Stoner Movies, Ranked by Metascore

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor – April 20, 2020

How high do the scores go? In the gallery above, we rank 60* stoner films from cinema history—including the most infamous examples of the genre as well as more obscure titles. (The very concept of "stoner film" is surprisingly malleable, and while we tried to include films that are oft-mentioned as belonging to the genre, you'll likely disagree with a few inclusions or omissions. Also note that we intentionally omitted documentaries in order to keep the list from being unbearably long.)

All of the movies are ranked by Metascore, indicating how much critics liked each film, beginning with the worst-reviewed and building up to the most-acclaimed.

* Our original goal of 420 proved to be too ambitious.

1 of 62 photo by Orion Pictures / Paramount Pictures

Honorable mention: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) and Beavis & Butt-head Do America (1996)

Neither of the titular duos in these PG (and PG-13)-rated comedy classics actually consume or mention any cannabis products in their films. But we know better.

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