John Waters films, ranked by your taste

Actor and director · 17 films on Boxlist

Known for Hairspray, The Velvet Underground and Hairspray.

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Hairspray
2007 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad auditions to be on Baltimore's most popular dance show - The Corny Collins Show - and lands a prime spot. Through her newfound fame, she becomes determined to help her friends and end the racial...
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The Velvet Underground
2021 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
Experience the iconic rock band's legacy in the first major documentary to tell their story. Directed with the era’s avant-garde spirit by Todd Haynes, this kaleidoscopic oral history combines exclusive interviews with dazzling archival...
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Hairspray
1988 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
'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 for the causes she believes in, most of all integration. In doing...
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Tab Hunter Confidential
2015 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
In the 1950s, Tab Hunter was number one at the box office and number one on the music charts and was Hollywood’s most sought-after young star. Natalie Wood, Debbie Reynolds and Sophia Loren were just a few of the actresses he was...
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This Film Is Not Yet Rated
2006 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Kirby Dick's provocative documentary investigates the secretive and inconsistent process by which the Motion Picture Association of America rates films, revealing the organization's underhanded efforts to control culture. Dick questions...
Sweet and Lowdown
1999 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
A comedic biopic focused on the life of fictional jazz guitarist Emmett Ray. Ray was an irresponsible, free-spending, arrogant, obnoxious, alcohol-abusing, miserable human being, who was also arguably the best guitarist in the world.
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Excision
2012 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Alienated teen Pauline struggles with the pressures of fitting into high school, pleasing her mother and a burning desire to lose her virginity. With a grotesque curiosity for the darker side of life, Pauline is considered a social outcast...
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Jackass Number Two
2006 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Jackass Number Two is a compilation of various stunts, pranks and skits, and essentially has no plot. Chris Pontius, Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Bam Margera, and the whole crew return to the screen to raise the stakes higher than ever...
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Serial Mom
1994 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
A picture perfect middle class family is shocked when they find out that one of their neighbors is receiving obscene phone calls. The mom takes slights against her family very personally, and it turns out she is indeed the one harassing...
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Living with Chucky
2022 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
A filmmaker who grew up alongside Chucky the killer doll seeks out the other families surrounding the Child's Play films as they recount their experiences working on the ongoing franchise and what it means to be a part of the, "Chucky"...
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Pecker
1998 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
A Baltimore sandwich shop employee becomes an overnight sensation when photographs he's taken of his weird family become the latest rage in the art world. The young man is called "Pecker" because he pecks at his food like a bird.
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Jackass 2.5
2007 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
The crew have now set off to finish what as left over from Jackass 2.0, and in this version they have Wee Man use a 'pee' gun on themselves, having a mini motor bike fracas in the grocery mall, a sperm test, a portly crew member disguised...
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Cecil B. Demented
2000 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
An insane independent film director and his renegade group of teenage film makers kidnap an A-list Hollywood actress and force her to star in their underground film.
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Seed of Chucky
2004 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDB
Chucky and Tiffany are resurrected by their innocent son, Glen, and hit Hollywood, where a movie depicting the killer dolls' murder spree is underway.
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Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
2015 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Through a series of misunderstandings, Alvin, Simon and Theodore come to believe that Dave is going to propose to his new girlfriend in New York City - and dump them. They have three days to get to him and stop the proposal.
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