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1. Hidalgo (2004)
PG-13 | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
In 1890, a down-and-out cowboy and his horse travel to Arabia to compete in a deadly cross desert horse race.
Director: Joe Johnston | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Omar Sharif, Zuleikha Robinson, Louise Lombard
Votes: 85,534 | Gross: $67.29M
2. Seabiscuit (2003)
PG-13 | 140 min | Drama, History, Sport
True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation.
Director: Gary Ross | Stars: Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges, Elizabeth Banks, Chris Cooper
Votes: 76,776 | Gross: $120.28M
3. Secretariat (2010)
PG | 123 min | Biography, Drama, Family
Penny Chenery Tweedy and colleagues guide her long-shot but precocious stallion to set, in 1973, the unbeaten record for winning the Triple Crown.
Director: Randall Wallace | Stars: Diane Lane, John Malkovich, Margo Martindale, Nelsan Ellis
Votes: 30,560 | Gross: $59.71M
4. Dreamer (2005)
PG | 106 min | Drama, Family, Sport
Cale Crane catalyzes the rescue and rehabilitation of Sonador, a race horse with a broken leg.
Director: John Gatins | Stars: Kurt Russell, Dakota Fanning, Oded Fehr, Kris Kristofferson
Votes: 14,084 | Gross: $32.70M
5. The Black Stallion (1979)
G | 118 min | Adventure, Family, Sport
After being shipwrecked with a magnificent horse off the coast of Africa in the 1940s, a boy bonds with the stallion, and trains him to race after their rescue.
Director: Carroll Ballard | Stars: Kelly Reno, Mickey Rooney, Teri Garr, Clarence Muse
Votes: 14,035
6. Racing Stripes (2005)
PG | 102 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
An abandoned zebra grows up believing he is a racehorse, and, with the help of his barnyard friends and a teenage girl, sets out to achieve his dream of racing with thoroughbreds.
Director: Frederik Du Chau | Stars: Frankie Muniz, David Spade, Snoop Dogg, Bruce Greenwood
Votes: 18,217 | Gross: $49.77M
7. National Velvet (1944)
Passed | 123 min | Drama, Family, Sport
A jaded former jockey helps a young girl prepare a wild but gifted horse for England's Grand National Sweepstakes.
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Elizabeth Taylor, Donald Crisp, Anne Revere
Votes: 8,000
8. Dream Horse (2020)
PG | 113 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Dream Alliance is an unlikely race horse bred by small-town Welsh bartender Jan Vokes. With no experience, Jan convinces her neighbors to chip in their meager earnings to help raise Dream in the hopes he can compete with the racing elites.
Director: Euros Lyn | Stars: Toni Collette, Owen Teale, Alan David, Lynda Baron
Votes: 6,943
9. Ride Like a Girl (2019)
PG | 98 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The story of Michelle Payne, the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup.
Director: Rachel Griffiths | Stars: Teresa Palmer, Sam Neill, Brooke Satchwell, Anneliese Apps
Votes: 4,677
10. Harry & Snowman (2015)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
The story of immigrant Harry DeLeyer and the plow horse he rescued from slaughter.
Director: Ron Davis | Stars: Harry DeLeyer, Harriet DeLeyer, Andre DeLeyer, Marty DeLeyer
Votes: 770 | Gross: $0.56M
11. Champions (1984)
PG | 106 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A British steeple chase jockey who, in the late 1970s, was diagnosed with cancer. Rather than succumb to the disease, however, Bob stages a miraculous recovery and goes on to win the 1981 Grand National steeplechase on the horse Aldaniti.
Director: John Irvin | Stars: John Hurt, Gregory Jones, Mick Dillon, Ann Bell
Votes: 748 | Gross: $0.17M
12. International Velvet (1978)
PG | 127 min | Drama, Family, Sport
Velvet's orphaned niece Sarah follows her dream of Olympic glory with her horse Arizona Pie.
Director: Bryan Forbes | Stars: Tatum O'Neal, Christopher Plummer, Anthony Hopkins, Nanette Newman
Votes: 1,640
13. Amazing Racer (2009)
PG | 92 min | Drama, Family, Sport
The death of a teenager's father leaves her orphaned until she discovers the mother she never knew. When she travels to meet her, she befriends a horse trainer. Together they win races and form new bonds that lead her back to happiness.
Director: Frank E. Johnson | Stars: Julianne Michelle, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen, Joanna Pacula
Votes: 809
14. Phar Lap (1983)
PG | 107 min | Biography, Drama, Family
The true story of a New Zealand racehorse that became a champion, with the help of a local stable-boy.
Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Tom Burlinson, Judy Morris, Martin Vaughan, Celia De Burgh
Votes: 1,967
15. Under My Skin (1950)
Approved | 86 min | Drama, Sport, Thriller
On the run from gamblers he double-crossed, expatriate jockey Danny Butler tries to justify his son's faith in him as a winner.
Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: John Garfield, Micheline Presle, Luther Adler, Orley Lindgren
Votes: 390
16. Centurion: The Dancing Stallion (2023)
PG | 98 min | Drama, Family
Ellissia, a college student takes part in a Mexican horse riding competition to temporarily escape her problems. Soon she discovered that her health conditions are to hinder her from pursuing her passion.
Director: Dana Gonzales | Stars: Aramis Knight, Amber Midthunder, Patricia De Leon, Adam Irigoyen
Votes: 121
17. National Velvet (1960– )
30 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Velvet Brown lives on a dairy farm with her parents Martha and Herbert, her brother Donald, her sister Edwina, and ex-jockey Mi Taylor; Edwina has a boyfriend named Teddy. Velvet owns a ... See full summary »
Stars: Lori Martin, Ann Doran, James McCallion, Arthur Space
Votes: 127
18. The Ride (I) (1997)
PG | 101 min | Drama, Family, Sport
A has-been cowboy is given a second chance at the hands of an unexpected teacher.
Director: Michael O. Sajbel | Stars: Michael Biehn, Brock Pierce, Charles Young, Clarence Felder
Votes: 535 | Gross: $0.19M
19. The Horsemen (1971)
PG | 109 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Drama depicting rural life in contemporary Afghanistan and the Afghani people's love for an ancient traditional sport similar to horseback polo.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Omar Sharif, Leigh Taylor-Young, Jack Palance, Peter Jeffrey
Votes: 1,327 | Gross: $0.07M
20. Shergar (1999)
95 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
When a young stable boy runs away from reform school, he befriends another fugitive, champion racehorse Shergar, kidnapped by the Irish Republican Army for ransom but now on the loose. Can the lad elude the abductors and rescue the horse?
Director: Dennis C. Lewiston | Stars: Alan Barker, Billy Boyle, Stephen Brennan, Gary Cady
Votes: 510
21. The Cup (2011)
PG | 99 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The 2002 Melbourne Cup horse race, brotherly love and the triumph of the human spirit. A true story.
Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Bryan Martin, Stephen Curry, Jodi Gordon, Daniel MacPherson
Votes: 857
22. Jappeloup (2013)
Not Rated | 130 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
A horse with amazing courage and a big heart.
Director: Christian Duguay | Stars: Guillaume Canet, Marina Hands, Daniel Auteuil, Lou de Laâge
Votes: 1,842
23. Casey's Shadow (1978)
PG | 117 min | Drama, Family, Sport
Casey is a young boy in a family that trains racehorses. His best friend, a foal they call "Casey's Shadow", looks to be a loser, but comes out a champion.
Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Walter Matthau, Alexis Smith, Robert Webber, Murray Hamilton
Votes: 681 | Gross: $8.00M
24. Ruffian (2007 TV Movie)
85 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
A look at the life of the thoroughbred filly that dominated horse racing in the early 1970s.
Director: Yves Simoneau | Stars: Sam Shepard, Frank Whaley, Mark Adam, Lisa Arnold
Votes: 507
25. Kentucky (1938)
Passed | 96 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Romeo and Juliet story set amidst horse racing in Kentucky. The family feud of lovers Jack and Sally goes back to the Civil War and is kept alive by her Uncle Peter.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Loretta Young, Richard Greene, Walter Brennan, Douglass Dumbrille
Votes: 680
26. She Monkeys (2011)
Not Rated | 84 min | Drama, Sport
Two adolescent girls on an equine acrobatics team form an intimate friendship that becomes threatened by their competitive nature.
Director: Lisa Aschan | Stars: Mathilda Paradeiser, Linda Molin, Isabella Lindquist, Sergej Merkusjev
Votes: 2,405
27. Ready to Run (2000 TV Movie)
TV-G | 96 min | Family, Sport
A 14-year-old girl who works at a racetrack trains a talking racehorse with issues, transforming him into a winner.
Director: Duwayne Dunham | Stars: Krystle Po, Jason Dohring, Lillian Hurst, Jon Brazier
Votes: 410
28. The Homestretch (1947)
Approved | 99 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
A film that qualifies as a Travelogue Documentary in that it contains footage of world famous race tracks such as England's Ascot, Palermo in South America, and Churchill Downs, Jamaica, ... See full summary »
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone | Stars: Cornel Wilde, Maureen O'Hara, Glenn Langan, Helen Walker
Votes: 114
29. Racing Lady (1937)
Approved | 59 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
A shrewd millionaire who owns races horses for publicity for his automobile business, claims ownership of a female horse trainer's thoroughbred in order to get the trainer.
Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: Ann Dvorak, Smith Ballew, Harry Carey, Berton Churchill
Votes: 153
30. That's My Man (1947)
Approved | 99 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
A poor young man is finally able to achieve his dream of running a horse at the track, but when he starts becoming successful, he begins to lose sight of what mattered to him before.
