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

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: 85,568 | 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: 76,803 | 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: 30,585 | 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: 14,092 | Gross: $32.70M

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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: 18,228 | Gross: $49.77M

8. 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: 8,007

9. 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: 6,953

10. 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: 4,682

11. 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: 1,639

12. 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: 122

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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: 810

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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: 536 | Gross: $0.19M

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

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: 156

30. 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

31. 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

32. 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

33. 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: 464

34. 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

35. 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

36. 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

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. 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

39. 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

40. 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

41. 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

42. 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

43. 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

44. 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.

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