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Movies to watch when stoned!
Now these are some of the films I loved watching stoned when I used to do that. Now this is not what you would call stoner movies. Like Cheech & Chong or Harold & Kumar type of movies about stoners. Its just a random list of films I have loved while under the influence of Marijuana. Some movies are here because they were visually stunning, some are here because of the style of filmmaking, some are here because they are funny, some are here because they are mindfucks, some are here because they were conceptually groundbreaking at that time.
I would love for everyone to make their own list & post it in the comments section.
Trainspotting - This has to be in anybodies list of stoner movies. Its a masterpiece in my opinion just as a piece of art. Who can forget that trip of Renton where is is a few feet below the ground & … takes him to the hospital with the music of PERFECT DAY by Lou reed in the background. Or the start… I love every frame of this movie. I had read the script 10 times before i got my hand on the DVD. And it not only matched my expectations, it was even better than anything i could expected it to be. very few films manage it. I have read the book & I like the film better. How many films can claim that?
Requiem for a dream- It is to me the most mindfuck depressing drug movie i have seen so far. It depressed the hell out of me. But it was a brilliantly made film.
The Big Lebowski - This one is here because I think its the best stoner movie ever made. Lebowski is one of the best characters on screen ever. I have a T Shirt about it too. The only film related T Shirt I have.
Slacker - This was a movie that impressed me for its sheer balls to be the kind of movie it was. It was the most perfect representation of that generation. the characters & the style was so much in harmony. t! will probably hate me for including this movie here. But I could not believe I was watching a movie like this. I could not believe someone made a film like this. One of the bravest films written I think. Richard Linklater became one of my fav filmmakers of his generation.He has not dissapointed once since then. Thats a impressive achievement.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas- Who can not enjoy this trip when stoned? Its one crazy trip after another.
2001 A Space Odyssey - Do I even have to talk about why this movie is a must watch, esp when high?
MATRIX - Duh!
Pulp Fiction- This one is for sheer originality & mindfuck. Now everyone knows about it. But back in the day watching Pulp Fiction for the firt time in a dark theatre under the influence of some good weed was a unforgetable experience in life. It almost changed my life for sure.
Run Lola Run- this movie falls in 2 categories - Conceptually amazing in its time & visually great. It was MTV style of filmmaking at its best. Animation, heart thumping electronic music. I was in love with LOLA.
American Beauty - You must be what is this movie doing here? Well it happens to be a movie close to my heart. Trust me on it, everytime you watch this movie Conrad Hall’s stunning cinematography blows you. Every frame of this film can be made into a poster. And the story is so universal.
Some other movies that deserve mention would be -
Apocalypse Now - the attack sequence with classical music is worth in gold.
Wayne’s World - Bohemian Rapsody
The Beach - First half & esp just for the scene when they see the Beach for the 1st time with MOBY’s Porcelein playing in the soundtrack. That song has been my fav since that day.
Waking Life - Watch it.
Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi
Lock Stock & 2 Smoking Barrels.
Most of Kevin Smith movies.
Sin City - I had quit smoking up by the time it was released but I’m sure its a must watch for people who are smoking now.
I can’t remember anything else right now but i’m sure i have missed some great ones. So please do go ahead & contribute to this REEFER MADNESS list.
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some other great stoner flics :
The Doors
The Wall
Mirror Mask
Charlie and the Chocolate factory
Live at Pompeii (pink floyd concert)
The Trip
Altered States
Fight Club
My weed list:
eyes wide shut
koyaanisqatsi
naqoyqatsi
powaqqatsi
airplane!
branded to kill
and also
the sargossa manuscript
and we cant forget these can we now!
Half Baked
Reefer Madness
Dazed and Confused
Harold and Kumar
Maink, great list Man. Try ‘Cinderella Man’ when you are on a ride. I still remember the scene where the big guys shows the video on the projector. You only fukin here the projector sound that time, no dialogs, nothing.
The movie leaves a different kind of impact.
Totally mindfuk…
Great idea: my stoners-film with director name.
1: Rouge (yin ji kau). Stanley Kwan: first it seems as ghost story , but it
Mir
great list…
The Wall ofcourse…. Live atPompeii is one of the most mindblowing music films i have seen stoned…many times… i did not include them as they are music documentary kinda films.
Fight Club is great.
Taxi Driver…
You r the dope guru man….
koyaanisqatsi,naqoyqatsi,powaqqatsi….
all great films… have u tried watching them with other kind of music?
we used to watch them with Pink Floyd & Indian Classical music… try it… its awesome.
the sargossa manuscript…. I just imdb’ed it & it looks interesting…only a guru like u can know about that film… i bow to you….:)
Saurabh
are u talking about that Russel Crowe movie?
Man who would have thought about that film while making this list…Very interesting…
Atray
Spring summer fall winter n spring… heard a lot about this film…my guess is Vijay has seen it…
It was on my netflix list but never got to it…
oy taxy!! long time no see…
mainak!!!
dude u neva see “requiem…” while on a trip mate.
