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John Samuel Waters Jr. (born April 22, 1946) is an American filmmaker, writer, actor, and artist. He rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films, including Multiple Maniacs (1970), Pink Flamingos (1972) and Female Trouble (1974). Waters wrote and directed the comedy film Hairspray (1988), which was later adapted into…

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  1. Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World2026
  2. Return to Mortville2026
  3. Gays Against Guns2026
  4. Sarah Squirm: Live + in the Flesh2025
  5. TURA!2025
  6. Velvet Vision: The Story of James Bidgood and the Making of Pink Narcissus2025
  7. It's Dorothy!2025
  8. A Summer with Joe, Liz and Richard2025
  9. As Time Goes By2024
  10. Doc of Chucky2024
  11. Scala!!!2024
  12. Lynch/Oz2023
  13. Little Richard: I Am Everything2023
  14. Don't Fall in Love with Yourself2022
  15. Fragments of Paradise2022
  16. Living with Chucky2022
  17. The Book of Harth2022
  18. Tell Me Iggy2022
  19. Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida2021
  20. The Velvet Underground2021
  21. My Life with the Waters2021
  22. The Mystery of the Pink Flamingo2020
  23. Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp2020
  24. Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi2020
  25. Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness2020
  26. Joel Calls Indie Film Type Dudes2020
  27. 30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing2019
  28. At the Video Store2019
  29. Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn2019
  30. Sniffing Out ‘Polyester’2019
  31. Mugworth2018
  32. Crime and Beauty: Making ‘Female Trouble’2018
  33. Female Trouble: On-Set Footage2018
  34. Sickies Making Films2018
  35. Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution2017
  36. Mansfield 66/672017
  37. Wall Writers2016
  38. In Conversation With Director John Waters, Actress Kathleen Turner and Actress Mink Stole2016
  39. Whatever Happened to Gelitin2016
  40. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip2015
  41. Sympathy for the Devil: The True Story of The Process Church of the Final Judgment2015
  42. The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin2015
  43. Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story2015
  44. Tab Hunter Confidential2015
  45. Suburban Gothic2014
  46. The Last Impresario2014
  47. I Am Divine2014
  48. Jingle Bell Rocks!2013
  49. Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open2013
  50. The Sarnos: A Life in Dirty Movies2013
  51. Frankenstein: A Modern Myth2012
  52. Excision2012
  53. Mansome2012
  54. The Advocate for Fagdom2011
  55. Blank City2011
  56. Mangus!2011
  57. These Amazing Shadows2011
  58. William S. Burroughs: A Man Within2010
  59. Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore2010
  60. Beautiful Darling2010
  61. The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special - In 3D! On Ice!2010
  62. It Came from Kuchar2009
  63. For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism2009
  64. The Wild World of Ted V. Mikels2008
  65. Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press2008
  66. Starz Inside: In the Gutter2008
  67. New Line Cinema: The First Generation and the Next Generation2008
  68. Coven of the Heathenites2008
  69. 365 Day Project2007
  70. The Roots of 'Hairspray'2007
  71. You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"2007
  72. Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story2007
  73. The Junior Defenders2007
  74. Jessica the Hippo2007
  75. Hairspray2007
  76. Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis2007
  77. Each Time I Kill2007
  78. Here’s Looking at You, Boy2007
  79. This Filthy World2006
  80. Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'2006
  81. Jackass Number Two2006
  82. This Film Is Not Yet Rated2006
  83. The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players: Off & On Broadway2006
  84. Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream2006
  85. Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives On2006
  86. (buz'be bur'kle) n. A Study in Style2006
  87. 42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage2006
  88. Busby Berkeley's Kaleidoscopic Eyes2006
  89. Footlight Parade: Music for the Decades2006
  90. Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea2006
  91. Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema2006
  92. That Man: Peter Berlin2006
  93. I, of the Cyclops2006
  94. Meet The Kuchar Brothers2006
  95. It Came from... Baltimore!!2005
  96. All the Dirt on 'A Dirty Shame'2005
  97. Inside Deep Throat2005
  98. Seed of Chucky2004
  99. Thinking XXX2004
  100. Closer Than That: A Documentary on Low2004
  101. Abby Singer2003
  102. A History of Sex2003
  103. Sylvester: Mighty Real2002
  104. Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat2002
  105. The Cockettes2002
  106. Memories of Oz2001
  107. Welcome to Hollywood2000
  108. Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story2000
  109. Cecil B. Demented2000
  110. Divine Trash2000
  111. Sweet and Lowdown1999
  112. In Bad Taste1999
  113. Yesterday's Tomorrows1999
  114. Forever Hollywood1999
  115. Pecker1998
  116. Anarchy TV1998
  117. Anthem1997
  118. Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!1996
  119. God Save the Queens1995
  120. Serial Mom1994
  121. The Big Wet1993
  122. Growing Up with John Waters1993
  123. Gastronomic Getaway1991
  124. Homer and Eddie1989
  125. Hairspray1988
  126. Way USA!1988
  127. Something Wild1986
  128. The Ballad of Sexual Dependency1985
  129. Divine Waters1985
  130. Nuart Theatre No Smoking PSA1982
  131. Edith's Shopping Bag1976
  132. Love Letter to Edie1975
  133. Pink Flamingos1972
  134. Mondo Trasho1969
  135. BaltigoreTBA
  136. Mamie Exposed! The Life and Loves of the Last Blonde BombshellTBA
  137. Mary Woronov: Cult QueenTBA
  138. New Line: Independent LegaciesTBA
  139. The Brandon Novak StoryTBA
  1. Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World2026
  2. Return to Mortville2026
  3. Gays Against Guns2026