Horse movies and series
The next best thing to riding horses is watching horse movies. Here’s a list of movies about horses.
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- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorManny NathanStarsMartin MasonDoc BondCharles HowardOriginal Documentary of the horse Seabiscuit, made in 1939 by the horse's owner Charles Howard.
- DirectorDavid ButlerStarsShirley TempleBarry FitzgeraldLon McCallisterHorse trainer Shawn O'Hara and his lovely niece Margaret come to America to escape the memory of an accident involving Margaret's brother Danny. Working with thoroughbreds in Kentucky, Shawn takes a liking to a yearling named Seabiscuit, and fights to convince the horse's owner that the tiny horse with big knees will become a top-notch racehorse. Meanwhile, Margaret begins a tentative relationship with jockey Ted Knowles, but is haunted by her brother's death in a steeplechase spill.
- DirectorBeaumont SmithJohn WellsStarsCyril MackayStella SouthernTal OrdellA country boy, Jim Conroy, is living a dissolute life in the city, running around with vamp Helen Ross. When his father cuts him off, he is dumped by Helen and returns to the bush.
- DirectorDavid AtkinsIgnatius JonesStarsGeorgie ParkerSteve BisleyCharles 'Bud' TingwellJim Ryan and Kate Conroy love each other, but John Conroy stands in the way of their happiness until Jim Ryan recaptures a prized colt.
- DirectorGeorge MillerStarsKirk DouglasTom BurlinsonTerence DonovanIn 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.
- DirectorGeoff BurrowesStarsTom BurlinsonSigrid ThorntonBrian DennehyYoung Jim Craig returns to his home in the Australian high country. He finds that things are not as he left them - his girlfriend, Jessica, is being pursued by another man, and her father, Harrison, doesn't want him back into her life.
- DirectorKelly AsburyLorna CookStarsMatt DamonJames CromwellDaniel StudiA captured mustang remains determined to return to his herd no matter what.
- DirectorClarence BrownStarsMickey RooneyElizabeth TaylorDonald CrispA jaded former jockey helps a young girl prepare a wild but gifted horse for England's Grand National Sweepstakes.
- DirectorDavid RotanStarsAlex HughMickey RooneyJan RooneyAfter the death of his father, troubled teen Jake Gattison travels with his mother to Harmony Ranch, a special retreat for families dealing with problems. There, Jake discovers a kindred spirit in Troubadour, a young stallion that has lost his mother and is acting out, unsettled and distressed. Ranch owner Chief works to calm the uneasy horse. Jake witnesses Chief's determination with the stallion, and begins to see the wisdom in the old man's words and deeds-lessons he can apply to his own life. When Troubadour suddenly runs away, Jake makes it his mission to bring the lost stallion home. The ranch hand Greywolf explains to Jake the Native American legend of Heaven's Pathway, a mountain that towers over Harmony Ranch, said to be a place where wounded souls go to find peace. With this knowledge, Jake sets out with his new friends Nicki and Isaac, two other troubled teens, on a journey to the top of Heaven's Pathway in search of Troubadour. The adventure challenges the three teens as never before. Jake, Nicki, and Isaac travel up the mountain bearing the burdens of their weaknesses, fears, and painful pasts. However, they return with their lives changed forever.
- StarsMickey RooneyRichard Ian CoxDocs Keepin TimeInspired 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 bond that continues after their rescue. Now teammates in the horse-racing circuit, they are poised to take the racing world by storm. No one else can ride the stunning fire and silk stallion but Alec; and though the Black's spirit is untamed, his speed is unmatched and he is swiftly becoming the fastest racehorse in the world.
- DirectorSimon WincerStarsCheryl LaddWayne RogersDiane LaddA 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.
