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1. War Horse (2011)
PG-13 | 146 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A 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.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, David Thewlis, Benedict Cumberbatch
Votes: 165,659 | Gross: $79.88M
2. 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: 85,566 | Gross: $67.29M
3. 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: 76,800 | Gross: $120.28M
4. Simpatico (1999)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
After scams at horse races and making lots of money, 3 young people split. 20 years later, one of them, a drunk, creates chaos with photos from back then.
Director: Matthew Warchus | Stars: Nick Nolte, Jeff Bridges, Sharon Stone, Catherine Keener
Votes: 3,717 | Gross: $0.90M
5. September Dawn (2007)
R | 111 min | Drama, History, Romance
A love story set during a tense encounter between a wagon train of settlers and a renegade Mormon group.
Director: Christopher Cain | Stars: Jon Voight, Trent Ford, Tamara Hope, Terence Stamp
Votes: 3,072 | Gross: $1.07M
6. Saratoga (1937)
Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After 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.
Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Lionel Barrymore, Frank Morgan
Votes: 1,967 | Gross: $5.30M
7. Champion (2018)
130 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A true love and success story from the 1990s Turkey, revolving around a jockey (Halis Karatas), a horse (Bold Pilot) and the daughter of the horse's owner who is at the same time the voluntary caretaker of the horse.
Director: Ahmet Katiksiz | Stars: Ekin Koç, Farah Zeynep Abdullah, Fikret Kuskan, Sibel Tasçioglu
Votes: 13,248
8. Stars of Eger (1968)
157 min | Adventure, History, Romance
1552, the great Turkish Empire wants to conquer Europe, and the world. The last stand is Hungarian Kingdom, and the castle of Eger. The brave soldiers decides they will fight till the end of their lives.
Director: Zoltán Várkonyi | Stars: István Kovács, Vera Venczel, Imre Sinkovits, György Korga
Votes: 2,641
9. The Alien Dead (1980)
R | 74 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A meteor hits a houseboat, turning its occupants into zombies feeding on alligators. As reptiles dwindle, they target townspeople. A scientist investigates disappearances caused by the undead houseboat dwellers.
Director: Fred Olen Ray | Stars: Buster Crabbe, Ray Roberts, Linda Lewis, George Kelsey
Votes: 1,274
10. 3 Bad Men (1926)
Unrated | 122 min | Drama, Romance, Western
Three outlaws come to the aid of a young girl after her father is killed.
Director: John Ford | Stars: George O'Brien, Olive Borden, Lou Tellegen, Tom Santschi
Votes: 1,501
11. 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
12. Bluegrass (1988 TV Movie)
240 min | Drama
A woman tries to be successful in the male-dominated horse racing business. Intrigue, greed, power games and love trying to put stones in her way.
Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Cheryl Ladd, Wayne Rogers, Diane Ladd, Mickey Rooney
Votes: 176
13. 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
14. Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)
Approved | 70 min | Mystery
When a friend of Charlie's is found kicked to death by his own race horse on board a Honolulu-bound liner, the detective discovers foul play and uncovers an international gambling ring.
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone | Stars: Warner Oland, Keye Luke, Helen Wood, Thomas Beck
Votes: 1,601
15. 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
16. Hangman's House (1928)
Passed | 71 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
"Citizen" Hogan, an exile Irish patriot, risks his life by returning to Ireland and helping a young couple.
Director: John Ford | Stars: June Collyer, Larry Kent, Victor McLaglen, Earle Foxe
Votes: 557
17. Playing the Ponies (1937)
Passed | 15 min | Short, Comedy, Sport
The stooges are cheated into trading their restaurant for Thunderbolt, a washed-up race horse, and enter the horse racing industry. When Curly feeds Thunderbolt some chili pepperinos, he ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Curly Howard, Larry Fine, Moe Howard, Billy Bletcher
Votes: 558
18. The Garden Murder Case (1936)
Passed | 61 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Two people with ties to rich murdered socialite Lowe Hammle die from unusual suicides but Vance suspects hypnosis and foul play.
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Virginia Bruce, Benita Hume, Douglas Walton
Votes: 626
19. 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
20. Wrong Again (1929)
Passed | 20 min | Comedy, Short
Laurel and Hardy work at horse stables where a stallion named Blue Boy is kept. When they hear Gainsborough's famous painting, The Blue Boy, has been stolen, the duo rush to collect the offered reward.
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Harry Bernard, Josephine Crowell
Votes: 998
21. Dick Francis: Blood Sport (1989 TV Movie)
89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Cleveland teams with an insurance investigator in the search for a stolen $6 million dollar horse in the Canadian Rockies.
Director: Harvey Hart | Stars: Ian McShane, Heath Lamberts, Lloyd Bochner, Kenneth Welsh
Votes: 92
22. Wine, Women and Horses (1937)
Approved | 64 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Gamblers Jim Turner and Valarie part company in Chicago and agree to meet at Saratoga with Jim stopping off at Barrowville en route. There, Jim meets George Mayhew and Eight Ball, a ... See full summary »
Director: Louis King | Stars: Barton MacLane, Ann Sheridan, Dick Purcell, Peggy Bates
Votes: 158
23. Hollywood Handicap (1938)
Passed | 10 min | Short, Comedy, Music
A musical short in which a group of musician stable hands race a horse in the Hollywood Handicap at Santa Anita Park racetrack with many celebrities of the day in attendance.
Director: Buster Keaton | Stars: The Original Sing Band, Charles Ruggles, Mickey Rooney, Stuart Erwin
Votes: 298
24. Rare Breed (1984)
PG | 94 min | Drama
A real-life story of a kidnapped horse in Italy, and a young girl's quest to retrieve it.
Director: David Nelson | Stars: George Kennedy, Forrest Tucker, Tom Hallick, Don DeFore
Votes: 44
25. The Kentucky Derby (1922)
Passed | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Dirty work is afoot in old Kentucky when a rival decides that his horse will have a better chance of winning if the son of the owner isn't around, so he has him shanghaied onto a tramp ... See full summary »
Director: King Baggot | Stars: Reginald Denny, Lillian Rich, Emmett King, Walter McGrail
Votes: 39
26. That's My Baby (2001– )
60 min | Documentary
Stars: Michele Santopietro, Celeste Yarnall
Votes: 12
27. 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
28. TVG Network: Year in Review 2014 (2014 TV Special)
60 min | Reality-TV
Team TVG reflects on the moments that defined Horse Racing in 2014: lively round-tables (extended YouTube special cuts), create/debate Top 10 Lists, and a In Memoriam segment that pays ... See full summary »
Directors: Eddie Isidron, Jerry Hollis, Chad Noce | Stars: Simon Bray, Donna Brothers, Gino Buccola, Matt Carothers
29. Two in Revolt (1936)
Passed | 65 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The horse and a dog Lightning share the same birthday. Both are born in captivity, but end up escaping to the wilderness where they become close friends. When wolves attack a herd of wild ... See full summary »
Director: Glenn Tryon | Stars: John Arledge, Louise Latimer, Moroni Olsen, Harry Jans
Votes: 76
30. Speed to Burn (1938)
Approved | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Tim Turner raises a horse for a trainer and sees it sold to the police. He later finds that crooks have conspired to keep it from racing.
Director: Otto Brower | Stars: Michael Whalen, Lynn Bari, Marvin Stephens, Henry Armetta
Votes: 25
31. Two Thoroughbreds (1939)
Approved | 62 min | Crime, Drama, Family
A group of gangsters steal the valuable brood-mare "Larkspur" from the Conway Ranch in Arizona. The mare's three-month-old colt tries to follow its dam, but is outdistanced. The lost colt ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Hively | Stars: Jimmy Lydon, Joan Leslie, Arthur Hohl, J.M. Kerrigan
Votes: 71
32. Little Johnny Jones (1929)
Passed | 74 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Cohan comedy about a jockey.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Edward Buzzell, Alice Day, Edna Murphy, Robert Edeson
Votes: 25
33. Cinderella Horse (1948)
10 min | Short
Directors: De Leon Anthony, Harry O. Hoyt, Edwin E. Olsen | Star: Art Gilmore
34. Glimpses of Kentucky (1941)
Approved | 8 min | Documentary, Short
This Traveltalks entry goes to Kentucky for visits to some historical monuments to white settlers and a look at the state's long tradition of horse breeding.
Stars: James A. FitzPatrick, Man o' War
Votes: 85
36. Sport of Millions (1949)
10 min | Documentary, Short
Overview of horse races in different countries.
