It’s a safe bet we potheads have enjoyed all the best stoner movies on multiple occasions. You’ve memorized The Big Lebowski, ripped a bong with Floyd in True Romance, hazily sang “Sweet Emotion” along to Dazed and Confused, joined Harold & Kumar on a quest to White Castle, and seen everything Cheech & Chong. Those timeless, but overplayed, classics aren’t going anywhere. Forget Pineapple Express, here’s a list of great films that are even better when you’re baked.
25 Best Movies To Watch High
The Wackness
It's the summer of 1994, and the streets of New York are pulsing with hip-hop. Set against this backdrop, a lonely teenager named Luke Shapiro spends his last summer before university selling marijuana throughout New York City, trading it with his unorthodox psychotherapist for treatment, while having a crush on his stepdaughter.
Adventureland
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In the summer of 1987, a college graduate takes a 'nowhere' job at his local amusement park, only to find it's the perfect course to get him prepared for the real world.
2001: A Space Odyssey
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Humanity finds a mysterious, obviously artificial object buried beneath the Lunar surface and, with the intelligent computer H.A.L. 9000, sets off on a quest.
American Ultra
A stoner - who is in fact a government agent - is marked as a liability and targeted for extermination. But he's too well-trained and too high for them to handle.
Guardians of the Galaxy
A group of intergalactic criminals are forced to work together to stop a fanatical warrior from taking control of the universe.
The 40-Year Old Virgin
Goaded by his buddies, a nerdy guy who's never "done the deed" only finds the pressure mounting when he meets a single mother.
Ted
John Bennett (Mark Wahlberg), a man whose childhood wish of bringing his teddy bear (Seth MacFarlane) to life came true, now must decide between keeping the relationship with the bear or his girlfriend, Lori (Mila Kunis).
Space Jam
Michael Jordan agrees to help the Looney Tunes play a basketball game vs. alien slavers to determine their freedom.
Half Baked
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The story of three not so bright men who come up with a series of crazy schemes to get a friend out of jail.
Chicken Run
When a bird "flies" into a chicken farm, the fellow chickens see him as an opportunity to escape their evil owners.
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
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A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape Earth and return to his home-world.
Ratatouille
A rat who can cook makes an unusual alliance with a young kitchen worker at a famous restaurant.
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure
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Two seemingly dumb teens struggle to prepare a historical presentation with the help of a time machine.
The Big Lebowski
"The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire Lebowski, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Three decades after the defeat of the Galactic Empire, a new threat arises. The First Order attempts to rule the galaxy and only a ragtag group of heroes can stop them, along with the help of the Resistance.
Inception
A thief, who steals corporate secrets through use of dream-sharing technology, is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a CEO.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
An oddball journalist and his psychopathic lawyer travel to Las Vegas for a series of psychedelic escapades.
Friday
Two homies, Smokey and Craig, smoke a dope dealer's weed and try to figure a way to get the $200 they owe to the dealer by ten p.m. that same night. In that time, they smoke more weed, get jacked, and they get shot at in a drive-by.
Iron Man
After being held captive in an Afghan cave, an engineer creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.
Up
Seventy-eight year old Carl Fredricksen travels to Paradise Falls in his home equipped with balloons, inadvertently taking a young stowaway.
Surfer, Dude
A wave twisting tale of a soul searching surfer experiencing an existential crisis.
Employee of the Month
A slacker competes with a repeat winner for the "Employee of the Month" title at work, in order to gain the affections of a new female employee.
Kick-Ass
Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a super-hero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so.
How High
Two guys by the name of Silas and Jamal decided to one day smoke something magical, which eventually helps them to ace their college entrance exam.
Role Models
Wild behavior forces a pair of energy drink reps to enroll in a Big Brother program.
