The Warriors

1979 94 min ★ 7.7 Action, Thriller

Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader kills Cyrus, but a Coney Island gang called the Warriors is wrongly blamed for Cyrus' death. Before you know it, the cops and every gangbanger in town is hot on the Warriors' trail.

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Cast

Michael Beck

Swan

James Remar

Ajax

David Patrick Kelly

Luther

Dorsey Wright

Cleon

David Harris

Cochise

Deborah Van Valkenburgh

Mercy

Brian Tyler

Snow

Tom McKitterick

Cowboy

Marcelino Sánchez

Rembrandt

Roger Hill

Cyrus

Details

Director

Walter Hill

Screenplay

David Shaber

Tagline

"These are the armies of the night. They are 100,000 strong. They outnumber the cops five to one. They could run New York City. Tonight they're all out to get the Warriors."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$4,000,000

Revenue

$22,490,039

Production

Paramount Pictures, Lawrence Gordon Productions

Reviews

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Gimly

January 12, 2018

★ 9/10

How do you review a movie like _The Warriors_? I've got a real short way for ya: _The Warriors_ is **the best** movie of the 1970s. _Final rating:★★★★½ - Ridiculously strong appeal. I can’t stop thinking about it._

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John Chard

November 13, 2019

★ 8/10

Can you dig it? Well actually yes Mr Hill, I bloody can! During my schooling as a teenager there were a handful of films that it was deemed cool to love, The Wanderers, Scum, Quadrophenia and The Warriors, and it's perhaps a weird thing to say... but I still feel here in my middle age that these are still cool films to be adored and cherished. I have just sat through The Warriors again for ...

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CinemaSerf

June 29, 2022

★ 7/10

In a dysfunctional New York City, the charismatic leader "Cyrus" (Roger Hill) assembles all the gangs and declares that it is time for them to overwhelm the police and to take control of their city. Amidst cheering crowds he is promptly gunned down - and the "Warriors" are held responsible. Led by "Swan" (Michael Beck) they must run a gauntlet of other avenging gangs and try to establish just who ...