If you loved Cry-Baby, try Cecil B. Demented

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Cecil B. Demented has roughly 5.2× fewer votes than Cry-Baby — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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Cry-Baby

1990 · dir. John Waters

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Cecil B. Demented

2000 · dir. John Waters

What they share

Both films are directed by John Waters, and they both carry the playful mood tag, and they sit in Comedy territory. If that's the register that drew you to Cry-Baby, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Cecil B. Demented is

Cinema anarchy ensues. A eccentric director kidnaps a Hollywood star. It all goes hilariously off script.

If you loved Cry-Baby, try Cecil B. Demented

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What they share

What Cecil B. Demented is

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