John Waters
Growing up in Baltimore in the 1950s, John Waters was not like other children; he was obsessed by violence and gore, both real and on the screen. With his weird counter-culture friends as his cast, he began making silent 8mm and 16mm films in the mid-'60s; he screened these in rented Baltimore church halls to underground audiences drawn by word of mouth and street leafleting campaigns. As his filmmaking grew more polished and his subject matter more shocking, his audiences grew bigger, and his write-ups in the Baltimore papers more outraged. By the early 1970s he was making features, which he managed to get shown in midnight screenings in art cinemas by sheer perseverance. Success came when Pink Flamingos (1972) - a deliberate exercise in ultra-bad taste - took off in 1973, helped no doubt by lead actor Divine's infamous dog-crap eating scene. Waters continued to make low-budget shocking movies with his Dreamland repertory company until Hollywood crossover success came with Hairspray (1988), and although his movies nowadays might now appear cleaned up and professional, they retain Waters' playfulness, and reflect his lifelong obsessions.
Seed of Chucky
as Pete PetersThis time around, Chucky and his homicidal honey, Tiffany, are brought back to life by their...
Movie pageAlvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
as First Class PassengerThrough a series of misunderstandings, Alvin, Simon and Theodore come to believe that Dave is...
Movie pageHairspray
as FlasherPleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad auditions to be on Baltimore's most popular dance show...
Movie pageSerial Mom
as Ted Bundy (voice) (uncredited)Beverly is the perfect happy homemaker, along with her doting husband and two children, but this...
Movie pageLiving with Chucky
as SelfA filmmaker who grew up alongside Chucky the killer doll seeks out the other families...
Movie pageAll the Beauty and the Bloodshed
as Self (Archive Footage)The life of internationally renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin is told through her...
Movie pagePink Flamingos
as Mr. J (voice) (uncredited)Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against Connie & Raymond...
Movie pageJackass Number Two
as SelfJackass Number Two is a compilation of various stunts, pranks and skits, and essentially has no...
Movie pageThinking XXX
as SelfFor a book project, photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders took photographs of 30 stars of...
Movie pageSomething Wild
as Used Car GuyA free-spirited woman "kidnaps" a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a...
Movie pageHairspray
as Dr. Fredrickson'Pleasantly plump' teenager Tracy Turnblad achieves her dream of becoming a regular on the Corny...
Movie pageExcision
as WilliamAlienated teen Pauline struggles with the pressures of fitting into high school, pleasing her...
Movie pageThe Velvet Underground
as SelfExperience the iconic rock band's legacy in the first major documentary to tell their story....
Movie pageWelcome to Hollywood
as John WatersA film director (Adam Rifkin) decides to chart the course of a young actor (Tony Markes) as he...
Movie pagePecker
as Pervert on Phone (voice) (uncredited)A Baltimore teenager who picks up a second-hand camera starts snapping his way to stardom, soon...
Movie pageForever Hollywood
as SelfNoted Hollywood stars and directors talk about the history and evolution of the film industry in...
Movie pageWeiner
as Self (archive footage)Documentary featuring a jaw-dropping, behind-the-scenes look at the attempted comeback of...
Movie pageLittle Richard: I Am Everything
as SelfThe story of the Black queer origins of rock n' roll. It explodes the whitewashed canon of...
Movie pageCecil B. Demented
as ReporterA young lunatic director and his devoted cult of cinema terrorists kidnap a Hollywood movie...
Movie pageInside Deep Throat
as SelfIn 1972, a seemingly typical shoestring budget pornographic film was made in a Florida hotel:...
Movie pageSuburban Gothic
as CorneliusAn awkward, unemployed man who can talk to the dead teams up with a rebellious bartender to find...
Movie pageChucky's Family Vacation
as Pete Peters (Archive Footage)Chucky, Tiffany and Glen tell about their travels.
Movie pageSweet and Lowdown
as Mr. HaynesIn the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in...
Movie pageAt the Video Store
as SelfEqual parts personal essay, intense rumination, and playful satire, this movie laments the death...
Movie pageTab Hunter Confidential
as SelfIn the 1950s, Tab Hunter is number one at the box office and number one on the music charts. He...
