US teen heart-throb Johnny Depp plays Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker, the coolest dude in school and the baddest boy in Baltimore. Rich, prim, new girl Alison thinks he's a dream, her grandmother thinks he's a nightmare. An even weirder cast than 'Hairspray' in this quirky, offbeat musical extravaganza that's got a touch of traditional John Waters shock stuff, but is predominately a parody of both 50s teen rebellion and 50s teen musical flicks. Its reputation has grown hugely with time. find out more...

A high school musical which ripped off everything it could from the 1950s. At the time it was slated, but, in retrospect, it started a trend and is nowhere near as bad as some of the movies which followed it. In fact, one could go as far as to say it's now a bit of a classic... find out more...

An intelligent and noir-ish adaptation of a Harold Robbins story, with Presley as the street hustler who makes an image for himself as a singer and performer. Excellently done with old hand Walter Matthau, unusually cast as a gangster stealing the show as usual. find out more...

When fast talking salesman Harold Hill gets off of the train at River City neither he nor the townsfolk know what their getting into. An experienced conman, Hill convinces the town that in order to prevent Trouble ("with a capital T that rhymes with P that stands for pool") they need a boy's marching band. Hill claims that he is a former band leader and will take the boys under his wing as long as all of the money is put up for uniforms and instruments. But soon Hill realizes that instead of find out more...

A surprisingly effective movie version of Dennis Potter's seminal TV drama, that, considering the slicing and dicing involved to squeeze the original story down to a 95 minute running time, captures the surreal essence of the original. find out more...