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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

Best John Waters movies by genre

Movies (126 total, ranked by score)

  1. Sweet and Lowdown

    1999 · ★ 6.8 (568 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Music

    1

  2. This Film Is Not Yet Rated

    2006 · ★ 7.1 (381 votes)

    Documentary

    2

  3. New Line Cinema: The First Generation and the Next Generation

    2008 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    3

  4. This Filthy World

    2006 · ★ 7.6 (44 votes)

    Documentary, Comedy

    4

  5. The Sarnos: A Life in Dirty Movies

    2013 · ★ 6.2 (16 votes)

    Documentary

    5

  6. All the Dirt on 'A Dirty Shame'

    2005 · ★ 7.4 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    6

  7. Lynch/Oz

    2023 · ★ 6.9 (35 votes)

    Documentary

    7

  8. Excision

    2012 · ★ 6.2 (614 votes)

    Drama, Horror, Comedy

    8

  9. Jessica the Hippo

    2007

    Documentary

    9

  10. In Bad Taste

    1999 · ★ 8.0 (11 votes)

    Documentary

    10

  11. Fragments of Paradise

    2022 · ★ 6.5 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    11

  12. In Conversation With Director John Waters, Actress Kathleen Turner and Actress Mink Stole

    2016

    12

  13. Divine Trash

    2000 · ★ 7.2 (36 votes)

    Documentary

    13

  14. Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story

    2000 · ★ 6.4 (9 votes)

    Documentary

    14

  15. 2:22

    2017 · ★ 6.0 (1,554 votes)

    Science Fiction, Mystery, Thriller

    15

  16. Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

    2007 · ★ 7.8 (16 votes)

    Documentary

    16

  17. I Can't Get Started

    1985

    17

  18. (buz'be bur'kle) n. A Study in Style

    2006 · ★ 7.5 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    18

  19. Gastronomic Getaway

    1991 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy

    19

  20. Evil Never Dies

    2003 · ★ 4.9 (12 votes)

    Thriller, Horror, TV Movie

    20

  21. Beautiful Darling

    2010 · ★ 6.2 (20 votes)

    Documentary

    21

  22. Seed of Chucky

    2004 · ★ 5.5 (1,792 votes)

    Horror, Comedy

    22

  23. The Real Macaw

    1998 · ★ 5.9 (10 votes)

    Adventure, Family

    23

  24. Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream

    2006 · ★ 6.3 (90 votes)

    Documentary, Horror

    24

  25. Little Richard: I Am Everything

    2023 · ★ 6.6 (30 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    25

  26. Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn

    2019 · ★ 6.1 (24 votes)

    Documentary

    26

  27. Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida

    2021

    Documentary, Horror

    27

  28. Attack Force Z

    1982 · ★ 5.9 (71 votes)

    War, Action

    28

  29. Bigfoot Monster Mystery

    1997 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    29

  30. Boulevard of Broken Dreams

    1988 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.