By coincidence rather than by design, the Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann makes a sensational discovery in the spring of 1943. He realizes that he is dealing with a powerful molecule that will have an impact that reaches far beyond the scientific world. THE SUBSTANCE is an investigation into our troubled relationship with LSD, told from its beginnings to today.

The Sunshine Makers

2015

English

7.0

♡ 2

100%

Cosmo Feilding-Mellen Director

Patrick Clark as Self - Bureau of Narcotics & Dangerous Drugs

Gordon White as Self - Bureau of Narcotics & Dangerous Drugs

Timothy Leary as Self - LSD Psychologist

Don Douglas as Self - Tim's Lab Partner, 1965-68

The story of Nicholas Sand and Tim Scully, the unlikely duo at the heart of 1960s American drug counter-culture. United in a utopian mission to save the planet through the consciousness-raising power of LSD, these underground chemists manufactured a massive amount of acid, including the gold standard for quality LSD, 'Orange Sunshine,' all while staying one step ahead of the Feds.

Hare Krishna! The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami Who Started It

2017

English

7.8

♡ 6

Action

biography

Documentary

John Griesser Director

George Harrison as Self

Bob Dylan as Self

Timothy Leary as Self

Radhanath Swami as Self

"Hare Krishna!" is a documentary on the life of Srila Prabhupada, the 70-year-old Indian Swami who arrives in America without support or money and ignites a worldwide spiritual phenomenon, now known as the Hare Krishna Movement.

Fantastic Fungi

2019

English

7.4

♡ 40

100%

Louie Schwartzberg Director

Brie Larson as Narrator

George W. Bush as Self

Timothy Leary as Self

Richard Nixon as Self

A vivid journey into the mysterious subterranean world of mycelium and its fruit— the mushroom. A story that begins 3.5 billion years ago, fungi makes the soil that supports life, connecting vast systems of roots from plants and trees all over the planet, like an underground Internet. Through the eyes of renowned mycologist Paul Stamets, professor of forest ecology Suzanne Simard, best selling author Michael Pollan, food naturalist Eugenia Bone and others, we experience the power, beauty and complexity of the fungi kingdom.

The Net

2003

German

6.9

central intelligence agency (cia)

Lutz Dammbeck Director

Ted Kaczynski as Self

Timothy Leary as Self

Chris Waits as Self

Henry A. Murray as Self

Explores the incredibly complex backstory of Ted Kaczynski, the infamous Unabomber. This exquisitely crafted inquiry into the rationale of this mythic figure situates him within a late 20th century web of technology—a system that he grew to oppose. A marvelously subversive approach to the history of the Internet, this insightful documentary combines speculative travelogue and investigative journalism to trace contrasting countercultural responses to the cybernetic revolution.

Dying to Know: Ram Dass & Timothy Leary

2014

English

7.5

♡ 2

78%

Gay Dillingham Director

Timothy Leary as Self

Dean Chamberlain as Self

Zach Leary as Self

Huston Smith as Self

Icons of '60s counterculture, Harvard psychologists Timothy Leary and Ram Dass became estranged until an illness inspired their fascinating reunion.

Everything is one. Except for the 0

2020

German

7.1

♡ 1

Klaus Maeck Director

Nancy Reagan as Self

Donald Trump as Self

Timothy Leary as Self

Helmut Dietl as Self

In 1981, Wau Holland and other hackers established the Hamburg based Chaos Computer Club (CCC). The idiosyncratic freethinkers were inspired by Californian technology visionaries and committed themselves to hacker ethics. All information must be free. Use public data, protect private data. But not everyone followed the rules. Computer technology was still in its infancy and the emerging Internet became a projection screen for social utopias. What has become of them? The story of the German hackers, told by the protagonists themselves in a montage of found video and audio material.

My Psychedelic Love Story

2020

English

6.2

♡ 3

90%

Errol Morris Director

Timothy Leary as Self

Johanna Harcourt-Smith as Self

An examination of the notorious high priest of LSD Timothy Leary through the eyes of his famed lover Joanna Harcourt-Smith.

Diaries Notes and Sketches

1968

English

7.3

♡ 3

Jonas Mekas Director

Peter Kubelka as

John Lennon as Self

Timothy Leary as Self

Stan Brakhage as Self

Also known as Walden, Jonas Mekas’s first diary film is a six-reel chronicle of his life in 1960s New York, interweaving moments with family, friends, lovers, and artistic idols. Blending everyday encounters with portraits of the avant-garde art scene, it forms an epic, personal meditation on community, creativity, and the passage of time.

The Beatles and India

2021

English

6.5

♡ 14

75%

Action

Documentary

Music

Ajoy Bose Director

John Lennon as (archive footage)

George Harrison as (archive footage)

Nikita Khrushchev as Self - Premier of the Soviet Union

Timothy Leary as Self - psychologist and psychedelic drug advocate

Explores the The Beatles’ love affair with India, its religions and its culture and, in turn, the impact of their music and style on a young generation in India.

The High Frontier: The Untold Story of Gerard K. O'Neill

2021

English

7.4

♡ 5

Documentary

Ryan Stuit Director

Dan Rather as Self

Timothy Leary as Self

Isaac Asimov as Self

Arthur C. Clarke as Self

The High Frontier: The Untold Story of Gerard K. O'Neill tells the untold story of the life and influence of the late physicist and space colony pioneer Dr. Gerard K. O'Neill. In 1977, O'Neill wrote the book The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space, which sparked an enormous grassroots movement to build Earth-like habitats in space in order to solve Earth's greatest crises. The film is told through "Gerry's Kids" as they affectionately call themselves; his peers, family, and the younger generation who followed that movement and are now leading the modern day space industry.

Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place

2011

English

6.8

♡ 1

72%

Alex Gibney Director

Veronica Taylor as Jane Burton

Stanley Tucci as Narrator

Timothy Leary as Self

Jim Meskimen as Zonker

A freewheeling portrait of Ken Kesey and the Merry Prankster’s fabled road trip across America in the legendary Magic Bus. In 1964, Ken Kesey, the famed author of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” set off on a legendary, LSD-fuelled cross-country road trip to the New York World’s Fair. He was joined by “The Merry Band of Pranksters,” a renegade group of counterculture truth-seekers, including Neal Cassady, the American icon immortalized in Kerouac’s “On the Road,” and the driver and painter of the psychedelic Magic Bus.

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The Substance: Albert Hofmann's LSD

The Sunshine Makers

Hare Krishna! The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami Who Started It

Fantastic Fungi

The Net

Dying to Know: Ram Dass & Timothy Leary

Everything is one. Except for the 0

My Psychedelic Love Story

Diaries Notes and Sketches

The Beatles and India

The High Frontier: The Untold Story of Gerard K. O'Neill

Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place