Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Directed by John Schlesinger · 113 min · Drama
88.7 TOPICAL score · #129 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida.
Midnight Cowboy (1969, directed by John Schlesinger) has a TOPICAL score of 88.7 - ranked 129 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and historical impact. It won 4 awards from 7 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Picture. Critics: 89% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.5/10 critics' average · Metacritic 79. Audiences: TMDB 7.5/10 (1,700 ratings) · IMDb 7.8/10. Wikipedia covers it in 58 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.
Why this score
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- Critics89% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.5/10 critics' average · Metacritic 79
- AudienceTMDB 7.5/10 (1,700 ratings) · IMDb 7.8/10
- Awards4 wins, 7 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Picture; Academy Award for Best Director; Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 58 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read104,855 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
- Cult statusWikipedia mentions a cult following 1 time
Starring: Dustin Hoffman (actor #25), Jon Voight (actor #95), Sylvia Miles, John McGiver
“It placed 36th on the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the 100 greatest American films of all time, and 43rd on its 2007 updated version.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 8/10