Psychedelic definition: of or noting a mental state characterized by a profound sense of intensified sensory perception, sometimes accompanied by severe perceptual distortion and hallucinations and by extreme feelings of either euphoria or despair
This is a compilation of multiple lists gathered from reputable psychedelic sites and popular lists on reputable film sites. The films are ranked based on how many of the lists they appeared on (can be seen with the notes feature). This list features projects of all genres and lengths, anything considered psychedelic by one or many of the sources. A note on bias: many of these lists are older, and there is a general tendency for some of the higher ranking films to be older. I…
Psychedelic definition: of or noting a mental state characterized by a profound sense of intensified sensory perception, sometimes accompanied by severe perceptual distortion and hallucinations and by extreme feelings of either euphoria or despair
This is a compilation of multiple lists gathered from reputable psychedelic sites and popular lists on reputable film sites. The films are ranked based on how many of the lists they appeared on (can be seen with the notes feature). This list features projects of all genres and lengths, anything considered psychedelic by one or many of the sources. A note on bias: many of these lists are older, and there is a general tendency for some of the higher ranking films to be older. I will continually work to consistently update and gather from new sources to mitigate this. Take note of when the sources were published, which I have put in parentheses if I got that information. Lists I gathered from are below, if you have any more suggestions, drop in the comments! Check out my Stoner Films Compilation as a good companion piece.
1. Medium's "40+ Movies to Watch while on LSD/ACID (Tripping)" [March 2020]
2. Truffle Magic's "The 50 Best Movies to Watch While Tripping" [March 2017]
3. Complex's "Ten Favorite Psychedelic Movies" [March 2010]
4. The Top 25 of Ranker's "The Coolest, Most Colorful Movies to Watch on Psychedelics" [April 2020]
5. MushMagic's "10 Movies to Trip With" [October 2016]
6. Taste of Cinema's "25 Great Psychedelic Movies That Are Worth Your Time" [February 2015]
7. The Cinemaholic's "10 Best Psychedelic Movies of All Time" [August 2018]
8. Ultraculture's "Here's 10 of the Greatest Psychedelic Movies of All Time" [November 2014]
9. Cinema Dailies' "Top 31 Psychedelic Movies Of All-Time"
10. Cultura Colectiva's "10 Psychedelic Movies To Travel to the Mind" [July 2016]
11. Azarius' "Ten psychedelic movies you have to see" [October 2018]
12. Lazy Traveler's "Top 10 Trippy Movies" [December 2019]
13. Vocal's "Most Psychedelic Movies of All Time" [2017]
14. It's Psychedelic Baby Magazine's "5 Great Psychedelic Movies For Students That Are Worth Your Time" [April 2019]
15. Ranker's "22 Trippy Movies That'll Make You Feel Like You're In An Altered State" [December 2019]
16. Wetpaint's "10 Trippiest Movies of All Time in Honor of 'Blade Runner 2049'" [2017]
17. Flavorwire's (via BroBible) "Watch at Your Own Risk: The Trippiest Movies Ever Made" [August 2012]
18. PsyAmb's "Top Psychedelic Movies Of All Time" [July 2011]
19. Alienated in Vancouver's "Top five movies to watch on LSD" [August 2011]
20. Live About's "Five Acid Trip Movies" [April 2019]
21. Third Monk's "Trippy Psychedelic Films"
22. Golden Tarot's (via MUBI) "Psychedelic Cinema"
23. Screen Rant's "Psychedelic, Man: 10 Sci-Fi Movies Inspired By Mind-Altering Experiences" [December 2019]
24. The Top 50 of Ranker's "The Best Movies to Watch on Mushrooms" [March 2020]
25. Reality Sandwich’s “Inside/Out: Our Top Ten Trippy Movies” [March 2020]
26. Dazed’s “The dA-Zed guide to Acid Cinema” [July 2014]
27. TIFF’s “By the Time We Get to Woodshock: A Brief, Selective History of Psychedelic Cinema” [October 2017]
28. Popular IMDB List (roopoo92 user)- “Best Ever Movies To Watch On Psychedelics/Hallucinogenic Drugs!“ [January 2015]
29. Vulture’s “The Stoner Canon: 101 Trippy Movies, Albums, Books, TV Shows, and More” [August 2018]
30. OnMilwaukee’s “Five memorably trippy movies” [October 2012]
31. Thrillist’s “How 6 Psychedelic Movie Sequences Were Made” [November 2016]
32. ComingSoon.net’s “10 Movies to Watch if You Love Euphoria” [August 2019]
33. High Times’ “Top 10 Trippiest Scenes From Movies” [June 2018]
34. Complex’s “7 Movies That Make You Feel Like You're on Drugs” [March 2017]
35. NME’s “In Tribute To Enter The Void – 10 Weirdest Movies Ever” [September 2010]
