

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Trust is her weapon. Innocence her opportunity. Revenge her only desire.
A suburban family chooses seemingly sweet Peyton Flanders as their newborn's nanny. Only much later does the infant's mother, Claire Bartel, realize Peyton's true intentions -- to destroy Claire and replace her in the family. The nail-biting suspense builds quickly in this chilling psychological thriller about deception and bitter revenge.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $11.7M
- Box office
- $88M
- Language
- English
- rage and hate
- loss of loved one
- nanny
- destroy
- family's daily life
- infant
- childlessness
- malice
- desire to have children
- kids
- suspenseful
- frightened
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR10 Jan 1992
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1524 Apr 1992
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM28 May 1992
BrazilBR
- Theatrical162 Jul 1992
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical15+21 May 1993
FranceFR
- Theatrical129 Sept 1992
- Digital / OTTDisney+23 Feb 2021
GermanyDE
- Theatrical162 Jul 1992
IrelandIE
- Theatrical1517 Apr 1992
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical1226 Jun 1992
- TV12Net 515 Mar 2003
- Physical12DVD4 Feb 2004
PortugalPT
- TheatricalM/1629 May 1992
South KoreaKR
- Theatrical184 Apr 1992
SwedenSE
- TV1510 Jan 1992
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The Hand That Rocks the Cradle was released on 10 January 1992.
Audience reviews
2- W6/10
Wuchak
12/19/2019
***The nanny from hell in the Seattle area*** A well-to-do couple in the Puget Sound region (Matt McCoy & Annabella Sciorra) hires a nanny not knowing that she has axes to grind (Rebecca De Mornay). Ernie Hudson plays a mentally challenged laborer while Julianne Moore is on hand as the wife’s best friend. "The Hand that Rocks the Cradle" (1992) is a drama/thriller in the mold of contemporaneous flicks like “…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
9/18/2022
For a while, Rebecca de Mornay is quite menacing as the live-in nanny "Peyton". She is hired by "Claire" (Annabella Sciorra) and her husband "Michael" (Matt McCoy) to look after their baby. Initially all kind and helpful, we soon begin to suspect that she has another agenda - and that she will stop at nothing to attain it! Sadly, after about twenty minutes the story rather settles into a predictable pattern as she gr…
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