Easy Rider

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Easy Rider

R

1969

1h 34m

Drama

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50,000+ Ratings

Wyatt (Peter Fonda) and Billy (Dennis Hopper), two Harley-riding hippies, complete a drug deal in Southern California and decide to travel cross-country in search of spiritual truth. On their journey, they experience bigotry and hatred from the inhabitants of small-town America and also meet with other travelers seeking alternative lifestyles. After a terrifying drug experience in New Orleans, the two travelers wonder if they will ever find a way to live peacefully in America.

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Critics Consensus

Edgy and seminal, Easy Rider encapsulates the dreams, hopes, and hopelessness of 1960s counterculture.

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Penelope Gilliatt

The New Yorker

07/06/2022

Ninety-four minutes of what it is to swing, to watch, to be fond, to hold opinions, and to get killed in America at this moment.

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Joe Morgenstern

Newsweek

06/21/2022

Easy Rider is not consistently well made, but it’s purposefully made, and the purpose pays off.

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Ed Potton

The Times (UK)

07/30/2021

4/5

That it still crackles with countercultural energy is down mainly to a soundtrack featuring Jimi Hendrix, the Byrds and Steppenwolf and a cast stuffed with anti-establishment icons.

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Wesley Lovell

Cinema Sight

10/04/2023

3/4

“Easy Rider” is a socially conscious film and a great debut for actor-writer-director Dennis Hopper, but it is extremely slow and really lacks a stable plot.

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Sean Axmaker

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08/19/2023

The little road movie of hippy bikers was an odyssey for the era of sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll, of Vietnam and protest marches, of idealism and cynicism stirred by the volatile culture clash of the late sixties.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

08/24/2020

4/10

Despite the engaging look, themes, and editing, the story is largely lacking and drastically unhurried.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Mar 26

The worldwide gross is $16,900,000.00 over a budget of $400,000.00.

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Jack F

@MovieFan111 Jan 17

I watched it because it's a 17+ 1969 movie. It was slow, boring at times, and just plain weird, like during the tripping scene. But it is worth a watch and it's definitely one of those movies that defined the period it was made in.

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Farah R.

@Farah Jan 14

Boring, slow, and uninteresting.

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Alexander S

@RT61935749 Oct 20

For those who admire vintage 1960s, Easy Rider is the ultimate love letter to motorcycling and the open road. This indie classic, which jump-started the careers of young filmmaker Peter Fonda and Burt Reynolds at the time, may have been born from a bygone era. Regardless of its unconventional ending, its memorable soundtrack, stunning cinematography, and countercultural spirit continue to captivate audiences who embrace bike culture and likely inspire new generations of free spirits. Grading: B+

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Greg T

@RT46038271 07/20/2025

Can’t understand why this movie ever won any awards. It’s amateurish at best. No storyline, no plot just 2 idiots riding their motorcycles across America having random encounters which are not believable. The things that take place you know straight away only happen in movies not in reality, making the movie even more irrelevant. 🙄 There are 1000 better movies worth watching before this movie that looks like it was filmed by a first time vlogger.

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SICKS6SIX S

@sicks6six 07/07/2025

id give this film 85% now but back in 1969 it was a 100%, nothing quite like it beforehand, it shaped a generation, not many fims can do that but this film did, not until Quadrophenia ten years later did a film have as much impact on youth culture, if you were there and knew you were in, if you were not you cant ever be,

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Synopsis

Wyatt (Peter Fonda) and Billy (Dennis Hopper), two Harley-riding hippies, complete a drug deal in Southern California and decide to travel cross-country in search of spiritual truth. On their journey, they experience bigotry and hatred from the inhabitants of small-town America and also meet with other travelers seeking alternative lifestyles. After a terrifying drug experience in New Orleans, the two travelers wonder if they will ever find a way to live peacefully in America.

Director: Dennis Hopper
Producer: Peter Fonda, Bob Rafelson
Screenwriter: Terry Southern
Distributor: RCA/Columbia, Columbia Pictures
Production Co: Columbia Pictures Corporation
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 14, 1969, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 16, 2012
Runtime: 1h 34m
Sound Mix: Mono
Aspect Ratio: 35mm, 16mm, Flat (1.85:1)

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