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Plot Summary:
A student tries pot for the first time, loves it and decides to distribute it in a big business kind of way. Soon he has the police and the mafia on his tail.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: independent film, cult film
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Generation Y (2016)
Plot Summary:
Meet Micheal, Mark, Dan, and Kierek. They're stoners, slackers, and the typical college students. When these four semi adults are not going to class, they're getting in to sticky situations. Micheal wants to be a writer. He's always in a constant battle with his mother about his career choice. Mark is a playboy and can't decide between two girls, Stacy or Becky. Dan is being harassed by a man who is obsessed by a self-help guru. Kierek wants to be cool, and he'll do anything for it, even if that means doing something he doesn't normally do. They're all trying to live their lives. One bong hit at time.
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Genere: Documentary, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, black comedy, cult film
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Pipe Dream (2015)
Plot Summary:
A story of two wannabe Schoolies on the Gold Coast during a state-wide crackdown on drugs. The boys stumble upon a stash of "weed", and through the misguidance of an older brother trying to replace his earlier Schoolies experience, they get caught up in the war on drugs waged by the authorities. Selling drugs to earn enough money to replace a broken heirloom they are oblivious to the battle around them. As they are pursued by an overzealous Police Chief and a violent underworld, they aim to be kings and make this the best Schoolies ever.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 121
Genere: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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Getting Wasted (1980)
Plot Summary:
An uptight military school gets a dose of hippie-infused rebellion when a group of students gather in support of the 1960s uprising going on around them. When a few students decide to bring the more liberal, artsy side of the revolution onto campus, they face opposition from much of the school's staff.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 179
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Cheech & Chong Roasted (2008)
Plot Summary:
Cheech and Chong, the stoner pair who dominated the comedy scene in the 1970s and ’80s and recently reunited for their Light Up America tour, take their place in the hot seat to be roasted by close friends and fellow comedians. The duo made a name for themselves with their drug-laced humor, which kept audiences rolling in the aisles with such comedy routines as “Earache My Eye,” “Basketball Jones,.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: hispanic
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Getting Doug with High (2013)
Plot Summary:
Comedians getting high with Doug Benson.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 168
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: alternative comedy, live comedy
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J-Men Forever (1979)
Plot Summary:
The Lightning Bug has a multi-prong scheme to enslave the earth. First, rock and roll, which the JMen counter with Muzac, then marijuana. Finally, the JMen build a bomb to blow up the moon with, but the Bug beats them to it by self destructing the moon by playing his rock and roll too loud.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 358
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: parody, mindfuck, surreal, spy comedy, independent film, spoof, feel good, humorous, witty, not serious
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Baked in Brooklyn (2016)
Plot Summary:
A recent college graduate decides to sell marijuana on the streets of Manhattan after losing his job at a consulting firm. He soon meets the girl of his dreams. With an unsupportive girlfriend, an increase of clienteles, and the growing threats of being caught or killed, he soon realizes he is in way over his head.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, disturbing, independent film, happy
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High Society: A Pot Boiler (2009)
Plot Summary:
Comedy - Crafted in the rich stoner tradition, "High Society: A Pot Boiler" is a dialogue and character-driven, rapid-fire, unrelenting comedy about three contentious roommates, two hot chicks and an unwelcome guest. - Erik Davies, Jeremiah Bitsui, Peter Alton.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 84
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: absurd, independent film, cult film
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Ganjasaurus Rex (1987)
Plot Summary:
A giant tyrannosaur terrorizes a band of California marijuana growers.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: spoof, parody, cult film
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Evil Bong 420 (2015)
Plot Summary:
Polish your balls and head to the lanes. Rabbit has escaped the Evil Bong’s World of Weed, and has opened a topless bowling alley. It’s the Grand Opening and the balls are rolling, the boobs are bouncing and the weed is plentiful. When his old friends, Larnell and Sarah Leigh stop by to help him celebrate his wacky new business venture, things are finally looking up for Rabbit, right? Wrong! Evil Bong is hot on Rabbit’s trail. With the help of the murderous Gingerdead Man, they crash the most balls out party of the century. But Gingerdead Man has plans of his own when he learns that the secret to becoming a real man is getting his cookies off.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 463
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 53 min
Plot tags: retro, slasher, horror comedy, terrifying, black comedy, weird
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High Maintenance (2012)
Plot Summary:
A nameless cannabis delivery guy delivers his much-needed medication to stressed-out New Yorkers.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, feel good, realistic, talky, semi serious, anthology
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Far Out Man (1990)
Plot Summary:
An aging hippie sets out on a trip across America to find his family.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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Rude Awakening (1989)
Plot Summary:
In the later 1960s, two hippies are forced to leave their friends as they are wanted by the FBI, who sees them as criminals. They hide in the jungle for 20 years, secluded from the outside world. In the later 1980s, the find out that a secret war is about to start in the US, and decide to return to New York to tell someone about it.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious, funny, romantic, clever, suspense, satirical, intense
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Puff, Puff, Pass (2006)
Plot Summary:
Danny Masterson (TV's 'That '70s Show') leads a hilarious ensemble cast in a tale about two hapless stoners who get involved in a scheme to rip off a shady character named Mr. Big after the duo sours on rehab.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, entertaining, funny, realistic
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Ripped (2017)
Plot Summary:
Two free-spirited stoners find themselves catapulted into 2016 after smoking some top secret pot created by the CIA in 1986. With 30 years of their lives lost, these now balding and overweight friends use their uncomplicated enthusiasm to get their lives back on track and figure out the modern world.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country:
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, funny, feel good, captivating, entertaining
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Nice Dreams (1981)