36. Trancentral’s “10 Psychedelic movies that will alter your perception of reality” [October 2016]
37. Popular IMDB List (melomania5432)- “Top 150 Trippy-Psychedelic Movies of All Time“
38. DoubleBlind’s “Shrooms Movie: The Best (And Worst) Movies to Watch on Shrooms” [March 2021]
39. Maps of the Mind’s “6 Of The Best Modern Psychedelic Films” [July 2020]
40. PsychedelicNewsWire’s “5 Great Psychedelics Movies You Should Watch” [July 2020]
41. Digital Mafia Talkies’ “Top 10 Psychedelic Films of All Time!” [August 2020]
42. tastedive’s “10 Trippy movies to help you get through lockdown.” [May 2020]
43. Christopher Ashton’s “Psychedelia in Film- Supercut” [April 2018]
44. Series Commitment’s “Best Trippy Movies That’ll Make You Feel Weird” [July 2020]
45. Psychedelic Sight’s “Psychedelic movies: Weird scenes inside the gold mine” [June 2020]
46. InUth’s “10 amazing psychedelic movies guaranteed to blow your mind” [April 2017]
47. Strange Comforts’ “The Best Psychedelic Films That’ll Trip You Out” [October 2020]
48. Screen Rant’s “Mind-Frigged: 10 Trippy Movies That Will Have You Questioning Reality” [November 2019]
49. Milwaukee Film’s “TOP FIVE TUESDAY: THE TOP FIVE PSYCHEDELIC MOMENTS OF CINEMA!” [April 2019]
50. The Artifice’s “5 Films that are Valid Substitutes for Psychotropic Substances” [June 2013]
51. Mary Fetzer’s (via Listverse) “Top 10 Movies That Feel Like An Acid Trip” [October 2020]
52. Ryan Estabrooks’ (via Mubi) “MOVIES TO TRIP/SMOKE/DRINK TO!” [Data from April 2021]
53. Presly Phillips’ (via Odyssey Online) “15 Psychedelic/Trippy Films To Watch This Month” [March 2020]
54. The Times’ “THE B-LIST: Visually stunning films guaranteed to blow your mind” [February 2020]
55. James Barrett’s (via Medium) “Changing Your Head: A Short Trip Through Psychedelic Cinema” [August 2019]
56. The Interrobang’s “Animated Films You May Want to Watch on Hallucinogens” [August 2012]
57. Pieter Dom’s (via Welcome to Twin Peaks) “IT’S WORLD SLEEP DAY! 15 MOST TRIPPY DREAM SEQUENCES IN FILM AND TV” [March 2012]
58. Sleepwalker’s (via List Challenges) “Some Trippy Movies” [Data from April 2021]
59. Creepy Catalog’s “Surreal Movies: A List of Mind-Bending, Trippy Films”
60. communiTV’s (YouTube) “Top 5 Psychedelic Movies” [April 2021]
61. To Higher Consciousness’ (YouTube) “11 MOVIES TO WATCH WHILE TRIPPING” [December 2019]
62. Psychonaut’s Bible’s (YouTube) “Six Movies To Watch While You’re Tripping” [August 2020]
63. Ingow’s (Letterboxd) “Films to watch at 2-3am in case you’re drunk and/or on drugs [Psychedelic, Stoner...]” [as of April 2021] Here
64. Bombs Over Brooklyn’s (YouTube) “My Favorite Psychedelic Films | DMT LSD and Shrooms Movies” [January 2020]
65. Film Qualia’s (YouTube) “I’m Tripping Out Man! - Psychedelic CGI in Modern Blockbusters” [December 2018]
66. Reelmovienation’s “Top 8 Best Psychedelic Movies To Check Out In March 2021” [March 2021]
67. stonerdays’ “Top 10 Trippy Stoner Movies” [April 2016]
68. Mark Broughton’s “Who Took the Drugs? Displaced Hallucinations in Psychedelic Films” [2015]
69. kOOma YO’s (YouTube) “top 10 trippy movies” [October 2011]
70. CineFix- IGN Movies and TV’s (YouTube) “Best Brain Bending Movies- IndieWire’s THE PLAYLIST” [October 2013]
71. Popular IMDB List (g-tyaneus user) “The 20 best psychedelic films”
72. Kevin Boyle’s (via Potent) “Most Psychedelic Movies of All Time” [2017]
73. Manish Sahay’s (popular Quora response) “What are the most trippy movies ever made?” [2017]
74. Pawan Kumar Sinha’s (popular Quora response) “What are the most trippy movies ever made?” [2016]
75. liampringle1’s (TikTok) “5 TRIPPY movies that will HURT YOUR BRAIN” [April 2020]
76. Maroon's (via Filmaffinity USA) "List: Psychedelic Films"
77. Popular IMDB List (zehn-lotus user) “Ultimate Trippy Movies List” [December 2012]
78. whatNerd’s “8 Trippy Drug Movies That Depict Psychedelic Experiences” [September 2021]
79. Way of Leaf’s “Best Movies to Watch While Tripping” [August 2021]
80. Far Out's (Calum Russell) "The 10 greatest psychedelic films of all time" [November 2021]
81. cjarter’s (Letterboxd) “Acid Celluloid: A Collection of Psychedelic Cinema” [as of November 2021] Here
82. Dutch Headshop’s “THE 25 MOST TRIPPY MOVIES & SERIES FOR PSYCHEDELICS”
83. Chit Chat Bazz’s “Best Trippy Movies That Are Worth Your Time” [August 2021]
84. Knowledge Eager’s (Jamey Muller) “11 Best Trippy-Psychedelic Movies of All Time (As of 2022!)” [January 2022]
85. Lunchbox-Productions’ “10 Best Trippy Movies That You Should Watching Update 03/22”
86. Collider’s (Haley Peterson) “10 Psychedelic Masterpieces For Your Viewing Pleasure on 4/20” [February 2022]
