Midnight Cowboy 午夜牛郎

Dreaming of an easy life as a fantasy cowboy stud, cheerful Texas rube Joe Buck heads to New York City to be a gigolo, but he quickly discovers that hustling isn't what he thought it would be after he winds up paying his first trick. He gets swindled by gimpy tubercular grifter Rico "Ratso" Rizzo but, when Joe falls in the direst of straits, Ratso takes Joe into his condemned apartment so that they can help each other survive. Things start to look up when Joe finally lands his first legit female customer at a Warhol-esque party; Ratso's health, however, fails. Joe turns a final trick to get the money for one selfless goal: taking Ratso out of New York to his dream life in Miami.

生活清贫的牛仔乔从老家来到纽约讨生活，他自认为风流倜傥，因此想在纽约当个男妓混口饭吃。当他第一天来到纽约时，就在大街上勾搭女人。不料，人地生疏的他生意不成反而亏了20块钱。沮丧的乔遇到了专靠骗点小钱为生的里佐，里佐骗乔说他认识一个男妓集团的首脑，但要收20元作为中介费。但里佐只是把乔介绍给了一个同性恋的拉皮条，愤怒的乔随后找到了里佐。里佐收留了无家可归的乔，两人渐渐成了无所不谈的好朋友。

里佐向往迈阿密的生活，他邀请乔和他一起到迈阿密去闯世界。生活无着的两人这晚来到一家地下酒吧去碰运气，当乔终于搞到一单生意后，体力不支的里佐摔下了楼梯。奄奄一息的里佐此时最记挂的仍是迈阿密家乡的阳光，乔为了完成朋友的愿望，开始铤而走险。

推荐理由：影片凸显了牛仔来到大都市时眼花缭乱的主观感受，被媒体称为“纽约街头生活的风俗画”和“垃圾箱里的浪漫主义”。同时本片第一次在美国影坛上直言不讳地揭示了同性恋问题。