Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "horse-actor"

1. Zorro (2024– )

Action

Zorro is set in 1834 and follows Diego de la Vega determined to find out who killed his father, he will discover family secrets that will change his destiny forever.

Stars: Miguel Bernardeau, Renata Notni, Dalia Xiuhcoatl, Emiliano Zurita

Votes: 2,082

2. Babe (1995)

G | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Gentle farmer Arthur Hoggett wins a piglet Babe at a county fair. Narrowly escaping his fate as Christmas dinner, Babe bonds with motherly border collie Fly and discovers that he too can herd sheep. But will the other animals accept him?

Director: Chris Noonan | Stars: James Cromwell, Magda Szubanski, Christine Cavanaugh, Miriam Margolyes

Votes: 134,156 | Gross: $66.60M

3. The Horse Whisperer (1998)

PG-13 | 169 min | Drama, Romance, Western

The mother of a severely traumatized daughter enlists the aid of a unique horse trainer to help the girl's equally injured horse.

Director: Robert Redford | Stars: Robert Redford, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sam Neill, Dianne Wiest

Votes: 43,546 | Gross: $75.38M

4. Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)

G | 97 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Two mysterious orphan children have extraordinary powers and are chased by a scheming millionaire. But where do these kids really call home?

Director: John Hough | Stars: Eddie Albert, Ray Milland, Donald Pleasence, Kim Richards

Votes: 11,358 | Gross: $20.00M

5. Animal Farm (1999 TV Movie)

PG | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

The animals of a farm successfully revolt against its human owner, only to slide into a more brutal tyranny amongst themselves.

Director: John Stephenson | Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Ian Holm, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Julia Ormond

Votes: 6,487

6. 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: 8,005

7. Black Beauty (1994)

G | 88 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

The fates of horses, and the people who own and command them, are revealed as Black Beauty narrates the circle of his life.

Director: Caroline Thompson | Stars: Sean Bean, David Thewlis, Docs Keepin Time, Alan Cumming

Votes: 10,677 | Gross: $4.63M

8. Gus (1976)

Passed | 96 min | Comedy, Family, Sport

The inept 'California Atoms,' floundering in the cellar of the National Football League, welcome the team's newest member - a mule capable of place kicking a football 100 yards with deadly accuracy.

Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: Edward Asner, Don Knotts, Gary Grimes, Tim Conway

Votes: 2,169

9. 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

10. Pepe (1960)

Unrated | 180 min | Comedy, Musical

The young Mexican Pepe's beloved horse is sold to Hollywood director Ted Holt, leading to Pepe's journey to Hollywood to get the horse back, and Pepe's encounter with half the stars working in Hollywood at the time.

Director: George Sidney | Stars: Cantinflas, Dan Dailey, Shirley Jones, Carlos Montalbán

Votes: 1,146 | Gross: $9.60M

11. 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

12. The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (1968)

G | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Frederick Bolton has to solve two problems. First, his boss has instructed him to come up with a reasonable campaign to promote a new product, a stomach pill named "Aspercel" - by tomorrow.... See full summary »

Director: Norman Tokar | Stars: Dean Jones, Diane Baker, Lloyd Bochner, Fred Clark

Votes: 1,133

13. Francis in the Navy (1955)

Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Fantasy

A story following Lieutenant Peter Stirling (Donald O'Connor) and his dream of being in the Navy.

Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Donald O'Connor, Martha Hyer, Richard Erdman, Jim Backus

Votes: 755

14. The Roy Rogers Show (1951–1957)

30 min | Family, Western

The Double R Ranch featured "The King of the Cowboys" Roy, his "Smartest Horse in the Movies" Trigger, "Queen of the West" Dale, her horse Buttermilk, their dog Bullet, and even Pat's jeep, Nellybelle.

Stars: Dale Evans, Roy Rogers, Trigger, Pat Brady

Votes: 744

15. 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

16. 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

17. Windstorm (2013)

Not Rated | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

Mika 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.

Director: Katja von Garnier | Stars: Hanna Binke, Marvin Linke, Cornelia Froboess, Tilo Prückner

Votes: 2,162

18. Francis (1950)

Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

During World War II, a junior American Army officer, Lt. Peter Stirling, gets sent to the psychiatric ward whenever he insists that an Army mule named Francis speaks to him.

Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Donald O'Connor, Patricia Medina, Zasu Pitts, Ray Collins

Votes: 1,458

19. Riding High (1950)

Passed | 112 min | Comedy

A horse trainer who has fallen on hard times looks to his horse, Broadway Bill, to finally win the big race.

Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Bing Crosby, Coleen Gray, Charles Bickford, Frances Gifford

Votes: 592

20. 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

21. Windstorm: The Great Hurricane (2021)

96 min | Adventure, Family

Because of a violent summer storm, a traveling horse circus show arrives at Gut Kaltenbach. Ari is magically drawn to the world of horse riding, but she also sees the downsides because ... See full summary »

Director: Lea Schmidbauer | Stars: Luna Paiano, Hanna Binke, Matteo Miska, Amber Bongard

Votes: 234

22. Francis Joins the WACS (1954)

Approved | 95 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Peter Stirling (with his old friend the talking mule) is recalled to active duty...in the WACs!

Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Donald O'Connor, Julie Adams, Chill Wills, Mamie Van Doren

Votes: 474

23. Francis in the Haunted House (1956)

Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Francis the Talking Mule witnesses a murder. He takes a bumbling reporter named David Prescott under his wing and the two of them set out to solve the crime.

Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Virginia Welles, James Flavin, Paul Cavanagh

Votes: 397

24. Black Beauty (1946)

Passed | 74 min | Drama, Family, Romance

A young English girl is raising a horse named Black Beauty into a prize-winner. The motherless girl is thrown into a panic after Beauty disappears.

Director: Max Nosseck | Stars: Mona Freeman, Richard Denning, Evelyn Ankers, Charles Evans

Votes: 298

25. 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

26. Francis Goes to West Point (1952)

Approved | 81 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Francis the talking mule gets his owner in and out of trouble while he is taking basic training at West Point.

Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Donald O'Connor, Lori Nelson, Alice Kelley, Gregg Palmer

Votes: 488

27. Francis Covers the Big Town (1953)

Passed | 86 min | Family

A man who has a talking mule gets a job on a newspaper, and both get mixed up in a murder trial.

Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Donald O'Connor, Yvette Duguay, Gene Lockhart, Nancy Guild

Votes: 389

28. Gypsy Colt (1954)

Approved | 72 min | Drama, Family, Western

A beautiful spirited horse is so devoted to his young mistress that he undertakes an incredible 500-mile journey over treacherous terrain to be reunited with her.

Director: Andrew Marton | Stars: Donna Corcoran, Ward Bond, Frances Dee, Larry Keating

Votes: 277

29. A Horse for Danny (1995 TV Movie)

G | 92 min | Drama, Family

Danny is a smart little girl. She lives at the track where her uncle is a horse trainer. She knows her uncle needs just one great horse to make his name.

Director: Dick Lowry | Stars: Leelee Sobieski, Robert Urich, Ron Brice, Gary Basaraba

Votes: 196

30. Ma bonne étoile (2012)

96 min | Drama

The Barthelemys have been training racing horses, trotters, for generations. After tragedy befalls Pierrot Barthelemy, his family's inheritance seems at stake. Can his daughter and his sole mare, Marquise, save the family from ruin?

Director: Anne Fassio | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Claude Brasseur, Fleur Lise Heuet, Antoine Berry

Votes: 290

31. Sand (1949)

Approved | 78 min | Action, Drama, Western

Jeff Keane's expensive showhorse escapes from a train and runs wild in the Colorado wilderness. Keane searches for the horse while the horse learns the ways of the wild.

Director: Louis King | Stars: Mark Stevens, Coleen Gray, Rory Calhoun, Charley Grapewin

Votes: 120

32. 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: 572

33. The Adventures of Ragtime (1998)

96 min | Comedy, Family

Ragtime is a miniature pet horse and the kids love him. But villains Sam and Lester think Ragtime can be their meal ticket. They kidnap the horse for ransom. The family is worried but ... See full summary »

Director: William Byron Hillman | Stars: Shelley Long, Jay Thomas, Perry King, Justin Cooper

Votes: 136

34. Primo Baby (1990)

PG | 107 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

A tomboyish juvenile delinquent, Paschal Draney, is sent to live in a foster home run by a well-known horse breeder where he befriends a Thoroughbred seemingly crippled by a congenital eye defect.

Director: Eda Lishman | Stars: Tim Battle, Jackson Cole, Janet-Laine Green, Daniel Libman

Votes: 53

35. It's Showtime (1976)

G | 85 min | Documentary

A collection of film clips profiling animal actors.

