Quarantine & Chill: Top Shows & Movies for Cannabis Lovers
- Urbn Leaf
- Oct 25, 2023
- 6 min read
Hey all you cool cats and kittens, Urbn Leaf here! Ever since the shelter in place orders went into effect, things have been a little off schedule.
We are all just here looking for ways to entertain ourselves in self-highsolation. We asked a few of our team members to help compile the ULTIMATE list of our favorite flicks. For stoners, by stoners (so you know it’s a good one.) Grab the kush and cuddle up on the couch - Let’s see if you can binge them all before quarantine ends!
Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle
Harold and Kumar are the ultimate
post-college
20-somethings in this hilarious comedy about two guys who have a serious case of the munchies. They embark on a crazy journey to W
hite Castle that takes them through a ton of different scenarios including one involving a high on
drugs
Neil Patrick Harris.
Watch
this
on Netflix
if you are in the mood for some good bro laughs.
NETFLIX
.
How High
Anything that mixes history and weed has
us
sold
!
Method Man
and Redman join each other
as students
who end up getting into Harvard after smoking some magical flower that
helps them ace their college entrance exams.
Naturally, some mischief
follow
s...and
they find themselves in
jeopardy of graduating.
A
few
notable
highlight
s
?
The references that cannabis helps combat
nausea
, a sick soundtrack,
and a special cameo by
none other than
Benjamin Franklin
himself
.
Catch it on
AMAZON PRIME.
Dazed and Confused
Set
in the late
19
70’s, this cult classic follows a group of high schoolers
on their last day of school. They find themselves at a keg party a
nd of course,
that’s when
the
real
hi-jinks start. With Matthew
McConaughey and Ben Affleck at the helm
, the characters are really
what
makes this film shine.
You will
also
catch yourself grooving to the fabulous soundtrack that is straight out of the Su
mmer of Love.
Hulu or Amazon Prime
Murder Mountain
Available on Netflix, this
more subdued
documentary shows you what life is like living on a cannabis farm in the deep woods of Northern California.
It
focus
es
on a young
man who had
traveled to
Humboldt to
work
on an
illegal
farm
then
disappeared
from
the face of the earth
shortly after
. Unfortunately, this has
been
not
a one
-
time occurrence. The
documentary
maker sets out to show the
vast
differences b
ehind some of
the operations of legal and illegal grows
, and the dangers that
may
lurk around the corners if you are in the latter group
. The
balance of
both groups
trying to keep business afloat while
dealing with the new changing laws is
quite
fascinating.
NETFLIX
Narcos: Mexico S1
We love a good gangster story...especially if it has some truth to it.
This
popular Netflix
series outlays the start of the
Mexican
drug cartel crisis and how cannabis played a role in the start.
They follow closely the true story of Kiki Camarena who was one of the original DEA agents on the case.
As the plot thickens, you start to realize that the good guys are over the heads in a Country where the government can be bought out with cash
.
Half Baked
Two
words. Dave Chapelle. This movie about a pot smoking janitor
and his friends
is his brainchild and
he does not let you down. The classic stoner comedy will have you splitting your sides with classic Chapelle jokes and quirks.
Weeds
This will last you a solid week considering
it is
8 seasons long, however, this is the
mother
(no pun intended) of all cannabis related tv shows. We see a suburban
housewife
, Nancy Botwin, lose her husband and
prepare the make the choice to enter the weed game. As with any new venture, things do not go exactly to plan almost ever but the main characters slick
ability to survive is nothing short of amazing.
Funny man Kevin Nealon adds great comedic relief to the cast, as well, as
their
lovable stoner
accountant
.
Originally on Showtime, you can catch Weeds on Netflix now.
This movie is all about two friends named Craig and Smokey
and
a
random
Friday they
ended up having
. Craig
somehow
gets fired on his day off and meets up with his buddy to blow off some steam with a smoke.
We then
find out that Smokey was given some weed to sell but ended up smoking it all himself
a
n
d t
he two have until nighttime to find $200 to pay
for it
. Not all goes as planned.
