37 Trippy Movies and TV Shows You Can Stream on 4/20

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There are good trips and bad trips, and Black Mirror is decidedly the latter. If you're in the mood for some topical technological mindf**ks, you can't do better than Charlie Brooker's anthology series. Check out our rankings to see which episodes are worth your time. If you're not in the mood for a nice paranoid freakout, maybe go with some lighter fare like "San Junipero."

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In Russian Doll, Natasha Lyonne's character dies over and over again, and each time, she wakes up at her 36th birthday party. What gives? That's what she aims to find out in the 8-episode first season. Binge it now and then see what PCMag's Chandra Steele had to say about the show as you wait for season two.

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This adaptation of the Douglas Adams novel didn't get a great reception, but it's a perfectly lovely sci-fi film to trip out on, particularly with Stephen Fry narrating the wacked-out journey. Mos Def as Ford Prefect, Sam Rockwell as Zaphod Beeblebrox, and Alan Rickman as sad robot Marvin are all absolute treats.

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LSD, mind control, government conspiracy theories...Wormwood has the whole package. Go inside this docu-series about a secret government biological warfare program and feed your paranoia.

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Have you ever had a high daydream about a version of New York City where animals can talk and fall into their own stereotypes and tropes? Then Animals is the show for you.

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Is there anything better to watch on 4/20 than Neil deGrasse Tyson picking up his mentor Carl Sagan's mantle to narrate the origins of life in the universe and the nature of the cosmos? Possibly, but Tyson would likely have a very convincing argument as to why his kaleidoscopic space odyssey is the way to go.

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Wubba Lubba Dub Dub, fans of infinite universes, multiple timelines, Back to the Future parodies, and inside jokes inside of inside jokes. Dan Harmon's galactic family adventure show is never a bad decision, especially if your mind is already on another planet.

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Twin Peaks speaks for itself. If you haven't yet experienced David Lynch's offbeat masterwork, don't scroll any further. Oh, and when you're done go watch Twin Peaks: The ReturnTwin Peaks: The Return on Showtime.

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I can't accurately explain this mind-bending, time-traveling, delightfully weird sort-of superhero show if I tried. Just start watching and try to keep up, even if you're never 100% sure if what you're seeing is real.

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Love Death + Robots, an animated anthology, includes 18 stories that all deal with love, death, and robots in some way or another. The trailer alone is enough to make your head spin.

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Hulu's original sci-fi show stars Josh Hutcherson as a janitor who gets recruited to travel through time to prevent the extinction of humanity. There are also dance battles.

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Netflix's Mystery Science Theater 3000 reboot was better than it had any right to be. It's a wholesome, trippy treat.

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Amazon is a treasure trove of trippy schlock films. The 1963 Japanese classic Attack of the Mushroom People starts kind of like Gilligan's Island: a damaged yacht with an assorted cast of characters is stranded on a desert island. Then they start eating the island's indigenous mushrooms...and transform into heinous monsters!

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Lars Von Trier's orchestral opus about the end of the world is a phenomenal portrait of depression wrapped in gorgeous sci-fi set pieces. You have to marvel at the sheer audacity of this cinematic experience.

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Remember when you had an imaginary friend? Now imagine you've been kidnapped and your imaginary friend—Happy, the tiny blue flying unicorn—solicits the help of a down-on-his-luck ex-cop turned hitman (Christopher Meloni) to take down the kidnapper who looks like Santa Claus.

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Edgar Wright's video game-inspired romantic adventure based on the graphic novels is by far the director's trippiest film, and arguably his most fun. This movie is just an absolute blast from start to finish.

Find it on: Paramount+Paramount+Looking for something a little creepier this 4/20? The Twilight ZoneThe Twilight Zone is on Netflix and always a great experience, but also check out the newer version hosted by Jordan Peele on Paramount+.

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One of HBO's most underappreciated early series is Carnivale, about the bizarre world of a 1930s circus troupe. It's got magic, supernatural forces, apocalyptic visions, and an army of paranoia-inducing corporate bad guys known only as "Management."

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Amazon's competing anthology series to Netflix's Black Mirror adapts 10 of Philip K. Dick's sci-fi stories for the small screen, and they are plenty trippy. We've got a rankings list of this one, too (there are quite a few duds), but for our mind-bending money, go with "The Commuter" or "Crazy Diamond."

