# Movies like Urban Cowboy

> Films most similar to Urban Cowboy (1980) — director DNA, mood, and decade spread.

Source: <https://nextmovie4u.com/like/urban-cowboy-1980/>

## 11 films in this list

- **[The Unbearable Lightness of Being](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-unbearable-lightness-of-being-1988/)** (1988) — ★ 6.9 · 514 votes · bittersweet, cerebral, tender
- **[Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/greystoke-the-legend-of-tarzan-lord-of-the-apes-1984/)** (1984) — ★ 6.4 · 500 votes · bittersweet, epic, outsider
- **[Yentl](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/yentl-1983/)** (1983) — ★ 6.7 · 259 votes · bittersweet, cerebral, outsider
- **[Lady Jane](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/lady-jane-1986/)** (1986) — ★ 6.9 · 110 votes · bittersweet, tender
- **[Heaven's Gate](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/heaven-s-gate-1980/)** (1980) — ★ 6.8 · 406 votes · epic, raw, slow-burn
- **[Reds](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/reds-1981/)** (1981) — ★ 6.9 · 374 votes · bittersweet, cerebral, epic
- **[Valmont](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/valmont-1989/)** (1989) — ★ 6.7 · 295 votes · bittersweet, tender
- **[Ain't Them Bodies Saints](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/ain-t-them-bodies-saints-2013/)** (2013) — ★ 6.1 · 458 votes · bittersweet, outsider, slow-burn
- **[Strange Way of Life](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/strange-way-of-life-2023/)** (2023) — ★ 6.3 · 374 votes
- **[Ride with the Devil](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/ride-with-the-devil-1999/)** (1999) — ★ 6.4 · 207 votes
- **[Perfect](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/perfect-1985/)** (1985) — ★ 5.7 · 199 votes · cozy, playful

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