Two thumbs up for Ice
Cube and Chris Tucker...the soundtrack
is great, too!
AMAZON PRIME
Seth Rogan and James Franco come together as a
stoner tour de force in the 2008 film that
had us all drooling over their invention of the cross joint. The duo
ends
up unwittingly
dropping
a joint of their prized strain at
a murder scene which then leads to the hilarious adventures that come out of trying to evade drug dealers and dirty cops.
AMAZON PRIME
Vice really did us stoners a favor with this one.
Have you ever watched a cooking show high? Dangerous...now imagine watching a cooking show about cooking with WEED. Enough said.
We don’t know about you guys, but our favorite version of Archer is cannabis activist Archer.
Yes, Archer gets breast cancer in this season
and turns to Medical Marijuana
to help cope
.
He then
finds out that the Irish mob is meddling with his cancer drugs
and then proceeds to go on revenge missions a
ll while holding a joint. Could he be
our
new cartoon hero? Maybe.
If you want to get specific, Episode 9 contains the most laugh-inducing stoner moments.
HULU
South Park has consistently been at the forefront of almost every social and celebrity movement since they started 23 years ago.
Having a cameo or even being featured on the show
is
a great honor and a true testament that you have either made it...or they think you are
completely
ridiculous. We all knew they had something
to say about the legalization of
cannabis,
but we are all not ready for what they gave us in
Tegridy
Farms.
Randy Marsh moves his whole family out to the country to start a new business
doing...
you guessed it,
FARMING
CANNABIS! The topic was such a hit that they
started off season 23 with a
6-episode
Tegridy
Farms arc that
has
been
moved to a
permanent
location on the show.
HULU
This show revolves around the lives of a group of high-school friends as they navigate love, jobs, school, and everything else that comes with the pa
ins of
growing up.
No matter what happens, they always seem to come together to smoke weed at their round table in Eric’s garage to reflect and catch-up. This show is
highly relatable
and highly hilarious!
NETFLIX
Leonardo
DiCaprio stars
in a movie all about the highs and lows of achieving Utopia. His character hears of a place where you can be who you want, do what you want, and sm
oke all the weed you want. Naturally, he finds out where
this
magical
, primitive
place is at and winds up making it there.
What he learns
over time
is that not all is well in paradise
and we see a kind of Lord of the Fly’s
theme breaking through.
The subject may grow
heavy,
but the beautiful shots of paradise and those heady green fields are enough to keep us glued to the screen.
AMAZON PRIME
Action Bronson is somewhat of modern renaissance man
. He raps, he cooks, he smokes.
..and he loves to share it all with you. He has two notable series that run on
Viceland
(
also on
youtube
)
.
If you are the stoner that loves to get into conspiracy theories and alien stories, I HIGHLY recommend that you tune into his show
, Traveling the Stars: Action Bronson and Friends Watch Ancient Aliens
. He collects a
n influential
group of different guests each show (you m
ay have heard of
a few of them),
busts out the weed, and
starts letting the opinions fly. They pretty much end up
laughing
at
most of
it,
but you
also
get
some sheer stoner GEMS
that are so good, you will
feel compelled
to share the giggles.
Another web series that he hosts is FUCK, that’s delicious.
He
gets to highlight some of
his
chef skills all while bringing his personality to the screen.
YOUTUBE
OK - This one might not be cannabis related, but it will have you scratching your stoned head whispering WTF repeatedly.
When we say you have never heard
or seen
a story like this before, we truly mean
it.
N
othing
can prepare you for
Joe Exotic
, a
homosexua
l
big cat wrangler and zoo owner who dabbled in both country music and politics. He is currently serving time in prison for
a
murder-for-hire
plot against Carole Baskin from Big Cat Rescue in Florida
,
and still claims his innocence. This
Netflix
documentary has it ALL. Murder, romance, lions, tigers, leather, cult
themes, drug addiction,
polygamy,
you name it!
Other notable mentions:
Disjointed
Reincarnated
Cooking on High
The Grass is Greener
Reefer Madness
Scary Movie
The Big Lebowski
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