A6-Horses, Brumby, Takhi, Lipizzaners, Mustangs
by road-traveled | created - 12 Apr 2014 | updated - 11 Dec 2017 | PublicBurros, Donkeys, Ponies, Mules. Work Horses, War Horses. Western Horses, Thoroughbreds, Racehorses. Cloud. Not on IMDb: 1)The Pacific Crest Trail: A Ride to Remember. Oregon Public Broadcasting DVD. 2010. A Washington couple with a ranch ride the entire length of the Pacific Crest Trail in 1 year, documenting their horseback ride. 2)Vaquero series.http://www.vaqueroseries.com/ 3). Wild Asia: The Arid Heart. Follows the Takhi, Prizewalski's horses through the seasons. Director: Alison Ballance. Filmed in Mongolia, India and Nepal.
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1. The Wild Pony (1983)
G | 87 min | Drama, Family
To save her ranch after the accidental death of her husband, a woman marries the man responsible for the mishap.
Director: Kevin Sullivan | Stars: Marilyn Lightstone, Art Hindle, Josh Byrne, Kelsey McLeod
Votes: 75
2. Lonely Are the Brave (1962)
Approved | 107 min | Drama, Western
A fiercely independent cowboy gets himself locked up in prison to escape with an old friend.
Director: David Miller | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands, Walter Matthau, Michael Kane
Votes: 9,963
Whiskey, the horse cowboy Jack has a running dialogue with. Early 1960s, Whiskey and Jack escape up a mountain, making it to the top and over.
3. Green Grass of Wyoming (1948)
Approved | 89 min | Drama, Family, Western
In Wyoming, several ranchers have their prized mares stolen by a big wild white stallion and must recover them before the Governor's Stake trotting race day.
Director: Louis King | Stars: Peggy Cummins, Charles Coburn, Robert Arthur, Lloyd Nolan
Votes: 475
4. Pit Pony (1999–2000)
TV-G | 22 min | Drama, Family, History
This Canadian series focuses on the McLean/Hall family in Nova Scotia in the early 1900s and their involvement in the coal industry. Young Willie enters the mines after his father's death ... See full summary »
Stars: Alex Wrathell, Jennie Raymond, Shaun Smyth, Elliot Page
Votes: 149
Ponies on Cape Breton Island. A Scottish boy and his pony. Filled with Scottish music. Canada Broadcasting Corporation.
5. Run Wild, Run Free (1969)
G | 100 min | Drama, Family
Philip Ransome, a boy from the west of England about ten-years-old, has been mute since age three and spends his days roaming the moors alone. His parents despair of a cure. One day, he ... See full summary »
Director: Richard C. Sarafian | Stars: John Mills, Gordon Jackson, Sylvia Syms, Mark Lester
Votes: 486
6. The Speed of Orange (2012)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
Prepare for the ride of a lifetime as you watch the award-winning story of GHL, a horse racing entity comprised of the Hunt family. From acclaimed director Justin Hunt, this documentary of ... See full summary »
Director: Justin Hunt | Stars: Kelly Ganzerla, Garrett Gomez, Devlin Hunt, Glen Hunt
Votes: 14
7. Horses of Gettysburg (2006 Video)
Not Rated | 116 min | Documentary, History, War
"Horses of Gettysburg" captures the relationship between soldiers and their horses.
Director: Mark Bussler | Star: Ron Maxwell
Votes: 30
8. The Red Pony (1949)
Passed | 89 min | Drama, Family, Western
A ranch boy is gifted with a colt, grows to love him but the colt escapes, with tragic results.
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Myrna Loy, Robert Mitchum, Louis Calhern, Shepperd Strudwick
Votes: 1,221
Tom and his pony. Salinas, California ranch, before WWI.
9. Brighty of the Grand Canyon (1966)
89 min | Drama, Family
The antics of a burro named Brighty is set among the grandeur of the Grand Canyon. The animal endures some perilous adventures before finding friendship with a prospector who finally strikes it rich.
Director: Norman Foster | Stars: Jiggs the Donkey, Joseph Cotten, Pat Conway, Dick Foran
Votes: 146
A burro who lived in the Grand Canyon in 1906. A pack of hunting dogs, a cougar, and pack mules. DVD special features include wildlife of the Grand Canyon, reptiles, and cougar featurettes. More information about Brighty. More extra features. Gorgeous views of the Grand Canyon.
10. Justin Morgan Had a Horse (1972)
TV-G | 91 min | Drama, Family, Western
The circumstances that led to the origination of the first American Bred Horse, the Morgan Horse.
Director: Hollingsworth Morse | Stars: Don Murray, R.G. Armstrong, Whit Bissell, Gary Crosby
Votes: 254
1700s, America The story of the foundation sire of the Morgan horse breed. Changing seasons.
11.
Nature (1982– )
Episode:
Legendary White Stallions
(2013)
TV-G | 54 min | Documentary, Family
From PBS - At the famous Spanish Riding School of Vienna, Lipizzaners and their riders have been keeping audiences in thrall for centuries. The school is a unique and elite university, ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Schlamberger | Star: F. Murray Abraham
Votes: 36
Lipizzaners. Horses running in the fields. The life of horses before their training, and after. History of horses.
