Direction: John Waters
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by John Waters. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Female Trouble
1974 · Movie · 89 min. · United States
Direction John Waters
Cast Divine · David Lochary · Mary Vivian Pearce · Mink Stole
Plot A spoiled schoolgirl runs away from home, gets pregnant while hitchhiking, and ends up as a fashion model for a pair of beauticians who like to photograph women committing crimes.
6.7
1K votes
6.7
1K votes
Polyester
1981 · Movie · 86 min. · United States
Direction John Waters
Cast Divine · Tab Hunter · Edith Massey · David Samson
6.5
1K votes
6.5
1K votes
Desperate Living
1977 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction John Waters
Cast Liz Renay · Mink Stole · Susan Lowe · Edith Massey
Plot A rich housewife enlists her maid's help to murder her husband; they go on the lam and end up in Mortville, a homeless community built into a garbage dump.
6.4
626 votes
6.4
626 votes
Hairspray
1988 · Movie · 87 min. · United States
Direction John Waters
Cast Sonny Bono · Ruth Brown · Divine · Deborah Harry
Plot 'Pleasantly Plump' teenager Tracy Turnblad achieves her dream of becoming a regular on the Corny Collins Dance Show. Now a teen hero, she starts using her fame to speak out...
6.3
2K votes
6.3
2K votes
Pecker
1998 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction John Waters
Cast Edward Furlong · Christina Ricci · Mary Kay Place · Martha Plimpton
Plot Writer-director Waters returns to his subversive comedic grabbag for Pecker, a restrained though amusing comedy which combines the director's penchant for shock comedy and a more accessible filmmaking style he...
6.2
3K votes
6.2
3K votes
Multiple Maniacs
1970 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction John Waters
Cast Divine · David Lochary · Mary Vivian Pearce · Mink Stole
Plot The travelling sideshow 'Lady Divine's Cavalcade of Perversions' is actually a front for a group of psychotic kidnappers, with Lady Divine herself the most vicious and depraved of all -...
6.2
269 votes
6.2
269 votes
Cry Baby
1990 · Movie · 89 min. · United States
Direction John Waters
Cast Johnny Depp · Traci Lords · Willem Dafoe · Amy Locane
Plot Cult director John Waters goes mainstream -- sort of -- in this send-up of 1950s teen melodramas. Heart-throb Johnny Depp stars in the title role as a glamorous delinquent who...
6.1
8K votes
6.1
8K votes
Serial Mom
1994 · Movie · 97 min. · United States
Direction John Waters
Cast Kathleen Turner · Sam Waterston · Ricki Lake · Matthew Lillard
Plot In John Waters' black comedy, Beverly (Kathleen Turner) certainly seems to have found the perfect balance in her life. Juggling the needs of her family with her own, she manages...
5.9
6K votes
5.9
6K votes
Cecil B. DeMented
2000 · Movie · 88 min. · United States
Direction John Waters
Cast Melanie Griffith · Stephen Dorff · Alicia Witt · Adrian Grenier
Plot An insane independent film director and his renegade group of teenage filmmakers kidnap an A-list Hollywood actress and force her to star in their underground film.
5.8
4K votes
5.8
4K votes
Pink Flamingos
1972 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction John Waters
Cast Divine · David Lochary · Mink Stole · Danny Mills
Plot The filthiest person alive, Divine, is using the codename Babs Johnson and living in a trailer in the woods with her retarded mother Eddie (Edith Massey), who loves eggs; her...
5.7
9K votes
5.7
9K votes
Mondo Trasho
1969 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction John Waters
Cast Mary Vivian Pearce · Divine · David Lochary · Mink Stole
Plot After an introductory sequence during which chickens are beheaded on a chopping block, the main action begins. Platinum blond bombshell Mary Vivian Pearce begins her day by riding the bus...
5.5
185 votes
5.5
185 votes
The Diane Linkletter Story (S)
1970 · Movie · 10 min. · United States
Direction John Waters
Cast David Lochary · Mary Vivian Pearce · Divine
Plot This improvised film is based on the true-life suicide of TV personality Art Linkletter's daughter, Diane. Mr. and Mrs. Linkletter fret about their daughter's recent behavior, which includes taking drugs...
5.0
67 votes
5.0
67 votes
A Dirty Shame
2004 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction John Waters
Cast Tracey Ullman · Johnny Knoxville · Selma Blair · Chris Isaak
Plot Head injuries and sex-addicts in blue-collar Baltimore.
4.0
3K votes
4.0
3K votes
Kiddie Flamingos
2015 · Movie · 74 min. · United States
Direction John Waters
Cast Madelyn Beckett · Taylor Howard-Goergens · Dexter Shaffer · Alexandra Wald
Plot Child actors perform a 'kid-friendly' table read version of John Water's notorious 1972 X-rated cult classic film, Pink Flamingos.
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Dorothy, the Kansas City Pot Head (S)
1968 · Movie · min. · United States
Direction John Waters
Cast George Figgs · Pat Moran · Maelcum Soul
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The Mighty McGurk
1947 · Movie · 85 min. · United States
Direction John Waters
Cast Wallace Beery · Dean Stockwell · Edward Arnold · Aline MacMahon
Plot "Slag" McGurk, a former boxing champ living on memories of glories past, spends his days and nights as a bouncer/braggert/boozer at Glenson's saloon. But when "Slag" stumbles upon a young...
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Nevada (Zane Grey's Nevada)
1927 · Movie · 68 min. · United States
Direction John Waters
Cast Gary Cooper · Thelma Todd · William Powell · Philip Strange
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Eat Your Makeup
1968 · Movie · 45 min. · United States
Direction John Waters
Cast Lizzy Temple Black · Berenica Cipcus · Divine · George Figgs
Plot John Waters' first sixteen-millimetre film, about a deranged nanny who kidnaps young girls and forces them to 'model themselves to death' in front of her boyfriend and their crazed friends....
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Beau Sabreur
1928 · Movie · 70 min. · United States
Direction John Waters
Cast Gary Cooper · Evelyn Brent · Noah Beery · William Powell
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30/30 Vision: 3 Decades of Strand Releasing
2019 · Movie · 63 min. · United States
Direction Andrew Ahn · Fatih Akin · Gregg Araki · Karim Aïnouz
Cast Arthur Alfaia · Jackie Boyce · Amy Davis · Drew Droege
Plot An omnibus film celebrating the 30th anniversary of iconic independent distributor Strand Releasing.
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