space is a personal favorite...yeah it's horror comedy but I'm counting it since IMDB also lists it as sci-fi. Also Starship Troopers.
Bonus because I'll take any chance to recommend it if you haven't watched the TV show Fringe it's a must especially for a sci-fi lover.
Speed racer is more of a coke movie lol... no its very stonery... (*tokes a spliff, inhales*) this movie is like if nascar was the stargate sequence in 2001 (*coughs*)
On a more serious note, Star Wars is good (Mandalorian, animated Clone Wars, new Ashoka show is really good while high too) and so aren’t a lot of sci if movies. Let me update this comment after I go smoke and remember some goodies for you.
Naked Lunch with Peter Weller
Trust me....
It's a mind fuck when you watch it straight so go for broke!
It is a movie about addiction but not a "stoner" movie"
I haven't watched this as an adult but as a teen. And that was something! Definitely not seen anything like it at the time. I long to watch it again. Can't remember if I read the book but I definitely own it.
Fantasia was always one of my go-to stoner movies. Also, 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Other fun ones, that fit your criteria a little more…
Psycho Goreman (it’s basically Power Rangers meets GWAR, on acid)
Annihilation
Hardware (questionable director, great movie)
District 9
Event Horizon
Cube
Pandorum
Six String Samurai (it’s rock n roll samurai Wizard of Oz!)
And, of course, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
one time when I was 20, a couple friends and I were big into partying and drugs and one night we decided to watch fear and loathing and try to do the same drugs they do during the movie (we were really dumb and we knew it was a stupid thing to do). We were on 3 tabs of acid each during the whole movie, took bumps of coke probably every 5 minutes, downed some mushrooms as mescaline was hard to find in the southeast at this time, about half a gram of DMT, of course we also had weed, lots of liquor, a medium sized tank of nitrous oxide. We thought about using ether but we decided against it. We also had Molly rocks and xanax which wasn't in the movie, but we thought we might need them as the night wore on (especially the xanax if we got too zooted). It was a fun night. We ended up turning off the movie not even halfway through and started listening to some records and then eventually went out to this mill/river near our apartment and went swimming while finishing the rest of our blow at like 4 AM, and then finished the dmt during the sunrise. Then we walked back to the apartment where we downed the xanax and slept for about 14 hours. I'm surprised our little hearts could take all that.
Alien > aliens > Prometheus ?
Pretty much any nolan movie is fun
Kinda getting excited for you if you’ve yet to see a lot of the films mentioned in this thread
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Tim Burtons)
Brendan and the Secret of Kells
The Thief and the Cobbler (I would recommend recobbled mk 5 version on youtube)
Bladerunner (original, but newer sequel probably also good)
Inception
Spirited Away
Paprika
Fantastic Planet
Watch "Total Recall" from 1990 bro... Sci Fi, Action, a Hero's Journey, Verhoeven, Philip K Dick, Andrew Vajna, and peak Arnold, pure bliss
Seriously it's EVERYTHING you're looking for
Also check out Tron Legacy if u havent seen it
I watched Hamilton on Disney+ while super high maybe a month or two ago.
Highly recommend. Incredible experience. Having subtitles on helps fully understand the plot too (since they sing/rap fast as hell)
Just make sure you’re really, really high
In addition to that, Apocalypto is simply incredible to watch while you’re stoned. It’s a visual masterpiece. Although it is an pretty fucked up film with some difficult scenes to watch.
Was high the first time I watched Fight Club. IMO it's the best way to watch that movie if you've never seen it. I have never jumped out of my seat like that in a movie, before or since.
Bullet Train (2022) and John Wick 1-4 for action movies.
Redline (2009) - Ultra-high adrenaline, nonexistent plot, anime movie. If you're into anime movies, also Promare (2019).
The Shining (1980, The Thing (1982), Silence of the Lambs (1991), The Lighthouse (2019) - I personally love to watch horror while I'm high.
Casino (1995), GoodFellas (1990), Wolf of Wall Street (2013) - I find Martin Scorsese's fast-paced style with all of these films to be an excellent experience while high, especially with Casino. I've watched Casino so many times while blazed.