- DirectorWilliam A. LeveyStarsMickey RooneySusan GeorgeIsabel García LorcaGambler Barney Ingram's prize white stallion, Cloverdale III, is abducted by creditor Emmett Fallon, but his pick up breaks down on a school-bus route, and the horse runs off. Schoolkids Lucas Mitchell and Stephanie Ward believe it is Emmett's" horse, find it and make a deal. Steph stables it with rich Madame Rene, as "Lightning." Steph dreams of a riding career and trains Lightning. Meanwhile, Barney's gambling debts catch up.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorJohn IrvinStarsJohn HurtGregory JonesMick DillonA 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.
- DirectorAhmet KatiksizStarsEkin KoçFarah Zeynep AbdullahFikret KuskanA 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.
- 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.
- DirectorDennis C. LewistonStarsAlan BarkerBilly BoyleStephen BrennanWhen 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?
- DirectorJohn GatinsStarsKurt RussellDakota FanningOded FehrCale Crane catalyzes the rescue and rehabilitation of Sonador, a race horse with a broken leg.
- DirectorRobert RedfordStarsRobert RedfordKristin Scott ThomasSam NeillThe mother of a severely traumatized daughter enlists the aid of a unique horse trainer to help the girl's equally injured horse.
- DirectorBéla TarrÁgnes HranitzkyStarsJános DerzsiErika BókMihály KormosA rural farmer is forced to confront the mortality of his faithful horse.
- DirectorSydney PollackStarsRobert RedfordJane FondaValerie PerrineA rodeo star past his prime steals his company's horse and rides into the desert, accompanied by a feisty reporter.
- DirectorCraig ClydeStarsCharles BlackSarah BlackmanPreston Wigasi BrantAn alcoholic former horse-trainer perceives in a fifteen-year-old boy a unique gift of horsemanship and makes it possible for the boy to conceive his dream and pursue it.
- DirectorDennis FallonStarsPeter CoyoteJason LondonVivien CardoneWhen Belle, struggling with the loss of her mom, is sent to live with her grandfather, she soon becomes the savior of all living things! An old race horse and Atticus the dog change Belle's life, and in turn the life of those who love her.
- DirectorGreg BeemanStarsJoey LawrenceAndrew LawrenceSusan WaltersAfter treating his rancher cousin shoddily in L.A., Michael Woods is sentenced by his parents to spend a month on the ranch with his cousin and aunt.
- 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.
- DirectorDick LowryStarsLeelee SobieskiRobert UrichRon BriceDanny 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.
- 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.
- DirectorCaroline ThompsonStarsSean BeanDavid ThewlisDocs Keepin TimeThe fates of horses, and the people who own and command them, are revealed as Black Beauty narrates the circle of his life.
- DirectorHarold D. SchusterStarsJohnny CrawfordMimi GibsonJohn BryantAfter some hesitation, 10-year-old Bobby accepts the gift of a magnificent black foal from his severe, thoughtless and overprotective father.
- DirectorJames HillStarsMark LesterWalter SlezakPeter Lee LawrenceEvan's son Joe receives Black Beauty stallion. After Evan's death, new owner mistreats animals. Black Beauty sold to circus after card game. Joe attempts to reclaim stallion from circus.
- DirectorDaniel ZirilliStarsLuke PerryBruce DavisonSarah Ann SchultzA father allows his daughter to spend the summer with her grandfather rehabilitating an injured horse, and they learn that love and trust can heal anything.
- 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.
- DirectorMichael DamianStarsPatrick WarburtonTammin SursokClint BlackA big-city teenage girl is forced to live on a ranch in Wyoming and bonds with a wild horse.
- 1954–19971h 30mUnrated7.1 (101)TV EpisodeDirectorWilliam FairchildStarsAnnette FunicelloTommy KirkJanet MunroA 16-week course in horsemanship has a group of students learning the finer points of sportsmanship, jumping, horsecare, dressage and riding to hounds under stern and exacting teachers.
- 1954–19971hUnrated7.5 (31)TV EpisodeDirectorWilliam FairchildStarsAnnette FunicelloTommy KirkJanet MunroThis episode finds a teenage equestrienne enduring the rigid discipline at a British riding school.
