

The Warriors
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.
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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7.7/10
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $4M
- Box office
- $22.5M
- Language
- English
- new york city
- street gang
- gangster
- disc jockey
- gang war
- coney island
- survival
- pursuit
- gang member
- new york subway
- girl gang
- framed for murder
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR9 Feb 1979
- PhysicalRdirector's cut, DVD premiere4 Oct 2005
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical189 Feb 1979
- Physical15director's cut, DVD premiere17 Oct 2005
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalR 18+1 Feb 1979
CanadaCA
- Theatrical18A9 Feb 1979
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical+1817 Jan 1985
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1424 Dec 1979
ColombiaCO
- Theatrical10 Oct 1979
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical156 Jul 1979
FranceFR
- Theatrical1627 Aug 1980
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1213 Jul 1979
GreeceGR
- PhysicalDVD10 Jul 2001
Hong KongHK
- TheatricalIIB18 Jun 1979
Frequently asked questions
The Warriors was released on 1 February 1979.
Audience reviews
3- G9/10
Gimly
1/12/2018
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._
- J8/10
John Chard
11/13/2019
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 about the hundredth …
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
6/29/2022
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 pulled the trigger. …
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