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10 Best Movies Like Midnight Cowboy

If you loved Midnight Cowboy, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Oliver!

Oliver!

1968ā€¢ā˜… 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Midnight Cowboy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, a classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the workhouse and joins up with a group of boys headed by the Artful Dodger and ...

#2
Rainy Dog

Rainy Dog

1997ā€¢ā˜… 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Midnight Cowboy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A Japanese assassin stranded in Taiwan must take work from a local crime boss to make ends meet when suddenly a woman from his past delivers a son to him....

#3
Full Moon in Paris

Full Moon in Paris

1984ā€¢ā˜… 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Midnight Cowboy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Feeling suffocated by a possessive boyfriend, work and suburban life, a young woman starts spending the weekends in her Paris apartment in order to reclaim some of her lost freedom...

#4
Marketa LazarovĆ”

Marketa LazarovĆ”

1967ā€¢ā˜… 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Midnight Cowboy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

MikolƔs and his brother Adam end up with a young German hostage of noble blood during a robbery. While their clan prepares for the wrath of the German king, MikolƔs is sent to pres...

#5
Performance

Performance

1970ā€¢ā˜… 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Midnight Cowboy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In underworld terms, Chas Devlin is a 'performer,' a gangster with a talent for violence and intimidation. Turner is a reclusive rock superstar. When Chas and Turner meet, their wo...

#6
The Left Handed Gun

The Left Handed Gun

1958ā€¢ā˜… 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Midnight Cowboy for fans of Western. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

When a crooked sheriff murders his employer, William "Billy the Kid" Bonney decides to avenge the death by killing the man responsible, throwing the lives of everyone around him in...