Stoner Movies, Ranked by Metascore
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.
Harmony Korine's 2019 film (which, like all Korine films, proved divisive among critics and filmgoers) stars Matthew McConaughey as hedonist poet Moondog, who spends his days drinking and smoking in the Florida Keys. It's the rare film to feature both Snoop Dogg and Jimmy Buffett.
“[McConaughey]’s so entertaining, in fact, that it takes nearly the entirety of 'The Beach Bum' to fully absorb how little else there is to the film once the initial high of basking in Moondog’s perma-stoned glory wears off.” —Michael Nordine, Indiewire
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