NEVA!:)
try harry potter, the azkaban one.
amazing 3d effects (big time emphasis on 3d) :d
Dpac…
I know what you mean about Requiem… But its so depressive… its almost like a sadistic pleasure…Its such a well made film… remember the shot where they play some music & grove so perfectly on the best. They pause with the music…I could never forget that part. Anybody who has done hardcore shitcan totally relate to that.
I don’t watch Harry Potter films. Its a principle. You’ll hate me for it… as i have noticed you are into CGI & Effects & know a lot about it..maybe thats what you do…but i personally am not a fan of that…
Losr of the Rings is something I can reccomend to watch while on substance.
cheers
The Bicycle Thief
400 blows-
Day for Night- (the director played by director)
I love most of Francois Truffaut
mainak // looking at the title, i thought it was om who wrote the post until i saw your name. nope. i wasn’t stoned. that said, the closest that i ever got to being stoned was when i had lots (i mean LOTS) of bhang and then took one puff of the gaddie (fellow hyderabadis know what i mean) from a friend. they played khalnayak on the local cable channel - siti tv - that arvo. and i swear, swear to god, i have watched the whole movie in english. aayi shappat. trust me on this. in my mind i was translating every dialog, each line in every song, to english and was watching it real time - the lip sync… man!! it was amazing - it was freaking awesome!!!
having been down that road once - i guess the following movies, my top five, should be a good watch when you’re stoned or something like that.
- irreversible
- dark city
- finding nemo
- kafka
- clockwork orange
jab maara hua hai:::::try watching
WAISA BHI HOTA HAI PART 2…RANDOM SHIT
MIVED DOUBLES….HILARIOUS
and dont miss
MATRUBHOOMI…..SAALA GAAND PHAT GAYI
You can watch any movie when u r stoned. We won’t know when time passes. I went to theatre to watch Mission Kashmir. The film started, I started to enjoy, was thinking what a wonderful film and.. the film got over. I was thinking “WTF ? The film had just started”.
My list of movies which will give you the effect of a kick are
A clockwork Orange
Big Fish
Natural Born Killers
Sunday(An Indian movie. Not sure of the name)
The Big Lebowski(The dream scenes)
Braindead
You can watch any movie when u r ….. Don’t know when time passes. I went to theatre to watch Mission Kashmir. The film started, I started to enjoy, was thinking what a wonderful film and.. the film got over. I was thinking “WTF ? The film had just started”.
My list of movies which will give you the effect of a kick are
A clockwork Orange
Big Fish
Natural Born Killers
Sunday(An Indian movie. Not sure of the name)
The Big Lebowski(The dream scenes)
Braindead
Try watching the Wall when stoned! had a pal who shaved off his eyebrows during that. Though u really wanna have fun watch The Doors stoned immaculate!!!:) enjoy
Jaws, Mission Impossible (1) when on beer
King of Comedy, 9and 1/2 weeks when on vodka
The Omen when smoking
@Suparn
I have watched it(stoned) I dont know how many times .. All I can say is nothing greater than that. You feel and want to exactly what shown in the movie.
“Gira to yeh Wall”…..
Trainspotting is all time best.
Lord of the Rings.
Intercepter
Matrix
Grand Theft Auto on PS2
Fight Club
Clockwork Orange
Run Lola Run
5th Element
Spirited Away
Battle Royale
This is a fun thread….
guys what about BABEL???
dont u think dis film should b added in this list..!!:-?
Wow! mAINAK thats a cool list dude. %%-
Run Lola run, Pulp Fiction, MAtrix,The Wall ,and Live at Pompeii for me are the clear winners.
The Beach and American Beauty come close.
The best part i like about these movies is how they relate to life and the simplicity of the dialouges but yet so powerful. I really like the one in American Beauty where Kevin Spacey is about to kiss his wife and she talks about the couch. That to me is the best part about these movies. Even Matrix
I haven’t watched Trainspotting though.
Some other movies i would recommend are:
1. Blow
2. Sadma (Kamal Hassan)
3. Anbe Shivam (Tamil - Kamal Hassan)
Well actually its these three actors that i would recommend anyone to watch their movies irrespective of ur state.
1. Kamal Hassan
2. Tom Hanks
3. Leonardo Dicaprio
But if you really wanna let go there nothing like being back at home after a long day when ur stoned and u sit with TOM & JERRY.
– Cheers!
mainak,
cool list to suggest on a ‘trip’…
adding some more to your list…
1. snatch
2. go
3. blow
4. spun
5. natural born killers
cool, stoners srticle, finally!
my list:
pulp fiction
taxi driver
fear and loathing(it requires more than weed)
big lebowski
american splendor
apocalypse now
godard films-weekend, band a’parte, pierrot le fou
tarkovsky-stalker, nostalgia(lil bit of a downer)
black friday(yes!)
sarkar(you ll trip on the camera)
naach(amazing)
jackie brown, in fact ALL of Tarantino
music videos-REM, FLOYD, DOORS, BEATLES, 80’s pop
the wall
live at pompeii-floyd(worth a buy)
tommy-the film-the who
CITIZEN KANE(should actually come in the top ones)
fight club(essential)
guy ritchie-lock stock, snatch
kubrick films-the shining, space odyssey
the constant gardener
linklater films-slacker, dazed and confused, scanner darkly, waking life
@mainak
bhai.. thats the only one in the potter series which i watched.. that too in da state.
