Filmography: John Waters

2023

Hairspray 35th Anniversary (PG)Release Date: June 11, 2023
Cast: Sonny Bono, Ruth Brown, Divine
Director: John Waters
Writer: John Waters

Lynch/Oz ()Release Date: June 2, 2023
Cast: Rodney Ascher, Justin Benson, Karyn Kusama, John Waters
Director: Alexandre O. Philippe
Writer: Alexandre O. Philippe

Little Richard: I Am Everything (NR)Release Date: April 11, 2023
Cast: Little Richard, MIck Jagger, Billy Porter, John Waters, Tom Jones
Director: Lisa Cortes

2020

Aggie ()Release Date: October 7, 2020
Cast: Agnes Gund, Thelma Golden, John Waters, Dorothy Lichtenstein
Director: Catherine Gund

2018

Queercore: How To Punk A Revolution (NR)Release Date: September 28, 2018
Cast: John Waters, Kim Gordon, Bruce La Bruce, Kathleen Hanna, Peaches
Director: Yony Leyser

2016

Multiple Maniacs (NR)Release Date: August 5, 2016
Cast: Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole, Edith Massey
Director: John Waters
Writer: John Waters

2015

Tab Hunter Confidential ()Release Date: October 16, 2015
Cast: Tab Hunter, John Waters, Clint Eastwood, George Takei, Debbie Reynolds
Director: Jeffrey Schwarz

Suburban Gothic (R)Release Date: January 30, 2015
Cast: Kat Dennings, John Waters, Barbara Niven, Muse Watson, Mackenzie Phillips
Director: Richard Bates Jr.
Writer: Richard Bates Jr., Mark Bruner

2013

I Am Divine (NR)Release Date: October 25, 2013
Cast: Jayne Mansfield, John Waters, Elton John, Alan Thicke, Ricki Lake
Director: Jeffrey Schwarz

2012

Excision (2012) (NR)Release Date: November 2, 2012
Cast: AnnaLynne McCord, Traci Lords, Ariel Winter, Roger Bart, John Waters
Director: Richard Bates Jr.
Writer: Richard Bates Jr.

2010

William S. Burroughs: A Man Within (NR)Release Date: November 17, 2010
Cast: David Cronenberg, Gus Van Sant, Peter Weller, John Waters, Andy Warhol
Director: Yony Leyser
Writer: Yony Leyser

It Came From Kuchar (NR)Release Date: April 9, 2010
Cast: John Waters, B. Ruby Rich, Buck Henry, Atom Egoyan, George Kuchar
Director: Jennifer M. Kroot

Beautiful Darling (NR)Release Date: April 2, 2010
Cast: John Waters, Andy Warhol, Michael J. Pollard, Julie Newmar, Tennessee Williams
Director: James Rasin

2009

Guest of Cindy Sherman (NR)Release Date: March 27, 2009
Cast: Cindy Sherman, John Waters, Eric Bogosian, Danny DeVito, Jeanne Tripplehorn
Director: Tom Donahue, Paul Hasegawa-Overacke

2008

The Wild World of Ted V. Mikels (NR)Release Date: October 31, 2008
Cast: John Waters, Tura Satana, Francine York, Masuimi Max, Ted V. Mikels
Director: Kevin Sean Michaels

Obscene (NR)Release Date: September 26, 2008
Cast: Jim Carroll, Erica Jong, Ray Manzarek, Barney Rosset, Gore Vidal
Director: Daniel O'Connor, Neil Ortenberg

2007

Hairspray (2007) (PG)Release Date: July 20, 2007
Cast: John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Amanda Bynes, James Marsden
Director: Adam Shankman
Writer: John Waters, Thomas Meehan, Mark O'Donnell, John Waters

2006

This Film Is Not Yet Rated (NC-17)Release Date: September 1, 2006
Cast: John Waters, Kevin Smith, Matt Stone, Kimberly Peirce, Atom Egoyan
Director: Kirby Dick

Plagues & Pleasure on the Salton Sea (NR)Release Date: February 24, 2006
Cast: Sonny Bono, John Waters, Norm Niver, Petre Melvin, Leonard Knight
Director: Chris Metzler, Jeff Springer
Writer: Chris Metzler, Jeff Springer

2005

Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream (NR)Release Date: August 5, 2005
Cast: George A. Romero, Alejandro Jodorowsky, John Waters, Perry Henzell, David Lynch
Director: Stuart Samuels
Writer: Stuart Samuels

That Man: Peter Berlin (NR)Release Date: April 28, 2005
Cast: Peter Burian, John Waters, Armistead Maupin, Jack Wrangler, Wakefield Poole
Director: Jim Tushinski
Writer: Jim Tushinski

Inside Deep Throat (NC-17)Release Date: February 11, 2005
Cast: Gore Vidal, Norman Mailer, Erica Jong, John Waters, Harry Reems
Director: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato
Writer: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato

2004

Seed of Chucky (R)Release Date: November 12, 2004
Cast: Brad Dourif, Jennifer Tilly, John Waters, Debbie Lee Carrington, Billy Boyd
Director: Don Mancini
Writer: Don Mancini

A Dirty Shame (NC-17)Release Date: September 17, 2004
Cast: Tracey Ullman, Johnny Knoxville, Selma Blair, Mink Stole, Patricia Hearst
Director: John Waters
Writer: John Waters

2002

The Cockettes (R)Release Date: May 10, 2002
Cast: John Waters, Anton 'Reggie' Dunnigan
Director: Bill Weber, David Weissman

2000

Cecil B. Demented (R)Release Date: August 11, 2000
Cast: Stephen Dorff, Melanie Griffith, Alicia Witt, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Patty Hearst
Director: John Waters
Writer: John Waters

Divine Trash (NR)Release Date: March 31, 2000
Cast: John Waters, Divine, Jeanine Basinger, Steve Buscemi, Patricia Hearst
Director: Steve Yeager
Writer: Kevin Heffernan, Steve Yeager

1999

Sweet and Lowdown (PG-13)Release Date: December 3, 1999
Cast: Sean Penn, John Waters, Samantha Morton, Uma Thurman, Anthony LaPaglia
Director: Woody Allen
Writer: Woody Allen

1998

Pecker (R)Release Date: September 25, 1998
Cast: Edward Furlong, Christina Ricci, Martha Plimpton, Lili Taylor, Brendan Sexton III
Director: John Waters
Writer: John Waters

1994

Serial Mom (R)Release Date: April 13, 1994
Cast: Kathleen Turner, Sam Waterston, Ricki Lake, Scott Wesley Morgan, Matthew Lillard
Director: John Waters
Writer: John Waters

1990

Cry-Baby (PG-13)Release Date: April 6, 1990
Cast: Johnny Depp, Amy Locane, Susan Tyrrell, Polly Bergen, Iggy Pop
Director: John Waters
Writer: John Waters

1988

Hairspray (PG)Release Date: February 26, 1988
Cast: Sonny Bono, Ruth Brown, Ricki Lake, Deborah Harry, Jerry Stiller
Director: John Waters
Writer: John Waters

1981

Polyester (1981) (R)Release Date: May 29, 1981
Cast: Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey, David Samson, Mary Garlington
Director: John Waters
Writer: John Waters

1974

Female Trouble (NC-17)Release Date: October 4, 1974
Cast: Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole, Edith Massey
Director: John Waters
Writer: John Waters

1972

Pink Flamingos (NC-17)Release Date: March 17, 1972
Cast: Divine, David Lochary, Mink Stole, Mary Vivian Pearce, Edith Massey
Director: John Waters
Writer: John Waters

Other

Adios (2013) ()Cast: John Waters
Director: Luis Bayonas

Anthem (1997) (NR)Cast: Geraldine Ferraro, Robert Redford, Michael Stipe, Willie Nelson, George McGovern
Director: Shainee Gabel, Kristin Hahn
Writer: Shainee Gabel, Kristin Hahn

Breaker Morant (NR)Cast: Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, John Waters, Bryan Brown, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell
Director: Bruce Beresford
Writer: Kenneth G. Ross, Jonathan Hardy

Desperate Living (R)Cast: Liz Renay, Mink Stole, Susan Lowe, Edith Massey, Mary Vivian Pearce
Director: John Waters
Writer: John Waters

Eat Your Makeup ()Cast: Lizzy Temple Black, David Lochary, Divine, Marina Melin, George Figgs
Director: John Waters
Writer: John Waters

Here's Looking At You, Boy ()Cast: John Waters, Wieland Speck, Rosa van Praunheim, Jennifer Morris
Director: André Schäfer
Writer: André Schäfer

Homer and Eddie (NR)Cast: James Belushi, Jim Mapp, John Waters, Robert Glaudini, James Thiel
Director: Andrey Konchalovskiy
Writer: Patrick Cirillo

The Junior Defenders (NR)Cast: Ally Sheedy, Justin Henry, Jason David Frank, Fred Hazelton, Bill Raymond
Director: Keith Spiegel

L'estate di Joe, Liz e Richard ()Cast: John Waters
Director: Sergio Naitza

The Last Impresario (NR)Cast: Michael White, Gracie Otto, Naomi Watts, John Cleese, Anna Wintour
Director: Gracie Otto
Writer: Gracie Otto

The Mystery of the Pink Flamingo ()Cast: John Waters, Eduardo Casanova, Ailee Willis, Rigo Pex
Director: Javier Polo Gandía
Writer: Javier Polo Gandía, Sixto Xavier García

Paul Bowles: The Cage Door is Always Open (NR)Cast: Bernardo Bertolucci, John Waters, Gore Vidal, Paul Bowles, Richard Horowitz
Director: Daniel Young

The Real Macaw (NR)Cast: Jamie Croft, Deborra-Lee Furness, Joe Petruzzi, John Waters, Jason Robards
Director: Mario Andreacchio
Writer: Bruce Hancock, Matthew Perry

SqueezeBox! (NR)Cast: Deborah Harry, Michael Musto, John Waters
Director: Steven Saporito, Zach Shaffer

These Amazing Shadows (NR)Cast: Christopher Nolan, Tim Roth, Debbie Reynolds, Rob Reiner, John Waters
Director: Paul Mariano, Kurt Norton
Writer: Paul Mariano, Kurt Norton

This Filthy World (NR)Cast: John Waters
Director: Jeff Garlin
Writer: John Waters

Time Zero: The Last Year of Polaroid Film (NR)Cast: John Waters, Dan Weissman, Ingrid Giæver, Bradley 'Buradori' Johnson, Paul Giambarba
Director: Grant Hamilton
Writer: Sara Hamilton, Per-Hampus Stalhandske