

Pink Flamingos
An exercise in poor taste.
Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against Connie & Raymond Marble, a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as "The Filthiest Person Alive".
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6.1/10
592 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $12K
- Box office
- $6M
- Language
- English
- drug dealer
- jealousy
- rape
- trailer park
- pop culture
- spanner
- chicken
- fetishism
- white trash
- excrements
- disgust
- dog dirt
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical (limited)Baltimore, Maryland17 Mar 1972
- TheatricalNC-17Re-release11 Apr 1997
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1812 Jan 1990
- Theatrical18Re-release4 Jul 1997
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalRCRe-release26 Feb 1998
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical+18Buenos Aires (Re-release)30 Jun 2005
- PremiereBAFICI - Buenos Aires Film Festival14 Apr 2018
BrazilBR
- PhysicalDVD1 Sept 2007
- Theatrical (limited)18Museu da Imagem e do Som ("Mostra John Waters 80 Anos")21 Apr 2026
FranceFR
- Theatrical1631 Mar 1976
HungaryHU
- Theatrical1820 Sept 1990
JapanJP
- Premiere21 Jun 1986
- TheatricalR18+Re-release4 Jul 1998
PortugalPT
- PhysicalM/1813 Feb 1990
- Theatrical (limited)Cinemateca Portuguesa29 Sept 2014
SpainES
- TheatricalRe-release29 Oct 1997
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Pink Flamingos was released on 17 March 1972.
Audience reviews
2- J1/10
John Critic
8/10/2022
The most filthiest films of all time even before South Park came into this world’s knowledge!!!
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puregory
6/17/2026
Pink Flamingos is a manifesto of bad taste raised to an art form. The plot revolves around a fierce battle for the title of "the filthiest person alive." The main character, played by the magnificent Divine, is ready to do absolutely anything to defend her crown.Waters created a film that systematically breaks every social taboo. It is packed with grotesque imagery, pitch-black humor, and scenes that will remain burn…
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