Psychedelia movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant psychedelia movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out psychedelic, surreal, weird, cult classic, psychological and thought provoking films and TV shows about / with psychedelia, surrealism, hallucination, storytelling, drug, lsd, cult, life & death, catastrophe and dialogue plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Fantasy genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as psychedelia: The Wave (2019), A Field in England (2013), Altered States (1980), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), Easy Rider (1969), The Acid House (1998), The Holy Mountain (1973), Futurama: Bender's Game (2008), The Illustrated Man (1969), Head (1968).
Best films
New films
| High Five (2013) | 6.6 | |
| Spice Boyz (2020) | 6.2 | |
| Berlin: Part 1 (2016) | 5.5 | |
| The Fifth Estate (2013) | 6.2 | |
| Black Swan (2010) | 8.0 |
List of psychedelia movies
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: Drama, History, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
During the Civil War in 17th-Century England, a small group of deserters flee from a raging battle through an overgrown field. They are captured by an alchemist, who forces the group to aid him in his search to find a hidden treasure that he ...
Style:
surreal, stylized, tense, atmospheric, psychedelic ...
Audience:
date night, family friendly
Plot:
folk horror, psychedelia, wilderness, group of strangers, surrealism, hallucination, captivity, danger, chaos, trippy, on the run, poisoning ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 17th century
Place:
england
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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: 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: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A cross-country trip to sell drugs puts two hippie bikers on a collision course with small-town prejudices.
Style:
road movie, psychedelic, independent film, cult classic, avant garde ...
Plot:
road trip, hippie, on the road, existentialism, motorcycle, marijuana, rebelliousness, friendship, biker, self discovery, rock music, stoner ...
Time:
year 1969, 20th century, 60s, 70s
Place:
california, new mexico, alabama, arizona, louisiana ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
THE ACID HOUSE is a surreal triptych adapted by "Trainspotting" author Irvine Welsh from his acclaimed collection of short stories.
Combining a vicious sense of humor with hard-talking drama, the film reaches into the hearts and minds of ...
Style:
surreal, psychedelic, dark comedy, disturbing, humorous ...
Plot:
drug abuse, rave, lsd, dark humor, surrealism, god, breast feeding, transformation, vengeance, murder, infidelity, family relations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
scotland, europe
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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: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When Leela is insulted by a group of space-rednecks (like regular rednecks, but in space) she enters the Planet Express ship in a demolition derby. She emerges victorious, but when she brings the damaged ship home and the Professor sees the fuel ...
Style:
adult animation, witty, not serious, exciting, computer animated ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
spacecraft, parallel world, cyclops, heroic mission, escapades, rivalry, good versus evil, rescue, danger, dystopian future, sarcasm, androids and robots ...
Time:
future, 20th century, middle ages
Place:
alaska, new york
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A man who has a body almost completely covered in tattoos is searching for the woman who cursed him with the "skin illustrations". Each tattoo reveals a bizarre story, which is experienced by staring at the scene depicted. When the ...
Style:
anthology, dark fantasy, ambiguous ending, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
tattoo, hallucination, end of the world, dystopia, hypnosis, psychedelia, femme fatale, flashback, storytelling, surrealism, skinny dipping, drifter ...
Time:
future, medieval times, year 1969, distant future, 1930s ...
Place:
africa
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7K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The Monkees are tossed about in a psychedelic, surrealist, plotless, circular bit of fun fluff.
Style:
psychedelic, surreal, cult classic, grindhouse, parody ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
surrealism, desert, television, rock and roll, anti war, counterculture, dying repeatedly, psychedelia, concert, tank, vietnam war, trippy ...
Time:
60s, 80s, 70s
Place:
vietnam, asia, california
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Coogan (Clint Eastwood) an Arizona deputy sheriff goes to New York to pick up a prisoner. While escorting the prisoner to the airport he escapes and Coogan heads into the City to recapture him.
Style:
black comedy, light, exciting, cult classic, entertaining ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
fish out of water, tough cop, investigation, one against many, love interest, desert, motorcycle chase, maverick cop, chase, lovers on the run, police, gunfight ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 70s
Place:
arizona, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, california ...
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK, Denmark
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A group of American teens comes Ireland to visit an Irish school friend who takes them on a camping trip in search of the local, fabled magic mushrooms. When the hallucinations start taking hold, the panicked friends are attacked by ghostly ...
Style:
psychological horror, suspenseful, atmospheric, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
woods, mushroom, nothing goes right, murder, uncover truth, drug, forest, isolation, psychedelia, hallucination, dead teenager, self defense ...
Time:
year 2008
Place:
europe, ireland
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Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 10 min.
TV show
Story:
Superjail! is an American animated television series produced by Augenblick Studios the first season and Titmouse, Inc. the second and third season. The series follows the events that take place in an unusual prison. The pilot episode aired on ...
Style:
adult animation, humorous, adult cartoon, not serious, surreal ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
prison, chaos and mayhem, androids and robots, sadism, prison life, confined, imaginary, prison warden, criminal, violence, time travel, chaos ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s
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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: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters is a gay hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together, the two travel from Portland, Oregon to Idaho and finally to the ...
Style:
road movie, homoerotic, art house, erotic, touching ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, male prostitute, friendship, homosexual, coming of age, unrequited love, male prostitution, male friendship, lgbt, homoerotic friendship, friendship between men ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1991
Place:
idaho, portland oregon, oregon, italy, rome italy ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: France, USA, Netherlands
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The story of the famous and influential 1960's rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.
Style:
psychedelic, sexy, factual, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
rock and roll, music band, musician, drug addiction, addiction, musician's life, life philosophy, music, biopic, drug abuse, rise and fall, hippie ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 60s, year 1965, year 1969 ...
Place:
california, paris france, los angeles, usa, miami ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
The life of reclusive and eccentric Beach Boys songwriter and musician Brian Wilson.
Style:
emotional, factual, intense, talky, melancholic ...
Plot:
musician, mental illness, pop music, music, biopic, songwriter, psychotherapist, drug abuse, medical malpractice, hearing voices, nervous breakdown, relationships ...
Time:
60s, year 1939, year 1992, year 1971, year 1995 ...
Place:
california, los angeles, malibu california, usa, southern california ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Truman Burbank is the star of "The Truman Show", a 24-hour-a-day "reality" TV show that broadcasts every aspect of his life -- live and in color -- without his knowledge. His entire life has been an unending soap opera for ...
Style:
philosophical, thought provoking, psychological, surreal, touching ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
self discovery, simulated reality, video surveillance, alternate reality, fictional reality show, dystopia, freedom, hidden camera, utopia, paranoia, consciousness, loneliness ...
Time:
year 1998, 20th century, 90s, future
Place:
florida, persia, america, usa, los angeles
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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, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
TV show
Story:
Ever wondered about your parents' sex life? Neither did Molly and Elle until coming out and divorce forced them to learn about their parents' new sex-capades. After a lifetime of dating men, Molly (31, a grade eight teacher) surprises ...
Style:
talky, humorous, romantic, emotional, psychological ...
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian love, mother daughter conflict, divorced woman, female friendship, lesbian couple, female protagonist, bartender, psychedelia, friendship, lesbian interest, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Taking place before and after the event of the film Savage High (2015). A wacko is on the loose and is ready to get revenge upon the death of his friend and will try to destroy 'Delia Fox', the murderer from the previous film Psychedelia ...
Style:
slasher, dark, suspense, unusual plot structure, bleak ...
Audience:
horror for children
Plot:
killer doll, paranormal phenomena, haunted, kidnapped, woman killed, witchcraft, demon, fear, bad guy, murder, psychedelia, paranormal ...
Time:
80s
Place:
berlin germany, chicago
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A couple of hippies are searching for Joe, a long time friend from the 70s who seem to be stuck in time and never aged a day since then. Through technicolor ninjas, bizarre metalheads, shamans and ancient rituals, the two embark on a journey with no ...
Style:
surreal, psychedelic, satirical, entertaining, semi serious ...
Plot:
hippie, ritual, shaman, ninja, found footage, psychedelia, trippy, immortality, time loop, absurd humor, satire, time ...
Time:
70s
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Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Homage to the cult classic “Mondo Hollywood”, a groovy mushrooms dealer and a man from the 5th dimension journey through Hollywood to find the meaning of “Mondo.”
Style:
psychedelic, avant garde, psychotronic, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
hollywood, drug dealer, magic mushroom, trip, psychedelia, drug use, narcotics, drug, drug dealing, travel, drug trade, surrealism ...
Place:
los angeles
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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: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
The invasion of a village in Byelorussia by German forces sends young Florya into the forest to join the weary Resistance fighters, against his family's wishes. There he meets a girl, Glasha, who accompanies him back to his village. On ...
Style:
bleak, harsh, thought provoking, rough, brutal ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, genocide, war crime, against humanity, brutality, holocaust, nazi, atrocity, occupation, children in wartime, massacre, teenage girl ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, 20th century, year 1985, near future ...
Place:
germany, persia, europe, soviet union, russia ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The hopes and dreams of four ambitious people are shattered when their drug addictions begin spiraling out of control. A look into addiction and how it overcomes the mind and body.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, bleak, depressing, atmospheric ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
addiction, drug abuse, heroin, drug addiction, insanity, drug, junkie, loneliness, mental illness, depression, dream, subculture ...
Time:
year 2000, future, y2k, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
britain, america, new york, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A lonely musician's descent into the shadowy world of a living drug leads to a mysterious island where a battle of body and soul is waged.
Style:
experimental, surreal, psychological, psychedelic, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
drug addict, drug addiction, musician, creature, surrealism, drug, island, drug abuse, musician's life, drug use, life is a bitch, hallucination ...
Place:
nova scotia
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Producer/director Albert Zugsmith's acid-therapy "comedy," complete with a tinted trip sequence "in hilarious LSD color." A suicidal film star named Honey Bunny is sent by her producer to a rest home run by an unhinged Dr. ...
Style:
offbeat, surreal, experimental, absurd, black comedy ...
Plot:
lsd, acid trip, satire, film industry, psychedelia, drug, dark humor, mental institution, impostor, counterculture, psychotherapy, psychiatrist ...
Time:
60s
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
A group of office workers go every Friday afternoon to the White Pyramid, a 50-foot tower of LSD.
Style:
psychedelic, surreal, independent film, mind bending, colorful ...
Plot:
counterculture, lsd, hallucination, acid trip, psychedelia, nudity, drug, quicksand, hippie, sexploitation, violence, road trip ...
Time:
60s
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Danny is an average 24-year-old who has been friends with stoner Milo since they were kids. But then Danny decides it’s time to grow up, settle down and marry long-term girlfriend Kate, whereas Milo continues to focus on getting high. One night ...
Style:
light, entertaining, captivating, humorous, funny ...
Plot:
hallucinogenic drug, parallel universe, alternate reality, parallel world, multiverse, weed, trippy, silly humor, humour, absurd humor, male friendship, psychedelia ...
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