12. Pit Pony (1997 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama
A young boy working in Nova Scotia's treacherous coal mines in the early 20th century finds a friend in ones of the ponies used to haul coal up from the tunnels to be used at the railway station and the steel mill.
Director: Eric Till | Stars: Ben Rose-Davis, Richard Donat, Jennie Raymond, Andrew Keilty
Votes: 298
12/14
13. War Horse: The Real Story (2012 TV Movie)
46 min | Documentary
Documentary about the roughly one million horses that were used by the British army during the first world war.
Director: George Pagliero | Stars: Russell Boulter, Mark Evans
Votes: 50
War Horses of WWI. Over a million horses served.
14. Bush Christmas (1947)
Passed | 80 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
In Australia, five children pursue horse thieves through the mountains.
Director: Ralph Smart | Stars: Chips Rafferty, John Fernside, Stan Tolhurst, Pat Penny
Votes: 526
Horses and a dog. 1940s Australian outback. Gorgeous scenery, -mountains, cliffs, woods, canyons. Children on horseback ride into the outback, looking for stolen horses. Their dog helps out.
15. Ride a Wild Pony (1975)
G | 91 min | Adventure, Family
A young teenage boy in Australia finds himself at odds with a crippled teenage girl over the ownership of a beloved pony.
Director: Don Chaffey | Stars: Michael Craig, John Meillon, Robert Bettles, Eva Griffith
Votes: 238
A Welsh pony in outback Australia, 400 miles from Sydney. A boy has the horse until the horse runs away, then a girl takes care of the pony. 1920s. Victoria and New South Wales. Ellison Ranch is portrayed by "Belltree", a 40 room homestead, built in 1907.
16. The Red Fury (1984)
PG | 105 min | Drama, Family
Lost and alone, a young Indian boy travels through the wilds of the Old West. He finds shelter with a widowed horse trainer, who names him Frankie and teaches the outcast the tricks of the trade.
Director: Lyman Dayton | Stars: Will Jordan, Katherine Cannon, Cal Bartlett, Alan Hale Jr.
Votes: 181
Pioneer days in Utah countryside. A horse and a boy, who has a way with horses. Nice countryside, trees and open land with rocky outcroppings.
17.
Travels to the edge with Art Wolfe (2007– )
Episode:
Mongolia: Mountain to Steppe
(2008)
Documentary
Stars: Byambadorj Altanhuyag, Art Wolfe
Votes: 7
Horses in Mongolia. Takhi horses and their importance. Horse racing by children. These episodes cover many areas, the native people, wildlife, land.
18. Danny (1979)
G | 90 min | Drama, Family
A young girl's special love for a horse helps them both.
Director: Gene Feldman | Stars: Page Feldman, Rebecca Page, Janet Zarish, Barbara Jean Earhardt
Votes: 135
A horse and a 12 year old girl. Riding, stables at a country estate. early 1970s New Jersey. Janie works on the estate, taking care of the horses, and eventually trains with the horse Danny for competition.
19. Wild Horse, Wild Ride (2011)
PG | 106 min | Documentary, Western
The Extreme Mustang Makeover Challenge is an annual contest that dares 100 people to each tame a totally wild mustang in order to get it adopted into a better life beyond federal corrals.
Directors: Alex Dawson, Greg Gricus | Star: Carlos Chee
Votes: 265
Mustangs trained for competition. Horse trainers around the country.
20. White Mane (1953)
Approved | 40 min | Short, Adventure, Drama
In the Camargue, France, a young boy bonds with a white haired horse that escaped from ranchers.
Director: Albert Lamorisse | Stars: Alain Emery, Laurent Roche, Clan-Clan, Pascal Lamorisse
Votes: 2,320
A boy and a horse. Filmed in the south of France -Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhone.
21. Into the West (1992)
PG | 97 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Grandpa Ward gives a horse he found to his grandchildren, who keep it in their tower-block flat in Dublin. The horse is stolen from them, and the two young boys set out to find it and flee on it.
Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Ellen Barkin, Ciarán Fitzgerald, Rúaidhrí Conroy
Votes: 3,184 | Gross: $4.79M
A horse, 2 boys, and a journey through Ireland, into the west.
22. 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: 14,045
Arabian Stallion. 1940s, off North Africa, the Mediterranean. Riding a horse on the beach. A horse rescues a boy from a shipwreck, and the horse and boy form a close bond. Filmed in Gearhart and Nehalem, Oregon/ Sardinia, Italy/ Canada
23. The Turin Horse (2011)
Not Rated | 155 min | Drama
A rural farmer is forced to confront the mortality of his faithful horse.
Directors: Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky | Stars: János Derzsi, Erika Bók, Mihály Kormos, Ricsi
Votes: 19,434 | Gross: $0.05M
A horse on a rural, remote farm in Hungary. 1889. Horse pulls cart to town and back, even though the horse is old and ill. Stone farmhouse and barn, hills, grasslands.
24. Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken (1991)
G | 88 min | Drama, Family, Romance
Thrilled by a performance she sees at a fair, Sonora Webster tries to land a spot as a daredevil who rides horses off of high dives.
Director: Steve Miner | Stars: Gabrielle Anwar, Michael Schoeffling, Cliff Robertson, Dylan Kussman
Votes: 5,873 | Gross: $7.30M
Horses. A girl with determination, and her love of horses. 1930s. Filmed in South Carolina. Atlantic City Boardwalk of 1930s. Mostly rural settings. Advisory -horse does stunts.
25. Au hasard Balthazar (1966)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
The story of a mistreated donkey and the people around him. A study on saintliness and a sister piece to Bresson's Mouchette.
Director: Robert Bresson | Stars: Anne Wiazemsky, Walter Green, François Lafarge, Jean-Claude Guilbert
Votes: 22,839 | Gross: $0.04M
A donkey on a French farm. Plowing, hauling hay.
26. The Princess Stallion (1997 TV Movie)
G | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
When her divorced mother dies, Sarah, a 15 year old Californian girl, is sent to live with her father on his farm in the Scottish highlands. There she meets a hermit (Fergus) who looks ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Haber | Stars: Ariana Richards, Andrew Keir, David Robb, Marcia Layton
Votes: 200
A horse on the Isle of Man. Border collies herding sheep. Nice views of countryside.
27. The Man from Snowy River (1982)
PG | 102 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In 1880s Australia, after young Jim Craig's father dies, he takes a job at the Harrison cattle ranch, where he is forced to become a man.
Director: George Miller | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Tom Burlinson, Terence Donovan, Tommy Dysart
Votes: 10,033 | Gross: $20.66M
A herd of Brumby. Victoria, Australia, 1880s.
28. The Silver Brumby (1993)
G | 93 min | Drama, Family
A mother tells her daughter a fable about the prince of the brumbies, brumby being a term for the feral horses of Australia, who must find its place among its kind, while one man makes it his mission to capture it and tame it.
Director: John Tatoulis | Stars: Caroline Goodall, Russell Crowe, Amiel Daemion, Johnny Raaen
Votes: 1,260
A brumby is a feral horse in Australia. An Australian Blue Heeler follows the man and his horse. Horses running through the falling snow. Horses running through the fields and forests. Gorgeous gum tree forests, panoramic views of Australian highlands. Filmed in Victoria at Dinner Plain, Bindi, Cobungra Station, Mount Hotham.
29. The Irish R.M. (1983–1985)
TV-14 | Comedy, Drama, History
When sent to Ireland as magistrate, Major Yeates discovers the justice system must bend to suit local needs, where not everything is as it seems.
Stars: Peter Bowles, Bryan Murray, Anna Manahan, Brendan Conroy
Votes: 272
Horses in County Kildare, rural Ireland, 1890s. Cart horses, fox hunting horses. Sidesaddle riding, horses and a castle. Polo.
30. Buck (2011)
PG | 88 min | Documentary
An examination of the life of acclaimed 'horse whisperer' Buck Brannaman, who recovered from years of child abuse to become a well-known expert in the interactions between horses and people.
Director: Cindy Meehl | Stars: Buck Brannaman, Gary Myers, Bibb Frazier, Betty Staley
Votes: 3,432 | Gross: $4.02M
Horses and Buck. 5/14
31. The Horse Boy (2009)
Unrated | 93 min | Documentary
A writer documents the journey his family takes to Mongolia to consult with nomadic shamans on the healing of their autistic son.
Director: Michel Orion Scott | Stars: Rupert Isaacson, Kristin Neff, Rowan Isaacson, Kendal Stewart
Votes: 720 | Gross: $0.16M
Animals, especially horses, that have a special reciprocal connection with a boy. Riding horses in Mongolia, hills and mountains. Gorgeous country. Mongolian reindeer people and their reindeer herd. Shamanism and healing. Filmed in Inner Mongolia and a Texas ranch.
32. Misty (1961)
Approved | 91 min | Drama, Family
Every year the Chincoteague fire department rounds up the wild ponies of Assateague Island, and then auctions off the colts and yearlings to thin out the herd. A young brother and sister, ... See full summary »
Director: James B. Clark | Stars: David Ladd, Arthur O'Connell, Pam Smith, Anne Seymour
Votes: 379
A colt named Misty. Horses on an island. Filmed on the islands of Chincoteague and Assateague, Virginia. Horse and riders take a small boat across the channel. Horses swimming across the channel. Running horses along the beach. 1950s era. Cars with tail fins towing horse trailers. Numerous scenes filmed in kitchen with old gas stove.
33. Running Free (1999)
G | 81 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The tale of the extraordinary life and times of Lucky, a horse that was born in captivity but achieves his dream of running free with the help of a stableboy.
