List of films related to the hippie subculture

This is a list of fiction and documentary films about or relating to the hippie subculture or counterculture of the 1960s.

Feature films

1960s

• The Acid Eaters (1968)
• Alice in Acidland (1969)
• Alice's Restaurant (1969)
• The Big Cube (1969)
• The Born Losers (1967)
• Candy (1968)
• Chappaqua (1966)
• Easy Rider (1969)
• Eggshells (1969)
• The Guru (1969)
• The Happening (1967)
• The Magic Christian (1969)
• Head (1968)
• How to Commit Marriage (1969)
• I Love You, Alice B. Toklas (1968)
• The Love-Ins (1967)
• The Love Bug (1968)
• Maryjane (1968)
• Medium Cool (1969)
• Midnight Cowboy (1969)
• More (1969)
• The Party (1968)
• El Profesor Hippie (1969, Spanish)
• Psych-Out (1968)
• Riot on Sunset Strip (1967)
• Skidoo (1968)
• Three in the Attic (1968)
• The Trip (1967)
• Wild in the Streets (1968)
• With Six You Get Eggroll (1968)
• Wonderwall (1968)
• Yellow Submarine (1968)

1970s

• 200 Motels (1971)
• An American Hippie in Israel a.k.a. Ha-Trempist (1972)
• Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
• Billy Jack:
  • Billy Jack (1971)
  • The Trial of Billy Jack (1974)
  • Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977)
• Breezy (1973)
• Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)
• Butterflies Are Free (1972)
• La Familia Hippie (1971, Spanish)
• Fritz the Cat:
  • Fritz the Cat (1972)
  • The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat (1974)
• Gas-s-s-s (1971)
• Ghetto Freaks a.k.a. Love Commune (1970)
• Ginger in the Morning (1974)
• Go Ask Alice (1973)
• Godspell (1973)
• Groupie Girl (1970)
• Hair (1979)
• Harold And Maude (1971)
• Hare Rama Hare Krishna (1971, Hindi)
• Helter Skelter (1976)
• The Holy Mountain (1973)
• I Drink Your Blood (1970)
• Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)
• Joe (1970)
• Katherine (1975)
• The Last Movie (1971)
• La Vallée a.k.a. Obscured By Clouds (1972) Director:Barbet Schroeder
• Love Story (1970)
• The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart (1970)
• More American Graffiti (1979)
• Performance (film) (1970)
• Punishment Park (1971)
• The Psychedelic Priest a.k.a. Electric Shades of Grey (1971)
• Rainbow Bridge (1972)
• Shalom (1973, Hebrew)
• The Song Remains the Same (1976) - features 1973 Led Zeppelin concert footage
• The Strawberry Statement (1970)
• Taking Off (1971)
• Thumb Tripping (1972)
• Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
• Up in Smoke (1978)
• When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? (1979)
• Wild Honey (1972)
• Woodstock (1970)
• Zabriskie Point (1970)
• Zachariah (1971)
• Zardoz (1973)

1980s

• 1969 (1988)
• The Big Chill (1983)
• Cheech & Chong:
  • Cheech & Chong's Next Movie (1980)
  • Nice Dreams (1981)
  • Things Are Tough All Over (1982)
  • Still Smokin' (1983)
• Rude Awakening (1989)
• Where the Buffalo Roam (1980)

1990s

• The Big Lebowski (1998)
• Dazed and Confused (1993)
• The Doors (1991)
• Far Out Man (1990)
• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
• Flashback (1990)
• Forrest Gump (1994)
• A Walk on the Moon (1999)
• Hideous Kinky (1998)

2000s

• Across the Universe (2007)
• Almost Famous (2000)
• Born in 68 (2008)
• The Dreamers (2003)
• The Tripper (2006)
• Humboldt County (2008)
• I'm Not There (2007)
• Into the Wild (2007)
• The Manson Family (2003)
• Stoned (2005)
• The Grateful Undead (2007)
• A Mighty Wind (2003)
• The Rage in Placid Lake (2003)
• Steal This Movie! (2000)
• Taking Woodstock (2009)
• Youth in Revolt (2009)
• Wood & Stock: Sexo, Orégano e Rock'n'Roll (2006, Brazilian)
• Pineapple Express (2008)
• Smiley Face (2007)
• Das Wilde Leben a.k.a. Eight Miles High (2007, German)

2010s

• Happiness Runs (2010)
• Hippie Hippie Shake (unreleased)
• The House of the Sun (2010, Russian)
• The Music Never Stopped (2011)
• Our Idiot Brother (2011)
• Wanderlust (2012)
• Peace, Love & Misunderstanding (2012)
• Inherent Vice (2014)
• Wild (2014)
• Paradise Trips (2015)
• Moonwalkers (2015)
• Charlie (2015)
• Captain Fantastic (2016)
• The Glass Castle (2017)

