The Top 10 Stoner Movies Of All Time

If you enjoy weed, you’ll probably enjoy watching a good movie about weed, especially after smoking some weed. Stoner movies have become far more than just a genre; they are an international pass time. Since the seventies, ganja has made its mark in movie history, so there is no shortage of titles to pick from. After a few evenings of dedicated screen time and the construction of the Empty-Rizzla-Pack Mountain, we bring to you: Below The Lion’s top 10 stoner movies of all time.

10. Dude Where’s My Car (2000)

Released in 2000, this movie set the tone for the next 10 years of stoner comedies. The entire film is based on short term memory loss and is essentially 95 minutes of two guys trying to find out where they parked their car. Dude Where’s My Car taught us so much, about monkeys, and then about Lamas, and then about the universe, and then some more. In tradition, Dude Where’s My Car pays tribute to The Big Lebowski in the most famous lines of the movie, “Dude, Where’s my car?”, “Where’s your car dude?”. The movie built a massive cult following after the home release. You should be able to find it on the DVD rack in any 7/11.

“I’m sensing something very Canadian about this place.” – Jesse

9. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)

These 2 characters were created as a college project By Kevin Smith. They were given life in his first movie Clerks and took off from there. Jay and Silent Bob discover that the cartoon characters known as Blunt Man and Chronic (based on Jay and Silent Bob) are getting a movie. When they find out they are not getting any profits they plan to trash the movie. In the process they befriend Justice and her team of animal rights activists who plan on freeing a bunch of animals from a lab. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back was Kevin Smith’s 5th movie to be set in the View Askewniverse, which all originated from Clerks outwards. The film came under massive fire from the Gay and Lesbian leagues of America for it’s homophobic tone. Several scenes had to be edited and deleted to get the movie released.

“In a world gone mad, we will not spank the monkey, but the monkey will spank us.” – Jay

8. Grandma’s boy (2006)

Potentially one of the funniest stoner films to ever grace our screens. Grandma’s Boy is all about Alex, a 35 year old video game tester who is forced to move in with his grandma and her two roommates. This movie raised the bar in stoner comedy. From Doctor Shakalu to dreaming of robot legs, this movie is stoney enough to give you a contact high just from watching it. That one scene when Jeff is challenged to Dance Dance Revolution had us choking on our tokes. The film is made by Adam Sandler’s film company Happy Madison. If there is only one thing we learned from this movie it is this: nobody f*$#’s with a lion.

“I don’t even know what you are, but I’m gonna f%*#ing eat you too!” – Alex

7. How High (2001)

Silas (Method Man) and Jamal (Redman); two of the worst things to ever happen to Harvard. After their buddy Ivory dies in an accident, Silas uses his ashes in his ganja plant as fertilizer. Silas and Jamal meet and smoke a joint before their THC test, (Test for Higher Credentials), and Ivory appears and gives them all the right answers. They and up going to Harvard with their new batch of super weed and subsequently start taking numbers. It was a close call between How High and Friday, but in the end, How High is about a bag of weed, and is just so funny. Definitely our favourite Hip-Hop-Stoner Comedy. Method Man is just the Bizz. No offence to Ice Cube.

“That shit on your lip got some shit on its lip.” – Silas

6. Half Baked (1998)

Brian, Thurgood and Scarface have to get their buddy out of jail for accidentally killing a police horse. In order to get the money to bail him out they start a weed selling business called Mr. Nice Guy. Things start picking up till a local mobster starts losing profits. A pretty hilarious movie but I’m not one for the end. Giving up one girl for another? Not for me. Brian has by far the best stoner face I have ever seen and buys a fanny pack that supposedly carries the ashes of Jerry Garcia, Lead singer of the Grateful Dead. The film was considered a box office success, at the time ranking number 6 in the highest grossing movies, pulling in almost 8 million dollars on the first weekend.

“I, myself, am a master of the custodial arts… Or a janitor if you wanna be a dick about it.” -Thurgood Jenkins

5. Clerks (1994)

Clerks is possibly one of the greatest success stories of all time. Written and directed by Kevin Smith (Silent Bob), it was shot for less than $27, 000 and grossed more than $3 million in theatres , introducing the world to the View Askewniverse. The movie is about 2 store clerks and all the people they meet in a day. Jay and Silent Bob have their first appearance as dealers who stand outside the Quick Shop where the movie takes place. They are a kind of comic relief. Clerks came 361 in Empire’s 500 best movies of all time, and one of the best it is.

“People say crazy shit during sex. One time I called this girl ‘Mom.’“ – Randal

4. Cheech and Chong: Up in Smoke (1978)

Cheech and Chong are recognised across the world for their love of the herb. They are not shy to explore pretty much whatever passes under their noses, but their days and episodes consist mostly of them smoking a lot of ganja. The characters were created over ten years before the first movie and were known for their stand up routines. The movie is about a pot loving drummer and his Mexican buddy Pedro De Pacas. The story line is a bit wonky, but basically they all go to Mexico for Pedro’s cousin’s wedding and manage to procure a vehicle to drive back made from a new kind of weed called “fiber weed” the local cops try to track down the van, but are hopelessly incompetent. Pacas and stoner meet up with a couple of hitchhikers who convince them to enter a battle of the bands. The movie is one laugh after another and has a great way of expressing the paranoia of the US government with regards to nobodies smoking weed. No stoner DVD collection is complete without it.

Pedro: Man, what is in this shit, man?

Stoner: Mostly Maui Waui man, but it’s got some Labrador in it.

Pedro: What’s Labrador?

Stoner: It’s dog shit.

Pedro: What?

Stoner: Yeah, my dog ate my stash, man.

Pedro: Yeah?

Stoner: I had it on the table and the little motherfucker ate it, man. Then I had to follow him around with a little baggie for three days, man, before I got it back. Really blew the dog’s mind, ya know?

Pedro: You mean we’re smokin’ dog shit, man?

3. Pineapple Express (2008)

The youngest movie on our list, but what kind of a list would this be without it. Pineapple Express has helped define the stoner comedy for our generation. It’s loose improvised style gave it a sense of unpredictability which left you with no clue as to what would come next. The movie follows a guy who’s job it is to serve people with court summons, who then witnesses a murder. He involves his dealer for some reason and so are chased down by a bunch of mobsters. The movie revolves around a rare strain of weed known as Pineapple Express, which was bred by the government in the 60’s. The movie has some of the most memorable stoner lines of all time and is just one ridiculous mishap after another. The weed used in Pineapple Express is apparently based on the G13 strain which was supposedly bred by the government in the 60’s, for real. This is not confirmed but it is fun to believe. There is however a legal commune grow in Canada which is renowned for it’s strain of Pineapple Kush.

“This is like if that Blue Oyster shit met that Afghan Kush I had – and they had a baby. And then, meanwhile, that crazy Northern Light stuff I had and the Super Red Espresso Snowflake met and had a baby. And by some miracle, those two babies met and fucked – this would the shit that they birthed.” – Saul

2. Dazed and Confused (1993)

Dazed and confused has earned it’s place as number 2 in our stoner movie list. When released, D&C pulled in less than $8 million dollars, but in the last ten years has grown in popularity and has came 10th in Entertainment Weekly’s “25 Funniest Movies of All Time”. D&C follows the adventures of a bunch of teenagers on their last day of high school in 1976. It also carries a very respectable cast of stoner actors, from Matthew McConaughey, Adam Goldberg, Milla Jovovich and Ben Affleck. This movie is just great in every way. Dazed and Confused is about so many people you know, and maybe even yourself. There is something for everyone in Dazed and Confused, one of the greatest stoner movies ever made.

“Ok girlies. It’s really hot out here and I’m really sick of looking at you.” – Darla

1. The Big Lebowski (1998)

Not just a stoner movie, but maybe one of the greatest movies of all time. The Big Lebowski is one big metaphor for life. The Big Lebowski is about a dude called The Dude. His rug gets peed on and he wants a new one. It’s not a big thing to ask for. The Dude just wants a new rug. His old one really tied the room together. Through The Dude’s quest for a new rug he is thrown in to a whirl pool of lies and deceit. He does on the other hand get a free beeper and the biggest portable phone I’ve ever seen. The Dude is a must have for any respectable DVD collection.

Mr. Lebowski: “What makes a man? is it being prepared to do the right thing, whatever the cost? Isn’t that what makes a man?”

The Dude: “Mmmm, sure, that and a pair of testicles.”

With so many titles to choose from, there were a few close calls. If there are movies you think we left out, feel free to add your suggestions. We might just extend this list a bit

May the bong be with you,

Mr. T