Stony Awards


The Stony Awards recognize and celebrate notable stoner films and television. Created by High Times magazine in 2000, six Stony Award ceremonies were held in New York City before the Stonys moved to Los Angeles in 2007. Stony Award winners received a bong-shaped trophy.

Locations and hosts

List of winners

YearCategoryWinner
2000Best MovieGo
2000Best Stoner MovieBeing John Malkovich
2000Best ActressSarah Polley
2000Best Actor, ComedyJason Mewes
2000Best Actor, DramaKevin Spacey
2000Best DirectorDoug Liman
2000Best Pot Scene Dick
2000Best Tripping SceneGo
2000Best DocumentaryThe Source
2000Best Re-ReleaseYellow Submarine
2000Best Theatrical ProductionReefer Madness: The Musical
2000Lifetime Achievement AwardDennis Hopper
2001Best MovieTraffic
2001Best Stoner MovieRoad Trip
2001Lifetime Achievement AwardCheech & Chong
2001Best Pot SceneScary Movie
2001Best DocumentaryGrass
2001Best ActorMichael Douglas
2001Best ActressKate Hudson
2001Best Soundtrack AlbumGrass
2001Stoner of the YearAri Gold
2002Best MovieBlow
2002Best Stoner MovieHow High
2002Best DocumentaryGrateful Dawg
2002Best ActorEthan Hawke
2002Best ActressBijou Phillips
2002Best SoundtrackThe Wash
2002Best Foreign FilmTogether
2002Best Psychedelic SceneBully
2002Best Pot Scene Scary Movie 2
2002Best Original Song in a Movie"Lion Heart" by The Roots, from Brooklyn Babylon
2002Thomas King Forçade AwardFrancis Ford Coppola
2002Stoner of the YearSnoop Dogg
2003Best MovieHarvard Man
2003Best Stoner MovieSuper Troopers
2003Best Foreign FilmTalk to Her
2003Best Music DVDRising Low
2003Best Cultural DocumentaryRam Dass Fierce Grace
2003Best Political DocumentaryThe Trials of Henry Kissinger
2003Best Unreleased MovieYou'll Never Wiez in This Town Again
2003Best Television SeriesThe Simpsons
2003Best ActorPhilip Seymour Hoffman
2003Best ActressGoldie Hawn, Susan Sarandon
2003Stoner of the YearHoratio Sanz
2003Thomas King Forçade AwardFrank Serpico
2005Best MovieLords of Dogtown
2005Best Stoner MovieHarold & Kumar Go to White Castle
2005Best ActorBill Murray
2005Best ActressSissy Spacek
2005Best Pot SceneHarold & Kumar Go to White Castle
2005Best DocumentaryThe War on the War on Drugs
2005Best SoundtrackHarold & Kumar Go to White Castle
2005Best TV ShowChappelle's Show
2005Best HBO ShowDa Ali G Show
2005Best Animated TV ShowFamily Guy
2005Best Reality TV ShowFear Factor
2005Best Made-For-TV MovieReefer Madness: The Movie Musical
2005Best Reality Show HostJoe Rogan
2005Best Queer EyeTed Allen
2005Best Top ModelAdrianne Curry
2005Best Stoner DVDBill Hicks Live: Satirist, Social Critic, Stand Up Comedian
2005Best Music DVDHallucino-Genetics by Primus
2005Best Unreleased FilmThe Crop
2005Stony Preservation AwardThe Passenger
2005Stoner of the YearBill Murray
2006Best Movie A Scanner Darkly
2006Best Stoner MovieGrandma's Boy
2006Best TV SeriesWeeds
2006Best Cable News ShowReal Time with Bill Maher
2006Best Late-Night Talk ShowLate Night with Conan O'Brien
2006Best Reality TV SeriesMy Fair Brady
2006Best Actor in a MovieAllen Covert
2006Best Actress in a MovieJennifer Aniston
2006Best Actor in a TV SeriesJustin Kirk
2006Best Actress in a TV SeriesMary-Louise Parker
2006Best Pot Scene in a MovieGrandma's Boy
2006Best Documentarya/k/a Tommy Chong
2006Best Foreign FilmStoned
2006Best SoundtrackDave Chappelle's Block Party
2006Best Song in a Movie or TV Series"Lazy Sunday" from Saturday Night Live
2006Best TV SpecialThe Drug Years
2006Best Unreleased FilmWetlands Preserved
2006Best Stoner DVDDreadheads
2006Top Pot ComicTommy Chong
2006Best Play The Marijuana-Logues
2006Thomas King Forçade AwardJeff "The Dude" Dowd
2006Stoner of the YearDoug Benson
2007Best Stoner FilmTenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
2007Best Pot ComedyKnocked Up
2007Best DocumentaryStanding Silent Nation
2007Best Foreign FilmTrailer Park Boys: The Movie
2007Best TV ShowEntourage
2007Best ActorJames Gandolfini
2007Best ActressMary-Louise Parker
2007Best Stoner Video GameGuitar Hero II
2007Stoner of the YearSeth Rogen
2007Stonette of the YearAnna Faris
2008Best Comedy FilmPineapple Express
2008Best DramaThe Wackness
2008Best DocumentarySuper High Me
2008Best TV ShowWeeds
2008Best TV SpecialAttack of the Show!: "420 Special"
2008Best Web VideoStonervention
2008Stoner of the YearJames Franco
2008Stonette of the YearDanneel Harris
2009Stoner of the YearBrian Griffin
2009Stonette of the YearKristen Stewart
2010Stoner of the YearJohn Cusack
2010Stonette of the YearDrew Barrymore
2010Best AnimationThe Boondocks
2010Best DocumentaryCheech & Chong's Hey Watch This
2010Best DramaHoly Rollers
2010Best TV ShowBreaking Bad
2010Best ComedyHot Tub Time Machine
2010Internet Video AwardJamie's World: Debunking Rumours about Mary Jane
2012Stoner of the YearSnoop Dogg

High Times Guide to Stoner Film History

Reefer Madness ;
Fantasia ;
Hi De Ho ;
High School Confidential ;
A Hard Day's Night ;
Help! ;
Blowup ;
The Trip ;
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas, Yellow Submarine ;
Easy Rider ;
The Harder They Come ;
Serpico ;
Shampoo ;
Annie Hall ;
Up In Smoke, Rockers ;
Apocalypse Now ;
Where the Buffalo Roam ;
Nice Dreams ;
Fast Times at Ridgemont High ;
Still Smokin' ;
Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers ;
That Was Then... This Is Now ;
Platoon ;
Born in East L.A. ;
1969 ;
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure ;
Far Out Man ;
The Doors ;
Wayne's World ;
Dazed and Confused ;
Clerks, The Stoned Age ;
Friday, Mallrats ;
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America ;
Bongwater ;
The Big Lebowski, Half Baked ;
Detroit Rock City, Idle Hands, American Beauty ;
Dude, Where's My Car?; Next Friday, Scary Movie ;
Super Troopers, How High, Scary Movie 2 ;
Laurel Canyon ;
Rolling Kansas ;
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle ;
Lords of Dogtown ;
Grandma's Boy; Puff, Puff, Pass ;
Knocked Up, Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny ;
''Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, Pineapple Express''

Thomas King Forçade Award

Named after High Times founder Tom Forçade, the special award is for "stony achievement" in film.