Director: Sergei Bodrov | Stars: Chase Moore, Maria Geelbooi, Arie Verveen, Jan Decleir
Votes: 728 | Gross: $0.10M
Horses in Africa, 1914.
34.
The Irish R.M. (1983–1985)
Episode:
A Royal Command
(1984)
TV-14 | 51 min | Comedy, Drama, History
The Maharajah and his Indian polo team, visiting Skebawn, accept a "friendly" challenge from Flurry. To ensure he comes out ahead, Flurry sells a seemingly docile filly to John Cullinane.
Director: Peter Sykes | Stars: Peter Bowles, Bryan Murray, Doran Godwin, Lise Ann McLaughlin
Votes: 14
A polo match in rural Ireland, 1890s.
35.
The Irish R.M. (1983–1985)
Episode:
A Misdeal
(1983)
TV-14 | 50 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Sally's new neighbor, Mr. Shoot, seeks help buying a horse. When the Knoxs and Yeates take him to the market, they are surprised to learn how clueless he really is. Flurry becomes jealous of Mr. Shoot's attention to Sally.
Directors: Robert Chetwyn, John Howard | Stars: Peter Bowles, Bryan Murray, Doran Godwin, Lise Ann McLaughlin
Votes: 21
horse race, rural Ireland, 1890s.
36. The Last Victory (2004)
88 min | Documentary
Documents the summer days in 2003 leading up to the running of Siena's Palio, a horse race around the city center, that dates back hundreds of years. Seventeen neighborhoods compete. This ... See full summary »
Director: John Appel | Stars: Egidio Mecacci, Paolo Rossi, Alma Savini, Roberto Papei
Votes: 167
Siena's Palio horse race, Tuscany, Italy. Horses ridden bareback around the city center, Piazza del Campo. Summer, 2003. No traffic in cobblestone streets, few vehicles. Panoramic views of town and countryside, gorgeous scenes. A 92 year old man and his comments of the race.
37. Seabiscuit (1939)
Unrated | 50 min | Documentary
Original Documentary of the horse Seabiscuit, made in 1939 by the horse's owner Charles Howard.
Director: Manny Nathan | Stars: Martin Mason, Doc Bond, Charles Howard, Mrs. Charles Howard
Votes: 119
Charles Howard, Seabiscuit's owner, made this documentary in honor of Seabiscuit being Horse of the Year. Seabiscuit, from being born to winning races.
38.
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
Jockey Red Pollard and Seabiscuit and their special bond from their first meeting. Emotional story.
39. 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: 681
Begins during the Civil War, then later in 1938. Racehorses shown- Man O' War, War Admiral, Omaha, Gallant Fox, Bluegrass, Postman
40. The First Saturday in May (2007)
PG-13 | 96 min | Documentary, Sport
Follow six diverse trainers as they jockey for position along the 2006 Kentucky Derby trail.
Directors: Brad Hennegan, John Hennegan | Stars: Frank Amonte, Barbaro, Peter Brette, Chuck Chambers
Votes: 142 | Gross: $0.12M
6 thoroughbreds -Barbaro, Achilles of Troy, Brother Derek, Lawyer Ron, Jazil, and Sharp Humor. 6 horses and their team followed through to their entrance into the Kentucky Derby May 1st. Horses from New York, California, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky and Dubai.
41. 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: 508
Ruffian, a race horse, winning her first ten races and setting records. 1970s. Filmed in Louisiana. DVD has commentary, many other great extras.
42. Barbaro: A Nation's Horse (2007 TV Movie)
Sport
Documentary special detailing the life and death of "Barbaro" - Kentucky derby winning race horse put down following the breaking of his leg.
Director: Rob Highland
Votes: 12
Barbaro, all of his races.
43.
ESPN Films (2011–2021)
Episode:
Charismatic
(2011)
52 min | Documentary
In June of 1999 an unlikely colt named Charismatic, with down and out jockey Chris Antley aboard, headed down the stretch at the Belmont Stakes, just seconds away from becoming the first Triple Crown winner in nearly 21 years.
Directors: Jonathan Koch, Steven Michaels, Joel Surnow | Stars: Chris Antley, Jay Hovdey, D. Wayne Lukas, William Nack
Votes: 164
A horse, Charismatic. A jockey, Chris Antley. 1999 -Charismatic wins the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness.
44. The Rocking Horse Winner (1949)
Approved | 91 min | Drama, Fantasy
A young boy receives a rocking horse for Christmas and soon learns that he is able to pick the winning horse at the races.
Director: Anthony Pelissier | Stars: Valerie Hobson, John Howard Davies, Ronald Squire, John Mills
Votes: 1,415
Horse racing in late 1940s. A rocking horse and it's rider know who the next race winner will be. Racetrack in the late 1940s. Rocking horse has gaping mouth, wild eyes, raised brows, flared nostrils. Adult film.