and nope!! i dont confuse good cg with good movie.. in case u r bracketing me into that pigeoonhole
well reently i got stoned and happened to watch ‘baraka’… and god was blown off my feet!!! i couldnt understand what had hit me!!! I recommend this amazing documentary movie for all you passionates… even if you are not stoned…
Wonderful post about stoner movies…though haven’t watched more than half of your list. Just wanted to add my list:
Live at Pompeii (Pink Floyd music a must when stoned & I’m a Floydian)
Trainspotting
Fight Club
Requiem for a Dream (Depressing drug-related movie..liked the movie a lot and the background score)
American Beauty
Snatch and Lock,stock & 2 Smoking Barrels- 2 great funny movies.
Taxi Driver
The Doors (I’m a fan of Jim “Lizard King” Morrisson’s music)
The Wall (Great concept,script/screenplay by Roger Waters)
Eternal Sunshine of Spotless Mind (One of my favorites, simply brilliant)
Hazaro Khwaishe Aisi (I love this movie)
2001-Space Odessey (my favorite Kubrik’s)
Amores Perros
Most of Tarantino’s
Dances with th Wolves (yes, this one too)
I will try to watch the ones I’ve missed.
1. Sunday(An Indian children’s film)
2. Big Fish
3. A Clockwork Orange
4. Braindead
5. The Big Lebowski(The dream sequences)
6. The Cell
7. Asoka
8. Hey Ram
9. Caligola
10.Natural Born Killers
LOL… since most of the Hollywood films have been covered, try these Hindi films:
Andaaz Apna Apna
Coolie No.1
Angoor
Naya Din Nayi Raat
Golmal
Namak Halaal
Jaani Dushman (the original… that will FREAK you out man…)
Lakhon Ki Baat
Chashme Badoor
On a side note, we smuggled a 40 of Vodka into the theatre and polished it off amongst 2 1/2 of us (3rd guy wasn’t really drinking) during… Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham! It was the FUNNIEST movie to watch hammered! Mind you, the other ppl in the theatre didn’t think so…
Oh, and I forgot to mention Kishore Kumar’s “Half Ticket”… the scene where Kishore takes the kid into the bathroom and comes out wearing his clothes is hilarious!
JJ: LOL @ Caligula… and Ashoka? Seriously? LOL.. I can picture that…
Justin John….
You watch Caligula while stoned?
That beats everything on anybodies list. lol…
How did I forget to mention Natural Born Killers. The CELL is also a trip.
Remember the DMT trip in Hey Ram?
Tushar agree with you on FEAR & LOATHING :)
You have some crazy movies in your list… I mean AMERICAN SPLENDOR?
Naanch I can understand. It seemed like that movie was made just to experiment with sound & some other stuff. But SARKAR? I mean who can watch melodramatic shit after getting stoned? I can watch Govinda or other really stupid movies & laugh my ass off…its fun. But not Sarkar… mainly because they take themselve too seriously & really believe they are making good films…
Saahil
GO & SPUN are 2 must films i missed in my list alongwith NBK.
Tony …thats a great story about KKKG… I can totally relate to that.
Andaz Apna Apna, CHaashme Baddoor , Golmal & Jaane Bhi DO yaroon are probably the funniest Hindi films ever…
I bet the whole crew of Jane Bhi Do Yagroon was smoking up while making that movie. It is too crazy….
wb, hey man. PFC is becoming less interesting day by day…and of-course I always complain!
maniak, guru is overstatement and I am not modest. your love for movies is infectious.
and coming to the point..
I dont agree with lot of movies mentioned here because the
‘green’ movies must have a specific quality complementing the emotions produced grass.
Plot is out of question….but if it is so complex to the point that its ridiculous then it is again a green candidate.The movies you like are not the same as the movies you will like on weed.
On the other hand, I have a special place in heart for the Alcohol movies.These are the movies which I love when I am sober.Alcohol doubles the emotions.For example, when robert altman died, I was devastated.For any person who spends majority of his/her life in a dark room, going to libraries, obscure shops to find the repeat of the perfect movie experience, his death was a huge blow.
I was shocked but didnt cry or anything..but wanted to. The same night, I drank my cheap bottle of vodka and put my tape of Mccabe and Mrsmiller. Leonard cohens song ’sisters of mercy’ began and along with rolled my tears and if we are in perfect unison.The dope dealer is dead and we have to move on.and I did.
One of the biggest disappointments for me was when M&M was sold out at IFC.
I asked the manager to let me sit on the steps, and of-course he refused.
I was desperate because that could be the last theatrical show of that movie.
The other kind of experience which I can say better than sex is the Mushroom experience. The best experience of my life is watching ‘2001: A space odyssey’
on mushrooms. I thought I was dead and went to a place where kubrick is god and nothing moves without his command and design. a perfect example for intelligent designer fanatics.
Taxi Driver!
DO you live in LA? You mentioned IFC.
I can totally see the 2001 + mushrooms experience.
I have always done mushrooms out in the nature(Kodaikanal). I prefer to be outdoors with nature when doing psychedelics. For all my love of movies i dunno if i will watch movies on shrooms.
BTW do u know anyone in LA?
And you have to buy this book
EASY RIDER RAGING BULL How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock ‘N’ Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
by Peter Biskind.
Its the story of 70’s Hollywood. Altman is one of the characters too & there is a whole chapter on Mccabe and Mrsmiller.
http://www.amazon.com/Riders-Raging-Bulls-Sex-Drugs-Rock/dp/0684857081/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/103-2643804-1667068?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1178816994&sr=1-2
I also notice everyone is including THE DOORS in their list. I love that movie but I don’t think its that great. Just because its about Morrison doesnt mean it is a stoner movie. I’m a huge fan. I have been to the appt where he lived in Venice Beach. But i just dont see that film as that trippy.
Taxi Driver!
DO you live in LA? You mentioned IFC.
I can totally see the 2001 + mushrooms experience.
I have always done mushrooms out in the nature(Kodaikanal). I prefer to be outdoors with nature when doing psychedelics. For all my love of movies i dunno if i will watch movies on shrooms.
BTW do u know anyone in LA?
And you have to buy this book
EASY RIDER RAGING BULL How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock ‘N’ Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
by Peter Biskind.
Its the story of 70’s Hollywood. Altman is one of the characters too & there is a whole chapter on Mccabe and Mrsmiller.
I also notice everyone is including THE DOORS in their list. I love that movie but I don’t think its that great. Just because its about Morrison doesnt mean it is a stoner movie. I’m a huge fan. I have been to the appt where he lived in Venice Beach. But i just dont see that film as that trippy.
Some that haven’t been mentioned. You aint seen stoner movies till you’ve seen these. Some Lynch and Jarmusch flicks in there:
Eraserhead
Lost Highway
Mulholland Drive
Inland Empire (BIG TIME!!)
Dancer In The Dark
Blade Runner
Dr. Strangelove
Dead Man
Mystery Train
Down By Law
U-Turn
THX 1138
Brazil
Kung Fu Hustle
Akira
Re-Animator (Guilty Pleasure)
and of course….BOTH Jackass movies!!!
wowy…i have seen all but 3 films in ur list mainak…
the rest of them just expanded my not seen list:((..
add the crying game
al pachino’s scare crow
filantropica
homem.que.copiava(the man who copied)
bonnie and clyde
l’enfant
midnight cowboy
dead man shoes and some more
mainak, I live in NYC.u know, LA is not the only place for movies :) NYC is infact the artisitic side of the american movies.and ya, i read that excellent book.you are right about ‘doors’..it is not a great movie and def not a green one.
awesome music though!
vijay , How can I forget eraser head? I can see ‘dead man’ as one but not so for mystery train and down by law.
brazil def one. kung fu hustle no no..
:d
Ohh wow…i am late here….
Awesome collection by everyone…but i think most here are getting confused…there are movies which are magnificent when high or not…and then their are movies which are magnificent only when high…my list:
Friday Series by Ice Cube…
Super Troopers
Harrold and Kumar
Soul Plane in FF mode
Momento( this is awesome anytime)
Sarkar
Ashes and Snow ( this is hypnotic..watch it when on 2CE)
Devdas
Europe tour of Lamb of God
Slipknot music videos
Anathema music videos
Katie music videos
Danny bonaduce TV series
That 70’s show TV series
My collection of Porn
Lesbian porn
OM:-
:(
i watched some of the last two in ur list
OM: LOL @ Lesbian Porn… :d/:d/
Super Troopers is hilarious (esp while “influenced”)
Momento is a trip by itself… speaking of which, have you ever watched the “sequenced” version? Not as tripped out as the original, but still a helluva film… we tried watching Momento drunk (this is after we had all seen the both versions over the past 2 back to back weekends) and we were all just totally confused! It was fun!
I dunno about Devdas though… I remember watching the old Bimal Roy Devdas will drunk to the point of depression (hence the choice of film…) and the next day I promised myself I’ll never do anything like that again…
Mainak, ya I agree those are the funniest movies ever! But you forgot Angoor… that movie just rocks! :)>-
Mainak, yeah K3G was good while drunk. You said you can relate… whats ur story?
We were silly… whenever we’d go watch movies we knew we may not fully enjoy sober, we’d get hammered and watch them… “Aar Ya Paar” was another one..
Vijay, thats a solid list too… U-turn rocked.. Kung-Fu Hustle was fun too… The Jackass movies I hated, guys pooing in home depot toilets doesn’t make me laugh… I just find it disgusting… but I’m a conservative biatch like that… [-(
best stoner movie for a comedy fan -
‘JAANE BHI DO YAARON!!!’
jmd - manan singh katohora
Guys, Say no drugs. Even smoking and consumption is dangerous for health and future. It is not cool.
There a some writers I know who will not write a sentence till they a get a peg. It is very irritating to work with them. There is one director I know who debuted with a beautiful film with a superstar. But after that movie nobody wanted to be involved with his film b’cos of his bad habits. He is now just a one film wonder.
