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The Mary Sue
Sarah Fimm

The 10 Campiest Movies Ever Made

Before getting into this list, we first need to define the word camp, a nigh-impossible task that has confounded Letterboxd critics and Twitter hot take-makers the world over. Flamboyant, extravagant, glamorous, and in exceptionally poor taste, these are the core tenets of the camp aesthetic. Now, there are levels of campiness, with the highest of high camp arguably being works of art that hit these criteria unintentionally. Essentially, camp is the epitome of “so bad it’s good.” Overwrought, overthought, overcomplicated, these films, love them or love to hatewatch them, are the 10 campiest movies in history.

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