45. Glory (1956)
Approved | 100 min | Drama
Clarabel lives on a Kentucky horse farm and has a special love for the filly Glory. With the help of Chad, Clarabel can prevent Glory's sale and keep her to train her and eventually enter her for the Kentucky Derby.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Margaret O'Brien, Walter Brennan, Charlotte Greenwood, John Lupton
Votes: 216
Kentucky racehorses
46. Sporting Blood (1931)
Passed | 82 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
The saga of thoroughbred Tommy Boy, born in a rain puddle, and his various owners as he evolves into a a champion stakes horse.
Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Clark Gable, Ernest Torrence, Madge Evans, Lew Cody
Votes: 379
A Thoroughbred race horse in Kentucky, around 1930. Filmed in Hopkinsville and Lexington Kentucky, and Walnut Creek, California. A look at behind the scenes of racing a horse.
47. Dick Francis: Twice Shy (1989 TV Movie)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
A fool-proof formula for picking winning horses on a computer disc is the Maguffin sought by Cleveland and others.
Director: Deirdre Friel | Stars: Ian McShane, Kate McKenzie, Karl Hayden, Dearbhla Molloy
Votes: 77
Racehorses, Ireland, 1980s. Computers in the 1980s predict races.
48. Francis Goes to the Races (1951)
Approved | 88 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
The owner of a talking mule, now a horse-breeder, gets involved with gangsters.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Donald O'Connor, Piper Laurie, Cecil Kellaway, Jesse White
Votes: 573
A mule and racehorses, 1950 era.
49. The Dick Francis Thriller: The Racing Game (1979–1980)
309 min | Mystery
The cases of a disabled jockey turned private detective specializing in investigations involving horse racing.
Stars: Mike Gwilym, Mick Ford, James Maxwell, Susan Wooldridge
Votes: 67
Horses racing in the UK, 1970s. Horse racing world, the people involved in horse racing. UK countryside.
50. Luck (2011–2012)
TV-MA | 52 min | Drama, Sport
A television series centered around characters who are tied to the same horse-racing track.
Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Farina, John Ortiz, Richard Kind
Votes: 6,215
Horses at the Santa Anita racetrack, Arcadia, California. Late 2000 era. http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/myths-the-horse-racing-industry-spreads/
51. 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
52. A Day at the Races (1937)
Passed | 111 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
A veterinarian posing as a doctor teams with a singer and his friends as they struggle to save an upstate New York sanitarium with the help of a misfit racehorse.
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Allan Jones
Votes: 14,586
Race horses at the Santa Anita racetrack, Arcadia, California. 1930s.
53. Rough Diamond (2006–2007)
Drama
Beautiful rural Ireland. Elegant racehorses. Money. Family. A David and Goliath family drama pitting brilliant, but near bankrupt, young trainer Aidan against mega rich neighbour Mr. ... See full summary »
Stars: Conor Mullen, Stanley Townsend, Lorraine Pilkington, Eamon Morrissey
Votes: 65
55. Chasing (I) (2013)
24 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Inside the world of American Steeplechasing, showing the timeless and exciting process of training and racing horses through the eyes of an injured jockey learning to cope with his new reality.
Director: Kristy Cecil | Stars: Jake Chalfin, Ricky Hendriks, Sanna Hendriks
56. Secretariat's Jockey: Ron Turcotte (2013)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary
Secretariat's legendary jockey Ron Turcotte is one of the few champions to have won the prestigious American Triple Crown. This is the remarkable story of Turcotte's rise to fame in 1973.
Director: Phil Comeau | Stars: Penny Chenery, Ron Turcotte
Votes: 19
57. Penny & Red: The Life of Secretariat's Owner (2013)
60 min | Documentary, Biography, History
From her parents' climb out of poverty to her own emergence as the 'First Lady of Racing,' Penny Chenery has always been fueled by the love of horses. Forever paired with the great ... See full summary »
Director: John Tweedy | Star: Diane Lane
Votes: 16
58. D'artagnan is the Champion (2014)
72 min | Documentary, Comedy
In this experimental southern comedy, documentarian Missy Palmer adds her unique spin to the life story of Daddy O' the rescue horse. She traces his roots - from the Atlanta ghetto to his ... See full summary »
Director: Missy Palmer | Stars: Wild Bill, D'Artagnan the Horse, Alex Marks, Leah Marks
Votes: 14
59. 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: 750 | Gross: $0.17M
60. Jasper's Derby (1946)
Passed | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Jasper is attending the Kentucky Derby and befriends an old racehorse. During the race, Jasper plays a violin solo that inspires the horse to win the race. The finale finds the horse enjoying the fruit of his victory - a mint-julep.
Director: Duke Goldstone | Star: Sara Berner
Votes: 46
61. The Rocking Horse Winner (1997)
Not Rated | 23 min | Short, Drama
A gambler comes to live with his sister and discovers his young nephew can predict the winner of horse races by riding on his rocking horse.
Director: Michael Almereyda | Stars: Jesse Forrestal, Eric Stoltz, Paula Malcomson, Walter Benitez
Votes: 122
predicting horse races.
62.
Mist: Sheepdog Tales (2007–2009)
Episode:
Lost and Hound
(2008)
Adventure, Family
Mist is accidentally shut in a sheep trailer and driven miles away from Borough Farm, to the far side of Exmoor. On her long trek home she encounters the good, the bad and the barmy.
