Deathmatch listoff: Best Stoner Movies

Well, there is no way I am going to be able research enough Mushroom Kingdom mythology before Sopranos to have any kind of "coherent response" to TMoney's post, and likewise my weekly media diatribe/catharsis is proving elusive. So here is something that is LONG overdue.

And what better than this list a mere 2 days after the high holiday. True fashion. While the definition of "stoner movie" may be a point of contention, I am going to say its any movie where a main character partakes in cannabis. Hopefully I won't get too distracted by "Planet Earth: Forests" on the Discovery Channel to finish this before Tony et al.

6. Grandmas Boy
This movie is somehow underrated and overrated at the same time. So idiotic and yet surprisingly rewatchable. It really could be replace by any number of other Sandler/Stiller movies that lack the ganj. Like Happy Gilmore. Nevertheless, it has a karate monkey.


5. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels This is probably pushing the definition of stoner movie, but the transporter gets high as hell and weed is a major part of the plot. And it fucking rules. So much so that I'm posting 2 clips.

So many choices. How bout "guns are for show, knives for a pro?" It's funny because Soap is such a pussy up until that point.



4. Half Baked A classic. From the death of Buttercup to the death of Killer. And I quote, "Killer was born to a 3-legged bitch of a mother. And he was always ashamed of it, man." Great cameos -- such as Bob "I suck dick for coke" Saget and Jon Stewart. Not to mention Sir Smoke-A-Lot.


3. Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle
Just that the "devil's harvest" poster I had in college makes an appearance merits, uh, this movie's appearance on this list.

Plus it has something for everyone. Whether your funny-bone preference be shitting, freaks, racism, or sex with freaks, you are pretty-well covered.
"Bullets! My only weakness. How did you know?"
Also, I enjoyed re-enacting this scene when I worked at a pizza place out in Wisconsin. True Story.


2. Dazed and Confused This really is the stoner movie by which all others should be judged. So well put together, with the younger and older generations interacting and whatnot. Ah, life in 1970s Texas, when high school seniors could drive around drunk and administer savage beatings on freshmen. Plus there's a ton of random stuff going on that is fucking hilarious. For example, this scene. Ignore Wooderson's ridiculous dialogue and watch.


1. The Big Lebowski The dude abides. Walter on the other hand? Not so much. World of pain indeed.


Dammit I forgot Super Troopers and Caddyshack. Oh well, they probably shoulda been in there somewhere. And I'm sure there's a ton of others I missed. So to make up for it, here's a video of arguably the greatest scene in movie history.