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John Waters

Actor · 163 credits · 50 in highly-rated films

Best known for Hairspray (1988)

Frequent collaborators: Mink Stole, Divine, Mary Vivian Pearce, George Kuchar, Vincent Peranio

Movies (126 total, ranked by score)

  1. Busby Berkeley's Kaleidoscopic Eyes

    2006

    Documentary

    61

  2. Memories of Oz

    2001 · ★ 6.8 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    62

  3. Frankenstein: A Modern Myth

    2012 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    63

  4. Anthem

    1997 · ★ 5.4 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    64

  5. Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore

    2010 · ★ 5.9 (23 votes)

    Documentary, Horror

    65

  6. Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea

    2006 · ★ 6.8 (10 votes)

    Documentary

    66

  7. Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story

    2015 · ★ 5.8 (6 votes)

    Documentary

    67

  8. Divine Waters

    1985 · ★ 7.2 (8 votes)

    Documentary

    68

  9. Wall Writers

    2016 · ★ 6.0 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    69

  10. Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat

    2002 · ★ 4.8 (34 votes)

    Horror, Comedy

    70

  11. Yesterday's Tomorrows

    1999 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary, History

    71

  12. The Haunting of Hewie Dowker

    1976

    TV Movie, Horror

    72

  13. Three Summers

    2017 · ★ 5.4 (15 votes)

    Comedy

    73

  14. For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism

    2009 · ★ 5.7 (15 votes)

    Documentary

    74

  15. Ten Pound Poms

    2007

    Documentary

    75

  16. Kapyong

    2011

    War, Documentary, TV Movie

    76

  17. The Advocate for Fagdom

    2011 · ★ 5.3 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    77

  18. Sympathy for the Devil: The True Story of The Process Church of the Final Judgment

    2015 · ★ 5.7 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    78

  19. Sniffing Out ‘Polyester’

    2019

    Documentary

    79

  20. Grievous Bodily Harm

    1988 · ★ 5.0 (10 votes)

    Mystery, Thriller, Crime

    80

  21. The Scalp Merchant

    1978

    Mystery, Action, TV Movie

    81

  22. It's Dorothy!

    2025 · ★ 4.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    82

  23. Singapore Sling

    1994 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    TV Movie

    83

  24. The Perfectionist

    1985 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy, TV Movie

    84

  25. The Prophecies of Nostradamus

    1979 · ★ 6.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary, TV Movie

    85

  26. Don't Fall in Love with Yourself

    2022 · ★ 5.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    86

  27. Centre Place

    2010 · ★ 4.2 (5 votes)

    87

  28. The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players: Off & On Broadway

    2006

    Documentary, Music

    88

  29. Crime and Beauty: Making ‘Female Trouble’

    2018

    Documentary

    89

  30. The Mystery of the Pink Flamingo

    2020 · ★ 5.6 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    90

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.