The Warriors

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The Warriors

R

Released Feb 9, 1979

1h 30m

Action

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A turf battle between New York City street gangs that rages from Coney Island to the Bronx. The Warriors are mistakenly fingered for the killing of a gang leader. Soon they have every gang in the city out to get revenge and they must make their way across the city to their own turf.

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Critics Consensus

As violent as it is stylish, The Warriors is a thrilling piece of pulp filmmaking.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

No matter what impression the ads give, this isn't even remotely intended as an action film. It's a set piece. It's a ballet of stylized male violence.

Rated: 2/4

Mar 7, 2021

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

The Warriors admits to failures of conception (occasional) and dialogue (frequent), but there is much of value in Hill's visual elaboration of the material.

Mar 7, 2021

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Pauline Kael

The New Yorker

There's a night-blooming, psychedelic shine to the whole baroque movie.

Jan 3, 2018

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Kathy Fennessy

Video Librarian Magazine

If Walter Hill's 1979 comic book-style turfwar thriller The Warriors received mixed reviews upon its initial release--Pauline Kael praised it and Roger Ebert panned it--time has made it iconic.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 12, 2025

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Bianca Garner

Filmotomy

Hill understood what teenagers liked, and as a result, he made a film that they could identify with.

Oct 3, 2024

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Emilie Black

Cinema Crazed

The cast here is one of the main reasons why the film is such a classic. James Remar here is fantastic and really makes his presence known and his talent shine.

Rated: 4/5

Dec 14, 2023

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Anson M

It’s a funky, flashy grindhouse epic that makes the most of its low budget graffiti aesthetic, practically abstract in terms of plot and motivation, but executed with the visceral pulp punch Hill mastered in his tough, terse pictures

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/25/25

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Mike M

Goofy but oddly good.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/22/25

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Jason W

Good film but I was waiting for a gang dance or sing off alas West Side Story.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

08/10/25

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K W

Often remembered for its catchy 1970s score and soundtrack, the movie's dark sense of humor and adventure will forever lie at the center of its appeal.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/01/25

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Chris R

There's a night-blooming, psychedelic shine to the whole baroque movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/08/25

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Qinq D

If you've never seen this film, I can't recommend it highly enough. It's definitely in my TOP 5 of "all-time greatest movies."

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/07/25

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Synopsis

A turf battle between New York City street gangs that rages from Coney Island to the Bronx. The Warriors are mistakenly fingered for the killing of a gang leader. Soon they have every gang in the city out to get revenge and they must make their way across the city to their own turf.

Director: Walter Hill
Producer: Lawrence Gordon
Screenwriter: Walter Hill, David Shaber, Sol Yurick
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Paramount Pictures
Rating: R
Genre: Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 9, 1979, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 1, 2013
Runtime: 1h 30m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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