The Bikeriders is a 2023 American crime drama film written and directed by Jeff Nichols, and starring Jodie Comer, Austin Butler, Tom Hardy, Michael Shannon, Mike Faist, Boyd Holbrook, Damon Herriman, Beau Knapp, Emory Cohen, Karl Glusman, Toby Wallace, and Norman Reedus.

In 1965, Kathy Bauer meets Benny Cross, a hotheaded member of the Chicago-based Vandals Motorcycle Club, and marries him just five weeks later.

She explains that Johnny became despondent after the death of his lieutenant Brucie in a vehicular accident, and the club grew increasingly violent after drug-addicted Vietnam War veterans joined the ranks.

Disturbed by the increasing violence of the club and again rejecting Johnny's offer of leadership, Benny quits and leaves Chicago for parts unknown.

Kathy relays to Lyon that after the Kid took over the Vandals, they became a large criminal gang involved in drug trafficking and murder.

The Bikeriders is named after Danny Lyon's photo book of the same title, which filmmaker Jeff Nichols read for the first time in 2003.

The project was officially announced with Nichols attached as director in August 2022, with Jodie Comer, Austin Butler, and Tom Hardy on board to star.

[12] Nichols cast Comer after sitting on two awards panels that honored her performance on the one-person Broadway show Prima Facie and after hearing good things about her from Adam Driver, who co-starred with her in The Last Duel (2021).

He met with Hardy for the first time at his London residence, admitting to leaving the meeting "kind of punch drunk" before seeing a performance of Comer's in Prima Facie at the Harold Pinter Theatre in the West End.

[22] Industry sources also cited Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé opening on the same day and New Regency's The Creator (2023) performing poorly in theaters during the strike as reasons for the delay.

Focus covered half of the film's $30–40 million production cost and was reportedly "on the hook" for print and advertising (P&A) expenses.

[7][8] In the United States and Canada, The Bikeriders was released alongside The Exorcism and Thelma, and was projected to gross $8–10 million from 2,665 theaters in its opening weekend.

The website's consensus reads: "Fueled by a charismatic cast and the gritty authenticity of writer-director Jeff Nichols' approach, The Bikeriders offers a conventional yet impactful look at motorcycle culture.

"[29] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 70 out of 100, based on 53 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.