Movie pageAbby Singer
as John Waters (uncredited)Chronicles the life of Curtis Clemins, who is torn between the love of his life and...
Movie pageThese Amazing Shadows
as SelfTells the history and importance of The National Film Registry, a roll call of American cinema...
Movie pageI Am Divine
as SelfHarris Glenn Milstead, aka Divine (1945-1988) was the ultimate outsider turned underground hero....
Movie pageTime Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
as HostThe final volume of Time Warp digs deep into what makes us laugh over and over again as we...
Movie pageThis Film Is Not Yet Rated
as Self - Director of 'A Dirty Shame'Kirby Dick's provocative documentary investigates the secretive and inconsistent process by...
Movie pageBeautiful Darling
as SelfJames Rasin's documentary “Beautiful Darling” honors American Transgender actress and best-known...
Movie pageThe Cockettes
as SelfDocumentary about the gender-bending San Francisco performance group who became a pop culture...
Movie pageMansome
as SelfFrom America's greatest beardsman, to Morgan Spurlock's own mustache, Executive Producers Will...
Movie pageIt Came from... Baltimore!!
as SelfDocumentary about the making of John Waters' 1990 film Cry-Baby.
Movie pageHomer and Eddie
as Robber #1A mentally disabled man gets help from a sociopath when he tries to reunite with his dying...
Movie pageBully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
as SelfLegendary and controversial attorney Roy Cohn was a power broker in the rough and tumble world...
Movie pageBlank City
as SelfIn the years before Ronald Reagan took office, Manhattan was in ruins. But true art has never...
Movie pageTime Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
as HostThe greatest cult horror and science fiction films of all-time are studied in vivid detail in...
Movie pageWilliam S. Burroughs: A Man Within
as SelfA riveting and emotional journey into the world of writer William S. Burroughs, a man considered...
Movie pageMansfield 66/67
as SelfAbout the last two years of movie goddess Jayne Mansfield’s life and the speculation swirling...
Movie page30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
as SelfOver 30 filmmakers and friends of Strand Releasing have come together to honor the company’s...
Movie pageAnthem
as SelfWhen twenty-six-year-olds Shainee Gabel and Kristin Hahn quit their Hollywood jobs, packed up a...
Movie pageDivine Trash
as HimselfThe life and times of Baltimore film maker and midnight movie pioneer, John Waters.
Movie pageTime Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
as HostFrom "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" to "The Big Lebowski" and everything in between, this...
Movie pageScala!!!
as SelfThis feature-length big screen documentary tells the riotous inside story of the infamous sex,...
Movie pageMondo Trasho
as Reporter (voice) (uncredited)A day in the lives of a hit-and-run driver and her victim, and the bizarre things that happen to...
Movie pageFabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
as SelfA chronological look at films by, for, or about gays and lesbians in the United States, from...
Movie pageIn Bad Taste
as SelfA documentary on the career of filmmaker John Waters. Featuring interviews with actors and...
Movie pageAnarchy TV
as uncreditedA group of anarchists use their public-access TV show to satirize the government until a...
Movie pageMidnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
as HimselfFrom 1970-1977, six low budget films shown at midnight transformed the way we make and watch films.
Movie pageGod Save the Queens
as uncreditedCreative documentary on the drag queen movement and its origins in Paris, New York and Madrid.
Movie page42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
as SelfMaking-of documentary about the 1933 musical, 42nd Street.
Movie pageYesterday's Tomorrows
as SelfShowtime's "In the 20th Century" is a millennium-related strand of feature-length documentaries...
Movie pageThat Man: Peter Berlin
as HimselfHe slept with Sal Mineo, was photographed by Andy Warhol, and he was lusted after by millions of...
Movie pageIt Came from Kuchar
as SelfIt Came from Kuchar is the definitive, feature documentary about the legendary, underground...
Movie pageSpine Tingler! The William Castle Story
as SelfChronicles the last great American showman, filmmaker William Castle, a master of ballyhoo who...
Movie pageJack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
as HimselfIn this entrancing documentary on performance artist, photographer and underground filmmaker...
Movie pageThis Filthy World
as SelfIn this filmed version of cult film director John Waters' popular one-man show, the Pink...
