John Waters
39 titles
Filmography
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Fireflies
City slickers Lill and Perry escape to a rural idyll and begin to assimilate into a small community where everyone knows everyone else's business. The focus of the town and the show is the local volunteer fire service but that's only a device. While there is always a fire to put out the stories are primarily about the lives of the firefighters and those around them, away from the forefront.

Homer and Eddie
(1989)A mentally challenged man gets help from a sociopathic woman when he tries to reunite with his dying father, who disowned him years earlier.

Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
(2020)From Night of the Living Dead and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre to A Clockwork Orange, hear from the cast and crew who made these films cult classics.

TURA!
(2024)TURA! tells the shocking true story of Asian American cinema icon Tura Satana, star of Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! Narrated by Margaret Cho, with interviews from John Waters, Dita Von Teese, and more, it's a thrilling, heartfelt look at a burlesque legend and cult film star whose legacy of female empowerment lives on.

Tab Hunter Confidential
(2015)In the 1950s, Tab Hunter is number one at the box office and number one on the music charts. He is Hollywood's most sought-after star and America's boy next door. Natalie Wood, Debbie Reynolds and Sophia Loren are just a few of the actresses he is romantically linked to. Nothing, it seems, can damage Tab Hunter's career. Nothing, that is, except for the fact that Tab Hunter is secretly gay.

Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
(2006)A study of six low-budget 1970s movies that became cult classics illuminates their originality and how they changed both filmmaking and audiences.

2:22
(2017)A paralyzing flash of light and sound that comes every day at the same time begins to destroy the life of a New York City air traffic controller.

Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
(2019)This film explores infamous attorney Roy Cohn's rise to power and how his influence continues to rule today.

The Real Macaw
(1998)An elderly man’s bleak future is saved by his eager grandson and an ancient talking macaw who knows where his ex-pirate master buried big treasure.

Centre Place
(2010)After losing the "perfect" guy, a career-oriented woman reassesses her life and finds new passion when a former lover unexpectedly returns.

Sweet and Lowdown
(1999)A gifted but mercurial jazz guitarist in the 1930s finds his struggles with envy and mobsters changed by his love for a mute woman.

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
(2007)This documentary chronicles the life and career of William Castle, known for his horror films with outrageous audience participation gimmicks.

Excision
(2012)Dreaming of a career in medicine, a teen girl with a chronically-ill sister becomes darkly obsessed with scabs, surgery, and losing her virginity.

Suburban Gothic
(2014)Raymond has a prestigious MBA, but he can't find work. Kicked out of his big city apartment, Raymond returns home to his overbearing mother, ex-jock father, and beer-bellied classmates. But when a vengeful ghost terrorises the small town, the city-boy recruits Becca, a badass local bartender, to solve the mystery of the spirit threatening everyone's lives.

Seed of Chucky
(2004)When everyone's favourite killer doll and his homicidal honey are brought back to life by their orphaned offspring, they take Tinseltown by storm in a wild new rampage of murderous mayhem.

The Book of Harth
(2022)A New York City-based conceptual artist embarks on a 20-year art project asking culturally significant people to sign his copy of The Holy Bible.

William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
(2010)A vibrant portrait of a Beat Generation icon, WILLIAM S BURROUGHS: A MAN WITHIN explores the brilliant and troubled world of one of our greatest authors. Featuring archival footage of Burroughs, as well as interviews with confidants such as John Waters, Patti Smith and Iggy Pop, the film, set to a soundtrack by Patti Smith and Sonic Youth, shows how Burroughs spawned a countercultural movement.

The Velvet Underground
(2021)Experience the iconic rock band's legacy in the first major documentary to tell their story. Directed with the era’s avant-garde spirit by Todd Haynes, this kaleidoscopic oral history combines exclusive interviews with dazzling archival footage.

Jingle Bell Rocks!
(2013)Filmmaker Mitchell Kezin explores unusual and underappreciated alternatives to traditional Christmas tunes with hip-hop legend Joseph "Rev Run" Simmons, filmmaker John Waters, DJ/musicologist Dr. Demento, and others.