Star: Knox Manning
38. Longshots (2008)
17 min | Short, Drama, Family
When 14-year-old Allie Quinn discovers that the baby-sitting money she'd been saving for her first prom dress is gone, she knows exactly who to blame: her mother.
Director: Kate Buhrmaster | Stars: Lizzie Henney, Catherine Cobb Ryan
Votes: 35
39. Trotting Thoroughbreds (1937)
Approved | 10 min | Short, Sport
The true story of the trotting-horse champion, the bay-filly 'Shirley Hanover', from foaling to the winning of the "Hambletonian," the richest race for trotting horses, and winning it ... See full summary »
Director: Ben Schwalb | Stars: Ford Bond, Shirley Hanover, Lawrence Baker Sheppard, Henry Thomas
40.
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
41.
Flipper (1995–2000)
Episode:
Sea Horse
(1996)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When Emma Phelps overhears her husband plotting to maim their prize thoroughbred to get insurance money to pay off a debt, she enlists Cap, Jennifer and Maya's help to hide the horse until the big race the following weekend.
Director: Donald Crombie | Stars: Whip Hubley, Elizabeth Morehead, Jessica Alba, Wren T. Brown
Votes: 15
42.
Frasier (1993–2004)
Episode:
The Gift Horse
(1997)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
For their father's 65th birthday, Frasier and Niles compete to see who can buy him the best gift, while Sherry plans a party and ropes Daphne into doing all of the work.
Director: Pamela Fryman | Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, David Hyde Pierce, Peri Gilpin
Votes: 973
43.
Legacy (1998–1999)
Episode:
Just Kissed
(1999)
TV-PG | 44 min | Drama
As the 14th annual running of the Lexington Stakes draws near, the Logan's prize thoroughbred Gauntlet remains the horse to beat. News of Gauntlet's impressive practice times has even reached as far away as Europe.
Director: Randy Zisk | Stars: Brett Cullen, Jeremy Garrett, Sharon Leal, Grayson McCouch
Votes: 9
44.
Midsomer Murders (1997– )
Episode:
Bantling Boy
(2005)
TV-14 | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A four-member syndicate owns a racehorse that two of them are desperate to sell and two of them are determined to keep. When one of them is murdered, Barnaby is on the case.
Director: Sarah Hellings | Stars: John Nettles, John Hopkins, Jane Wymark, Laura Howard
Votes: 812
45.
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode:
Run for the Money
(1971)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The IMF team play the sport of kings in order to stop a ruthless syndicate. The syndicate is looking to corner the 'off track betting' market by violently disposing of their competitors, ... See full summary »
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: Peter Graves, Greg Morris, Lynda Day George, Peter Lupus
Votes: 131
46.
Neon Rider (1989–1995)
Episode:
Suspicions
(1990)
TV-14 | 47 min | Drama
A hooded burglar steals files from Rachel's home.
Director: Stuart Gillard | Stars: Winston Rekert, Sam Sarkar, Alex Bruhanski, Antoinette Bower
47.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986–1988)
Episode:
Silver Blaze
(1988)
TV-PG | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Holmes investigates the disappearance of a champion racehorse and the murder of its trainer on a lonely moor.
Director: Brian Mills | Stars: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Peter Barkworth, Barry Lowe
Votes: 855
48.
Sanford and Son (1972–1978)
Episode:
My Kingdom for a Horse
(1974)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Fred buys a retired thoroughbred racehorse, betting on a big profit after selling him as a breeding stud.
Director: Bill Foster | Stars: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Whitman Mayo, Philip Bruns
Votes: 118
49.
The Texan (1958–1960)
Episode:
A Race for Life
(1959)
13+ | 26 min | Western
A crooked gambler with a Kentucky-born thoroughbred prods a drunken rancher into betting his entire spread and all the money he has in the bank on a horse race. The gambler tries to ... See full summary »
Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Bart Braverman, Frank Ferguson, Ralph Moody
Votes: 30
50.
The Waltons (1972–1981)
Episode:
The Thoroughbred
(1974)
TV-G | 60 min | Drama, Family, Romance
John Boy and his mule aim to get the Walton family name on a local race's trophy for the first time since Grandpa won the race years ago. It seems to be a sure victory until a well-to-do college mate and his thoroughbred racehorse enter.
Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Richard Thomas, Ralph Waite, Michael Learned, Ellen Corby
Votes: 141