Movie · 1967 · Crime, Drama · 1h 51m · R · English
Curator score: 8.2/10 (281.6K ratings)
They’re young… they’re in love… and they kill people.
Overview
In the 1930s, bored European-American waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with a European-American ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.
Ratings
Curator score: 8.2/10
IMDb: 7.7/10
Letterboxd: 3.90/5
Rotten Tomatoes: 91%
Metacritic: 86
TMDB: 7.5/10
Director
Arthur Penn
Production
Tatira-Hiller Productions, Warner Bros.-Seven Arts
Cast
Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons, Denver Pyle, Dub Taylor, Evans Evans, Gene Wilder, Mabel Cavitt, Patrick Cranshaw, Owen Bush, Clyde Howdy, Russ Marker, Ann Palmer, Ken Mayer
Curator Review
Verdict
A landmark outlaw romance that helped redefine modern American crime movies: stylish, funny, erotic, and then suddenly devastating. Its mix of youthful rebellion, media spectacle, and shocking violence still feels influential and alive.
Best for
Viewers interested in influential New Hollywood cinema
Fans of crime stories with romance and tragic endings
People who like stylish period pieces with a rebellious edge
Anyone curious about films that changed mainstream violence on screen
Skip if
You want a straightforward, realistic procedural
You dislike antiheroes or morally messy leads
You prefer fast pacing over a character-driven rise-and-fall story
You are looking for a light crime caper without bleak consequences
Overview
Bonnie and Clyde is one of the defining films of the New Hollywood era, turning a Depression-era outlaw story into something flirtatious, funny, and then brutally fatal. The movie’s energy comes from the chemistry between its leads, but also from how it keeps shifting tone: playful flirtation, comic ineptitude, sudden menace, and finally a hard stop into violence.
Worth noting
What still stands out is how modern it feels in its attitude toward celebrity, rebellion, and the way crime becomes a kind of performance. The film is as interested in image as it is in action, and that gives it a pop-cultural charge that has lasted for decades. Its influence can be felt in everything from romantic crime dramas to road movies and doomed-couple stories.
Bottom line
It is not just famous for its ending, though that finale remains one of the most punishing in American cinema. The whole film builds toward that sense of glamour curdling into consequence, making it both entertaining and uneasy in equal measure. That tension is exactly why it remains essential viewing.
Top Letterboxd reviews
Patrick Willems (4.5★) · 3308 likes
Would love to drive away from a crime scene really fast while old-timey banjo music plays
mia lee vicino (4★) · 2835 likes
bonnie & clyde ran so thelma & louise could fly
Karsten (4★) · 2735 likes
I imagine Warren Beatty’s top and bottom lip are like two magnets repelling against each other because this dude’s teeth are visible at all times.
brendan o'hare (4★) · 2284 likes
You should be allowed to rob the bank if you are in love
nora (5★) · 1487 likes
representation of horny women in 60s cinema!! warren beatty's eretile dysfunction aka "i'm no loverboy" but it's ok u r hot!!!! "velma...step on it....step on it velma.... vELMA STEP ON IT" !!!!! THE ENTIRE LAST FCKING SCENE !!!!! the newspapers blowing through the field!!!! the color gradient!!!!! FAYE DUNAWAY LOOKING THROUGH HER BEDFRAME LIKE A CAGED ANIMAL!!!!! bonnie and clyde's power dynamics!!!! THE CHARACTERIZATION!!!! the fact that this movie is why we got the amazing disaster that was the 2017 best picture announcement!!!!! I AM IN LOVE WITH THIS FILM!!!!!!!!!
1998 · Crime, Drama, Thriller · 2h 1m · R · Curator 8.0/10 (147.9K ratings) · Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video, MGM Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
For the way ordinary people slide into crime and discover how quickly greed destroys trust.