

Midnight Cowboy
For those who have never seen it and those who have never forgotten it.
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.
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7.5/10
1,705 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $3.6M
- Box office
- $44.8M
- Language
- English
- new york city
- friendship
- prostitute
- rape
- based on novel or book
- shower
- texas
- hustler
- homelessness
- rape of a male
- male homosexuality
- male prostitution
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereNC-1725 May 1969
- TheatricalNC-1730 Jul 1969
- TheatricalRre-release with R-rating1 Jan 1971
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical(Rated X)29 Jul 1969
- Physical18DVD1 Feb 2000
- Theatrical18(Re-release)13 Aug 2019
CanadaCA
- TheatricalR25 May 1969
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical29 Jan 1970
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1616 Jun 1969
- Physical16DVD10 Dec 2003
CzechiaCZ
- Digital / OTT15+13 Jan 2005
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical19 Dec 1969
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-167 Nov 1969
FranceFR
- Theatrical1214 Oct 1969
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1617 Jul 1969
GreeceGR
- TheatricalRe-Release31 Jul 2025
HungaryHU
- Theatrical186 Mar 1975
Frequently asked questions
Midnight Cowboy was released on 25 May 1969.
Audience reviews
3- P8/10
Potential Kermode
2/25/2017
**"I'm walking here! I'm walking here!" Shuffling, perhaps.** One can always count on Hoffman and his ability to absorb the character he is portraying with such ease. He has a knack at portraying that deep, bronchial coughing schtick. When watching, I had to wear a surgical mask - just in case. Voight, as usual, is magnificent as the innocent amongst the scum. Watching this wide eyed lone ranger slowly losing…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
6/3/2023
This is certainly my favourite role from Dustin Hoffman as he turns in an outstanding performance as "Ratso". He hooks up with the dapper, but out of his depth cowboy "Buck" who arrives in New York all set to be a hustler, but ends up paying his first client for the sex she's supposed to pay him for! Initially, "Ratso" fleeces this gullible guy too, but gradually the two start to depend on one and other - which is as…
- R9/10
r96sk
7/6/2025
<em>'Midnight Cowboy'</em> is a beauty. It's one I've seen mentioned positively online many times down the years, especially on those four favourites videos that Letterboxd do with well known folk. Despite that I knew nothing coming in, which - as always - is the best way to view a flick. Dustin Hoffman's involvement was all that I did know heading into it, I wasn't even sure it was Jon Voight as the main guy unti…
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