Midnight Cowboy
1969 · 113 min · Director: John Schlesinger
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
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.
Emotional fingerprint
Midnight Cowboy (1969) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Sadness 25%, Melancholy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Empathy30%
- Sadness25%
- Melancholy20%
- Sympathy15%
- Nostalgia10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Sadness, Melancholy. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Sadness and Melancholy. Its IMDb rating of 7.8/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 74/100.
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Emotional journey
- Sadness
- Empathy
- Tension
Not enough subtitle evidence
No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Hope
Dominant emotion: Humor
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Sadness | Empathy | Tension |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Hope | 24 % | 6 % | 11 % | 7 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 8′ | Hope | 25 % | 9 % | 14 % | 8 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 14′ | Humor | 26 % | 10 % | 14 % | 10 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 20′ | Humor | 31 % | 10 % | 17 % | 18 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 25′ | Tension | 38 % | 13 % | 22 % | 28 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 31′ | Tension | 41 % | 21 % | 26 % | 32 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 37′ | Sadness | 41 % | 26 % | 31 % | 31 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 42′ | Empathy | 41 % | 25 % | 35 % | 32 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 48′ | Empathy | 42 % | 22 % | 36 % | 34 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 54′ | Empathy | 40 % | 20 % | 34 % | 30 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 59′ | Humor | 39 % | 17 % | 30 % | 23 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 65′ | Humor | 40 % | 14 % | 29 % | 19 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 71′ | Empathy | 45 % | 25 % | 37 % | 18 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 76′ | Sadness | 48 % | 34 % | 42 % | 23 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 82′ | Humor | 45 % | 22 % | 32 % | 25 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 88′ | Humor | 43 % | 9 % | 23 % | 19 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 93′ | Humor | 50 % | 17 % | 32 % | 25 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 99′ | Tension | 65 % | 40 % | 51 % | 51 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 105′ | Tension | 77 % | 60 % | 66 % | 61 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 110′ | Sadness | 82 % | 72 % | 72 % | 51 % |
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Cast
Little Joe
Ralph
Cafeteria Manager
Mother on the Bus
Old Cow-Hand
The Old Lady
Jackie
Details
- Directed by
- John Schlesinger
- Written by
- Waldo Salt, James Leo Herlihy
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 1969
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Country
- United States of America
- Genres
- Drama
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Empathy
- Data updated
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