Story Line
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.
“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.”
Top Cast
Michael Beck
Swan
James Remar
Ajax
David Patrick Kelly
Luther
Dorsey Wright
Cleon
David Harris
Cochise
Deborah Van Valkenburgh
Mercy
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Rating
7.7/ 10
Release Date
1979-02-01
Runtime
1h 34m
Genres
ActionThriller
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User Reviews (3)
Gimly
9/10
•1/12/2018How 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._
John Chard
8/10
•11/13/2019Can 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......
CinemaSerf
7/10
•6/29/2022In 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 -...