I have seen some unsuccessful actors attending parties without even being invited. They just want to be there for the free drinks.
Drugs are not cool. Boring message na…
- Great points JJ… loved to see a saner point of view here :)
@ Justin…
I am sober, and clean…i dont do drugs, i dont smoke cigs, i dont consume alcohol. i am a mama’s good boy. All the movies that i listed..where when my very close friend was on drugs….he is a very cool guy and gave me this list…
J/K Justin…yeah man get your point….Nice of you…Say no to drugs….
What is this? Church?
What are you guys talking about?
OM your post is hilarious!
Why are you guyz getting so defensive man?
Chill!
We are talking about movies! Great movies!
@ Mainak….oyyee chill yaar…Justin has made a valid point…that is his opinion…and he means good….so no worries yaar!!!
Late to the conversation, and almost all of my favourites have already been covered. So, only two to add to the list right now:
Pi
Bad Boy Bubby (you MUST have a kick-ass speaker system to get the full effect)
Mainak, you mentioned almost all of Kevin Smith’s movies, but there has to be a special call-out to Dogma…
K, am late here too…
Boondock Saints - This is a special one!
Rounders,
Snatch,
PI - Stoned, this will drive u to literally slit open ur brain.
RFD, Trainspotting - By Default,
City of God(Cidade Deus)
Fight Club,
Momento
Woddy Allen collection too…
Mainak bhai - Grt post! Where did u disappear after day 1 at IFFLA??? Need to connect again.
new around here, quite a film freak, tho hardly get time these days.
most films have already been mentioned but my favourite films (stoned/ unstoned) :
Trainspotting - THE film ever
NBK - Same as above. Infact this is my fav film ever.
Go - did anyone mention this? Kamon!
Pulp Fiction - THE film again from THE master!
(btw I was looking for the Grindhouse thread - no search button - i’ve been pretty off the net and reading up lately, so Grindhouse caught me by surprise and I loved the Tarantino segment - fuckin whim film making at his genius best - basically course material for film students - haha - love the no cgi this is the shit kiddos he did - GEE O DEE!)
(Damn all films mainak mentioned for strange reasons ;)Except the Big Lebowski )
Ah loads more, will post when I remember.
Yeah, I agree Requiem NOT TO BE SEEN on a trip - definitely not on an upper. Same case with that brilliant flick Spun - never make the mistake of seeing it on an upper - it’ll drive u nuts!
More later!
Hey everyone!
err, just skimmed thru the thread - there are too many of my favs listed I missed - Fight Club (one of my fav films, books and soundtracks EVER!), Snatch, Lock Stock, all the Oliver Stones till Any Given Sunday (he was my god till he lost it), jaane bhi do yaron (my fav indian film ever!), angoor, all the tarantinos, From Dusk Till Dawn, lots more soon! Ah, I love the yank stoner films too - Harold n Kumar is pure gold of course - nothing touches it by miles, but I enjoyed a lot more of those - Van Vilder, and some more campus stoner flicks - but then some hyped ones were real clunkers! I even liked Van Wilder 2 - yeah kill me! Loose direction, script everything, but goddammit they were all rookies - our man shines thru and holds it right up there!
Nobody mentioned TOM & JERRY
I think thats the default stoner thing to do….
I can watch TOM & JERRY all day if i am stoned….
Mainak: what abt becoming high after or during watching a film, I mean by the film’s impact. That can be a real intoxication! being teetotaler I dont understand real meaning of what you are quoating. but I can imagine if its related with watching the films under the impact of alcohol or any kind of drug then films like Holi Smoke, Illusionist and 9th Gate should appeal more.
On the track of Justin: films have their own doping effect so whats the need of any liquid solid or gaseous intoxicating agent :)
On a very serius note, if alcohol was not with Ritwik Ghatak then he could have created more and better films and then Satyajit Ray was not needed to say at international forum “But he is an alcoholic, you know”.
Alcohol and drugs have been problems with artists and its said that KL Saigal used to drink whole black label bottle before singing any song. He used to call it “Kali Ganga”. He though after drinking he gets real touch in his voice.
Naushad asked and forced him to sing a song for him without drinking. Initially Saigal was hesitant but Naushad pursueded him and song was immensely hit.:d
“Save the creativity by saying no to alcohol and drugs” should be motto of artists!
But I think discussion has been turned in other direction[-(
Yeah Moinky - Choose Life! ;)
some more additions to the above list:
Donnie darko
Dead man(J.depp)
Lost in translation
virgin suicides(Sofia ford coppola)
The fountain(darren Aronofsky)
now i’m no stoner, but just watched 976-EVIL last night… and goddamn!!!! you don’t really need to be stoned to find this a trippy movie.. i’m surprised no 80s cheezy (or otherwise) horror flicks have been mentioned here, as i’m sure people would enjoy them while under the influence! so here’s my list..
the exorcist
the omen
EVIL DEAD (all three parts)
976-EVIL
the descent (fucking brilliant)
vertigo
dawn of the dead
SAW 1,2,3
…and honestly my own movie, skeleton key… you really better be on some kinda drugs while watching this to enjoy it fully..
