Easy Rider
“A man went looking for America and couldn’t find it anywhere...”
Dennis HopperCast
Peter Fonda Dennis Hopper 
Jack Nicholson
Credits
Written by: Peter Fonda
Plot
Wyatt and Billy, two bikers, sell cocaine to a dealer and ride across the American Southwest from Los Angeles to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. On the way they visit a commune, are jailed in a small town and befriend an alcoholic lawyer, George Hanson, played by Jack Nicholson. Dennis Hopper's 1969 film, with a rock soundtrack, became a landmark of counterculture cinema.
Sinekatalog’s take
Dennis Hopper's counterculture road movie defined an era of American independent film. Its rock soundtrack and open-road imagery still work, even if the story is loose and has aged unevenly.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.2 / 10 (123,814 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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