Psychedelic movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant psychedelic movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out psychedelic, surreal, weird, mind bending, disturbing and art house films and TV shows about / with surrealism, trippy, female nudity, hallucination, existentialism, storytelling, violence, dialogue, insanity and psychological drama plots mostly in Drama, Fantasy and Sci-Fi genres shot in USA, UK, Japan and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as psychedelic: Enter the Void (2009), The Holy Mountain (1973), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), Fantastic Planet (1973), The Wave (2019), A Scanner Darkly (2006), Midsommar (2019), Forbidden Zone (1980), The Midnight Gospel (2020), Spun (2002).
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List of psychedelic movies
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: France, Germany, Italy, Canada, Japan
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
This psychedelic tour of life after death is seen entirely from the point of view of Oscar (Nathaniel Brown), a young American drug dealer and addict living in Tokyo with his prostitute sister, Linda (Paz de la Huerta). When Oscar is killed by ...
Style:
psychedelic, art house, disturbing, atmospheric, philosophical ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
surrealism, stripper, afterlife, trippy, drug trip, lsd, sex scene, hallucination, life after death, incest, abortion, youth ...
Time:
year 2010, year 2009, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place:
tokyo, japan, asia
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A Mexican master leads a Christ figure and other disciples to a mountain of immortal wise men. The scandal of the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, writer/director Alejandro Jodorowsky's flood of sacrilegious imagery and existential symbolism in The ...
Style:
surreal, psychedelic, avant garde, atmospheric, mind bending ...
Plot:
satire, trippy, alchemist, enlightenment, surrealism, hermaphrodite, sex, spiritual journey, sex scene, absurdism, hippopotamus, lsd ...
Time:
year 1973, 70s, 20th century
Place:
mexico, south america, latin america, peru
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycle race. As their consumption of drugs increases at an alarming rate, the stoned duo trash their ...
Style:
surreal, psychedelic, road movie, black comedy, cerebral ...
Audience:
teen drama, adult
Plot:
drug abuse, road trip, lsd, journalism, psychedelia, trippy, addiction, surrealism, american dream, casino, marijuana, hallucination ...
Time:
70s, 90s, year 1998, 20th century, year 1965 ...
Place:
las vegas, usa
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Genre: Animation, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Czechoslovakia
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Fantastic Planet tells the story of “Oms”, human-like creatures, kept as domesticated pets by an alien race of blue giants called “Draags”. The story takes place on the Draags’ planet Ygam, where we follow our narrator, an Om called Terr, ...
Style:
surreal, psychedelic, adult animation, art house, visually stunning ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
dystopia, trippy, surrealism, distopia, slave, meditation, alien species, baby, alien life-form, giant, planet, existentialism ...
Time:
year 1973, distant future, future
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A man on the verge of a promotion takes a mysterious hallucinogenic drug that begins to tear down his reality and expose his life for what it really is.
Style:
psychedelic, unusual plot structure, surreal, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
drug trip, hallucinogenic drug, psychedelia, karma, time travel, drug, surrealism, husband wife relationship, hallucination, acid trip, dealer, visual hallucination ...
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.
Style:
psychedelic, psychological, philosophical, adult animation, bleak ...
Audience:
kids, teens, adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, drug abuse, dystopia, schizophrenia, conspiracy, disorder, addiction, trippy, society, fighting crime, consciousness, losing-it hero ...
Time:
future, year 2006, 2000s, near future, 21st century
Place:
california, texas, usa, san diego california
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Sweden
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
A young couple travels to Sweden to visit their friend’s rural hometown and attend its mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly descends into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.
Style:
disturbing, psychedelic, brutal, frightening, spooky ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
paganism, ritual, religious cult, folk horror, community, rite, isolated community, pagan, sect, female protagonist, burned alive, human sacrifice ...
Time:
year 2019, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
scandinavia, europe, new york, eastern europe
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
A mysterious door in the basement of the Hercules house leads to the Sixth Dimension by way of a gigantic set of intestine. When Frenchy slips through the door, King Fausto falls in love with her. The jealous Queen Doris takes Frenchy prisoner, and ...
Style:
cult classic, sexy, psychedelic, grindhouse, black and white ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
bare breasts, surrealism, female nudity, dysfunctional family, mental disorder, transgender, camp, dancing, satire, princess, racial slur, captive ...
Time:
year 1980, 70s, 20th century, 80s, 1930s ...
Place:
usa, california, venice california
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
Traversing trippy worlds inside his universe simulator, Clancy the space caster explores existential questions about life, death and everything in between.
