The Top 10 Stoner Movies of All Time
5. The Big Lebowski (1998)
Token toker: Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski (Jeff Bridges)
The buzz: The Coen brothers? Pot? How could it miss? Unsurprisingly, it didn’t, and even less surprising is the fact that Lebowski stands alone as a different strain of weed movie--aimed at the thinking stoner. That’s because Joel and Ethan Coen fittingly placed higher emphasis on offbeat storytelling and character development than on clichéd stoner-isms, thus further emboldening pothead viewers by not patronizing them. And so, another “group” was officially added to the Coen bros.’ cultish fan club: the stoners, who presumably spearheaded the annual Lebowski Fest.
Killer line, man: “Nobody calls me Lebowski. You got the wrong guy--I’m the Dude, man.” –The Dude 