ROTTEN TOMATOES: Total Recall: 15 Memorable Movie Stoners

Total Recall: 15 Memorable Movie Stoners

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9. The Half-Baked trio
As seen in: Half-Baked (1998)

Zen moment: "So y'all wanna smoke?"

Most of the movies on this list include one or two stoners, but let's hear it for 1998's Half Baked: Almost everyone in this critically reviled cult classic has five on it, including Steven Wright's "guy on the couch," a character with amazing, near-total inertia. Our favorites, though, are Thurgood, Brian, and Scarface, the cheeba-selling trio played by Dave Chappelle, Brian Breuer, and Guillermo Diaz, buddies forced into dealing stolen medical marijuana in order to raise bail for their friend Kenny, who was arrested for accidentally murdering a horse. (Look, it's a stoner comedy. What do you want, The 400 Blows?) As a film, there isn't much to it -- something critics were only too happy to point out -- and Chappelle himself was unhappy with the final script, but as the movie's enduring popularity on the home market attests, critics and Dave Chappelle don't always know what they're talking about.

more info...	8. Billy and Wyatt As seen in: Easy Rider (1969) Zen moment: "It's real hard to be free when you are bought and sold in the marketplace." They may not be the original movie stoners, but Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper -- otherwise known as Wyatt and Billy, the protagonists of Easy Rider -- are easily two of the most iconic characters to put the "bud" in "buddies"; their spiritual freedom-seeking road trip in this 1969 feature not only gave filmgoers a ground-level view of the counterculture, it also helped kickstart the New Hollywood era of the early '70s, and influenced countless future filmmakers in the process. In a pleasantly ironic postscript, the National Film Registry added Easy Rider to its list, deeming it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." Not bad for a pair of motorcycle-riding hippies, man.

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theginsengtree writes:
on Aug 06 2008 06:19 PM

I think the Dude should be #1 personally

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jokerboy1991 writes:
on Aug 06 2008 06:31 PM

The Dude should be number no.1 , Floyd should be no.2, James Franco should definately be no.3 he was awesome in Pineapple Express!

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danielfrohlich writes:
on Aug 06 2008 06:49 PM

Man..the cheech and chong movies are soooooooooooooo boring.

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Rolento88 writes:
on Aug 06 2008 07:14 PM

what about GRANDMA'S BOY???????????????????????

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JohnnyJonJon writes:
on Aug 06 2008 07:34 PM

How about any or all characters from "Dazed and Confused?"

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JakeTheSnakeMane writes:
on Aug 06 2008 07:35 PM

Grandma's Boy had no memorable characters really. Although Peter Dante's character was pretty funny. I'd say Jay and Silent Bob #1 and then Smokey #2.

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jokerboy1991 writes:
on Aug 06 2008 07:49 PM

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Oh Yeah! Why isnt Rory Cochrane or Matthew MCconaughey on the list?!?!?!?!?

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Young Turk writes:
on Aug 06 2008 07:59 PM

Seriously, Cheech and Chong movies are a chore to sit through.

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The Truth About Jack Hair writes:
on Aug 06 2008 09:33 PM

Cheech and Chong are the best stoners ever in cinema, especially since we have a handful to sit through as opposed to these cameos that made it onto the list.
The Dude is a better character, not a better stoner.

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Jack Waters writes:
on Aug 06 2008 09:41 PM

Why did Wayne's World and Bill & Ted make the list. Aren't the Bill & Ted movies rated PG?! If you're going to make a stoner movie you must at least qualify by showing a few guys get stoned on camera. Can't wait to see Pineapple Express.

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EZ_Dunn writes:
on Aug 06 2008 10:02 PM

"I believe him, man. I don't know why, but I do." I love that line.
As for Wayne's World (1&2) even siskel and ebert got a contact high from both these flicks. It's fun watching their reviews ... http://bventertainment.go.com/tv/buenavista/ebertandroeper/index2.html?sec=6&subsec=meyers

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sam.chomnoky writes:
on Aug 06 2008 10:30 PM

In reply to this comment (#1958693)
Yah i have to second that, where is ANYONE from Dazed & Confused? That's got to be one of the best stoner movies out there

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sam.chomnoky writes:
on Aug 06 2008 10:31 PM

In reply to this comment (#1958693)
Yah i have to second that, where is ANYONE from Dazed & Confused? That's got to be one of the best stoner movies out there

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blattman writes:
on Aug 06 2008 10:32 PM

Pinapple Express was a good addition to the stoner genre. It was fun and both Seth Rogan and James Franco were believable stoners. Honestly though, putting Bill, Ted, Garth and Wayne is just cheating or wishful thinking. The hookah smoking catapiller from any of the dozen Alice in Wonderland movies would have been a better referance.

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sam.chomnoky writes:
on Aug 06 2008 10:33 PM

In reply to this comment (#1959004)
i dunno if smoking shisha makes you a stoner...

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Inf3rno71685 writes:
on Aug 07 2008 12:34 AM

All I know is that if they make a.. acid / lsd / just plain trippy movie.. Natural born killers and Fear and loathing in Las Vegas are run away number 1's and 2's

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tomwaitsjr writes:
on Aug 07 2008 04:45 AM

I'm saddened by this list.

I like that Floyd is there though. I guess he was the inspiration for "Pineapple Express." Apatow saw the movie, and thought "What if a film had a Floyd as the main actor, and had pot peddlers as violent as the drug dealers from True Romance?"

I think a Stoner should be someone who we know smokes pot, and isn't someone who just does every drug possible, like Dewey Cox.

And, yah, the guys from Dazed and Confused need to be there.

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ragethorn13 writes:
on Aug 07 2008 04:47 AM

This list sucks! Dazed & Confused is the #1 stoner movie.

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tomwaitsjr writes:
on Aug 07 2008 04:50 AM

I haven't seen P.E.,

but that seems to be the impetus for this list,

so it's odd that Franco's character isn't on the list. . .

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Hoosierdaddy101 writes:
on Aug 07 2008 05:29 AM

Excuse me Sean Penn Fast Times at Ridgemont High, hes pretty memorable for me

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