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Midnight Cowboy 1969

Directed by John Schlesinger

All-time standing

#172 of 4,399

In the top 4% of movies

By scope

1960s #34 of 349 Top 10% 1969 #2 of 31 Top 5%

Ballots (27)

All time 25

Rolling Stone

  • Published 2005
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #1
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Writers Guild of America

Writers Guild of America

  • Published 2006
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #36
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American Film Institute

American Film Institute

  • Published 2007
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #43
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Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly

  • Published 2013
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #57
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Halliwell's

Halliwell's

  • Published 2005
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #204
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Empire

Empire

  • Published 2017
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2017
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
Steven Jay Schneider

Steven Jay Schneider

  • Published 2016
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
Kino Muzeum

Kino Muzeum

  • Published 2015
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2015
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked

Complex

  • Published 2013
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
The Telegraph

The Telegraph

  • Published 2013
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  • Included, unranked
USC School of Cinematic Arts

USC School of Cinematic Arts

  • Published 2012
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  • Included, unranked
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El Pais

El Pais

  • Published 2010
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  • Included, unranked
Film-Magazine (Iran)

Film-Magazine (Iran)

  • Published 2009
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  • Included, unranked
Kinema Junpo

Kinema Junpo

  • Published 2009
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  • Included, unranked
David Thomson

David Thomson

  • Published 2008
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  • Included, unranked

The Guardian

  • Published 2007
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  • Included, unranked
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IGN

  • Published 2005
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  • Included, unranked
The New York Times

The New York Times

  • Published 2004
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  • Included, unranked
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Senses of Cinema

Senses of Cinema

  • Published 2002
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  • Included, unranked
Senses of Cinema

Senses of Cinema

  • Published 2001
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  • Included, unranked
Télérama

Télérama

  • Published 1995
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  • Included, unranked
Danny Peary

Danny Peary

  • Published 1986
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  • Included, unranked
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R.A.E. Pickard

R.A.E. Pickard

  • Published 1971
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  • Included, unranked
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Decade 2

1960s

Paste Magazine

  • Published 1969
  • Decade list · 1960s
  • Ranked #24
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1900-1999

Leonard Maltin

Leonard Maltin

  • Published 2000
  • Decade list · 1900-1999
  • Included, unranked
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