Thelma and Louise - The Criterion Collection

Ridley Scott directs this drama starring Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon.

Waitress Louise (Sarandon) persuades her friend Thelma (Davis) to escape her sexist husband and join her on a road trip.

When they stop off at a country bar, Louise ends up saving Thelma from an attempted rape - shooting and killing the rapist in the process - and the women consequently find themselves forced to go on the run.

Along the way their money is stolen by handsome cowboy J.D. (Brad Pitt) and they begin holding-up convenience stores to get by, feeling strangely liberated by their new-found assertiveness.

The cast also includes Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen and Christopher McDonald.