Movies like Polyester
If Polyester's mix of infidelity, pornography and bad smell stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Polyester's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Serial Mom
1994 · Directed by John Waters · 94 min6.7
Why you'll like itAlso directed by John Waters · With Mink Stole · Shares: baltimore, usa, dark comedy, housewife
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.
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Female Trouble
1976 · Directed by John Waters · 98 min6.9
Why you'll like itAlso directed by John Waters · With Divine and Mink Stole · Shares: drag
Teenage delinquent Dawn Davenport, incensed after her parents do not give her the cha-cha heels she wanted for Christmas, runs away from home.
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Cecil B. Demented
2000 · Directed by John Waters · 88 min6.4
Why you'll like itAlso directed by John Waters · Shares: baltimore, usa, satire
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.
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Saved!
2004 · Directed by Brian Dannelly · 92 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: baltimore, usa, satire, teenage pregnancy
Mary is a good Christian girl who goes to a good Christian high school where she has good Christian friends and a perfect Christian boyfriend.
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Beau Is Afraid
2023 · Directed by Ari Aster · 179 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: dark comedy, satire
Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic odyssey back home.
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Cheap Thrills
2013 · Directed by E.L. Katz · 88 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: cocaine, dark comedy
Recently fired and facing eviction, a new dad has his life turned upside down when he meets a wealthy couple who offer a path to financial security... but at a price.
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Raising Arizona
1987 · Directed by Joel Coen · 94 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: satire · From the same decade (1980s)
When a childless couple—an ex-con and an ex-cop—take one of a wealthy family’s quintuplets to raise as their own, their lives grow more complicated than anticipated.
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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
2022 · Directed by Tom Gormican · 107 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: satire
Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, Nick Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan.
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Ruthless People
1986 · Directed by Jim Abrahams · 94 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: dark comedy · From the same decade (1980s)
Sam Stone hates his wife Barbara so much that he wants her dead. He's ecstatic when she's taken by a duo of kidnappers who want $500,000 ransom in exchange for her life.
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Bad Moms
2016 · Directed by Scott Moore · 100 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: infidelity
When three overworked and under-appreciated moms are pushed beyond their limits, they ditch their conventional responsibilities for a jolt of long overdue freedom, fun, and comedic self-indulgence.
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Freaky Tales
2025 · Directed by Anna Boden · 107 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: 1980s
In 1987 Oakland, a mysterious force guides The Town's underdogs in four interconnected tales: teen punks defend their turf against Nazi skinheads, a rap duo battles for hip-hop immortality, a weary henchman gets a shot…
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The People We Hate at the Wedding
2022 · Directed by Claire Scanlon · 99 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: dysfunctional family
A dysfunctional family that can't seem to get along and get it together reluctantly reunites for a family wedding. As their many skeletons are wrenched from the closet, it turns out to be just what this singular family…