NaV, this is the Grindhouse link for you, cheers!
http://passionforcinema.com/welcome-sleaze-welcome-grindhouse/
SURVIVAL Style 5+ is my fav
RK
Sorry to differ with you again. I don’t think Illusionist is a great film. Prestige was much more fun towatch. I’m a big Ed Norton fan & was sadly dissapointed with that film. I hated the look of the film also. I saw Holy Smoke years ago & did not like it that much. Found it a bit pretentious. Maybe if I watch it again I will like it. I will give it a try.
RK every great movie gives me a high. It can be all sorts of feeling. It can make me feel happy,depressed. This article is not to promote getting high. I even mentioned that I myself don’t smoke anymore. Its just a fun list as most film lovers or music lovers have at some point experienced art under the influence of weed. I said most…not all…. Its something we do in college & then move on to become white collar slaves….
One movie that really moved me was SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION.
I saw American Psycho again yesterday. Man that can be a good addition to the list. It is such a cool movie. It has to be one of the best movies about yuppie lifestyle. The business card scene is a classic.
Mainak,
Didn’t respond to your comment about Slacker, but how can you watch that when high and not fall asleep!!!!
I respect the film a lot. It was groundbreaking at the time it came out, and both it and Sex, Lies and Videotape are the two films that are probably the most responsible for the resurgence of independent cinema in the US in the 90s.
But, damn, Slacker puts me to sleep every time I see it…
t! read the book
DOWN & DIRTY PICTURES
by the same author i mentioned earlier- Peter Biskind.
Its about the rise of independent films in 90’s through Sundance & Miramax.
Its a very cool book. You must get it.
I would add one more to this gigantic list:
Jacob’s Ladder
I’ve seen this while baked and it was mind blasting !!
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Half Baked
City of God
1 mockumentary i forgot the name.. laughed my ass out.
25th Hour (a spike lee joint! haha!)
some more..cant remember now.
i wish i could see this when baked –
Matrix
Spirited Away
Trainspotting
Harold & Kumar
Sin City
…many more.. its a different experience after all!
Abhay
The Devil’s Rejects
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Kentucky Fried Movie
Magical Mystery Tour
Yellow Submarine
Help!
Head (Monkees film)
Mainak: I perhaps got confused with title of your post. Thats why I wrote that these few films may work when one is under intoxication.
u r right, illusionist and Holi smoke are not great films.
9th Gate I liked and loved every bit of The Shawshank Redemption.:)
@ Ravi - your list rocks!!!
I have two more to add:
The City of Lost Children
Delicatessen
Turn off the subtitles and revel in the trippiness…
though not a movie, when you’re stoned, turn on any spanish channel when a soccer game is on… and enjoy!
“Goooooooooooooooooooollllllllll!!!!!!!”
=))=))=))
While you are at it, most any mid-20th century Mexican Western is cause for heavy laughter and entertainment, too….
Need for Speed II
This must be around 1999 or 2000.
We spent almost an year doing this….
Yeah Striker I have done the Soccer thing….
good electronic music in a bar with Soccer Highlights on their big screen TV.
PS2…Tekken4….Love the grunts of Christie and Steve’s punches…Kazuya is magic
PS2 - GTA - VICE CITY…Miami.
Live in Pompei…The Doors…Matrix…Pulp Fiction…Dude wheres my car .etc and etc..I agree ..but when one is truly and really and properly and happily stoned..no movie can be bad !
Lemme ask u guys one question:
Being stoned ,have u guys watch any Rajinikanth’s super duper action sci-fi movie?
If not..watch one and then answer this !!!
glad u mentioned Waking Life in the list :)
I would go with most of the list .. just add Taxi driver and maybe Irreversible, u had end up with head spining with or without dope..
Yeah SG Waking life was made for dope. Though it needs more than one viewing. IRREVERSIBLE was added by WB already. It an awesome freaking movie. I wonder how i would react to the opening sequence in “RECTUM” if I was stoned :)
LAST FIlm Watched - WONDERLAND (7/10) Starring Val Kilmer as the legendary porn star John Holmes. Cool movie.
Loopsong - Get Innocuous! - LCD SOUNDSYSTEM.
yeah, the part with the guy behind bars is scary..
i think Tery Gillaim’s Brazil and Tideland would make a worthy entry too. checkout the dream sequences in Brazil.
checking Wonderland, will watch it soon.
btw Mainak where are you from? havent tried drugs, but all friends have good to say about shrooms experience.
I’m from Gauhati, Assam. I’m from Amdavad, Gujrat. I’m from Bangalore,Karnataka.
I haven’t seen Tideland yet. Any Terry Gilliam movie can be in that list. Esp FEAR & LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS.
Shrooms is a experience that I feel every human being must have before they die. I wish I could give it to my parents. One day I will.
Where do you live? If you are in South India you can drive down to Kodaikanal. All those spiritual cliche’s about psychedelics is true. Trust me, it will open your mind. The reason its not that popular is because people who are control freaks cannot handle it & have bad trip. They cannot handle the truth. There is a term called the ACID TEST. If you have a good trip when doing for the 1st time, You have passed the test. Means you are a good human being with a good soul.