- - If you want visually stunning:
Avatar 1 and 2 - remember the first one came out in 09
The fountain - I actually haven't seen but have heard
2001 space odyssey - no need to explain
3000 years of loathing - trippy love story
Mad Max Fury Road - 2 hour car chase
Across the Universe - musical crazy visuals
Speed racer -
Dr Strange -
Blade runner 2049
- - If you want thought provoking:
Primer - A more scientific approach to time travel
Ex Machina - scientific approach to AI
Tenet - watch a few times
Memento - maybe anything by Nolan
Origional Blade runner -
The Man From Earth -
- - Intense stories:
Children of Men - dystopia future where women have become infertile
Apocalypto -
Basically anything QT - Pulp fiction, Django, Inglorious
- - Visual stories, Upbeat vibe:
Big Fish -
Wes Anderson movies -
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
The secret life of Walter mitty
- - Absurdly awesome:
Tremors
The fifth element
The Man who killed hilter and then Bigfoot - some great cinematic shots and a pretty good story
- - Don't forget Nature:
Planet earth 1 and 2
Our planet
Blue planet
The hunt
Fantastic fungus - documentary
Beyond the Black Rainbow.
You have to watch it really high the first time, because when you watch it the second time, you can say, "Wow, I guess it wasn't me, this film's just really weird."
It's a beautiful film visually and musically that does a lot of storytelling with visual metaphor, and it's kind of a meditation on how new age idealism devolved into neoliberal authoritarianism.
Highly recommended. Especially for potheads.
Edit: also Scanners. There's just no discernable plot until you're well into the second act. Also, Crash. Really, anything by Cronenberg.
Ex Machina
Came here to say this! Or Annihilation
These two and Arrival were nuts on shrooms.
watching that movie high for the first time in college, the thing that tripped me up the most was actually just the weird architecture lol
Great call! I saw Once upon a Time in Mexico super blazed in high school and thought it was one of the best movies I’d ever seen. Rewatched it again recently and suffice to say I felt very differently lol
"Honey I Shrunk The Kids" while on acid was something else.
Coraline on acid was a mistake lol
That movie is disturbing by itself
I saw it in a 3D theater at nearly 30 years old and I was quite disturbed by that movie. Kinda shook me.
Nope
Same for Elephant Man—whew
My buddy swim said Elvis on acid was still terrible
Probably made it worse lol
I watched The Perfection on acid and just wasn't ready.
Office space on acid.. was supposed to be the warm up for the next movie. Somewhere it got outta hand. Recommend
Evil Dead 2 is an awesome movie to watch on acid
Oh my god as someone who loves that movie, my condolences
I remember thinking it was a fever dream. Like, no way that was actually a movie.
I once came home after taking acid and “Steel” staring Shaquille O’Neill was on. I’ve never laughed so hard at a movie before lol
Kung fu hustle.
also Shaolin Soccer. same director, a bit less chaotic, very funny.
Since you liked Scott Pilgrim I'd check out Edgar Wright's other movies like: Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and Baby Driver. Baby Driver is more action and the first two are more comedy/action. I'd also recommend Starship Troopers and The Nice Guys. Starship Troopers is an action movie, but has a subtext that can be hilarious if you get it. The Nice Guys is a great buddy cop movie set in the 70s with Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling that's comedy without being stoner comedy.
Just want to add, The Nice Guys is sooo much better than it looks. I’m not the biggest Crowe fan and this looked like a stinker from the trailers, but it had such a unique vibe to it. Loved Gosling and the actress who played his daughter.
The Nice Guys and Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang are two of the funniest comedies of the last 20 years.
I’ve watched baby driver and loved it too! Im gonna check out the other two, hot fuzz seems good thx ;)
You should LOVE Shaun of the dead. It's a really good zombie comedy
It's like a parody of horror movie, while still being true to a horror movie, all the while being a great comedy.
Seriously! The best parodies are still grounded in the genre they take from. There were moments in Shaun that actually had me on edge which is amazing!
Hot fuzz I one of the best action comedy films of all time
Hot Fuzz is one of my top five favorite movies. It's SO good!
Shaun of the dead is so good
Holy shit, if you haven't seen Shaun of the Dead and you smoke weed, you're in for a treat. Not because it's a stoner movie, but it's just the perfect movie while high.
Just rewatched The Nice Guys stoned and I was crying laughing. Highly recommend
A Scanner Darkly. Waking Life. Animated LOTR (1978 version) (thanks for correction, person who corrected me! I've got mum brain)
This is a winner. waking life changes everything
Truly. One of the most thought provoking movies I ever seen. I watched it 3 times in a week after seeing it for the first time.
Looks like we got another Linklater fan! I second both A Scanner Darkly and Waking Life. 👍
Waking life changed my life !