Movie pageHerschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore
as uncreditedTake an outrageous ride through this wild world of exploitation films with this thoroughly...
Movie pageA History of Sex
as HimselfAndres Serrano (born August 15, 1950 in New York City) is an American photographer and artist...
Movie pageLynch/Oz
as Host (Chapter 3: 'Kindred') (voice)Victor Fleming’s 1939 film The Wizard of Oz is one of David Lynch’s most enduring obsessions....
Movie pageFor the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
as SelfThe story of American film criticism.
Movie pageLove Letter to Edie
as HimselfA documentary about actress Edith Massey in which she talks about her life and her career in film.
Movie pageThe Junior Defenders
as NarratorThe Junior Defenders is a quirky comedy about the cast of a 1970s TV superhero show. With a fan...
Movie pageBallyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!
as uncreditedThis documentary celebrates the ridiculous stunts used by Hollywood over the years to market its...
Movie pageFragments of Paradise
as SelfFor over 70 years, Jonas Mekas, internationally known as the "godfather" of avant-garde cinema,...
Movie pageThe Advocate for Fagdom
as HimselfThe Advocate for Fagdom unites the puzzle pieces one by one. Testimonies are combined with rare...
Movie pageIn Conversation With Director John Waters, Actress Kathleen Turner and Actress Mink Stole
as himselfAn in-depth interview with John Waters, Kathleen Turner and Mink Stole on the making of Serial Mom.
Movie pageMangus!
as uncreditedWhen Mangus Spedgwick suffers an unforeseen tragedy that causes him to lose the role of Jesus in...
Movie pageThe Wild World of Ted V. Mikels
as NarratorTHE WILD WORLD OF TED V. MIKELS, a new documentary by Kevin Sean Michaels (no blood relation to...
Movie pageThe Sarnos: A Life in Dirty Movies
as SelfA love story about the legendary sexploitation director Joe Sarno and his loyal wife and...
Movie pageHere’s Looking at You, Boy
as SelfDocumentary on the history of gay and lesbian film.
Movie pageTell Me Iggy
as SelfThis new intimate documentary looks at the extraordinary journey of the 75-year-old American...
Movie pageThe Brandon Novak Story
as SelfFollows the life of skateboarder and MTV star Brandon Novak.
Movie pageBlood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida
as Self [archival]Explore the independent horror film scene that Florida has been vigorously pumping out since the...
Movie pageObscene
as SelfA look at the life and work of American publisher Barney Rosset, who struggled to bring...
Movie pageMommie Dearest: Joan Lives On
as uncreditedDocumentary which focuses more on the impact of the film upon its release and how it has seeped...
Movie pageThe Ballad of Sexual Dependency
as uncreditedNan Goldin's slide show “The Ballad of Sexual Dependency” converted, mixed and screened as a...
Movie pageAll the Dirt on 'A Dirty Shame'
as HimselfJohn Waters and the cast and crew of "A Dirty Shame" discuss sex addiction, sexual terms and all...
Movie pageUncle Bob
as Self (archiveFootage)Robert Oppel's documentary about the life and murder of his uncle and namesake, Robert Opel, the...
Movie pageFrankenstein: A Modern Myth
as Self - DirectorFrom Boris Karloff to Mel Brooks - Frankenstein has fired the imagination of generations of...
Movie pageBlood Feast 2: All U Can Eat
as The ReverendFuad Ramses III (J.P. Delahoussaye) returns to Miami to reopen his grandfather's defunct...
Movie pageThe Incredibly Strange Film Show: Herschell Gordon Lewis
as SelfDrive-In pioneer Lewis is interviewed at a country club in Florida where he details his...
Movie pageJoel Calls Indie Film Type Dudes
as uncreditedJoel Potrykus calls fellow indie filmmakers during the pandemic crisis to check in and see how...
Movie pageDivine Waters
as SelfThis documentary focuses on the careers of influential partners in trash film, John Waters and...
Movie pageTURA!
as Self (archive footage)Incredible True Life Story of the Russ Meyer & Burlesque Superstar, Asian American Cinema...
Movie pageEdith's Shopping Bag
as HimselfAn American short documentary video about the opening of Edith Massey's thrift store in Baltimore.
