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50 Greatest Hallucination Scenes in Films
The scenes are ranked according to their visual/audio effect and creativity/originality in depicting hallucinations.
C* : Critics votes, V* : Viewers votes. The release dates for each movie may depend upon country.
Only registred users are allowed to vote. Every 5 votes caste, makes the entity go up one in the list.
| C* | V* | Vote | Cover | Title | Genre | Director (d) / Writer (w) | Cast | Explanation | Video | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | 43 |
|
25th Hour | Crime Drama | Spike Lee (d) David Benioff (w) |
Edward Norton Philip Seymour Hof.. Barry Pepper |
Anna Paquin entering the nightclub. |
|
2002 | |
| 39 | 39 |
|
A Scanner Darkly | Animation DramaScience Fiction Thriller | Richard Linklater (d) Richard Linklater (w) |
Keanu Reeves Robert Downey Jr Winona Ryder |
Charles Freck's attempted suicide and conversation with the alien. |
|
2006 | |
| 31 | 31 |
|
Akira | Animation Science FictionAction | Katsuhiro Ôtomo (d) Katsuhiro Ôtomo (w) Izô Hashimoto (w) |
Mitsuo Iwata Nozomu Sasaki Mami Koyama |
Tetsuo's nightmare hallucinations at the hospital. |
|
1988 | |
| 48 | 48 |
|
Alice in Wonderland | Fantasy AnimationScience Fiction Family | Clyde Geronimi (d) Wilfred Jackson (d) Hamilton Luske (d) Winston Hibler (w) Ted Sears (w) Bill Peet (w) Erdman Penner (w) Joe Rinaldi (w) Milt Banta (w) William Cottrell (w) Dick Kelsey (w) Joe Grant (w) Dick Huemer (w) Del Connell (w) Tom Oreb (w) John Walbridge (w) |
Kathryn Beaumont Renate Kanthack Verna Felton |
Alice's almost scary mushroom trip. |
|
1951 | |
| 47 | 47 |
|
Altered States | Drama HorrorIndie Science FictionThriller | Ken Russell (d) Paddy Chayefsky (w) |
William Hurt Blair Brown Bob Balaban |
William Hurt outrageous peyote trip in a Mexican cave. |
|
1980 | |
| 45 | 45 |
|
American Beauty | Drama ComedyRomance | Sam Mendes (d) Alan Ball (w) |
Kevin Spacey Annette Bening Thora Birch |
Kevin Spacey dreaming of his fantasy girl on the ceiling with rose pedals. |
|
1999 | |
| 26 | 26 |
|
Bad Lieutenant | Drama Indie | Abel Ferrara (d) Abel Ferrara (w) Zoë Lund (w) |
Harvey Keitel Victor Argo Frankie Thorn |
Church scene where Harvey Keitai sees Jesus. |
|
1992 | |
| 22 | 22 |
|
Batman Begins | Adventure FantasyAction ThrillerCrime Science Fiction | Christopher Nolan (d) |
Christian Bale Liam Neeson Michael Caine |
Scarecrow encounters Batman inside of Arkham Asylum. |
|
2005 | |
| 50 | 50 |
|
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America |
Animation Comedy | Mike Judge (d) |
Mike Judge Bruce Willis Demi Moore |
The desert scene with the blue zombies. |
|
1996 | |
| 14 | 14 |
|
Bobby | Drama | Emilio Estevez (d) Emilio Estevez (w) |
Harry Belafonte Joy Bryant Nick Cannon |
An acid trip by a number of characters. Ashton Kutcher takes an especially impressive flight. |
|
2006 | |
| 27 | 27 |
|
Casino Royale | Action DramaThriller | Martin Campbell (d) Neal Purvis (w) Robert Wade (w) |
Daniel Craig Eva Green Mads Mikkelsen |
Daniel Craig is poisoned and experiences a trip in the bathroom. |
|
2006 | |
| 1 | 1 |
|
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie |
Action AdventureComedy | Tommy Chong (d) |
Cheech Marin Tommy Chong Evelyn Guerrero |
Tommy Chong smokes a cockroach |
|
1980 | |
| 49 | 49 |
|
Cheech & Chong's Up in Smoke |
Comedy | Lou Adler (d) Tommy Chong (w) |
Cheech Marin Tommy Chong Strother Martin |
Cheech and Chong cannot tell that they have been in a car accident. |
|
1978 | |
| 29 | 30 |
|
Chopper | Crime DramaForeign IndieThriller | Andrew Dominik (d) Andrew Dominik (w) |
Eric Bana Simon Lyndon David Field |
Cocaine snorting and super-active camera use. |
|
2000 | |
| 3 | 3 |
|
Dirty Work | Comedy | Bob Saget (d) |
Norm MacDonald Artie Lange Jack Warden |
Norm Macdonald's trip as he finds himself in a burning car with the devil. |
