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20 titles. Sort by List order. 1. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. 1998 1h 58m R. 7.5 (302K) Rate. 41 Metascore. An oddball journalist and his psychopathic lawyer travel to Las Vegas for a series of psychedelic escapades.
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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.
154 titles. Sort by List order. 1. Fantastic Planet. 1973 1h 12m PG. 7.7 (37K) Rate. 73 Metascore. On a faraway planet where blue giants rule, oppressed humanoids rebel against their machine-like leaders. Director René Laloux Stars Barry Bostwick Jennifer Drake Eric Baugin. 2. Yellow Submarine. 1968 1h 25m G. 7.4 (28K) Rate. 79 Metascore.
- The Red Shoes
- Midsommar
- Fehérlófia/Son of The White Mare
- Requiem For A Dream
- Bliss
- 夢’/Dreams
- Waking Life
- Suspiria
- Un Chien Andalou/An Andalusian Dog
- Climax
A ballerina (Moira Shearer) is torn between her love of dance and her love for a composer (Marious Goring) in this British classic. With her instructor (Boris Lermontov) testing her commitment to her craft against her romance, the dilemma brings a heavy emotional burden. The Red Shoesutilises a fantastical style in its infamous dance sequences to e...
A grieving young woman (Florence Pugh) travels to Sweden with her emotionally unavailable partner and some friends. They plan to study a summer festival celebrated by a cult, with nightmarish results. Midsommarexplores repressed grief in its psychedelic drug scenes, as Dani has a bad trip under mushrooms where she sees her deceased family. Her boyf...
A horse goddess gives birth to three powerful brothers. After growing up separately, they reunite to save three princesses from three evil dragons in the Underworld. Surreal and trippy imagery communicates this film’s mythical tones, as the characters defy laws of physics through movement. The colour palette is strikingly vibrant and demonstrates t...
Three youths plan to get rich from selling drugs, but their own addictions pose problems. One of their mothers (Ellen Burstyn) finds her own dreams ruined by new substance abuse. Requiem for a Dream‘s drug use sequences are experimental and abstract in visual composition, yet, the aftermath is tragically bitter. Images of dilated pupils and acceler...
During a creativity block, a hard-partying artist indulges in a series of dangerous drug binges. These drugs come with a savage taste for blood. Begos shows an electrifying world of madness. The surreal visuals and heavy metal soundtrack blend to amplify the senses, with the occasional buckets of gore to twist some stomachs. It’s just as bloody as ...
Eight segments that depict dreams are presented in this magical realist film. These surreal stories include a sun shower, the Second World War, and a ‘weeping demon’. Kurosawa gives us a majestic and beautiful landscape through these eight stories. His use of hallucinations and surreal visions can be interpreted as reflections of his own ideas and ...
A man observes philosophical debates as he travels through a lucid dream-like state. These dreams illustrate themes such as reality, free will, our relationships with others, and the meaning of life. Translating the feeling of being in a dream into film is a difficult one. However, Linklater seems to capture it well through his mind-stimulating unc...
American ballet dancer Suzy Bannion (Jessica Harper) arrives in Freiberg, Germany, to study dance at the prestigious Tanz Academy. After an immediate series of bizarre and unsettling events, she fears something sinisterly evil haunts the place. Argentouses colour and sound like a true artist in this horror classic. The film feels like a nightmare t...
A film with no plot, Un Chien Andalouexplores a disjointed chronology. It uses dream logic to jump from the initial “once upon a time” to “eight years later”. A pivotal and seminal piece in the Surrealist moment, Buñuel created the film under a goal of “a violent reaction against… ‘avantgarde cine”. His composition of rhythmic images is strikingly ...
Young dancers gather in a remote, empty school building to rehearse for a dance competition. The all-night celebration soon turns into a hallucinatory nightmare after their drinks are spiked with LSD. Climax can be summed up as an attack on the senses once the beautiful dance sequencehas passed. It’s unapologetic about how bold and aggressive it is...
- Un Chien Andalou (1929) dir. Luis Buñuel. Even though Buñuel’s classic surrealist short film precurses psychedelia, the distorted narrative and dream-like imagery give it a psychedelic presence that influenced many films later on.
- The Red Shoes (1948) dir. Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s classic film The Red Shoes incorporates Expressionistic sets and costumes, subjective point of view shots, and passionate performances to tell the story of a young woman, dancer Victoria Page (Moira Shearer), torn between her love for a young man and her love of dance.
- Daisies (1966) dir. Věra Chytilová. Made during the Czech New Wave film movement by Czechoslovakia’s first female film director, Daisies is a revolutionary experimental film.
- Point Blank (1967) dir. John Boorman. John Boorman’s neo-noir thriller, Point Blank is an hypnotic film of a man’s thirst for revenge. The pacing, color choices, and atmospheric music, led by Lee Marvin’s deadpan portrayal of Walker, yields a mesmerizing experience for the viewer.
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Aug 20, 2023 · Psychedelic movies are characterized by experimentation, bright colors, and unconventional narratives, usually influenced by drugs like LSD. They span a range of genres but are united by a trippy...
Jan 10, 2024 · These psychedelic-inspired movies draw from various aspects of the psychedelic experience — including dream-like visions and hallucinations, overt use of psychedelic drugs, and aspects of spirituality, death, and enlightenment.