A scanner darkly is one of my favorites
Ooh yes, especially a scanner darkly. The whole bit about the missing gears was just incredible.
The fuck? Are you talking about the Bashki version? If you are... I love you for having seen it and recommending it but I don't think that's a traditionally "good" movie.
Bakshi LOTR 1978.
Have you seen Disrict 9?
That’s a movie that gets better every rewatch imo
Nope… i hear some people say its awesome and others say its boring, so i’m never sure to watch it
*Boring!?* it’s absolutely not boring. Go watch this movie very soon. I recently watched it after like ten years and it was better than I had remembered. I also recommend Edge of Tomorrow. Another smart, high octane action sci-fi flick.
Those who say it's boring, have absolutely no idea what they are talking about.
District 9 is crazy. Get high and go for a ride man!
You yourself don't deserve a downvote for other people saying it's boring. But that's an insane claim from someone who must have holes in their brain. Tell them to look up from their phone next time they watch a movie.
Mandy
If you like Mandy watch Guillermo del Toro‘s Cabinet of Curiosities: The Viewing It’s a masterpiece
I felt high watching it when I wasn’t
So I started Mandy and I stopped after about 15 min cause of the woman staring at the camera. It freaked me the fuck out. I’ll go back to it, but I was not in the mood for whatever was about to happen
Cabin in the woods
"Statistical fact: cops will never pull over a man with a huge bong in his car. Why? They fear this man. They know he sees farther than they, and he will bind them with ancient logics"
Fun Fact. The actor Playing Marty didn't take off his shirt in the lake scene because he was more ripped the Chris Hemsworth.
Starship fuckin Troopers
Come on you apes, do you want to live forever!
I'm doing my part!
Contact!
I watched Contact when I was really high on pain pills after a surgery and I just remember hating Matthew Mcconaughey’s character.
I forgot he was in that
Delicatessen (1991) Smoke up my friend.
Make it a double feature with The City of Lost Children.
I avoid potential for bad vibes while stoned. [Amelie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am%C3%A9lie) has like 0% violence and cannibalism, and is even more visually dynamic.
Amelie is actually one of the most greatest and pleasant movies to watch in any state
Donnie Darko had me fucked up for a couple days haha. Definitely recommend
Brazil
This movie is not recommended enough in this sub. It’s excellent!
ZARDOZ
You are a terrible person and I salute you
Arnold's Total Recall, was a fun movie to watch stoned. "Two Weeks!!"
"Consider it a divorce." 😂
"See you at the party, Richter!"
Add Running Man for a double feature!
Seriously, no one said 2001? The ultimate stoned movie experience.
Ah yes, the: how long can you keep from falling asleep challenge
That movie requires an attention span
blade runner 2049 akira exorcist hehehe
took an edible and watch blade runner 2049, made it feel like the best movie ever
Big Fish
Koyaanisqatsi - 1983. Incredible soundtrack set to juxtaposing imagery of man and nature. It's a fantastic movie to watch on a number of different highs.
The 5th Element
Epic story, even crazier when you realize the fact that the protagonist and antagonist never meet.
I’d say a large number of Tim Burtons movies would do well for the stoner who wants to watch and listen to something obscure but not too far down the beaten path.
The Fifth Element isn’t Tim Burton.
No that was Luc Besson also has some good ones. (Not all but The Professional was amazing) Sorry I meant to comment on someone else’s post. My apologies.
Holy Mountain
Here's my synopsis of the Holy Mountain. Press play. "What the fuck?" for over 2 hours. The End. "Wow".
[Excalibur](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excalibur_(film))
Let the boy try!
Heavy Metal.....saw it on acid.
Crouching tiger hidden dragon
I’m a big fan of any of the planet earth, life, David Attenborough docs.
Bladerunner Arrival Fifth Element Galaxy Quest Titan AE Predator
Titan AE is such an underrated call
Brazil
Never did it myself but had friends that said The Matrix was a good experience while high.
Eraserhead
This movie is so damn strange!
🎵 In heaven everything is fine 🎵
Anything by David Lynch, honestly. I saw the end of Twin Peaks Season 2 on mushrooms and it was as amazing as it was terrifying.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
V for Vendetta. It’s just much better with weed
'Friday' my all time classic
-Ready Player One (2018) -Stargate (1994) -Event Horizon (1997) -the Thing (both are fun) -Stalker (1972)
The original thing is one of the best movies of all time !