Movie pageThe Mystery of the Pink Flamingo
as HimselfA square sound engineer employs unusual research efforts to reveal the secrets behind the...
Movie pageSeed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story
as SelfSeed Money is the story of Chuck Holmes, a San Francisco pornographer turned philanthropist....
Movie pagePaul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open
as SelfThe American composer and author Paul Bowles was a man with a great deal of charisma and...
Movie pageSympathy For The Devil: The True Story of The Process Church of the Final Judgment
as SelfGoogle 'The Process Church of the Final Judgement' and you'll discover a long list of conspiracy...
Movie pageGastronomic Getaway
as uncreditedWrites Kuchar, "The magnificent Mono Lake becomes the centerpiece for this car trip through...
Movie pageThe Incredibly Strange Film Show: John Waters
as SelfThe Pope of Trash is captured at the height of his popularity with the surprise mainstream hit...
Movie pageThe Book of Harth
as SelfA New York City-based conceptual artist embarks on a 20-year art project asking culturally...
Movie pagePie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story
as uncreditedDocumentary about American artist and former Warhol superstar, Brigid Berlin.
Movie pageJingle Bell Rocks!
as HimselfIn JINGLE BELL ROCKS!, director Mitchell Kezin delves into the minds of some of the world’s most...
Movie pageWay USA!
as uncreditedWay USA, a pilot for a punk/comedy travelogue that was done for MTV in 1988 and hosted by Tesco...
Movie pageQueercore: How to Punk a Revolution
as HimselfA documentary on Queercore, the cultural and social movement that began as an offshoot of punk...
Movie pageGrowing Up with John Waters
as HimselfGrowing Up with John Waters, the self-proclaimed Pope of Trash and king of US Independent...
Movie pagePlagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea
as Self - Narrator (voice)The Salton Sea: An inland ocean of massive fish kills, rotting resorts, and 120 degree nights...
Movie pageNew Line Cinema: The First Generation and the Next Generation
as SelfDocumentary on New Line Cinema, made by the studio for its 40th anniversary
Movie pageNo Smoking in This Theater
as HimselfAn archival promo piece with a message from John Waters realized for the Landmark's Nuart...
Movie pageFootlight Parade: Music for the Decades
as uncreditedA featurette about 'Footlight Parade'.
Movie pageMeet The Kuchar Brothers
as uncreditedProvides a rare glimpse into the world of George and Mike Kuchar, underground filmmaking...
Movie page(buz'be bur'kle) n. A Study in Style
as HimselfA featurette about the distinctive film work of Busby Berkeley.
Movie pageSniffing Out ‘Polyester’
as SelfFeaturette on the making of John Waters' "Polyester."
Movie pageMugworth
as Sir ButlerOld Bellousinni hates Christmas above all things. Living alone in his great mansion with his...
Movie pageI, of the Cyclops
as uncreditedA poem is read and emotions are unleashed. A book is signed and pets pampered as this tour of...
Movie pageSickies Making Films
as SelfA love letter to film history, Sickies Making Films looks at our urge to censor movies and asks,...
Movie pageWhatever Happened to Gelitin
as HimselfArt dealer Salvatore Viviano and director Angela Christlieb embark on a search for the lost...
Movie pageEach Time I Kill
as Movie WatcherA shy high school senior (Paralta) finds a magic locket that will allow her to trade one...
Movie pageMemories of Oz
as HimselfInterviews with filmmakers/fans Willard Carroll and John Waters, Stephen Cox, author of The...
Movie pageThere's a Hippo in my House
as Narrator (Voice)A tv documentary about a domestic hippo named Jessica and her love for sweet potatoes. Narrated...
Movie pageCoven of the Heathenites
as HimselfA summer sojourn is fleshed out for maximum solar exposure in this video travelogue of sun, sea...
Movie pageLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Pornmonger ManIn the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...
TV Show pageLate Night with Seth Meyers
as SelfSeth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live’s" longest serving anchor on the show’s wildly popular...
TV Show pageWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - GuestBravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality...
TV Show pageRuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - JudgeJoin RuPaul, the world's most famous drag queen, as the host, mentor and judge for the ultimate...
