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  • Pecker
  • Pecker review by A customer from medway towns
    Rated - 5 stars Brilliant, offbeat slice of life 6 October 2004
    ...ame of a young photographer and how his fame affects his family and friends. John Waters' fillums are often meant to shock you out of your view of what's normal in life...  
  • Serial Mom
  • Serial Mom review by from West Midlands
    Rated - 5 stars Moms Know Best !! 23 January 2007
    ...This film is one of John Waters finest; he takes a normal family and gives them a few interesting twists. Though this film is alittle predictable at times I don't think it...  
  • Cecil B Demented
  • Cecil B Demented review by from Scotland
    Rated - 4 stars Took a while... 20 May 2004
    ...nd I was laughing out loud. This doesn't have as tight a story line as some of John Waters previous efforts and some kitchness has gone but once it gets going it's still ...  

John Waters - filmography


  • John Waters - This Filthy World on DVD (2006)
    Starring: John Waters
    Director: Jeff Garlin
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    An icon of the 20th century, famed for films such as Hairspray, Serial Mom, Pink Flamingos, Cry Baby and Polyester, This Filthy World is John Waters� one-man show, a "vaudeville" act that celebrates the film career and tastes of the man William Burroughs once called "The Pope of Trash". Focusing ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 1,251 member
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  • Midnight Movies - Deluxe Edition (2 discs) on DVD (2005)
    Starring: John Waters,  David Lynch,  George A Romero
    Director: Stuart Samuels
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Based on the book by Stuart Samuels, MIDNIGHT MOVIES examines the phenomenal success of six films that went on to become cult sensations. While only six films might seem like a rather small piece of a broader picture, each were chosen for the dramatic impact they had and have stood the test of time ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 199 members
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  • Sweet And Lowdown (1999)
    Starring: Sean Penn,  Samantha Morton,  Uma Thurman
    Director: Woody Allen
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Allen's pseudo-biopic about 1930's jazz guitarist Emmet Ray (Penn) is a personal tribute by the director to a period of musical history that has inspired and influenced him greatly. Penn immerses himself into the role of the boozing, womanizing Ray with his usual intensity (this time, with a comic ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 2,746 members
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  • Pecker on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Edward Furlong,  Christina Ricci,  Beth Armstrong
    Director: John Waters
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The winning 10th feature from John Waters straddles a fine line between the eager vulgarity of his earlier works and the sloppy sweetness of HAIRSPRAY and CRY-BABY. Set, as usual, in Baltimore, the film stars Edward Furlong as Pecker, a sweet-natured young fellow who happily passes the days ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 1,834 member
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  • Serial Mom on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Kathleen Turner,  Sam Waterston,  Ricki Lake
    Director: John Waters
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Happy homemaker Beverly Sutphin (Kathleen Turner) has a charmed life--a beautiful suburban home, a successful dentist husband (Sam Waterston), and two normal teenagers, Misty (Ricki Lake) and Chip (Matthew Lillard). But she also has a good deal of underlying rage waiting to escape....Just be sure ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 3,674 members
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  • Cry Baby on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Johnny Depp,  Amy Locane,  Susan Tyrrell
    Director: John Waters
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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 heads a gang of hoods known as the Drapes. Trouble starts when Cry-Baby falls for a squeaky clean blonde from a rival group,..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 4,180 members
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  • Hairspray on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Divine,  Michael St. Gerard,  Ricki Lake
    Director: John Waters
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Baltimore, 1962. Ample, energetic teen Tracy Turnblad (Ricki Lake) wants nothing more than to get on hip local TV dance programme THE CORNY COLLINS SHOW. When she finally gets her way, her lively dance moves and bubbly personality are met with unexpected popularity, along with the ire of a fellow ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 4,858 members
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  • Polyester (1981)
    Starring: Divine,  Edith Massey,  Tab Hunter
    Director: John Waters
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A suburban housewife's world falls apart when her pornographer husband admits he's serially unfaithful to her, her daughter gets pregnant, and her son is suspected of being the foot-fetishist who's been breaking local women's feet.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 124 members
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John Waters - watch online


  • Midnight Movies to Watch Now (2005)
    Starring: John Waters,  David Lynch,  George A Romero
    Director: Stuart Samuels
    Certificate: Certificate: 18 (TBC)
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    Run time: 86 minutes
    Based on the book by Stuart Samuels, MIDNIGHT MOVIES examines the phenomenal success of six films that went on to become cult sensations. While only six films might seem like a rather small piece of a broader picture, each were chosen for the dramatic impact they had and have stood the test of time ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 25 members
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John Waters facts

5 most recent films

Obscene - A Portrait of Barney Rosset - Art House 4 - 3.0 stars
John Waters - This Filthy World - 3.0 stars
That Man: Peter Berlin - 2.5 stars
Midnight Movies - Deluxe Edition - 3.5 stars
A Dirty Shame - 2.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Pink Flamingos - 4.0 stars
Polyester - 3.5 stars
Breaker Morant - 3.5 stars
Midnight Movies - Deluxe Edition - 3.5 stars
Desperate Living - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Guest of Cindy Sherman - 3 stars
The Perfectionist - 1.5 stars
All The Rivers Run - 3.0 stars
Obscene - A Portrait of Barney Rosset - Art House 4 - 3.0 stars
Female Trouble - 4.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Mink Stole - 8 times - show films
Sigrid Thornton - 4 times - show films
Richard O'Brien - 4 times - show films
Ricki Lake - 4 times - show films
Roger Ebert - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Pino Amenta - 4 times - show films
George Miller - 4 times - show films
Stuart Samuels - 4 times - show films
Daniel O'Connor - 1 times - show films
Jeff Garlin - 1 times - show films