Style:
psychedelic, entertaining, adult animation, anime, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
universe, surrealism, philosophy, adult humor, multiverse, male protagonist, parallel universe, interview, creature, space exploration, space and aliens, existentialism ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Over the course of three days Ross, a college dropout addicted to crystal-meth, encounters a variety of oddball folks - including a stripper named Nikki and her boyfriend, the local meth producer, The Cook - but all he really wants to do is hook up ...
Style:
psychedelic, psychological, surreal, black comedy, sexy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
addiction, drug abuse, drug addict, drug, drug addiction, masturbation, drug trip, methamphetamine, bondage, drug use, drugged, manic ...
Time:
year 2002, y2k, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, las vegas
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.
Style:
disturbing, psychedelic, captivating, dark comedy, black comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
addiction, heroin, drug addiction, drug abuse, existentialism, dark humor, counterculture, junkie, life is a bitch, subculture, dialogue, social misfits ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1996
Place:
scotland, edinburgh scotland, london, england, britain ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Hungary
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The story’s main character is Fehérlófia, who is a man with superhuman power. He is born as the third son of a horse. He listened to old tales, mostly about the Forefather and the end of his reign, caused by evil dragons.
Style:
psychedelic, fairy tale, adult animation, stylized, experimental ...
Plot:
underworld, mythology, folklore, trippy, surrealism, princess, brother brother relationship, sword and sorcery, peplum, psychedelia, acid trip, griffin ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In 1984, a young programmer begins to question reality as he adapts a dark fantasy novel into a video game. A mind-bending tale with multiple endings.
Style:
psychedelic, mind bending, tech noir, psychological, non-linear ...
Plot:
computer, programmer, free will, alternate reality, flashback, time travel, computer game, video game, repeated scene, cyberpunk, time loop, conspiracy ...
Time:
80s, near future, 2010s, year 1984
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Waking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later participates in philosophical discussions that weave together issues like reality, free will, our ...
Style:
philosophical, spiritual, psychedelic, surreal, cerebral ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
philosophy, existentialism, dream, surrealism, alternate reality, trippy, consciousness, bohemian life, sleeping, meaning of life, life philosophy, imagination ...
Time:
20th century, year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
texas, tibet
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A new drug promises out-of-body experiences, but users are coming back changed forever, and an otherworldly invasion of Earth is underway.
Style:
surreal, psychedelic, absurd, horror comedy, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
invasion, dark humor, dog, fictional reality, monster, psychic power, male friendship, out of body experience, buddies, portal, save the world, adult humor ...
Time:
year 2012
Place:
usa, las vegas
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Italy, France, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Based on Terry Southern's satirical novel, a send-up of Voltaire's Candide. Young Candy is a high school girl who seeks truth and meaning in life, encountering a variety of kookie characters and humorous sexual situations in the process.
Style:
sexy, psychedelic, melancholic, humorous, sexual ...
Plot:
seduction, satire, naive girl, teenager, teenage girl, bare breasts, uncle niece relationship, older man younger woman relationship, plot twist, guru, obsession, hedonism ...
Time:
60s, 70s
Place:
california, new york, usa, europe, italy ...
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110K
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patient's dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist can stop it: Paprika.
Style:
surreal, psychological, philosophical, psychedelic, adult animation ...
Audience:
kids, teens, adult
Plot:
dream, trippy, lucid dream, virtual reality, surveillance, hallucination, surrealism, villain, mental illness, scientist, psychiatrist, doctors and patients ...
Time:
future, year 2006, 2000s
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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17K
Genre: Comedy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Two teenage girls, both named Marie, decide that since the world is spoiled they will be spoiled as well; accordingly they embark on a series of destructive pranks in which they consume and destroy the world about them. This freewheeling, madcap ...
Style:
psychedelic, avant garde, surreal, experimental, art house ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
surrealism, female friendship, feminism, flapper, nihilism, feminist, absurd humor, female protagonist, female antagonist, teenage girl, women, satire ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s
Place:
czech republic, czechoslovakia, eastern europe, prague, europe
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Netherlands, UK, Japan, Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After developing an addiction to the substance he uses to kill bugs, an exterminator accidentally murders his wife and becomes involved in a secret government plot being orchestrated by giant bugs in an Islamic port town in Africa.
Style:
surreal, psychedelic, cult classic, philosophical, cerebral ...
Plot:
hallucination, surrealism, exterminator, nightmare, addiction, trippy, repressed homosexual, secret agent, drug addiction, paranoia, reality vs fantasy, homosexuality ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, year 1953, year 1991, 90s ...