I know all this sounds like crap to most people. But this is what I have experienced. And as Buddha says what you experience is the most important truth. Its better than knowledge from 1000 books.
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LAST FIlm Watched - WONDERLAND (7/10) Starring Val Kilmer as the legendary porn star John Holmes. Cool movie.
Loopsong - Get Innocuous! - LCD SOUNDSYSTEM.
Reading - CALIBRE - KEN BRUEN
@Mainak- R u reffering to ken kessey`s ACID TEST or some urban legend. Bcos the actual or may be the popular meaning of ACID TEST comes from the Ken Kesey and his beatnik friends who referred ACID TEST to the often nightlong LSD experience while Greatful Dead used to play for them live . He was part of government drug research program , he wrote abt his drug induced experiences for government researchers.Later he reffered this to ACID TEST.They used to call themselves “Merry Pranksters” and advertise in form of posters as “Can you pass the acid test”. The coterie included- ken kesey,Ginsberg,Neal Cassady ,Timothy Leary ,Jack Kerouac and many more beat generation artists.Merry Pranksters was the the force which led to the smooth transition from beat to hippie genration.
Amit Singh
I’m not referring to the Acid Tests as reffered to by Tom Wolfe in his book “The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test”. I’m yet to read that book(been on my list for years along with “Turn on, tune in, drop out” by Leary). But since psychedelics(thanks to coke & Meth) is dead in America where i’m for past couple of years I’ve lost interest in the subject. But I totally agree with Leary on his ‘Turn on, tune in, drop out’ philosophy. Thats how me & my friends experienced LSD & Mushrooms.
We coined the term Acid Test after the Chemical Brothers song THE TEST. That song was one of our fav while coming down from a trip.
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Can you hear me now?
Can you hear me now?
yeeeh
Am I coming through?
Am I coming through?
Is this sweet and pure and true?
Devil came by this morning,
Said he had
Something to show me
I was looking like I’ve never seen a face before
Here we go now, let’s slide into the open door
Pictures and things that I’ve done before
Circling around me,
Out here on the floor
I’m dreaming this and I’m dreaming that
Regretting nothing
Think about that
I’m seeing waves breaking form to my horizon
Yeah I’m shining
I’m seeing waves breaking form to my horizon
Lord, I’m shining
Are you hearing me?
Like I’m hearing you?
Are you hearing me?
Like I’m hearing you?
You know I almost lost my mind
I can’t explain
Where I’ve been
You know I’ve almost lost my mind
I can’t explain
Where I’ve been
You know I almost lost my mind
I couldn’t explain
What I’ve seen
??
To find that the images are fading away
I’m seeing waves breaking forms to my horizon
Yeah I’m shining
I’m seeing waves breaking forms to my horizon, lord
I’m shining yeah
Are you hearing me?
……..
Some people had very bad trips & some had life changing experiences. It was easy to notice why those people had bad trips. They could not let go of their control. Fear of the unknown was too much for them. Plus their oversize Egos & skewed perspective of life didnt help either.
So in our terms they failed the acid test. they did not have a clean soul. They certainly could not look at themselves in the mirror(one of my fav things to do). But thanks for reminding me of Leary. I’m gonna try to read The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test asap.
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LAST Film Watched - WONDERLAND (7/10) Starring Val Kilmer as the legendary porn star John Holmes. Cool movie.
Loopsong - Get Innocuous! - LCD SOUNDSYSTEM.
Reading - CALIBRE - KEN BRUEN
Mainak your “Acid Test” is even more interesting/insigthful than Ken kessey`s ! :)
yeah all of terry gilliam would make the cut.
Brazil is very special to me for its orwellian tones.
reading huxley and ur post makes it too tempting ;)
wouldnt know where to look for shrooms in bang. though :(
SG
Which book of Huxley are you reading? he is great & I think he gotthe future right more than anybody else. TV & Video games are the “SOMA” of our times. The govt doesnt need pills to dumb us down when it has TV. (Though they are doing both ways)
You are in Bangalore?
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LAST Film Watched - WONDERLAND (7/10) Starring Val Kilmer as the legendary porn star John Holmes. Cool movie.
Loopsong - Get Innocuous! - LCD SOUNDSYSTEM.
Reading - COLD CALLER - JASON STARR
just started with doors .. next is island .
yeah from bangalore :d
Lots of common favs here, dude! Cheers!
hey mainak,
nice list but you left out a few bro…
saving grace
reservoir dogs
jackie brown
blow
lock,stock & 2 smoking barrels
being cyrus
Pink Flamingoes - Do not attempt to watch this without getting stoned. U might not get through it.
that’s not a good list, you’ve listed a lot of crap movies first of all and they’re not really stoner. I’m a big fan of Rfad but when I watched it stoned it didn’t seem that good. Really it’s only the soundtrack that makes it look so superb. now a hint from me - best movies to watch stoned are commedies, no doubt. ;] and also movies with violence or grotesque - these things usually make me laugh when im stoned, I guess im just sick :)
You are sick my friend! :)
It all really depends from person to person as far as stoner films goes. I’m not a big fan of comedies while stoned. I enjoy visual films with great soundtrack. And dark satires.