- DirectorNorman TokarStarsDean JonesDiane BakerLloyd BochnerFrederick 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. The second problem is Fred's daughter, Helen. She is absolutely fond of horses, takes riding classes and has already had decent success in some competitions. Her biggest wish is to own a horse herself, a dream her father cannot afford at all. Now Fred tries to solve both problems at once by simply combining them: A horse named "Aspercel", ridden by his daughter should bring the name of the pill into the papers and make Helen happy, too. But there's still one more obstacle: Helen and Aspercel of course have to win a few jumping competitions to make this idea work.
- DirectorSimon WincerStarsTom BurlinsonJudy MorrisMartin VaughanThe true story of a New Zealand racehorse that became a champion, with the help of a local stable-boy.
- DirectorLasse HallströmStarsJulia RobertsDennis QuaidRobert DuvallA woman's world is rocked when she discovers her husband is cheating on her.
- DirectorRichard DonnerStarsMatthew BroderickRutger HauerMichelle PfeifferThe thief Gaston escapes the dungeon of medieval Aquila through the latrine. Soldiers are about to kill him when Navarre saves him. Navarre, traveling with his spirited hawk, plans to kill the bishop of Aquila with help from Gaston.
- DirectorSam WoodStarsGroucho MarxChico MarxHarpo MarxA 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.
- DirectorArthur HillerStarsRobert TaylorLilli PalmerCurd JürgensIn 1945 the fate of Vienna's famous Lipizzaner stallions hangs into balance. American general Patton could save them but first he asks to see them perform.
- DirectorMike NewellStarsGabriel ByrneEllen BarkinCiarán FitzgeraldGrandpa 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.
- DirectorMartin RittStarsWalter MatthauAlexis SmithRobert WebberCasey 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.
- DirectorBilly Bob ThorntonStarsMatt DamonPenélope CruzHenry ThomasTwo Texas cowboys head to Mexico in search of work, but soon find themselves in trouble with the law after one of them falls in love with a wealthy rancher's daughter.
- DirectorJoe PytkaStarsRichard DreyfussTeri GarrDavid JohansenA nosy cab driver gets a hot tip on a race horse and wins big, but he can't seem to stop gambling. Will he go broke or walk home with a pretty penny?
- 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.
- DirectorMichael DamianStarsKay PanabakerDon JohnsonLori LoughlinMoondance (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.
- DirectorYves SimoneauStarsSam ShepardFrank WhaleyMark AdamA look at the life of the thoroughbred filly that dominated horse racing in the early 1970s.
- DirectorCorey Michael EubanksStarsJoe PiscopoDennis WeaverLauren EckstromWhen bumbling look-alike criminal brothers Zike and Spider, kidnap best friends Katie and Tyler, the two girls must use their smarts and few booby traps to try and escape their captors. But not without the help from a pony named Two-Bits and a horse named Pepper -- who must come to the girls' rescue.
- DirectorShane HawksStarsVictoria EmmonsMeghan McCabe-HabratAustin KearneyWhen a troubled teen is forced to leave a self-destructive lifestyle, she discovers an abandoned horse along her journey to redemption. Will temptation from the dark shadows of her past lead her astray or will her newfound love of God and a rescue horse help her find salvation?
- DirectorJohn TatoulisStarsCaroline GoodallRussell CroweAmiel DaemionA 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorKen OlinStarsDon JohnsonCraig ShefferGabrielle AnwarIn 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.
- 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.
- DirectorLouise OsmondStarsJan VokesHoward DaviesBrian 'Daisy' VokesAn inspirational true story of a group of friends from a working men's club who decide to take on the elite 'sport of kings' and breed themselves a racehorse
- DirectorLewis R. FosterStarsSal MineoPhilip CareyJerome CourtlandThe remarkable and ironical story of a wild colt that changes owners around the time of the Great Sioux War of 1876.