Directors: David Kennard, Richard Overall | Stars: Adie Allen, Vanessa Clarke, Karyn Claydon, Mel Giedroyc
Ponies near Devon, England. Sheepdog Mist gets lost in Exmoor, and tries to find her way back to her Borough farm in Devon. On the way, she meets singing ponies. The ponies tell Sheepdog Mist to follow the sun, it will take her to her farm. Devon, Exmoor England, UK
63. Thicker Than Water (2005 TV Movie)
G | 120 min | Drama
After discovering her late father once married a rodeo queen, an attorney travels into horse country and finds more family.
Director: David S. Cass Sr. | Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Lindsay Wagner, Brian Wimmer, Lindy Newton
Votes: 584
Horses in California oak tree country, with magnificent large old oaks. English saddle riding and jumping.
64. The Farmer and the Horse (2010)
Not Rated | 77 min | Documentary, History, News
Farming in the Garden State is tough. It's even tougher without a tractor. In New Jersey, farmland is more expensive than anywhere else. It's not an easy place to try to start a career as a... See full summary »
Director: Jared Flesher
Votes: 9
Farming with horses.
65. My Friend Flicka (1943)
Passed | 89 min | Action, Drama, Family
Ken McLaughlin struggles to please his family in any way. He comes back from boarding school boasting poor grades and facing going through the fifth grade again, much to his fathers dismay.... See full summary »
Director: Harold D. Schuster | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Preston Foster, Rita Johnson, James Bell
Votes: 1,052
A horse ranch in the high country, western USA. Filmed in Wyoming, or some sources say Utah. Aspen, pine, meadows, lakes. A herd of horses. Early 1940 era.
66.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Building Pharaoh's Chariot
(2013)
TV-G | 53 min | Documentary
A team of archaeologists, engineers, woodworkers, and horse trainers join forces to build and test two highly accurate replicas of Egyptian royal chariots.
Director: Martin O'Collins | Stars: Demetri Goritsas, Stephen Harvey, Bela Sandor, Mike Loades
Votes: 94
Horses pulling chariots built to replicate Egyptian royal chariots 3600 years ago.
67.
Natural World (1983– )
Episode:
A Tiger Called Broken Tail
(2011)
Documentary
Passionate English conservationist Collin Stafford-Johnson and his Indian local friend - Hindi interpreter Salim started a unique documentary on a tiger family in Ranthambhore National Park... See full summary »
Star: Colin Stafford-Johnson
Votes: 21
Horseback riding through India, trying to find a tiger. Two horses are ridden 100 miles through India countrside.
68.
Travels to the edge with Art Wolfe (2007– )
Episode:
West Africa: Togo and Benin
(2007)
Documentary
Star: Art Wolfe
Votes: 7
Benin horses. West Africa. A brief look at the Benin horse culture. Horses decorated in brilliant colors, fabrics, unique decoration.
69.
Nature (1982– )
Episode:
Horse and Rider
(2002)
TV-PG | Documentary, Family
Every relationship between horse and rider rests on a few fundamental principles - understanding the animal, building trust, communication and working in unison.
Director: Tom Simon
Votes: 9
various styles of riding, roping.
70. Incredible Creatures That Defy Evolution (2000 Video)
62 min | Documentary
Creationist Jobe Martin argues that some organisms possess characteristics that are better explained by creation by design rather than by evolution. These organisms include the Bombardier ... See full summary »
Director: Steve Greisen | Stars: David Hames, Jobe Martin
Votes: 48
Horses having sophisticated and complex designs, defying evolution.
71. The Silk Road (1980–1981)
Documentary
Since the first century to 1650, a whole network of trade routes crossed the Eurasian continent, from China to the shores of the Mediterranean, which was the main caravan route between East and West.
Stars: Lars Svedberg, Kôji Ishizaka, Graham Webster
Votes: 177
Horses, camels, yaks and oxen transported loads over the Silk Road. Camels probably most significant to the Silk Road trade because they could carry 400 pounds. Animals and their part in the Silk Road. Horses, goats, camels. Goat skins were used as floaters for rafts crossing the Yellow River, to continue on the Silk Road.
72. The Colt (2005 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 80 min | Action, Drama, History
During the heat of battle in the midst of the Civil War, a beguilingly innocent colt is born to Union Jim Rabb's beloved mare. Refusing the orders to shoot it, lest it prove a hindrance, ... See full summary »
Director: Yelena Lanskaya | Stars: Ryan Merriman, Steve Bacic, William MacDonald, Darcy Belsher
Votes: 567
73. 40,000 Horsemen (1940)
Approved | 100 min | Drama, History, War
Three young Australians join the army at the beginning of World War I and are assigned to the Australian Light Horse cavalry, which is serving in Palestine. The three eventually take part ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Chauvel | Stars: Grant Taylor, Betty Bryant, Chips Rafferty, Pat Twohill
Votes: 240
74.
