List of films related to the hippie subculture

This is a list of fiction and documentary films about or relating to the hippie counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s.

Feature films

1960s

• The Acid Eaters (1968)
• Alice in Acidland (1969)
• Alice's Restaurant (1969)
• The Big Cube (1969)
• Blowup (1966)
• The Born Losers (1967)
• Candy (1968)
• Chappaqua (1966)
• Easy Rider (1969)
• Eggshells (1969)
• The Guru (1969)
• The Happening (1967)
• Head (1968)
• How to Commit Marriage (1969)
• I Love You, Alice B. Toklas (1968)
• The Love-Ins (1967)
• The Love Bug (1968)
• Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
• 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)
• What's New Pussycat? (1965)
• 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)
• Captain Milkshake (1970)
• La Familia Hippie (1971, Spanish)
• Fantastic Planet (1973, French)
• 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 (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)
• Purple Haze (1982)
• Rude Awakening (1989)
• Where the Buffalo Roam (1980)
• Withnail and I (1987)

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)
• Hideous Kinky (1998)
• A Walk on the Moon (1999)

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)
• Helter Skelter (2004)
• Stoned (2005)
• The Grateful Undead (2007)
• A Mighty Wind (2003)
• The Rage in Placid Lake (2003)
• Steal This Movie! (2000)
• Taking Woodstock (2009)
• Leslie, My Name Is Evil (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)
• Something in the Air (2012)
• Inherent Vice (2014)
• Wild (2014)
• Paradise Trips (2015)
• Moonwalkers (2015)
• Charlie (2015)
• Captain Fantastic (2016)
• Manson's Lost Girls (2016)
• The Glass Castle (2017)
• Woodstock or Bust (2018)
• Charlie Says (2018)
• The Haunting of Sharon Tate (2019)
• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)

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)
• Batman (1966-1968)
• 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)
• Kung Fu (1972-1974)
• Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp (1970-1971)
• Lidsville (1971-1973)
• Love, American Style (1969-1974)
• Mad Men (2007-2015)
• The Mod Squad (1968-1973)
• The Monkees (1966–1968)
• Mulligan Stew (1972)
• 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 & Cher Comedy Hour (1971-1974)
• Star Trek (1966-1969), hippie episode "The Way to Eden" first broadcast on 21 February 1969
• 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)
• Cattanooga Cats (1969-1971)
• Groovie Goolies (1970-1972)
• Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch! (1971-1974)
• The Magic Roundabout (1965-1977)
• Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1969-1970) and Scooby-Doo successors to present

See also

• Hippie exploitation films
• Acid Western

References

1. "Hippie Masala". Archived from the original on 22 July 2008. 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". IMDb . 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

• A film clip of Drug Abuse: The Chemical Tomb is available for viewing at the Internet Archive
• A film clip of Greenwich Village Sunday is available for viewing 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 for viewing at the Internet Archive
• Rainbow Family National Gathering 2006