Midnight Cowboy

Dir: John Schlesinger, 1969 (9.0*)
Best Picture (AA, BAA)

AFI Top 100

A instant classic, thanks to the acting of Jon Voight (Oscar nominated) as cowboy Joe Buck, who hoofs it to New York City from Texas to be a male gigolo. He runs into problems there however, and Dustin Hoffman as Ratso Rizzo, a limpy, sniveling street rat who shows Joe how to survive. Gritty and unrelenting, the first X (but really R by more modern standards) movie to win Best Picture. Dustin Hoffman still says this was his best part, nominated for Actor. 3 Oscars (Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay)