Stoner film
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A stoner film (or stoner movie) is colloquial term referring to a subgenre of movies depicting the use and/or the users of marijuana. Typically, such movies show marijuana use in an undemonized, comic, or even positive fashion, earning them a following as cult films. Marijuana use is one of the main themes, and inspires most of the action.
The series of movies in the 1970s starring Cheech & Chong are archetypal "stoner movies." Some anti-drug films like Reefer Madness have also become popular as "stoner movies" because their anti-drug message is seen by viewers as so over the top that the film amounts to self-parody.
High Times magazine regularly sponsors the Stony Awards to celebrate stoner films and television.
Notable examples
- Fritz the Cat (1972)
- The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat (1974)
- Up in Smoke (1978)
- Cheech & Chong's Next Movie (1980)
- Nice Dreams (1981)
- Things Are Tough All Over (1982)
- Still Smokin' (1983)
- Far Out Man (1990)
- Dazed and Confused (1993)
- Clerks (1994)
- The Stoned Age (1994)
- Friday (1995)
- Bio-Dome (1996)
- Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)
- Amistad (1997)
- Bongwater (1997)
- Half Baked (1998)
- That '70s Show (1998-2006)
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
- The Big Lebowski (1998)
- Detroit Rock City (1999)
- Dude, Where's My Car? (2000)
- Next Friday (2000)
- Saving Grace (2000)
- Scary Movie (2000)
- Freddy Got Fingered (2001)
- How High (2001)
- Lammbock (2001)
- Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
- Scary Movie 2 (2001)
- Super Troopers (2001)
- Ali G Indahouse (2002)
- Friday After Next (2002)
- Rolling Kansas (2003)
- Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)
- Shaun of the Dead (2004)
- Without A Paddle (2004)
- Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005)
- Clerks 2 (2006)
- Grandma's Boy (2006)
- Puff, Puff, Pass (2006)
- Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006)
- Knocked Up (2007)
- Super High Me (2007)
- Smiley Face (2007)
- Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
- Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)
- Pineapple Express (2008)
- Strange Wilderness (2008)
- The Wackness (2008)
- Adventureland (film) (2009)
- Extract (film) (2009)
- Van Wilder: Freshman Year (2009)
- Due Date (2010)
- High School (2010)
- Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)
- 30 Minutes or Less (2011)
- Anuvahood (2011)
- Bong Of The Dead (2011)
- Wilfred (2011)
- Your Highness (2011)
- A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (2011)
- Ted (film) (2012)
- Mac & Devin Go to High School (2012)
- HIGHway (2012)
- Project X (2012 film) (2012)
List of films containing frequent marijuana use
The following is a (by no means complete) list of English language films containing frequent marijuana use. These do not necessarily qualify as "stoner films".
- Reefer Madness (1936)
- Marihuana (1936)
- Assassin of Youth (1937)
- Nosotros los pobres (1948)
- Easy Rider (1969)
- Fritz the Cat (1972)
- The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat (1974)
- Rockers (1978)
- Cheech & Chong (series) (1978–2010)
- Acapulco Gold (1978)
- Over the Edge (1979)
- Where the Buffalo Roam (1980)
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
- The Breakfast Club (1985)
- Withnail and I (1987)
- Far Out Man (1990)
- The Moneytree (1992)
- Dazed and Confused (1993)
- The Stöned Age (1994)
- PCU (1994)
- Mallrats (1995)
- Friday (trilogy) (1995–2002)
- Bongwater (1997)
- Twin Town (1997)
- The Big Lebowski (1998)
- Half Baked (1998)
- Homegrown (1998)
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
- American Beauty (1999)
- Detroit Rock City (1999)
- Grass (1999)
- Freak Talks About Sex (1999)
- Idle Hands (1999)
- Outside Providence (1999)
- Scary Movie (2000)
- The Beach (2000)
- Saving Grace (2000)
- Wonder Boys (2000)
- Scary Movie 2 (2001)
- Cash Crop (2001)
- Blow (2001)
- How High (2001)
- Super Troopers (2001)
- Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
- The Wash (2001)
- Lammbock (2001)
- Slackers (2002)
- City of God (2002)
- Ali G Indahouse (2002)
- Rolling Kansas (2003)
- Orange County (2003)
- Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)
- The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
- Reefer Madness: The Musical (2005)
- Pot Zombies (2005)
- Beerfest (2006)
- Children of Men (2006)
- Grandma's Boy (2006)
- Puff, Puff, Pass (2006)
- Evil Bong (2006)
- Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006)
- Diggers (2006)
- The Tripper (2007)
- Super High Me (2007)
- Knocked Up (2007)
- Weirdsville (2007)
- Kush (2007)
- National Lampoon's Totally Baked: A Potumentary (2006)
- Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)
- Help Me Eros (2008)
- Smiley Face (2008)
- Strange Wilderness (2008)
- The Wackness (2008)
- Pineapple Express (2008)
- Brighton Wok: The Legend of Ganja Boxing (2008)
- Humboldt County (2008)
- Surfer, Dude (2008)
- Friday the 13th (2009)
- Shrink (2009)
- Sex Pot (2009)
- Adventureland (film) (2009)
- Extract (2009)
- Leaves of Grass (2009)
- Your Highness (2011)
- A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas (2011)
- The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
- Ted (2012)
- Budz House (2012)
- Hansel & Gretel Get Baked (2013)
- This is the End (2013)
- We're the Millers (2013)
- Kili Poyi (2013)
- Kid Cannabis (2014)
- Midnight Delight (2015)
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