Plot Summary:
Cheech and Chong house sit for a marijuana grower and rip off the crop. Stalked by keystone-style cops, Los Guys have a series of encounters with L.A. area characters even weirder than themselves.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, humorous, psychedelic, sex comedy, hispanic, realistic, witty, semi serious, black comedy, dark comedy
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Grow House (2017)
Plot Summary:
Two guys start a risky new business to pay off a debt.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 466
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers (1984)
Plot Summary:
Two brothers who can feel each others' pain and pleasure mess up the French revolution.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, slapstick, spoof, independent film, offbeat, realistic, witty, not serious, scary
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How High 2 (2019)
Plot Summary:
When two jobless friends discover a hidden weed bible and the ultimate bud, they think that they’ve got it made…with 'seed' money to start a new snack delivery app. But, when nearly all of their stash and weed bible are stolen, the two potpreneurs set off on an outrageous, mind-bending adventure through Atlanta to find them. Stoned with supernatural powers, they search 'high' and low, stopping at nothing to recover their ticket to starting a legit business.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, entertaining, absurd, buddy comedy, ridiculous
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How High (2001)
Plot Summary:
Multi-platinum rap superstars Redman and Method Man star as Jamal and Silas, two regular guys who smoke something magical, ace their college entrance exams and wind up at Harvard. Ivy League ways are strange but Silas and Jamal take it in a stride -- until their supply of supernatural smoke runs dry. That's when they have to start living by their wits and rely on their natural resources to make the grade.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, feel good, hood, talky, cult classic, hilarious, entertaining, romantic, mysterious
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Rolling Kansas (2003)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends go on a journey to a secret marijuana forest in Kansas.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, road movie, offbeat, realistic, independent film
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Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
Plot Summary:
When Jay and Silent Bob learn that their comic-book alter egos, Bluntman and Chronic, have been sold to Hollywood as part of a big-screen movie that leaves them out of any royalties, the pair travels to Tinseltown to sabotage the production.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 160000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, talky, cult classic, absurd, not serious, hilarious, independent film, sentimental, sex comedy
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Smiley Face (2007)
Plot Summary:
Jane (Anna Faris), a struggling but perpetually stoned actress, has a busy day ahead. She has several important tasks on her list, including buying more marijuana. Even though she already has a good start on the day's planned drug use, she eats her roommate's pot-laced cupcakes and embarks on a series of misadventures all over Los Angeles.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: surreal, humorous, funny, absurd, talky, stylized, not serious, feel good, cult classic, independent film
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Up in Smoke (1978)
Plot Summary:
An unemployed pot-smoking slacker and amateur drummer, Anthony Stoner ditches his strict parents and hits the road, eventually meeting kindred spirit Pedro de Pacas. While the drug-ingesting duo is soon arrested for possession of marijuana, Anthony and Pedro get released on a technicality, allowing them to continue their many misadventures and ultimately compete in a rock band contest, where they perform the raucous tune "Earache My Eye.".
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: funny, grindhouse, cult classic, psychedelic, humorous, parody, road movie, mysterious, psychotronic, sexy
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Killer Bud (2001)
Plot Summary:
After losing another job, two idiots embark on an adventure of mythic proportion: to acquire "Feed Bags," the discontinued entire-meal-in-a-bag, to impress their two equally dim-witted dates. When the only convenience store in town that carries the discontinued food item is found closed, Waylon and Buzz break in and can't break out.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 492
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, feel good, light, entertaining, spooky, independent film, realistic, cult film
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High School (2010)
Plot Summary:
A high school valedictorian who gets baked with the local stoner finds himself the subject of a drug test. The situation causes him to concoct an ambitious plan to get his entire graduating class to face the same fate, and fail.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, not serious, funny, entertaining, black comedy, indie film, offbeat, realistic, independent film
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Mac & Devin Go to High School (2012)
Plot Summary:
A comedy that follows two high school students -- one overachiever struggling to write his valedictorian speech, the other a senior now going on his 15th year of school.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, entertaining, melancholic, suspenseful, funny, black comedy, hood, buddy comedy
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High Road (2011)
Plot Summary:
Directed by Matt Walsh, a co-founding member of world-renowned comedy troupe Upright Citizens Brigade, High Road showcases a totally improvised script about Glenn “Fitz” Fitzgerald (James Pumphrey), a young man whose loyalties are split among his band, his girlfriend Monica(Abby Elliottt) and selling drugs. After his band breaks up, Fitz finds himself dealing drugs out of his garage and bonding with 16-year-old neighborhood kid Jimmy (Dylan O’Brien). As his former band mates (Zach Woods, Matt L. Jones, Lizzy Caplan) begin finding success and one of his drug deals goes awry, Fitz hits the road with Jimmy. Amid car chases, guns, broken bones, sassy cabbies and a suspicious doctor (Horatio Sanz), Fitz has to navigate their way to safe harbor--and he doesn’t even know about the surprise Monica has in store for him back home!.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, entertaining, feel good, indie film, realistic, independent film, alternative comedy
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Grandma's Boy (2006)
Plot Summary:
Even though he's 35, Alex acts more like he's 13, spending his days as the world's oldest video game tester and his evenings developing the next big Xbox game. But he gets kicked out of his apartment and is forced to move in with his grandmother.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 87000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, hilarious, not serious, cult classic, psychedelic, offbeat, sex comedy, relaxing, realistic
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Dazed and Confused (1993)
Plot Summary:
The adventures of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976, centering on student Randall Floyd, who moves easily among stoners, jocks and geeks. Floyd is a star athlete, but he also likes smoking weed, which presents a conundrum when his football coach demands he sign a "no drugs" pledge.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 196000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: feel good, talky, teen, sentimental, cult classic, realistic, funny, melancholic, semi serious, touching