Place:
north africa, usa, new york, canada
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Genre: Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Demonic gang-leader Alex goes on the spree of rape, mugging and murder with his pack of "droogs". But he's a boy who also likes Beethoven's Ninth and a bit of "the old in-out, in-out". He later finds himself at the ...
Style:
disturbing, controversial, psychedelic, philosophical, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
psychology, insanity, dystopia, surrealism, gang, rape, violent, controversy, violence, psychopath, sociopath, murder ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 90s, 70s, 80s ...
Place:
britain, london, england, united kingdom, europe
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Ukraine, Czech Republic
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An ordinary funeral procession moves along its path from church to cemetery. Observing, you slip from reality into a place where time has lost its linearity, looping through the odd images thrown off by a distorted reality. Images of non-existence, ...
Style:
art house, psychedelic, non-linear, neo noir, surreal ...
Plot:
surrealism, murder, insanity, hanging, psychotic, identity crisis, mental illness, family drama, claustrophobia, metaphysics, obsession, isolation ...
Place:
ukraine
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Caleb Loomis is an agoraphobic twenty-something. In his spare time he makes UFO videos with miniature cities and takes an unhealthy amount of LSD. One afternoon he hears Beatrice, the lady next door, being abused. After striking an odd friendship ...
Style:
psychedelic, psychological thriller, disturbing, tense, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
violence, revenge, agoraphobia, loneliness, isolation, domestic abuse, claustrophobia, moral ambiguity, obsession, character study, male protagonist, urban ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Initially, "Mulholland Dr." was to mark David Lynch's return to television. It is a retooling of a script originally shot as a 94-minute pilot for a TV series (co-written with TV screenwriter Joyce Eliason) for the channel ABC, which ...
Style:
surreal, psychedelic, captivating, thought provoking, psychological ...
Plot:
lesbian relationship, investigation, audition, passion, amnesia, twists and turns, hollywood, actress, death, mind game, psychology, pilot ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.
Style:
psychedelic, suspense, disturbing, mindfuck, medical horror ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
female protagonist, cosmic horror, dna, creature, mutation, scientist, scientific experiment, biologist, expedition, research, genetics, terror ...
Time:
2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
west virginia, arkansas, maine, england, louisiana ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.
Style:
cult classic, psychedelic, adult animation, disturbing, surreal ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
rock, rock and roll, nightmare, music, teacher, surrealism, loss of father, musician, visceral, violent, corporal punishment, rock music ...
Time:
year 1982, 1940s, 20th century, 1950s, 50s ...
Place:
england, europe, london, los angeles
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A research scientist (William Hurt) explores the boundaries and frontiers of consciousness. Using sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic mixtures from native American shamans, he explores these altered states of consciousness and finds that memory, ...
Style:
atmospheric, psychedelic, psychological, surreal, scary ...
Plot:
drug, science, surrealism, obsession, experiment gone awry, male nudity, hallucination, body horror, transformation, psychology, mad scientist, insanity ...
Time:
20th century, future, 70s, year 1967, 60s ...
Place:
harvard university, bronx new york city, san francisco, california, boston ...
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Genre: Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In this surreal thriller, mysterious blond Marie March takes a journey to the town of Darckeville to scam a priceless set of antiques from an eccentric collector, but also to get away from the clutches of her overbearing older husband. On the ...
Style:
psychotronic, psychedelic, gothic, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
revenge, murder, surrealism, chase, lesbian, blood, innocence, hallucination, death, insanity, unrequited love, social problems ...
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A peasant woman is banished from her village and makes a deal with the devil to gain magical powers.
Style:
psychedelic, anime, adult animation, experimental, retro ...
Plot:
wedding, witch, deal with the devil, surrealism, female nudity, snake, rape, rape and revenge, burned at the stake, orgy, trippy, occult ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times
Place:
japan, france
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A young boys' coming of age tale set in a strange, carnivalesque village becomes the recreation of a memory that the director has twenty years later.
Style:
psychedelic, surreal, experimental, mind bending, disturbing ...
Plot:
surrealism, trippy, folk horror, adolescence, filmmaking, clown, sexploitation, time travel, nude girl, melancholy, runaway, magic realism ...
Time:
year 1974
Is relevant?
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
After getting into a near fatal car accident, Alma discovers she has a new relationship with time and uses this ability to find out the truth about her father’s death.
Style:
adult animation, psychedelic, exciting, spiritual, anime ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
car accident, women, family relations, female protagonist, investigation, secrets, mental illness, wedding, deaf, sister sister relationship, father daughter relationship, robbery ...
Place:
texas
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