To each his own.
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Last Film - HARAKIRI (8/10)
Music - http://www.hypem.com
Book - SIDDHARTHA
Pink Flamingos! and H&K
i own these two movies and watch them all the time when stoned. When i was younger i thought being stoned meant, when someone got lynched by a mob with stones, and never understood why people talked about it with such pleasure. I thought they were all really twisted.
Was I ever so naive….
what a fun thread! :)
@Mainak
yeah I was wondering what is ‘American Beauty’ doing in this list. weird choice but not weirder than ‘Being Cyrus’ and ‘Sadma’! And why didn’t you include ‘Fight Club’ and ‘A clockwork Orange’?
Anything by Kubrick, Tarantino or with Edward Norton or De Niro in it :)
Most of the good movies have already been covered. Adding to the list: Seven Samurai, Shaolin Soccer :D
Should watch Trainspotting again asap!
Dabba@
I need to watch PINK FLAMINGOS
H&K is Harold & Kumar?
If so I don’t get what makes so many cool people flip for it. I just think its good in parts.
Neeraja@
Fight Club should have been on my list. I’ve seen it numerous times, all stoned. I remember the 1st time I got this really bad pirated VCD. I was so stoned I couldnt hear any of the dialogues & had to return it back to the store.
Clockwork Orange is interesting. I prefer Kubrick’s other films. BTW last month I was at the Hotel THE SHINING is based in. Its in Oregon.
No De Niro for me. Only early De Niro. He is unbearable now.
hello everybody,
well the first movie that comes into my mind and is a must see after getting stoned is “EASY RIDER”.and the second one that comes close to it but a distant second is “EUREKA”.
@ mainak -
Beware when u watch Pink flamingos. it is an affront to good taste and decency. Like watching a crocodile eat ur annoying neighbor’s baby. It will leave a bad taste in ur mouth, but i’ll be damned if u can get urself to stop watching it.
harold & kumar…sometimes you can’t explain or understand why u like something. it has always left me in splits.
Mainak, you mean you prefer Kubrick’s other works when stoned or in general?
You were in that hotel! wah! how? why? when?!!! :D
hehe…Shining is one of my favourite movies by Kubrick but man! it would be so scary to watch it in a non-sober state.
Neeraja
I would prefer Kubrick’s other films like 2001, Dr STRANGELOVE, FULL METAL JACKET, Paths of Glory to Clockwork.
But I would prefer Clockwork to the rest of his work. :)
I was there on the Thanksgiving weekend with my girlfriends Family. Its beautiful.
Dr. Strangelove is brilliant!
(this is an understatement.)
And recently added “A waking Life” by Richard Linklater to this list…
when stoned, watching movies is a insult to weed, it means it is not good enough to make you see the colors without the projector
or you are too dull to get that high even on weeds.
watch this movie when you are not stoned
‘the last temptation of christ’ by martin scorsese
aw come on guys, how come nobody’s talking about watching The Wizard Of Oz on mute with Dark Side Of The Moon playing in the background?
one of my best trips ever.
Raja Senji…
I have to embarrassingly admit that I have not done it. Thanks for reminding me. I keep forgetting to do this trip. But the problem is I don’t smoke weed anymore. It makes me lazy.
I prefer Mushrooms once in a while.
Vishrant
What the fuck are you talking about?
We are talking weed here, not Psychedelics.
O Boy… PFC = Passion for confessions @-)… :) Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas everyone
Some good songs for the occasion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y054bb7BOFs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtMPlY3duz4
Couldn’t find the original song on Youtube.
So
http://hypem.com/track/194618
Merry Christmas.
mainak
i too am not talking about psychedelics
ganja is too much
i can not insult even a little bhang ki goli by watching a movie after riding on shankar booti
if i have to choose, than i will choose music, movie never
I havent read all of these comments (only about 30 - give or take) so someone else may have said these and i havent seen, but this is a small list of films to watch when your stoned. for me, it would be all about the comedy.
Dumb and dumber
40 year old virgin
superbad
knocked up
jackass
dirty sanchez
bringing down the house
employee of the month
Hot Rod
not in any real particular order and i’ve missed a whole load (i really think i could give you a top 50 of comedies) but each to their own. as long as your happy watching and happy smoking then it’s all good.
i would like to congratulate you for attempting to provide a list, however for me, there are no films mentioned here which i havent seen that i’d really care to.
of course for those who like more variety (maybe my downfall), 10 out of 10.:)>-
apart from all the earlier onez,,,, a few must watchez are:-
1.The Song Remains The Same(ledzep concert)
2.A scanner darkly
3.Black Friday(the film abt the ‘93 mumbai blasts)
4.Epic Movie
5.Pearl Jam-Jeremy(muzic video)
n of course,all the videos of tool………
n lissen 2 dis song……..gt me freakd last nyte…….welcome home,by coheed and cambria……..vocalz kkinda suk
was just checking to see if 2001 made it to the list…