Cry-Baby
“Good girls want him bad. Bad girls want him worse.”
A prim and proper schoolgirl goes against her society grandmother's wishes when she dates a motorcycle-riding juvenile delinquent.
Your rating
Your review
Cast
49 people
Johnny Depp
Wade 'Cry-Baby' Walker
Known for
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Amy Locane
Allison Vernon-Williams
Known for
Secretary
Airheads
Susan Tyrrell
Ramona Rickettes
Known for
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
Powder
Stephen Mailer
Baldwin
Known for
Baby Mama
Rabbit Hole
Iggy Pop
Belvedere Rickettes
Known for
The Crow: City of Angels
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
Ricki Lake
Pepper Walker
Known for
Hairspray
Serial Mom
Traci Lords
Wanda Woodward
Known for
Blade
The Tommyknockers
Darren E. Burrows
Milton Hackett
Known for
Northern Exposure
Love Is Strange
Kim McGuire
Mona 'Hatchet-Face' Malnorowski
Also in
On the Air
Disturbed
Polly Bergen
Mrs. Vernon-Williams
Known for
Cape Fear
Move Over, Darling
Patricia Hearst
Wanda's Mother
Known for
A Dirty Shame
Bio-Dome
David Nelson
Wanda's Father
Known for
Day of the Outlaw
Peyton Place
John Waters Director · Patrick Williams Composer David Insley Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $8.3M · Budget $11M · United States release April 6, 1990
Box office
Budget
$11,000,000
Worldwide gross
$8,266,343
Gross vs. budget
0.8×
Production
Universal Pictures
Production · Studio
Imagine Entertainment
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · April 6, 1990
Theatrical
United States · September 13, 1990
Physical · MCA/Universal Home Video #80958 [VHS] 86 minutes
Argentina
July 5, 1990 · Theatrical
Australia
June 14, 1990 · Theatrical
Brazil
August 31, 1990 · Theatrical
April 24, 2026 · Limited theatrical · Museu da Imagem e do Som ("Mostra John Waters 80 Anos")
Canada
November 1, 2009 · Physical · DVD
Denmark
June 21, 1991 · Theatrical
Finland
October 19, 1990 · Theatrical
France
May 23, 1990 · Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
August 1, 1990 · Theatrical
Germany
June 27, 1990 · Theatrical · West Germany
Greece
January 11, 1991 · Theatrical
Hungary
September 20, 1990 · Theatrical
Israel
July 13, 1990 · Theatrical
Japan
July 20, 1991 · Theatrical
Mexico
July 12, 2005 · Physical · DVD
Netherlands
July 27, 1990 · Theatrical
Norway
November 2, 1990 · Theatrical
Portugal
July 19, 1991 · Theatrical
Spain
October 5, 1990 · Limited theatrical · Madrid
October 19, 1990 · Limited theatrical · Barcelona
Sweden
January 11, 1991 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
July 20, 1990 · Theatrical
More from John Waters
Other films they directed, best known first.
If you liked Cry-Baby
Picks that share its genres, themes, cast and crew.
Some details come from TheTVDB.