Nature (1982– )
Episode:
Wild Horses of Mongolia with Julia Roberts
(2000)
TV-PG | 55 min | Documentary, Family
Horse loving actress Julia Roberts spends time with nomads in Mongolia and experiences their lifestyle in which horses play an important role.
Director: Nigel Cole | Star: Julia Roberts
Votes: 117
75. The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady (1984– )
Biography, Drama, Romance
Gentle drama series about the Warwickshire schoolteacher whose nature diary became a best seller
Stars: Pippa Guard, Brian Rawlinson, Isabelle Amyes, Allyson Rees
Votes: 30
Wildlife and farm animals. West Midland, England. Wildlife in the countryside through the seasons. Farm animals.
76. La balsa de piedra (2002)
103 min | Drama, Fantasy
An inexplicable crack in the Pyrenees Mountains provokes excitement and scientific curiosity. As the geological fracture deepens and widens, the European community begins to disassociate ... See full summary »
Director: George Sluizer | Stars: Federico Luppi, Icíar Bollaín, Gabino Diego, Ana Padrão
Votes: 661
a horse, a dog, and a flock of traveling starlings. Pyrenees.
77. Summer of the Colt (1989)
Not Rated | 100 min | Family, Drama
This award-winning film by André Melançon -- set on a ranch on the pampas of Argentina -- tells the story of three children spending a summer with their grandfather. The youngest, Felipe, ... See full summary »
Director: André Melançon | Stars: Héctor Alterio, China Zorrilla, Alexandra London-Thompson, Juan De Benedictis
Votes: 133
Horses running in the fields in Argentina. Kids riding horses. Polo with kids riding the horses. Wonderful little black and white dog.
78. Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
88 min | Drama, Fantasy, Family
Life changes dramatically for a Czech housemaid when the family coachman gives her three magical hazelnuts.
Director: Václav Vorlícek | Stars: Libuse Safránková, Pavel Trávnícek, Carola Braunbock, Rolf Hoppe
Votes: 11,648
A horse, a dog, an owl, doves, and Cinderella's friendship with them. Medieval times. Filmed in Czech Republic, and Moritzburg Castle, Saxony, Germany. 5/14
79. Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
A documentary depicting the life and work of the trappers of Bakhtia, a village in the heart of the Siberian Taiga, where daily life has changed little in over a century.
Directors: Werner Herzog, Dmitry Vasyukov | Stars: Werner Herzog, Gennady Soloviev, Anatoly Blumei, Gennady Tiganov
Votes: 8,930 | Gross: $0.34M
On this disc is another documentary, Chasing spring in West Siberia. Siberian wildlife. Traveling from the steppes in the south to the Arctic. Director: Valeri Krylov. 2011. Interesting music featuring Strauss, Ravel, Bizet, more. Frogs, squirrels, fish, birds, beavers, muskrats, reindeer. Excellent wildlife views and panoramic views of the country.
80.
Nature (1982– )
Episode:
Cloud: Challenge of the Stallions
(2009)
TV-PG | Documentary, Family
The continuing saga of Cloud, the wild, white stallion now in his prime, returns viewers to the Arrowhead Mountains of Montana.
Director: Kelly Bryarly
Votes: 27
3rd chapter. With Ginger Kathrens. Arrowheads, Sykes ridge Montana. Winter Ride, 14 minute behind the scenes of. Riding horses in Cloud country, trying to find Cloud in April. Cloud, the almost white stallion and his family. Many panoramic views of mountainous wilderness.
81.
The Adventures of Spin and Marty (1955)
Episode:
The 'Triple R'
(1955)
Adventure, Western, Family
Ollie, head wrangler for the Triple R Ranch, herds the riding stock from the range into the corral where the boys arriving for summer camp can see them. Spin, a highly competent camper from... See full summary »
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Tim Considine, David Stollery, Roy Barcroft, Harry Carey Jr.
Votes: 31
Horses at a boy's camp, on a ranch.
82. Smoky (1946)
Passed | 87 min | Drama, Family, Music
Drama about the strong bond between a cowpoke and a wild bronco set during the 1940s.
Director: Louis King | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Anne Baxter, Burl Ives, Bruce Cabot
Votes: 463
83. In Old Amarillo (1951)
Approved | 67 min | Drama, Music, Western
A drought is about to end the cattle business. The owner of a canning factory wants to buy all the remaining cattle cheap. He plans to ruin the cattlemen's plans to ship water by train and ... See full summary »
Director: William Witney | Stars: Roy Rogers, Trigger, Estelita Rodriguez, Penny Edwards
Votes: 91
84. The Adventures of Champion (1955–1956)
30 min | Western
The exploits of Champion, a wild stallion who befriends twelve year-old Ricky North in the American Southwest in the 1880's. Although Ricky, who lived on his Uncle Sandy's ranch, had a ... See full summary »
Stars: Champion, Barry Curtis, Jim Bannon, Blaze
Votes: 177
85. Rainbow Over the Range (1940)
Passed | 60 min | Drama, Music, Western
A U.S. marshal is sent to investigate a gang that is stealing horses from the cavalry.
Director: Albert Herman | Stars: Tex Ritter, Dorothy Fay, Slim Andrews, Gene Alsace
Votes: 33
86. Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (1937)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A cocky young jockey who gets mixed up with some crooked gamblers befriends an English lad with a fast horse and the niece of a woman who runs a boarding house for jockeys.
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Sophie Tucker, C. Aubrey Smith
Votes: 655
87. Phantom Stallion (1954)
Approved | 54 min | Drama, Western
Ex-cavalry buddies, Rex and Slim, band together to capture a wild stallion, solve a murder and thwart the killers from cheating a boy out of his inheritance.
Director: Harry Keller | Stars: Rex Allen, Koko, Slim Pickens, Carla Balenda
Votes: 33
88. The Red Stallion (1947)
Passed | 81 min | Drama, Family, Western
A mare dies while foaling the Red Stallion. He is reared by a boy and is entered in a big race - something like the Kentucky Derby.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Robert Paige, Noreen Nash, Ted Donaldson, Jane Darwell
Votes: 137
89. 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: 1,843
90. Moondance Alexander (2007)
G | 94 min | Drama, Family
Moondance (Kay Panabaker) is faced with her father's passing and her overprotective mother (Lori Loughlin). When she finds a lost horse and discovers his abilities, she convinces his owner (Don Johnson) to train them to compete.
Director: Michael Damian | Stars: Kay Panabaker, Don Johnson, Lori Loughlin, James Best
Votes: 1,455 | Gross: $0.04M
91. Thunderhead: Son of Flicka (1945)
Approved | 78 min | Action, Drama, Family
A young boy tries to train Thunderhead, a beautiful white colt and the son of his beloved Flicka, to be a champion race horse.
Director: Louis King | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Preston Foster, Rita Johnson, James Bell
Votes: 409
92.
The Wonderful World of Disney (1997–2023)
Episode:
Flash
(1997)
Not Rated | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A boy falls in love with a horse named Flash that's for sale. He gets a job to earn the money to buy the horse, but he's forced to sell when the family falls upon hard times. This family-oriented drama proceeds from there.
Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Lucas Black, Brian Kerwin, Shawn Toovey, Tom Nowicki
Votes: 824
93. The New Adventures of the Black Stallion (1990–1993)
30 min | Adventure, Family
Inspired by the novels of Walter Farley. After being shipwrecked on a remote desert island, courageous, young Alec Ramsay and a wild Arabian stallion named the "Black," form an irrevocable ... See full summary »
Stars: Mickey Rooney, Richard Ian Cox, Docs Keepin Time, Marian Filali
Votes: 440
94. Touching Wild Horses (2002)
PG | 91 min | Drama
After a car accident that claimed his father and sister's lives and left his mother in a coma, a boy is sent to live with his reclusive aunt on Sable Island, a world-renowned wild horse preserve.
Director: Eleanore Lindo | Stars: Mark Rendall, Jane Seymour, Charles Martin Smith, Gloria Slade
Votes: 511
95. The Wild Horse Redemption (2007)
Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary
At a prison in the high desert foothills of the Colorado Rocky Mountains, hard-core criminals are given 90 days to tame wild mustang horses. Most of the inmates who volunteer for the ... See full summary »
Director: John Zaritsky
Votes: 162
96. Tonka (1958)
Approved | 97 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The remarkable and ironical story of a wild colt that changes owners around the time of the Great Sioux War of 1876.
Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: Sal Mineo, Philip Carey, Jerome Courtland, H.M. Wynant
Votes: 513
97. Three Warriors (1977)
G | 100 min | Drama
Young troublemaker Michael learns about his native American roots from his grandfather, who lives on a reservation. The boy starts to bond with a horse his grandfather buys him, who he ... See full summary »
Director: Kieth Merrill | Stars: Charles White-Eagle, McKee Redwing, Lois Red Elk, Randy Quaid
Votes: 99
98. In Pursuit of Honor (1995 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 111 min | Drama, Western
In 1932, a modernizing U.S. Army orders the Cavalry to destroy its horses but some sympathetic cavalrymen, defying orders, steal the horses in order to save them from destruction, to the dismay of the top Army-brass.
Director: Ken Olin | Stars: Don Johnson, Craig Sheffer, Gabrielle Anwar, Bob Gunton
Votes: 1,723
99. Run, Appaloosa, Run (1966)
TV-G | 47 min | Drama, Family
Mary and her horse Holy Smoke participate in a wild horse race.
Director: Larry Lansburgh | Stars: Rex Allen, Walter Cloud, Jerry Gatlin, Adele Palacios
Votes: 81
100. Born to Buck (1966)
Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary
Bronco riders travel through South Dakota and round up 400 wild horses in danger of extinction, then bring them to Fort Pierre where they are ridden by broncobusters in rodeo competition.
Director: Casey Tibbs | Stars: Casey Tibbs, Rex Allen, Bill Barnes, Ken Cooper
Votes: 8
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