
Movies that feel likeMidnight Cowboy (1969)
If you loved Midnight Cowboy, the closest films we have are Shane (1953), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) and Bad Education (2004). All three share Midnight Cowboy's contemplative and warm feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Pleasure (2021).
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If Midnight Cowboy hit the spot, these will too

Both are built on the same subject: friendship
The difference: Sits closer to western than Midnight Cowboy does

The same mix in both: stillness, then warmth

The same preoccupation in both: friendship
The difference: 35 years apart, and the 2000s show


Contemplative drama in both cases

Drama built on warmth, twice over



Both keep coming back to the same thing: rape

The shared currency is stillness
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Both sit in the same warm register

Common ground: texas
The difference: Easier on the stillness than Midnight Cowboy
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