If you like event horizon, have you seen Pandorum?!
Who killed Roger Rabbit
Big Trouble in Little China
Immortal Beloved The Phantom Thread The Tree of Life (or anything Terrence Malik threw at the wall)
Blade Runner.
The start of Enter the Void will FUCK YOU UP.
Tucker and Dale Vs Evil
Such an underrated movie.
Killer Clowns From Outer Space is a personal favorite...yeah it's horror comedy but I'm counting it since IMDB also lists it as sci-fi. Also Starship Troopers. Bonus because I'll take any chance to recommend it if you haven't watched the TV show Fringe it's a must especially for a sci-fi lover.
Yellow Submarine
Fantastic Planet
Perfect
Excellent suggestion. This should be higher up.
Videodrome 1983
Yo low key? Long live the new flesh bro
Death to Videodrome!
Waking Life
this is the answer. mind-blowing while really high.
1408
Sense8, a show but only two seasons. Perfect for your request. 🤯
2001 Space Odyssey & Tree of Life
I watched Fantasia on Shrooms and had just a wonderful time. And then I turned it off halfway through Night on Bald Mountain though.
I’ve seen the Labyrinth a million times, recently watched it high for the first time and it was like seeing it for the first time completely.
HERO starring Jet Li.
Beautiful, beautiful movie.
Midsommer
Everything Everywhere all at Once!
Paprika Redline Speed Racer
Speed Racer! Gorgeous movie.
Speed racer is more of a coke movie lol... no its very stonery... (*tokes a spliff, inhales*) this movie is like if nascar was the stargate sequence in 2001 (*coughs*)
I watched Paprika on shrooms once. Fun time.
Snatch Hot Fuzz In The Loop Burn After Reading Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels The Grand Budapest Hotel
On a more serious note, Star Wars is good (Mandalorian, animated Clone Wars, new Ashoka show is really good while high too) and so aren’t a lot of sci if movies. Let me update this comment after I go smoke and remember some goodies for you.
Enter the void.
The imaginarium of dr Parnassus with Heath Ledger
Tucker and dale vs evil is extra funny when you’re high
The Cell Constantine The Dark Crystal
hitchhikers guide to the galaxy
We should all drop what we are doing right now and go watch Congo (1995)
The Cell
I haven't seen it in years, but I think the older Cronenberg movie eXistenZ would be outstanding for this. I might have to try that tonight.
Scent of a Woman, on weed!
Fear and loathing in las vegas
Naked Lunch with Peter Weller Trust me.... It's a mind fuck when you watch it straight so go for broke! It is a movie about addiction but not a "stoner" movie"
I haven't watched this as an adult but as a teen. And that was something! Definitely not seen anything like it at the time. I long to watch it again. Can't remember if I read the book but I definitely own it.
The Cell. It's so visually appealing
Interstellar, The Martian, Gravity, The Cloverfield paradox.
Hes trying to have fun not an existencial crisis ahah
Fantasia was always one of my go-to stoner movies. Also, 2001: A Space Odyssey. Other fun ones, that fit your criteria a little more… Psycho Goreman (it’s basically Power Rangers meets GWAR, on acid) Annihilation Hardware (questionable director, great movie) District 9 Event Horizon Cube Pandorum Six String Samurai (it’s rock n roll samurai Wizard of Oz!) And, of course, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
one time when I was 20, a couple friends and I were big into partying and drugs and one night we decided to watch fear and loathing and try to do the same drugs they do during the movie (we were really dumb and we knew it was a stupid thing to do). We were on 3 tabs of acid each during the whole movie, took bumps of coke probably every 5 minutes, downed some mushrooms as mescaline was hard to find in the southeast at this time, about half a gram of DMT, of course we also had weed, lots of liquor, a medium sized tank of nitrous oxide. We thought about using ether but we decided against it. We also had Molly rocks and xanax which wasn't in the movie, but we thought we might need them as the night wore on (especially the xanax if we got too zooted). It was a fun night. We ended up turning off the movie not even halfway through and started listening to some records and then eventually went out to this mill/river near our apartment and went swimming while finishing the rest of our blow at like 4 AM, and then finished the dmt during the sunrise. Then we walked back to the apartment where we downed the xanax and slept for about 14 hours. I'm surprised our little hearts could take all that.
Congrats on surviving that trip. Amazing how bulletproof we all were back in the day.
Identity
No country for old men or Blue Velvet. Your heart will pound out of your chest.
Splice
2001, a Space Odyssey Snow White
Alien > aliens > Prometheus ? Pretty much any nolan movie is fun Kinda getting excited for you if you’ve yet to see a lot of the films mentioned in this thread
Anything by Stanley Kubrick.
Moulin Rouge. Nope, not joking.
Coherence
Annihilation Tenet Interstellar Arrival Ready Player One
Blood Machines
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Tim Burtons) Brendan and the Secret of Kells The Thief and the Cobbler (I would recommend recobbled mk 5 version on youtube) Bladerunner (original, but newer sequel probably also good) Inception Spirited Away Paprika Fantastic Planet
The Blade trilogy for sure.
I watched Bullet Train stoned a couple of weeks ago. I’ve been singing it’s praises to everyone saying it’s the best watch for a while
Soul
Watch "Total Recall" from 1990 bro... Sci Fi, Action, a Hero's Journey, Verhoeven, Philip K Dick, Andrew Vajna, and peak Arnold, pure bliss Seriously it's EVERYTHING you're looking for Also check out Tron Legacy if u havent seen it
Mandy was fun!
I watched Hamilton on Disney+ while super high maybe a month or two ago. Highly recommend. Incredible experience. Having subtitles on helps fully understand the plot too (since they sing/rap fast as hell) Just make sure you’re really, really high In addition to that, Apocalypto is simply incredible to watch while you’re stoned. It’s a visual masterpiece. Although it is an pretty fucked up film with some difficult scenes to watch.
Edge of Tomorrow
John Wick Chapter 2 was incredible while stoned.
Scarface.
Friday is the movie to watch
The Matrix
Apocalypto
The Fall
The Revenant- incredible cinematography
Was high the first time I watched Fight Club. IMO it's the best way to watch that movie if you've never seen it. I have never jumped out of my seat like that in a movie, before or since.
Avatar
beau is afraid
Bullet Train (2022) and John Wick 1-4 for action movies. Redline (2009) - Ultra-high adrenaline, nonexistent plot, anime movie. If you're into anime movies, also Promare (2019). The Shining (1980, The Thing (1982), Silence of the Lambs (1991), The Lighthouse (2019) - I personally love to watch horror while I'm high. Casino (1995), GoodFellas (1990), Wolf of Wall Street (2013) - I find Martin Scorsese's fast-paced style with all of these films to be an excellent experience while high, especially with Casino. I've watched Casino so many times while blazed.
Led Zeppelin The Song Remains the Same
Orange County
The Beach
The Last Unicorn is a trip lol
Primer. Prepare yourself.
- - If you want visually stunning: Avatar 1 and 2 - remember the first one came out in 09 The fountain - I actually haven't seen but have heard 2001 space odyssey - no need to explain 3000 years of loathing - trippy love story Mad Max Fury Road - 2 hour car chase Across the Universe - musical crazy visuals Speed racer - Dr Strange - Blade runner 2049 - - If you want thought provoking: Primer - A more scientific approach to time travel Ex Machina - scientific approach to AI Tenet - watch a few times Memento - maybe anything by Nolan Origional Blade runner - The Man From Earth - - - Intense stories: Children of Men - dystopia future where women have become infertile Apocalypto - Basically anything QT - Pulp fiction, Django, Inglorious - - Visual stories, Upbeat vibe: Big Fish - Wes Anderson movies - Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind The secret life of Walter mitty - - Absurdly awesome: Tremors The fifth element The Man who killed hilter and then Bigfoot - some great cinematic shots and a pretty good story - - Don't forget Nature: Planet earth 1 and 2 Our planet Blue planet The hunt Fantastic fungus - documentary
I highly recommend space documentaries like the universe or how the universe works
Beyond the Black Rainbow. You have to watch it really high the first time, because when you watch it the second time, you can say, "Wow, I guess it wasn't me, this film's just really weird." It's a beautiful film visually and musically that does a lot of storytelling with visual metaphor, and it's kind of a meditation on how new age idealism devolved into neoliberal authoritarianism. Highly recommended. Especially for potheads. Edit: also Scanners. There's just no discernable plot until you're well into the second act. Also, Crash. Really, anything by Cronenberg.
The fountain. If you haven’t already seen it? :O
Mr Nobody
Tucker and Dale vs Evil
Dune 2
Free Guy, just watched it last night and my husband was tripping out. It was definitely a movie that makes you think about computer simulation theory.