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Don Ameche, Catherine McLeod, Roscoe Karns, John Ridgely
Votes: 162
31. Boots Malone (1952)
Approved | 102 min | Drama, Sport
Rich kid ducks school and goes to the racetrack to learn how to be a jockey.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: William Holden, Stanley Clements, Basil Ruysdael, Carl Benton Reid
Votes: 463
32. King of the Turf (1939)
Approved | 88 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Mason is a former race-horse owner who gave up everything and started to drink after the death of one of his jockeys. One day he meets Goldie who has run away from home, hoping to find a ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Adolphe Menjou, Roger Daniel, Dolores Costello, Walter Abel
Votes: 25
33. In Harmony (2015)
87 min | Drama
An injured equestrian stuntman develops a bond with his insurance agent.
Director: Denis Dercourt | Stars: Albert Dupontel, Cécile de France, Patrick Mille, Carole Franck
Votes: 815 | Gross: $0.00M
34. The Great Dan Patch (1949)
Passed | 94 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
Story of the legendary trotting horse Dan Patch.
Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: Dennis O'Keefe, Gail Russell, Ruth Warrick, Charlotte Greenwood
Votes: 260
35. Run for the Roses (1977)
PG | 93 min | Drama, Sport
Juanito, a boy from Puerto Rico, finds himself in Kentucky and drawn to a thoroughbred horse. He believes the horse can win the Derby and eventually others around him start to think it's possible.
Director: Henry Levin | Stars: Vera Miles, Stuart Whitman, Sam Groom, Panchito Gómez
Votes: 128
36. Chasing the Win (2016)
82 min | Documentary, Sport
"There's only one way to win a race, and a million ways to lose it." Chasing the Win follows the meteoric rise of a rookie trainer, a down-on-his-luck owner, and their imperfect racehorse ... See full summary »
Directors: Chris Ghelfi, Laura Sheehy | Stars: Carl O'Callaghan, Patrick Sheehy, Denis Sheehy, Mike Smith
Votes: 143
37. The Fighting Chance (1955)
Approved | 70 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A horse trainer and his friend, a jockey, fall in love with the same girl. Complications ensue.
Director: William Witney | Stars: Rod Cameron, Julie London, Ben Cooper, Taylor Holmes
Votes: 43
38. The Winner's Circle (1948)
Passed | 74 min | Drama, Sport
The life story of a famous race horse, told primarily by a narrator in a semi-documentary fashion, with more than a little bit of revisionism. It begins with the colt's wobbly-legged days, ... See full summary »
Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Jean Willes, Morgan Farley, Johnny Longden, Robert S. Howard
39. Blue Grass of Kentucky (1950)
Passed | 72 min | Drama, Sport
While Kentucky is known as 'the blue grass state', the use of the term in this title is the name of the horse. The story revolves around a colt born in Kentucky and named "Blue Grass", the ... See full summary »
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Bill Williams, Jane Nigh, Ralph Morgan, Russell Hicks
Votes: 35
40. Crazy Over Horses (1951)
Approved | 65 min | Comedy
The boys get mixed up with a race horse and crooked gamblers.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Ted de Corsia, Allen Jenkins
Votes: 290
41. Legendary Equestrians: The Story of Edward D. Brown and the First Black Horsemen
Biography, Drama, Family | Announced
The plot revolves around an African American jockey-trainer combo in post-antebellum America along with his apprentices, whose love for horses and a desire to settle into a new world leads them on a journey of a lifetime.
42. Racing Luck (1948)
Approved | 66 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
Brother and sister "Boots" Warren and Phyllis Warren inherit two race horses. One of the horses is claimed by a rival horse-owner, Jeff Stuart, when it wins a claiming race at Santa Anita. ... See full summary »
Director: William Berke | Stars: Gloria Henry, Stanley Clements, David Bruce, Paula Raymond
43. Heart of Virginia (1948)
Passed | 60 min | Action, Drama, Sport
Moments before the start of a horse race, horse breeder Whit Galtry tells one of his employees, jockey Jimmy Easter, that he has bet a great deal of money on Jimmy's horse and that he ... See full synopsis »
Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: Janet Martin, Robert Lowery, Frankie Darro, Paul Hurst
Votes: 17
44. Kissing Cup (1913)
39 min | Short, Drama, Sport
A squire's jockey escapes kidnappers and flies to Sandown in time to win the race.
Director: Jack Hulcup | Stars: Harry Gilbey, Chrissie White, Cecil Mannering, Alec Worcester
45.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
Seabiscuit
(2003)
TV-G | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, History
He was boxy, with stumpy legs that wouldn't completely straighten a short straggly tail and an ungainly gait; though he didn't look the part, Seabiscuit was one of the most remarkable ... See full summary »
Director: Stephen Ives | Stars: Scott Glenn, Seabiscuit, Laura Hillenbrand, Farrell Jones
Votes: 115