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Psychedelic film is a film genre characterized by the influence ofpsychedelia and theexperiences ofpsychedelic drugs. Psychedelic films typically contain visual distortion andexperimental narratives, often emphasizingpsychedelic imagery. They might reference drugs directly, or merely present a distorted reality resembling the effects of psychedelic drugs. Their experimental narratives often purposefully try to distort the viewers' understanding of reality or normality.^[1][2]

• Acid Western adapts tropes of theWestern genre popular in the 1960s and 1970s, augmented with psychedelic imagery or allusions.^[3]
• Psychodrama may complement dramatic elements of the film with psychedelic imagery based on psychological expansion or exploration.
• Stoner film exploits the comic potential ofrecreationalcannabis, often punctuated with exaggerated psychedelia.^[4]

• The Red Shoes, 1948^[5]
• Daisies, 1966^[5]
• Chappaqua,1967
• Point Blank, 1967^[5]
• 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968^[5]
• The Devils, 1971^[5]
• Behind the Green Door, 1972^[5]
• The Devil, 1972^[5]
• Fantastic Planet, 1973^[5]
• The Wicker Man, 1973^[5]
• 3 Women, 1977^[5]
• Suspiria, 1977^[5]
• Son of the White Mare, 1981^[5]
• Dead Man, 1995^[5]
• Requiem for a Dream, 2000^[5]
• A Field in England, 2013^[5]
• Friend of the World, 2020^[6]
• Yellow Submarine, 1968^[7]
• Zabriskie Point, 1970^[5]

• Stoner film
• Surrealist cinema
• Psychedelic art
• Psychedelic literature
• Psychedelic music
• List of films featuring hallucinogens

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