- Films
- 12
- Avg rating
- 6.47
- Peak run
- 1974’90
- 7+ run
- 4 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As a director, films with 1,000+ votes
John by the numbers
Average
6.47
12 rated films
Vote weighted
6.48
bigger films count more
Median
6.5
half are better
Consistency
±0.60
rating spread
Career
36y
1969 to 2004
Total votes
249K
across every film
Best
7.1
Female Trouble
Worst
5.1
A Dirty Shame
Newest first
Filmography
| 2022 | Lynch/Oz | Host (Chapter 3: 'Kindred') | 6.9 | 1,886 |
| 2014 | Suburban Gothic | Cornelius | 5.5 | 5,622 |
| 2004 |  Seed of Chucky | Pete Peters | 4.9 | 54,114 |
| 2004 | Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea | Narrator | · | 727 |
| 1989 | Homer and Eddie | Robber #1 | 5.3 | 2,206 |
Better together?
John Waters's regulars
- DivineDirector and actor · 6 films · 6.57 avg▲+0.11
- Mary Vivian PearceDirector and actor · 5 films · 6.48 avg●0.00
- Mink StoleDirector and actor · 5 films · 6.34 avg●−0.01
- David LocharyDirector and actor · 4 films · 6.35 avg▼−0.06
- Edith MasseyDirector and actor · 3 films · 7.03 avg▲+0.44
- Dave InsleyCinematographer · 3 films · 6.83 avg
- Ricki LakeDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.80 avg▲+0.32
- Robert M. StevensCinematographer · 3 films · 6.53 avg
- Basil PoledourisComposer · 2 films · 6.60 avg
- George S. ClintonComposer · 2 films · 5.80 avg
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On John Waters
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