- The Ultimate Director's Cut runs around one minute longer, adding a voiceover introduction from director Walter Hill describing a legendary Greek army's attempt to fight its way home, and comic-book freeze frame shots bridging various scenes in the film.
- On the UK VHS release, the song "Nowhere To Run", played by the female DJ, was replaced by "I Am A Warrior" for copyright reasons .
- The Australian TV version had a scene included at the end where a cop car was driving in an alley way, narrowly missing someone walking. This scene was also used in the 1980 film, "Alligator".
- The TV version adds roughly 10 minutes of extra footage (it was also time compressed so it plays faster than normal), including:
- A completely new introduction takes place at Coney Island, showing a more in-depth look at Cleon (the leader of the Warriors) while his girlfriend warns him not to go to the Bronx for the meeting. It also shows Cleon introducing the nine delegates chosen for the meeting, introducing the other Warrior members. They all then walk off (in the sunset, so to speak) to the meeting while a surf song ("Rumble" by Link Wray) plays. The scene abruptly cuts, suggesting that the titles for the movie would have come directly after this.
- Directly after the new introduction, it shows an abrupt scene with Swan and Ajax in a subway terminal, where Ajax still goes on about the meeting being a setup and a waste of time. The way this was placed in the TV version suggests that there was much more footage before this scene took place.
- After those two scenes occur, the movie then goes into the regular introduction used in the theatrical/VHS/DVD/laser versions. Immediately after this, there is new footage of the Warriors trying to find the meeting in the park while Ajax (and a few others) still insist it is a setup.
- There is some extra footage during Cyrus' speech at the meeting. His speech goes on to talk about some things that will try to hold you back if you fall into them (friends, courts, etc.).
- After the scene where the Gramercy Riffs' second-in-command is being told by an associate that the Turnbull ACs "blew it", there is new footage of the female DJ announcing on the air that the Turnbull ACs failed to get the Warriors.
- After the DJ announces on the air that the Baseball Furies failed ("they dropped the ball"), a new scene shows one of the Riffs hanging up a telephone and reporting to the second-in-command that the "police from the 96th station" failed to catch the Warriors. The second-in-command then asks, "What about the Furies?" to which is replied, "They missed too." This scene was more than likely cut because it implies that somehow the Gramercy Riffs and the police are "connected" in some way.
- The next scene is edited differently than the other released versions: the theatrical/DVD/VHS/laser version for the scene in Union Square subway before the fight with the Punks shows Swan talking with Mercy, then the rest of the Warriors coming down the steps (to meet Swan). Swan "eyes" out the other gang and nods for the Warriors to head towards the bathroom and go inside (they show the rest of the Warriors gang go in). Next, Swan and Mercy head towards the bathroom; Mercy says she can't go in there; "it's a men's room!" Vermin pulls her inside. The TV version offers some extra footage and slightly different editing, and this changes the scene a little. After Swan gives the "eye" for the rest of the Warriors to head toward the bathroom, it shows the second small exchange between Swan and Mercy (in the regular version, this small exchange is shown after the Warriors go into the bathroom). Next, the rollerskating gang comes together (same as the regular version). But then there is extra footage of Swan and Mercy meeting up with the other Warriors in front of the bathroom. It is here that they let Swan and the other Warriors know that they found out all of the other gangs think they killed Cyrus and how Ajax was arrested. It then shows more footage of the Punks slowly moving forward. Then this is where we see Swan nod for the Warriors to go into the bathroom (which is different and not the same "bathroom entering" scene shown in all other versions). It then goes to the same scene where Mercy complains she can't go into a men's room. This scene should have been left in as it shows where (along the line) Swan finds out his gang is wanted by the Riffs. It was probably cut as it slows down the tension leading to the fight scene that occurs in the bathroom seconds after.
- When the Rogues follow the Warriors by car on Coney Island, the Warriors run under a pier. Immediately, an extra scene starts of the Warriors stopping under the pier and looking at the Rogues' car. Swan mentions how they have one "bop" left to go. Vermin then suggests, "How about we just run?" and the Warriors start to run further under the pier. The scene then cuts back to the regular scene of the Warriors walking under the pier.
- The TV version with the extra footage (listed here) was time compressed and the 6 minutes is really/roughly 12mins when it is made to match the speed of the film used for the DVD/laser disc versions.
- The German DVD is in 16:9 format. There also is an old VHS release from 1984 by CIC-Video, which is in full screen. Comparison shows that the VHS is not pan-and-scan but the DVD is matted.
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