Sid and Nancy
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67% Critic Match

Sid and Nancy

Love Kills.

6.7 / 10 1986 1h 54mR English
DramaRomance

Storyline

January 1978. After their success in England, the punk rock band Sex Pistols venture out on their tour of the southern United States. Temperamental bassist Sid Vicious is forced by his band mates to travel without his troubled girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, who will meet him in New York. When the band breaks up and Sid begins his solo career in a hostile city, the turbulent couple definitely falls into the depths of drug addiction.

Cast & Crew

Gary Oldman

Gary Oldman

Sid Vicious

Lead
Chloe Webb

Chloe Webb

Nancy Spungen

David Hayman

David Hayman

Malcolm McLaren

Debby Bishop

Debby Bishop

Phoebe

Andrew Schofield

Andrew Schofield

Johnny Rotten

Xander Berkeley

Xander Berkeley

Bowery Snax

Perry Benson

Perry Benson

Paul

TL

Tony London

Steve

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Alex Cox's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Sid and Nancy is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker