Movies about Horses
A list of movies about horses. This list is an homage to all the horse lovers out there. Some are based on real horses and some are purely fictional
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- DirectorGary RossStarsTobey MaguireJeff BridgesElizabeth BanksTrue 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.
- DirectorRandall WallaceStarsDiane LaneJohn MalkovichMargo MartindalePenny Chenery Tweedy and colleagues guide her long-shot but precocious stallion to set, in 1973, the unbeaten record for winning the Triple Crown.
- DirectorAshley AvisStarsKate WinsletMackenzie FoyIain GlenA wild horse and a teenage girl forge an unbreakable bond which keeps them connected for a lifetime.
- DirectorCarroll BallardStarsKelly RenoMickey RooneyTeri GarrAfter 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.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsJeremy IrvineEmily WatsonDavid ThewlisA young farm boy enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry. His hopeful journey takes him out of England and onto the front lines as the war rages on.
- DirectorJoe JohnstonStarsViggo MortensenOmar SharifZuleikha RobinsonIn 1890, a down-and-out cowboy and his horse travel to Arabia to compete in a deadly cross desert horse race.
- DirectorLaure de Clermont-TonnerreStarsMatthias SchoenaertsJason MitchellBruce DernWhile participating in a rehabilitation program training wild mustangs, a convict at first struggles to connect with the horses and his fellow inmates, but he learns to confront his violent past as he soothes an especially feisty horse.
- DirectorJames B. ClarkStarsDavid LaddArthur O'ConnellPam SmithEvery 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, Paul and Maureen Beebe, have set their hearts on owning one particular wild three-year-old pony, The Phantom. Only they have to earn the money, the Phantom has to be captured in the roundup (which she never has), and then they have to outbid everyone else for her in the auction. And even the Phantom herself has a surprise for Paul and Maureen: a foal named Misty.
- DirectorDuwayne DunhamStarsKrystle PoJason DohringLillian HurstA 14-year-old girl who works at a racetrack trains a talking racehorse with issues, transforming him into a winner.
- DirectorFrederik Du ChauStarsFrankie MunizDavid SpadeSnoop DoggAn 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.
- DirectorYves SimoneauStarsSam ShepardFrank WhaleyMark AdamA look at the life of the thoroughbred filly that dominated horse racing in the early 1970s.
- DirectorJoel Paul ReisigStarsKevin SorboCarrie BradstreetSophie BolenShipped off to her American dad's ranch for the summer, a teen and her horse Lucky Lass compete for a spot at the National Youth Rodeo.
- DirectorAlex RanariveloStarsSharon StoneTommy FlanaganJason LewisStella Davis, a widow who saves her ranch by working with convicts to rehabilitate a herd of wild horses that wandered on to her property, must fight prejudice.
- DirectorJack ConwayStarsClark GableJean HarlowLionel BarrymoreAfter winning a stud farm in lieu of gambling debts, bookie Duke Bradley turns an eye to the daughter of the now deceased gambler and her millionaire fiancée.
- DirectorGeorg Stanford BrownStarsJulie BenzMarsha MasonPaul Le MatA woman moves with her husband and seven-year-old daughter from Colorado to California and then her husband abandons them. While trying to rebuild her life, she finds solace while working at a horse farm and decides to enter her beloved horse in a high-stakes riding competition.
- DirectorThomas BurstynStarsPeter KarenaColleen KarenaLlewelyn Ottley-KarenaA lionhearted father struggles valiantly to create a life of idyllic simplicity for his family.
- DirectorSteve MinerStarsGabrielle AnwarMichael SchoefflingCliff RobertsonThrilled 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.
- DirectorMischa KampStarsEbbie TamAaron WanHanyi HanThere is only one thing Winky wants: a horse, a real horse to ride. But horses are expensive. Fortunately it is the season of Saint Nicholas; Winky just asks him for a horse. Then everything will work out alright. Or will it?
- DirectorMichael MayerStarsAlison LohmanTim McGrawMaria BelloYoung Katy claims a wild horse as her own -- an effort to prove to her father that she is capable of taking over the family horse ranch one day.
- DirectorEuros LynStarsToni ColletteOwen TealeAlan DavidDream 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.
- DirectorRachel GriffithsStarsTeresa PalmerSam NeillBrooke SatchwellThe story of Michelle Payne, the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup.
- DirectorDavid HemmingsStarsEd Begley Jr.Mimi RogersAri MeyersA troubled girl, sentenced to community service on a ranch, bonds with a horse there. Her folks suggest that she enters the championship, but both she and the horse get seriously injured in a car accident.
- DirectorSimon WincerStarsTom BurlinsonJudy MorrisMartin VaughanThe true story of a New Zealand racehorse that became a champion, with the help of a local stable-boy.
- DirectorRicky StaubStarsIdris ElbaCaleb McLaughlinLorraine ToussaintSent to live with his estranged father for the summer, a rebellious teen finds kinship in a tight-knit Philadelphia community of Black cowboys.
- DirectorCindy MeehlStarsBuck BrannamanGary MyersBibb FrazierAn 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.
- DirectorPeter MarkleStarsGabriel ByrneLindze LethermanRachel SkarstenA teenage girl, trying to come to grips with the death of her mother in a horse-riding accident, nurtures the foal of her mother's horse.
- DirectorSergei BodrovStarsChase MooreMaria GeelbooiArie VerveenThe 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.
- DirectorCraig ClydeStarsKevin SorboKristy SwansonDanielle C. RyanWhen her father is put into jail, the spoiled teenager Dani loses everything. Forced to live with her uncle Sam on a farm without horses to ride and to train a sad Dani takes care of a young mule and learns what really counts.
- DirectorKatja von GarnierStarsHanna BinkeMarvin LinkeCornelia FroboessMika is sent to spend the summer at her strict grandmother's horse farm. She is hesitant at first, but when she meets the wild stallion Ostwind, Mika discovers her amazing horse whispering powers.
- DirectorDenis DercourtStarsAlbert DupontelCécile de FrancePatrick MilleAn injured equestrian stuntman develops a bond with his insurance agent.