Film genre
Psychedelic film is a film genre characterized by the influence of psychedelia and the experiences of psychedelic drugs . Psychedelic films typically contain visual distortion and experimental narratives, often emphasizing psychedelic imagery . They might reference drugs directly, or merely present a distorted reality resembling the effects of psychedelic drugs. Their experimental narratives often purposefully try to distort the viewers' understanding of reality or normality.[ 1] [ 2]
Acid Western adapts tropes of the Western genre popular in the 1960s and 1970s, augmented with psychedelic imagery or allusions.[ 3]
Psychodrama may complement dramatic elements of the film with psychedelic imagery based on psychological expansion or exploration.
Stoner film exploits the comic potential of recreational cannabis , often punctuated with exaggerated psychedelia.[ 4] The Red Shoes , 1948[ 5]
Alice in Wonderland , 1951
Looking for Toxin X , 1962
X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes , 1963
Matango , 1963
Daisies , 1966[ 5]
Fantastic Voyage , 1966
The Mind-Benders: LSD and the Hallucinogens , 1967
Point Blank , 1967[ 5]
Casino Royale , 1967
Magical Mystery Tour , 1967
Doctor Faustus , 1967
Branded to Kill , 1967
The Trip , 1967
2001: A Space Odyssey , 1968[ 5]
Jigsaw , 1968
Barbarella , 1968
Project X , 1968
Orgasmo , 1969
Zeta One , 1969
Case Study: LSD , 1969
Savage Intruder , 1970
Blood Mania , 1970
The Dunwich Horror , 1970
Zabriskie Point , 1970
Performance , 1970
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory , 1971
Bedknobs and Broomsticks , 1971
Godzilla vs. Hedorah , 1971
A Clockwork Orange , 1971
The Devils , 1971[ 5]
Behind the Green Door , 1972[ 5]
Necromancy , 1972
The Devil , 1972[ 5]
Heavy Traffic , 1973
The Holy Mountain , 1973
Fantastic Planet , 1973[ 5]
The Wicker Man , 1973[ 5]
Zardoz , 1974
Tommy , 1975
Allegro Non Troppo , 1976
The Man Who Fell to Earth , 1976
3 Women , 1977[ 5]
Exorcist II: The Heretic , 1977
Hausu , 1977
Suspiria , 1977[ 5]
Nosferatu the Vampyre , 1979[ 5]
Apocalypse Now , 1979
The Ninth Configuration , 1980
Altered States , 1980
Son of the White Mare , 1981[ 5]
Forbidden Zone , 1982
Pink Floyd – The Wall , 1982
Brain Damage , 1988
Natural Born Killers , 1994
Dead Man , 1995[ 5]
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas , 1998
Requiem for a Dream , 2000[ 5]
Waking Life , 2001
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind , 2004 Paprika , 2006
Christmas on Mars , 2008
Enter the Void , 2009
Beyond the Black Rainbow , 2010
Generation P , 2011
A Field in England , 2013[ 5]
Under the Skin , 2013
Upstream Color , 2013
Embrace the Serpent , 2015
Doctor Strange , 2016
The Love Witch , 2016
Kuso , 2017
Woodshock , 2017
Annihilation , 2018
Climax , 2018
Mandy , 2018
Midsommar , 2019
Color Out of Space , 2019
Lux Æterna , 2019
Friend of the World , 2020[ 6]
Last Night in Soho , 2021
Churuli , 2021
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness , 2022
Everything Everywhere All at Once , 2022
Infinity Pool , 2023
Aggro Dr1ft , 2023
Psychedelic counterculture era films include:
Riot on Sunset Strip , 1967
LSD Flesh of Devil , 1967
The Love-Ins , 1967
The Trip , 1967
Magical Mystery Tour , 1967
Something Weird , 1967
The Acid Eaters , 1967
Head , 1968
Psych-Out , 1968
The Girl on a Motorcycle , 1968
Candy , 1968
Revolution , 1968
Wonderwall , 1968
Yellow Submarine , 1968[ 7]
Wild in the Streets , 1968
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas , 1968
Skidoo , 1968
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush , 1968
Les Idoles , 1968
Easy Rider , 1969
Angel, Angel, Down We Go , 1969
The Big Cube , 1969
Scream Free , 1969
Eggshells , 1969
Zabriskie Point , 1970[ 5]
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls , 1970
Woodstock , 1970
El Topo , 1970
Toomorrow , 1970
Gas-s-s-s , 1970
200 Motels , 1971
Fritz the Cat , 1972
The Holy Mountain , 1973Television show examples [ edit ]
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