The Last Picture Show (1971)

Directed by Peter Bogdanovich
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High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating a local beauty, while Sonny is having an affair with the coach's wife. As graduation nears and both boys contemplate their futures, Duane eyes the army and Sonny takes over a local business. Each struggles to figure out if he can escape this dead-end town and build a better life somewhere else.

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  1. The Graduate (1967)
    "Bogdanovich's coming-of-age film extends The Graduate's older-woman/younger-man dynamic and disillusioned-young-man register into small-town Texas." source

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  1. Hell or High Water (2016)
    "Directed by Peter Bogdanovich, this film explores the lives of young people in a declining Texas town. Mackenzie acknowledged its influence, noting that "Hell or High Water" even filmed a bank robbery scene in Archer City, Texas, where "The Last Picture Show" was set." Hell Or High Water director David Mackenzie on making movies fast and loose AV Club

The Last Picture Show (1971), directed by Peter Bogdanovich, was inspired by 1 earlier film — including The Graduate — and has been cited as an influence on 1 later work, such as Hell or High Water. Check out the citations below.