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Let Snowpiercer and Parasite director Bong Joon-ho take you on the wacky adventure of a gentle, genetically engineered pig and the loyal owner trying to save it. Okja has two Tilda Swintons, a gonzo Jake Gyllenhaal in a performance that's honestly a little too weird, and plenty of wacky hijinks wrapped in dystopian environmental allegories.

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This cult classic tends to get some flak nowadays, but it's still angsty teen science fiction at its weirdest. The dark film stars a young Jake Gyllenhaal as a troubled teenager who starts seeing visions, including a creepy rabbit named Frank.

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This 10-episode miniseries focuses on two characters (Jonah Hill and Emma Stone) going through a pharmaceutical trial. Of course, not everything is as it seems, and things get pretty crazy.

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Another fitting schlock movie on Amazon, particularly for 4/20, is Star Leaf. It's about hikers who find a secret grove of extra-terrestrial marijuana and have to fight the aliens who guard it. You don't get a more perfectly ridiculous 4/20 movie than that.

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I'm not going to ruin the movie, but this monster flick starring Anne Hathaway and Jason Sudeikis is anything but conventional. It takes your perception of reality and socks it in the face.

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This one's a no-brainer. Netflix's nostalgia-soaked '80s small town monster thriller is prime 4/20 viewing. Go have a blast in the upside down.

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After Adventure Time, creator Pendleton Ward gave us this intense journey into a number of surrealistic worlds. There's really no animated show quite like it, coupling deep discussions of loss, love, and the nature of the mind with wacky adventures and dazzling psychedelic landscapes.

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The Wachowski sisters teamed up with J. Michael Straczynski to bring us two seasons of lush, mind-bending entertainment. When eight people in different parts of the world discover they are mentally and emotionally linked, it kicks off a trippy tale of conspiracies that will captivate any stoner, but it's the intense melding of minds that really makes it unforgettable.

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Written and directed by rapper Boots Riley of the Coup, Sorry To Bother You is a workplace comedy like no other. When telemarketer Cassius Green discovers his "white voice" lets him sell at a whole 'nother level, it opens the executive suite doors to a conclusion that's way crazier than you think it's gonna be.

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There's no use of illicit substances in this Japanese comedy endurance show, but it's the kind of humor that's enhanced if you're a little tweaked yourself. The premise is simple: 10 comedians each pay 1,000,000 yen to get locked in a room together. The last guy to laugh takes all the cash home. Things get very weird from there.

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Stanley Kubrick's sci-fi masterpiece is one of the most effortlessly trippy movies ever made, a journey through the evolution of human consciousness in the universe that rewards multiple viewings. Even more than 50years later, it still looks like something from another world.

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If you want to learn more about all those wonderful chemicals you're pumping into your brain, Hamilton's Pharmacopeia is just what the mad doctor ordered. Hamilton Morris travels the world exploring the history and chemistry of a wide variety of psychoactive substances, from PCP and ketamine to licking the venom off of toads.

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Rene Laloux's absolutely singular 1973 animated film has been baffling viewers for decades. An allegorical tale about a world populated by giants who keep humans as pets, it delivers a bonged-out atmosphere with its hazy characters, Pink Floyd-esque soundtrack and ambitious animation.

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Nobuhiko Obayashi's 1977 flick might be the most brain-bending horror film ever lensed, a goggle-eyed dive into a haunted house in the Japanese countryside just waiting to devour a group of unwitting schoolgirls. The bonkers special effects, which abandon realism for pure emotional wildness, just make it even weirder.

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Thor: Ragnarok may be one of the trippiest Marvel movies out there. Combine the bright colors, brilliant CGI effects, a killer soundtrack, and director Taika Waititi's ability to make the most self-serious concepts fun, and you have the perfect 4/20 superhero movie.

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Sam Rockwell works on the moon by himself, and he's starting to go crazy. What makes this far trippier is he discovers there's someone else alive on the otherwise lifeless rock—but who is it?

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One of the original stoner movies, Walt Disney's pairing of lush animation with a classical score conducted by Leopold Stokowski is absolutely the perfect thing to put on and zone out to. Throbbing with motion and detail, perfectly synchronized to the music, it'll fill you with vibes.

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The history of LSD is a wild ride, with maverick chemists mixing up batches of the powerful psychedelic and distributing it willy-nilly. This fascinating documentary explores the lives of Tim Scully and Nicholas Sand, a duo that created millions of doses in their quest to blow the world's minds.