Documentary films

• Back to the Garden, flower power comes full circle (2009), hippies in Washington state, U.S.
• Berkeley in the Sixties (1990)
• Beyond this Place (2010), imdb a man meets his absent hippie father for the first time
• Charles Manson Superstar (1989)
• The Cockettes (2002)
• Commune (2005), about the Black Bear Ranch
• Conventions: The Land Around Us (1968), at 1968 Democratic National Convention
• Crumb (1994), about underground comix artist Robert Crumb
• Dont Look Back (1967)
• F.T.A. (1972)
• Feast of Friends (1970) - The Doors' self-produced documentary filmed in 1968, released in 2014
• Frisbee: The Life and Death of a Hippie Preacher (2005), about Lonnie Frisbee
• Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (2008)
• Hippie Masala[1] (2006), Swiss documentary about the hippies who live in India.
• Hippie Movie (2008, Polish/English)
• Huerfano Valley[2] (2012, English), about a 40 years old hippie commune in Colorado. Three residents share their experiences and talk of the evolutions in the way of living in the commune during all these years.
• The Hippie Revolt a.k.a. Something's Happening (1967)
• Jimi Hendrix (1973), various interviews of people who knew Hendrix before and when he was famous
• Jobs (2013)
• Die Karawane der Blumenkinder[3] (2008, German), documentary on the Hippie trail
• Karl Hess: Toward Liberty (1980), documentary about Republican speechwriter turned anarchist
• Klunkerz: A Film About Mountain Bikes (2006)
• Last Hippie Standing[4] (2002), on hippies in Goa with Cleo Odzer
• '’Life and Times of the Red Dog Saloon, The'’ (1996)
• Magic Trip (2011) Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters' bus adventures
• Inside LSD (2009), an explorer puts LSD under the microscope
• Manson (1973)
• MC5: A True Testimonial (2002)
• Mondo Mod (1967)
• My Generation (2000)
• My Hippies (2005) Reflection from two couples living in Haight Ashbury in the sixties.
• Project Nim (2011), interviews and footage of the free and expressive upbringing of a chimpanzee taught sign language in the 1970s.
• Ram Dass Fierce Grace (2001)
• Revolution (1968)
• Saint Misbehavin': The Wavy Gravy Movie (2008)
• The Source Family (2012), the commune of the same name, first in Los Angeles, then Hawaii, centered around Father Yod.
• Taylor Camp: Living the 60s Dream (2010), nostalgic reflections of 1970s hippies in tree houses in Hawaii.
• Tripping (1999)
• The Valley of the Moon (2010)
• Underground (1976)
• The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006)
• Volem Rien Foutre al Païs[5] (2006, French)
• The Weather Underground (2002)
• Within Reach Movie, journey to find sustainable community (2013)
• Where Have All the Flowers Gone? (2008), a group of young people visit San Francisco

Concert films

• The 14 Hour Technicolor Dream (2008), a documentary about the 1967 concert
• Festival Express (2003)
• Fillmore (1972)
• Gimme Shelter (1970)
• Glastonbury Fayre (1972)
• Medicine Ball Caravan (1971)
• Monterey Pop (1968)
• Nambassa Festival[6] (1980)
• '’Rockin’ at the Red Dog: The Dawn of Psychedelic Rock'’ (2005)
• Woodstock (1970)

Short films

See external links section

• "Brink of Disaster!" (1972)
• "Curses and Sermons", documentary about poet Michael McClure
• "Drug Abuse: The Chemical Tomb" (1969)
• "Greenwich Village Sunday"
• "Quantum Satori" (Samuel Vanclooster, 2015)

Television

• The '60s (1999-2005)
• All in the Family (1971-1979)
• The Banana Splits (1968-1970)
• The Brady Bunch (1969-1974)
• The Bugaloos (1970-1972)
• Chico and the Man (1974-1978)
• The Dick Cavett Show (1968-1975)
• Dragnet 1967 (1967-1970) often portrayed hippies pejoratively
• The Electric Company (1971-1985)
• Family Ties (1982–1989)
• Hippies (1999)
• Hippy Gourmet (2001-)
• H.R. Pufnstuf (1969-1971)
• Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp (1970-1971)
• Lidsville (1971-1973)
• Love, American Style (1969-1974)
• The Mod Squad (1968-1973)
• The Monkees (1966–1968)
• Batman (1966-1968)
• Star Trek (1966-1969), hippie episode "The Way to Eden" first broadcast on 21 February 1969
• Mulligan Stew (1972)
• Kung Fu (1972-1974)
• The Partridge Family (1970-1974)
• Room 222 (1969-1974)
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968–1973)
• The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967–1969)
• The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1971-1974)
• Summerhill (2008)
• WKRP in Cincinnati (1978-1982)
• The Wonder Years (1988–1993)
• The Young Ones (1982-1984)
• The Drug Years (2006)

Animated

• The Beatles (1965–1967)
• Groovie Goolies (1970-1972)
• Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch! (1971-1974)
• Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1969-1970) and Scooby-Doo successors to present

See also

• Hippie exploitation films
• Acid Western

References

1. "Hippie Masala". Retrieved 16 July 2010.
2. "Huerfano Valley". Retrieved 13 May 2016.
3. "Die Karawane der Blumenkinder" (in German). Retrieved 16 July 2010.
4. "Last Hippie Standing". Retrieved 16 July 2010.
5. "Volem rien foutre al païs" (in French). Archived from the original on 7 October 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
6. "The New Zealand Film Archive / Ngā Kaitiaki O Ngā Taonga Whitiāhua". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2010.

External links

• List of counterculture films Based upon a deleted article from Wikipedia
• A film clip of Drug Abuse: The Chemical Tomb is available at the Internet Archive
• A film clip of Greenwich Village Sunday is available at the Internet Archive
• HippieTV, in Norwegian
• Hippie Movies & TV Shows
• A film clip of Peace March. Thousands Oppose Vietnam War, 1967 Newsreel is available at the Internet Archive
• Rainbow Family National Gathering 2006