TV Show pageRuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Special GuestJoin RuPaul, the world's most famous drag queen, as the host, mentor and judge for the ultimate...
TV Show pageThe Daily Show
as SelfThe World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.
TV Show pageThe Graham Norton Show
as SelfEach week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on...
TV Show pageReal Time with Bill Maher
as SelfEach week Bill Maher surrounds himself with a panel of guests which include politicians, actors,...
TV Show pageSaturday Night Live
as SelfA late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The...
TV Show pageSaturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The...
TV Show pageMy Name Is Earl
as Walter HamerickWhen petty criminal Earl Hickey wins the lottery, he sets off on a quest to repair his...
TV Show page21 Jump Street
as Mr. Bean21 Jump Street revolves around a group of young cops who would use their youthful appearance to...
TV Show pageHomicide: Life on the Street
as R. Vincent SmithAn American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore...
TV Show pageThe Simpsons
as John (voice)Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday...
TV Show pageFrasier
as Roger (voice)After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a...
TV Show pageThe Blacklist
as John WatersRaymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI...
TV Show pageFinding Your Roots
as SelfNoted Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has been helping people discover long-lost...
TV Show pageFEUD
as William CastleAnthology series of famous feuds with the first season based on the legendary rivalry between...
TV Show pageChucky
as Wendell WilkinsAfter a vintage Chucky doll turns up at a suburban yard sale, an idyllic American town is thrown...
TV Show pageHBO First Look
as uncreditedHBO First Look is an American television show on HBO that chronicles up and coming movies. It...
TV Show pageSo Graham Norton
as Self - GuestSo Graham Norton was a British television programme, hosted by Irish personality Graham Norton....
TV Show pageI Love the '70s: Volume 2
as SelfI Love the '70s: Volume 2 is a television mini-series in the I Love the... series presented by...
TV Show pageTony Awards
as Self - PresenterThe Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...
TV Show pageClarence
as Captain Tom (voice)In a world of noise, Clarence is a jar of sunshine, pure and simple. He sees the world only in...
TV Show pageFish Hooks
as The Yeti Lobster (voice)This inventive animated comedy series, set inside a giant fish tank in Bud's Pet Shop, presents...
TV Show pageFish Hooks
as Ezekiel Freshwater / Hair Man (voice)This inventive animated comedy series, set inside a giant fish tank in Bud's Pet Shop, presents...
TV Show pageThe Henry Rollins Show
as uncreditedThe Henry Rollins Show was a weekly talk show hosted by Henry Rollins on the Independent Film...
TV Show pageSearch Party
as SheffieldA dark comedy about four self-absorbed twenty-somethings who become entangled in an ominous...
TV Show pageCharles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
as uncreditedJoin trailblazing producer, director, best-selling author and B-movie mogul Charles Band as he...
TV Show pageOffspring
as uncreditedAn exuberant drama set in Melbourne's Fitzroy, centering on Nina Proudman and her struggle to...
TV Show pageExplained
as Narrator (voice)This documentary series, made in partnership with Vox, explain some of the world's current...
TV Show pageHitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
as SelfA new take on the variety show where host Joseph Gordon-Levitt directs countless artists from...
TV Show pageThe Andy Warhol Diaries
as SelfAfter he's shot in 1968, Andy Warhol begins documenting his life and feelings. Those diaries,...
TV Show pageE! True Hollywood Story
as uncreditedE! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood...
TV Show pageThe New Yorker Presents
as HimselfA groundbreaking series that brings America's most award-winning magazine, The New Yorker, to...
TV Show pageThe Incredibly Strange Film Show
as SelfA series of documentaries focusing on the world of psychotronic movies; focusing on the lives of...
TV Show page'Til Death Do Us Part
as uncredited'Til Death Do Us Part is murder-mystery based on a reality history. As dark and irreverent a...
TV Show pagePride
as SelfSix renowned LGBTQ+ directors explore heroic and heartbreaking stories that define America as a...
TV Show pageLiverspots and Astronots
as O-DorNo one seems to know why Dusty Craters, a dilapidated nursing home, is floating through space...
TV Show pageIndie Sex
as SelfIndie Sex is a 2007 American television documentary film directed by Lesli Klainberg.
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