Midnight Cowboy
Movie • 1969 • Drama
ReportJoe 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.
This movie contains 35 potentially triggering events.
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Unanswered Triggers
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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ClaireKim
a character has ptsd
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Abandonment
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Abuse
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Cassiman
Grandparents, but not parents
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Is there domestic violence?
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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jestersday
briefly mentioned/told through subtext
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Addiction
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Is there addiction?
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Cassiman
Addiction to cigarettes
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Animal
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lecockege
38:39 a guy is grilling pig fat
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Are animals abused?
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fraisierdesbois
A dog is forced to wear makeup and clothes in a TV show. It's not too bad, though.
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Assault
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Is there pedophilia?
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Cassiman
The main character is implied to have been molested by his grandmother as a child
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Is someone held under water?
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The main character was held underwater for his baptism as a child. It caused him distress.
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Is rape mentioned?
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The main character is raped onscreen but the word rape is never said
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Is someone restrained?
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Mngwa
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vrvr
Main character and another woman are assaulted by a group of men. Portrayed in quick flashes.
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mrflatwoods
There is a brief but intense gang rape of a man and woman.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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mrflatwoods
A character has tuberculosis.
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Is someone choked?
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kelseyj610
I only noticed a really brief clip interspersed with others
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Rico falls down stairs
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Children
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Family
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Does a parent die?
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Rico’s father is dead and he grieves him
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Does someone cheat?
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A woman cheats on her partner with Joe
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Does a family member die?
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Rico visits his father’s grave
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Is there a shower scene?
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fraisierdesbois
There's a shower scene right at the beginning of the movie. I don't know why people are voting "no"
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Gross
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mrflatwoods
Yes, but nothing is shown.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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The main characters are criminals and are fearful of the police
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LGBTQ+
Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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kelseyj610
For what it's worth, Joe for a while refuses to call Rico by his actual (preferred) name and calls him "Ratso" instead. Opposite of this trigger, but just in case.
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Loss
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Medical
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Loren Drewry
Very short scene involving donating blood.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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fraisierdesbois
No, but in a flashback it's implied that a character is taken to a psychiatric hospital
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Mental Health
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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fraisierdesbois
One of the main characters is obviously traumatized by past events; he even has nightmares about them
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Is there misophonia?
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MrSpacey
Lots of gum chewing.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Joe is triggered by religious iconography and literally sprints away from the situation
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Noxious
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Is there shakey cam?
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fraisierdesbois
There's a couple of scenes filmed with a hand held camera, particularly in the flashbacks
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Is there hate speech?
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2koalas1motorcycle
A derogatory term for gay men is used repeatedly.
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Does an LGBT person die?
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fraisierdesbois
It's never stated if the character who dies was LGBT or not
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Cassiman
Rico repeatedly calls himself a cripple
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Race
Is there blackface?
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Mngwa
The TV briefly shows a minstrel show
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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Cassiman
Joe has sexual relationships with significantly older women as part of his job as a hustler
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
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2koalas1motorcycle
The movie is about a male prostitute.
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clur
It is vaguely implied that the relationship between the protagonist and his grandmother may have had inappropriate overtones
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Sickness
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Vehicular
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Is someone hit by a car?
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2koalas1motorcycle
There is a close call. The source of the now famous line "I'm walkin' here!" comes from one of the two leads almost being run into by an absent minded driver. He is unharmed.
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Is there blood/gore?
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fraisierdesbois
There's a brief scene where one of the characters donates blood for money
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Does someone drown?
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fraisierdesbois
No, but there's a flashback scene where we see a boy getting baptized in a river, and it's clearly a traumatic memory. Could be trigging for some.
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