Directors: Paul M. Heller, Alan Myerson, Fred Weintraub | Stars: Rin Tin Tin, Flipper, Trigger, Daisy

Votes: 141

36. Horsing Around (1957)

16 min | Comedy, Short

A sequel (sort of) to "Hoofs and Goofs", The stooges are taking care of their sister Birdie who has been reincarnated as a horse. When they learn that her mate "Schnapps", a famous circus ... See full summary »

Director: Jules White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Joe Besser, Tony the Horse

Votes: 230

37. King of the Wild Horses (1933)

Passed | 62 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

In an attempt to steal thousands of horses from a Navajo tribe in Arizona, outlaw Clint Bolling pretends to be a government inspector assigned to weed out the tribe's diseased animals. ... See full synopsis »

Director: Earl Haley | Stars: Rex, Lady the Horse, Marquis the Horse, William Janney

38. 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

39. Courage of Black Beauty (1957)

Not Rated | 78 min | Adventure

After some hesitation, 10-year-old Bobby accepts the gift of a magnificent black foal from his severe, thoughtless and overprotective father.

Director: Harold D. Schuster | Stars: Johnny Crawford, Mimi Gibson, John Bryant, Diane Brewster

Votes: 71

40. The Mighty Anselmo and His Squire (1972)

98 min | Comedy

After having challenged the German Ottone to single combat for the hand of Leonza, the bishop's niece, the valiant knight Anselmo da Montebello, leaves for Rome where he must deliver a ... See full summary »

Director: Bruno Corbucci | Stars: Alighiero Noschese, Enrico Montesano, Mario Carotenuto, Lino Banfi

Votes: 62

41. Hoofs and Goofs (1957)

Passed | 16 min | Comedy, Short

Joe dreams that the stooge's sister Birdie has died and been reincarnated as a horse. The stooges take Birdie home but must conceal her from the snoopy landlord. They succeed, but more ... See full summary »

Director: Jules White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Joe Besser, Benny Rubin

Votes: 288

42. Chester, Yesterday's Horse (1973 TV Movie)

60 min | Action, Adventure, Family

It's about the faith of a fourteen-year-old boy in the family Belgian draft horse named Chester who was used at the local logging company. Chester was retired when modern equipment became ... See full summary »

Director: Larry Lansburgh | Stars: Russ McCubbin, Jerry Gatlin, Barbara Hale, Jeff Tyler

Votes: 9

43. The Fighting Stallion (1926)

58 min | Action, Drama, Western

Yak arrives at the Gilmore ranch where rustling has occurred. Gilmore blames a wild horse when it is actually his foreman Mays. After Yak catches and tames the wild horse, Mays gets Yak out... See full summary »

Director: Ben F. Wilson | Stars: Yakima Canutt, Boy the Wonder Horse, Neva Gerber, Al Ferguson

Votes: 20

44. The Stallion (1972 TV Movie)

Drama

Over a number of days a man repeatedly and obsessively tries to capture and subdue a white stallion.

Director: John King | Stars: Peter Arne, Nosey, Bob

Votes: 7

45. Gipfeltreffen - Marie Bäumer trifft Monty Roberts (2001 TV Movie)

Documentary

Summit meeting - Marie Bäumer meets Monty Roberts.

Director: Roger Willemsen | Stars: Marie Bäumer, Monty Roberts, Roger Willemsen

46. The Boxing Horse (1899)

Short

"This sagacious animal created great excitement when on exhibition on the Esplanade of the National Export Exposition at Philadelphia. He represents the highest attainment in the art of ... See full summary »

47. 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

48. The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
Episode: The Horse with the Flying Tail (1963)

Unrated | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

The Horse with the Flying Tail (1960) edited for television presentation. A palomino cow pony, through a series of owners and adventures becomes a champion mount for one of the US equestrian team.

Director: Larry Lansburgh | Stars: George Fenneman, Walt Disney, Slim Pickens

Votes: 16

49. Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983)
Episode: Journey in the Spring: Part II (1976)

TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Family, Romance

Life in Walnut Grove with Charles, Caroline and three active grandchildren seems to be just the tonic Grandpa Ingalls needs to help him recover from his wife's death until a broken promise ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Landon | Stars: Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Melissa Gilbert, Melissa Sue Anderson

Votes: 311

50. Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983)
Episode: The Race (1976)

TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Family, Romance

Conniving Mrs. Oleson is so certain that her scheming and daughter Nellie's new thoroughbred racehorse will beat Laura Ingall's speedy mount, Bunny, in the Hero Township horse race that she... See full summary »

Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Melissa Gilbert, Melissa Sue Anderson

Votes: 323