Movies Like Desperate Living

Hairspray is a 2007 musical romantic comedy film based on the 2002 Broadway musical of the same name. It follows the story of Tracy Turnblad, a...

Pink Flamingos is a 1972 American black comedy film directed by John Waters. The story follows the criminal Divine as she contends with a couple...

Polyester is a 1981 American comedy film directed, produced, and written by John Waters. The movie satirizes the melodramatic genre of women's...

Heat is a 1995 American crime film directed by Michael Mann, featuring an ensemble cast led by Al Pacino and Robert De Niro.

Eraserhead is a 1977 American surrealist body horror film that marks David Lynch's directorial debut, featuring a man dealing with his deformed child...

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover is a 1989 crime drama art film that follows a woman seeking comfort in a secret affair with a patron of her...

Cry-Baby is a 1990 American teen musical romantic comedy film featuring a love story between a rebellious teen and a prim schoolgirl in 1950s...

Liquid Sky is a 1982 American independent science fiction film that follows an alien creature invading New York's punk subculture in search of an...