Hairspray (
2007) | IMDb:
6.7
Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad auditions to be on Baltimore's most popular dance show - The Corny Collins Show - and lands a prime spot. Through her newfound fame, she becomes determined to help her friends and end the racial segregation that has been a staple of the show.
Starring:
Nikki Blonsky
,
Zac Efron
,
John Travolta
,
Brittany Snow
,
Michelle Pfeiffer
,
Amanda Bynes
A Dirty Shame (
2004) | IMDb:
5.1
Sylvia Stickles runs a convenience store with her husband and mother-in-law. One day, Sylvia is hit on the head and transforms from an uptight prude to a sex-crazed lunatic. As she goes on a rampage through town, Sylvia attracts the attention of Ray Ray, a sexual healer and tow truck driver in search of the world's greatest orgasm. Their sexual revolution, however, causes a class war in their tiny Baltimore community.
Starring:
Tracey Ullman
,
Johnny Knoxville
,
Selma Blair
,
Chris Isaak
,
Suzanne Shepherd
,
Mink Stole
Directed by:
John Waters
Cecil B. Demented (
2000) | IMDb:
6.2
A young lunatic director and his devoted cult of cinema terrorists kidnap a Hollywood movie goddess and force her to star in their radical underground movie.
Starring:
Melanie Griffith
,
Stephen Dorff
,
Alicia Witt
,
Adrian Grenier
,
Maggie Gyllenhaal
,
Lawrence Gilliard Jr.
Mrs. Winterbourne (
1996) | IMDb:
6.2
Connie Doyle is eighteen, pregnant and alone. She accidentally ends up on a train where she meets Hugh Winterbourne and his wife pregnant Patricia. The train wrecks and she wakes up in the hospital to find out that it's been assumed that she's Patricia. Hugh's mother takes her in and she falls in love with Hugh's brother Bill. Just when she thinks everything is going her way, her ex-boyfriend shows up.
Starring:
Shirley MacLaine
,
Ricki Lake
,
Brendan Fraser
,
Miguel Sandoval
,
Loren Dean
,
Peter Gerety
Directed by:
Richard Benjamin
Serial Mom (
1994) | IMDb:
6.8
Beverly is the perfect happy homemaker, along with her doting husband and two children, but this nuclear family just might explode when her fascination with serial killers collides with her ever-so-proper code of ethics.
Starring:
Kathleen Turner
,
Sam Waterston
,
Ricki Lake
,
Matthew Lillard
,
Scott Morgan
,
Walt MacPherson
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (
1992) | IMDb:
5.7
Blonde, bouncy Buffy is your typical high school cheerleader. But all that changes when a strange man informs her she's been chosen by fate to kill vampires.
Starring:
Kristy Swanson
,
Donald Sutherland
,
Paul Reubens
,
Rutger Hauer
,
Luke Perry
,
Hilary Swank
Where the Day Takes You (
1992) | IMDb:
6.5
King is a young man, but he's already a veteran of life on the streets of Los Angeles. The de facto leader of a group of teenage runaways, King acts as a mentor to troubled kids such as gay hustler Little J and junkie Greg. When Heather, a beautiful girl from Chicago, starts hanging out with King and his crew, it changes the dynamic of the gang. However, it seems as though nothing will alter their dangerous lifestyle.
Starring:
Sean Astin
,
Lara Flynn Boyle
,
Peter Dobson
,
Balthazar Getty
,
Ricki Lake
,
James Le Gros
Cry-Baby (
1990) | IMDb:
6.5
A prim and proper schoolgirl goes against her society grandmother's wishes when she dates a motorcycle-riding juvenile delinquent.
Working Girl (
1988) | IMDb:
6.8
Tess McGill is an ambitious secretary with a unique approach for climbing the ladder to success. When her classy, but villainous boss breaks a leg skiing, Tess takes over her office, her apartment and even her wardrobe. She creates a deal with a handsome investment banker that will either take her to the top, or finish her off for good.
Starring:
Melanie Griffith
,
Harrison Ford
,
Sigourney Weaver
,
Alec Baldwin
,
Joan Cusack
,
Philip Bosco
Hairspray (
1988) | IMDb:
7
'Pleasantly plump' teenager Tracy Turnblad achieves her dream of becoming a regular on the Corny Collins Dance Show. Now a teen hero, she starts using her fame to speak out for the causes she believes in, most of all integration. In doing so, she earns the wrath of the show's former star, Amber Von Tussle, as well as Amber's manipulative, pro-segregation parents. The rivalry comes to a head as Amber and Tracy vie for the title of Miss Auto Show 1963.