Name: Cecil B. Demented
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Action
Released: 2000-08-02
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 8.4
Cast: Melanie Griffith, Stephen Dorff, Alicia Witt, Adrian Grenier, Maggie Gyllenhaal

2000·Comedy·1h 28m

8.4

★

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.

Directed by John Waters

kidnapping

baltimore, usa

satire

satanist

blindfold

perversion

terrorism

film director

cinephile

Rank

#9 in 2000·#311 overall

Trailer

IMDB

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Where to Watch

Cast

Melanie Griffith

Honey Whitlock

Stephen Dorff

Cecil B. Demented

Alicia Witt

Cherish

Adrian Grenier

Lyle

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Raven

Lawrence Gilliard Jr.

Lewis

Jack Noseworthy

Rodney

Michael Shannon

Petie

Erika Auchterlonie

Pam

Mink Stole

Mrs. Sylvia Mallory

Ricki Lake

Libby

Kevin Nealon

Kevin

Crew

John Waters

Director

John Waters

Writer

Zoë Poledouris

Original Music Composer

Basil Poledouris

Original Music Composer

Kyrsten Mate

Sound Designer

Kyrsten Mate

Sound Effects Editor

Pat Moran

Associate Producer

Tim Trella

Utility Stunts

Suzanne Smith Crowley

Casting

Pat Moran

Casting

Jennifer Caputo

Stunt Double

Troy Robinson

Stunt Double

Popular Reviews

562 reviews

brunettegsundae

7.0★ · 04/17/26

I am Cecil B. Demented! And this is a fucking kidnapping!

People should be relieved that I wasn’t born in Old Hollywood, because I would probably kidnap Katharine Hepburn and make her act in my own movie
John Waters’ mind is something I think about once a week, not kidding. What a fascinating crazy mind, and he made me discover Divine and Edith Massey, my divas

I am Cecil B. Demented! And this is a fucking kidnapping!

ash

10.0★ · 02/24/26

the whole casting, crews & a director itself are more niche than david lynch could ever get. when a demented-white-jacket-wearing person says they have a vision, you bet they’ll deliver.

DEMENTED FOREVERRRRR

Hannah

10.0★ · 10/06/25

dream blunt rotation

anya

10.0★ · 06/09/26

desperately need the david lynch knuckle tats

8.0★ · 06/06/26

Cecil B. Kinda Right