|
1998 | |
| 37 | 37 |
|
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
Drama HorrorScience Fiction | Victor Fleming (d) Percy Heath (w) Samuel Hoffenstein.. (w) John Lee Mahin (w) |
Spencer Tracy Ingrid Bergman Lana Turner |
Spencer Tracy sees hallucinations of Ingrid Bergman and lana Turner, among others over a pond. |
|
1941 | |
| 9 | 9 |
|
Dumbo | Fantasy AnimationScience Fiction Family | Ben Sharpsteen (d) Joe Grant (w) Dick Huemer (w) |
Sterling Holloway Herman Bing John McLeish |
The iconic pink elephants scene, when Dumbo drinks alcohol. |
|
1941 | |
| 33 | 32 |
|
Easy Rider | Action AdventureCrime DramaIndie | Dennis Hopper (d) Dennis Hopper (w) Peter Fonda (w) Terry Southern (w) |
Peter Fonda Dennis Hopper Antonio Mendoza |
Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda along with two prostitutes experience a surreal and horrible trip. |
|
1969 | |
| 19 | 19 |
|
Enter the Void | Drama ForeignIndie Thriller | Gaspar Noé (d) |
Nathaniel Brown Paz de la Huerta Emily Alyn Lind |
Nathaniel Brown's DMT induced hallucination. |
|
2009 | |
| 11 | 11 |
|
EuroTrip | Comedy | Jeff Schaffer (d) Alec Berg (w) David Mandel (w) Jeff Schaffer (w) |
Scott Mechlowicz Jacob Pitts Kristin Kreuk |
The absinth trip at a European club by three of the characters. |
|
2004 | |
| 30 | 29 |
|
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas |
Comedy DramaAdventure | Terry Gilliam (d) |
Johnny Depp Benicio Del Toro Tobey Maguire |
Johnny Depp high on acid at the hotel lobby |
|
1998 | |
| 44 | 44 |
|
Garden State | Comedy DramaIndie Romance | Zach Braff (d) Zach Braff (w) |
Zach Braff Natalie Portman Peter Sarsgaard |
Zack Braff's hallucination at a drug party |
|
2004 | |
| 2 | 2 |
|
Go | Action ComedyThriller | Doug Liman (d) John August (w) |
Katie Holmes Sarah Polley Jay Mohr |
The opening sequence of the movie at the nightclub. |
|
1999 | |
| 20 | 20 |
|
Gothic | Drama ThrillerForeign | Ken Russell (d) Stephen Volk (w) |
Gabriel Byrne Julian Sands Natasha Richardson.. |
Opium trip where Myriam Cyr's nipples turn into eyes |
|
1986 | |
| 12 | 13 |
|
Hot Tub Time Machine | Adventure ComedyScience Fiction | Steve Pink (d) John Morris (w) Sean Anders (w) Josh Heald (w) |
John Cusack Lizzy Caplan Rob Corddry |
Alcohol among other drugs trip in the hot tub that transports them to the past. |
|
2010 | |
| 42 | 42 |
|
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! |
Comedy Romance | Hy Averback (d) |
Peter Sellers Jo Van Fleet Leigh Taylor-Young.. |
The party scene where Peter Sellers hallucinates and watches the people/animals |
|
1968 | |
| 17 | 17 |
|
Jacob's Ladder | Drama MysteryScience Fiction Thriller | Adrian Lyne (d) |
Tim Robbins Elizabeth Peña Danny Aiello |
Tim Robbins on PTSS sees a variety of monsters and creature at the club. |
|
1990 | |
| 6 | 6 |
|
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back |
Action Comedy | Kevin Smith (d) Kevin Smith (w) |
Kevin Smith Jason Mewes Ben Affleck |
In the truck where the dog starts to talk. |
|
2001 | |
| 46 | 46 |
|
Liquid Sky | Science Fiction | Slava Tsukerman (d) Slava Tsukerman (w) Anne Carlisle (w) Nina V. Kerova (w) |
Anne Carlisle Paula E. Sheppard Susan Doukas |
The alien orgasm and human heroin, absurdly psychedelic trip. |
|
1983 | |
| 36 | 36 |
|
Midnight Cowboy | Drama | John Schlesinger (d) Waldo Salt (w) |
Dustin Hoffman Jon Voight Sylvia Miles |
Jon Voight hallucinating in the New York drug club. |
|
1969 | |
| 23 | 23 |
|
Naked Lunch | Drama FantasyIndie Science FictionThriller | David Cronenberg (d) David Cronenberg (w) |
Joseph Scoren Peter Weller Judy Davis |
Peter Weller hallucinates and starts to talk to a typewriter monster. |
|
1991 | |
| 24 | 24 |
|
Papillon | Action CrimeDrama Thriller | Franklin J. Schaff.. (d) Dalton Trumbo (w) Lorenzo Semple Jr... (w) |
Steve McQueen Dustin Hoffman Woodrow Parfrey |