- DirectorErle C. KentonStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloGrace McDonaldThe horse of a street vendor is replaced by a racehorse.
- DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsWilliam HoldenStanley ClementsBasil RuysdaelRich kid ducks school and goes to the racetrack to learn how to be a jockey.
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsSterling HaydenColeen GrayVince EdwardsCrook Johnny Clay assembles a five-man team to plan and execute a daring racetrack robbery.
- DirectorRichard WilsonStarsSuzanne PleshetteTy HardinDorothy ProvineJoel Tarrant is an ambitious horse trainer working at the Hollywood Race Track. He works for the coarse Matt Rubio, whose wife Laura expresses a special interest in Joel's social life.
- DirectorAnthony PelissierStarsValerie HobsonJohn Howard DaviesRonald SquireA young boy receives a rocking horse for Christmas and soon learns that he is able to pick the winning horse at the races.
- DirectorPeter MedakStarsKenneth MoreNigel RhodesAngela ThorneNigel Rhodes plays a boy who, while riding his wooden rocking horse, can predict which horse will win at the race.
- 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.
- DirectorKatja von GarnierStarsHanna BinkeJannis NiewöhnerMarvin LinkeAs Mika returns to the farm for the summer, she finds a wild white horse in the forest. When one day, she spots a mysterious young man trying to tame the animal, that Mika believes to be a unicorn, Mika and the stranger strike a deal.
- DirectorKatja von GarnierStarsHanna BinkeJannis NiewöhnerAmber BongardMika sets off on a journey to Andalusia, the place of Ostwind's heritage, where she discovers a fascinating woman living with wild horses in a place of legend, that will turn out to be instrumental in saving them.
- DirectorTheresa von EltzStarsLuna PaianoHanna BinkeMarvin LinkeGrandmother Maria, Sam and the riding instructor Kaan are trying together to keep Gut Kaltenbach running, which is in financial difficulties. The ambitious Isabell supports her, although she secretly pursues her own goals. The impulsive Ari comes to riding training in Kaltenbach, where she develops a special relationship with Windstorm, the eponymous horse of the film series, and she also makes friends with Mika. Mika and Ari try to save the estate and protect Windstorm from reckless horse trainer Thordur Thorvaldson.
- DirectorSimon WincerStarsBryan MartinStephen CurryJodi GordonThe 2002 Melbourne Cup horse race, brotherly love and the triumph of the human spirit. A true story.
- DirectorHüseyin TabakStarsEnzo GaierAndreas KiendlNora TschirnerMika doesn't know much about people, but he would like to have friends. One night he hears a neighing. There is actually a horse on the balcony of the neighboring flat. The horse belongs to Sascha, who is in big trouble.
- DirectorErik ClausenStarsMichael FalchTammi ØstLeif SylvesterA girl named Rikke dreams of having a horse. One day she signs up for a cereal lottery where your can win a horse.
- DirectorRachel GriffithsStarsTeresa PalmerSam NeillBrooke SatchwellThe story of Michelle Payne, the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup.
- DirectorGeorge Tillman Jr.StarsScott EastwoodBritt RobertsonAlan AldaSophia and Luke make an unexpected and fateful connection with Ira, a 90-years old man, when they save him from a car crash. Ira's memories of his own decades-long romance with his beloved wife deeply inspire the young couple.
- CreatorJill GirlingLori Mather-WelchStarsKendra Leigh TimminsAlana BodenOliver DenchThe adventures of Katherine ' Kit' Bridges who relocates to England when her father joins the faculty at Covington Academy, an elite equestrian boarding school.
- CreatorVicki LutasAnna McCleeryStarsFreddy CarterJaylen BarronManpreet BambraAfter befriending a mysterious horse during a summer in the English countryside, 15-year-old Zoe finds the strength to deal with issues she faces.
- DirectorLew LandersStarsNoah Beery Jr.Jean RogersJ. Farrell MacDonaldA young man looks for a thoroughbred horse that was got lost during a train wreck.