Steve McQueen's hallucination as he is imprisoned. |
|
1973 | |
| 25 | 25 |
|
Pi | Drama IndieScience Fiction Thriller | Darren Aronofsky (d) Eric Watson (w) Sean Gullette (w) Darren Aronofsky (w) |
Sean Gullette Mark Margolis Ben Shenkman |
Sean Gullette's surreal hallucination at a subway station. |
|
1998 | |
| 40 | 40 |
|
Reefer Madness | Comedy Drama | Louis J. Gasnier (d) Arthur Hoerl (w) |
Dorothy Short Kenneth Craig Lillian Miles |
The greatest anti-drug movie that offers some surreal drug scenes. |
|
1936 | |
| 34 | 34 |
|
Requiem for a Dream | Drama Indie | Darren Aronofsky (d) Hubert Selby Jr. (w) Darren Aronofsky (w) |
Ellen Burstyn Jared Leto Jennifer Connelly |
Darren Aronofsky's film brilliantly depiction a variety of drugs trip and hallucinations. |
|
2000 | |
| 5 | 5 |
|
Road Trip | Comedy | Todd Phillips (d) Scot Armstrong (w) Todd Phillips (w) |
Breckin Meyer Seann William Scot.. Amy Smart |
The grandfather sees his dog talk to him, when he smokes marajuana. |
|
2000 | |
| 41 | 41 |
|
Rosemary's Baby | Drama HorrorThriller | Roman Polanski (d) Roman Polanski (w) |
Mia Farrow John Cassavetes Ruth Gordon |
Mia Farrow's 6 minute long drug trip may be the most frightening hallucination in all of cinema. |
|
1968 | |
| 7 | 7 |
|
Shrooms | Foreign HorrorIndie | Paddy Breathnach (d) |
Lindsey Haun Jack Huston Max Kasch |
Jack Huston speaks to a cow in the dark forest. |
|
2007 | |
| 4 | 4 |
|
Smiley Faces | Comedy Indie | Gregg Araki (d) |
Anna Faris Roscoe Lee Browne Adam Brody |
Anna Faris's constant marijuana hallucinations. |
|
2007 | |
| 15 | 15 |
|
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny |
Comedy Music | Liam Lynch (d) |
Jack Black Kyle Gass Ronnie James Dio |
Jack Black's comedic psychedelic shrooms trip. |
|
2005 | |
| 16 | 16 |
|
The Acid House | Comedy DramaForeign | Paul McGuigan (d) Irvine Welsh (w) |
Stephen McCole Maurice Roëves Garry Sweeney |
The scene in the park where Ewen Bremner experiences an acid trip. |
|
1998 | |
| 8 | 8 |
|
The Bear | Adventure DramaFamily Foreign | Jean-Jacques Annau.. (d) Gérard Brach (w) |
Bart the Bear Youk the Bear Tchéky Karyo |
The main character bear has a psychedelic trip taking shrooms. |
|
1988 | |
| 13 | 12 |
|
The Big Lebowski | Comedy Crime | Joel Coen (d) |
Jeff Bridges John Goodman Steve Buscemi |
Jeff Bridges' mickey finn trip through the bowling alley, with Julian Moore as a viking. |
|
1998 | |
| 35 | 35 |
|
The Doors | Drama Musical | Oliver Stone (d) Oliver Stone (w) Randall Jahnson (w) |
Val Kilmer Kyle MacLachlan Kevin Dillon |
Peyote trip by all the characters in the desert. |
|
1991 | |
| 32 | 33 |
|
The Tingler | Horror | William Castle (d) Robb White (w) |
Vincent Price Judith Evelyn Darryl Hickman |
Vinz Price's “scared of death” scene, where he tests a drug. |
|
1959 | |
| 38 | 38 |
|
The Trip | Drama | Roger Corman (d) |
Peter Fonda Susan Strasberg Bruce Dern |
A stunning psychedelic trip by Paul Newman and Dennis Hopper on LSD. |
|
1967 | |
| 28 | 28 |
|
Training Day | Action AdventureCrime DramaThriller | Antoine Fuqua (d) David Ayer (w) |
Denzel Washington Ethan Hawke Scott Glenn |
Ethan Hawke tried PCP to show off to Denzel Washington in the car. |
|
2001 | |
| 18 | 18 |
|
Trainspotting | Drama ComedyForeign | Danny Boyle (d) John Hodge (w) |
Ewan McGregor Ewen Bremner Jonny Lee Miller |
The visually stunning scene where Ewan McGregor recovers from his drug addiction. |
|
1996 | |
| 21 | 21 |
|
Young Guns | Action AdventureDrama Western | Christopher Cain (d) John Fusco (w) |
Emilio Estevez Kiefer Sutherland Lou Diamond Philli.. |
A peyote trip by the distressed characters around the campfire. |
|
1988 | |
| 10 | 10 |
|
Zapped! | Comedy | Robert J. Rosentha.. (d) |
Scott Baio Willie Aames Robert Mandan |
Scatman Crothers takes a surreal trip with Einstein as he second hand smokes marijuana. |
|
1982 | |
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