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Plot Summary:
When a stolen white stallion escapes his captors, young Stephanie Ward gives him a new home and a new name: Lightning. As she grooms the horse for show-jumping competition, the pair forms an unbreakable bond. But when Stephanie finds herself in need of an expensive operation, and Lightning's original owner tracks him down, Stephanie sets all her hopes on first prize at the Nationals - and on the horse who's become her best friend!.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Horse Crazy (2001)
Plot Summary:
Three kids, who hope to capture their own wild mustang, outsmart a ring of horse thieves and return a prize stallion to its owner.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 269
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic
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Centurion: The Dancing Stallion (2023)
Plot Summary:
Ellissia adopts a white stallion to train in the art of Mexican horse dancing. As she starts teaching the handsome but previously abused Centurion, Ellissia falls critically ill, which keeps her from competing in a celebrated equestrian event. Under the watchful eyes of her father, new ranch hand Danny steps in as trainer, hoping to win the competition — and, perhaps, Ellissia's heart.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 97
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration:
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Wind Dancer (1993)
Plot Summary:
When a young girl is injured by a riding accident, she overcomes her injury with the help of her family and her beloved horse.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 237
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Dakota's Summer (2014)
Plot Summary:
Cowgirls 'n Angels Dakota's Summer tells the story of Dakota Rose, a cowgirl and competitive trick rider who finds out at the age of seventeen that she was adopted. She secretly sets out to discover the truth about her adoption and meet her birth parents while visiting her grandfather, rodeo legend Austin Rose. At Austin's ranch on break from the Sweethearts of the Rodeo trick riding team, Dakota discovers that family is not defined by blood, but rather personal commitment and by the love they share. Finally at peace, Dakota trains with Austin in order to prepare to rejoin the Sweethearts for their final competition against the talented Lone Star trick riding team and become the champion trick rider she was destined to be.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 957
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: touching, light, humorous, captivating
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Our Wild Hearts (2013)
Plot Summary:
A wealthy teenage girl from Malibu falls in love with a beautiful wild mustang, adventure, and the father she has never known in the wild Sierra Nevada Mountains.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 488
Genere: Drama, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: light, captivating, entertaining
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Race To Win (2016)
Plot Summary:
After losing her father, a young women must find the strength to face her fears and compete in the race of her life or her family will lose everything.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 359
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, thrilling
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A Gift Horse (2015)
Plot Summary:
Torn apart by the loss of her mother, young Amanda spends time at a ranch owned by a business tycoon. When his spoiled daughter rejects their new horse, Amanda proves that Misty is a true champion and restores her happiness in the process.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 319
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, disturbing
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Harley's Hill (2011)
Plot Summary:
Harley, a runaway thoroughbred, is found by a rancher and his daughter. Unable to find the owner, they nurture him back to health, and the girl includes Harley as her partner in her horse club competitions.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 103
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, light, feel good
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Run Wild, Run Free (1969)
Plot Summary:
Directed by Richard C. Sarafian, this 1969 British children's film stars Mark Lester as a young boy, unable to speak, who befriends both a wild colt with blue eyes and a falcon named "Lady". The cast also includes John Mills, Gordon Jackson and Sylvia Sims.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 479
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film, freeze frame, wild
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Orphan Horse (2018)
Plot Summary:
A retired horse trainer finds a young runaway girl in his barn. Skeptic at first, he let's her stay and a friendship develops while he discovers her heart and talent for horses.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 602
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, disturbing, inspirational, touching
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Run, Appaloosa, Run (1966)
Plot Summary:
In the Nez Perce nation, usually girls may not ride in a certain dangerous "suicide" cross-country and downhill horse race, but trick rider Mary and her exceptional horse Holly Smoke get the chief's permission to do so.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min
Plot tags:
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Black Beauty (2020)
Plot Summary:
Born free in the American West, Black Beauty is a horse rounded up and brought to Birtwick Stables, where she meets spirited teenager Jo Green. The two forge a bond that carries Beauty through the different chapters, challenges and adventures.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA, UK, South Africa, Germany, France
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: sexy, sincere, psychological, unusual plot structure, captivating, cult classic
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Black Beauty (2015)
Plot Summary:
A modern retelling of Anna Sewell’s classic novel, Black Beauty explores the heartfelt story of 15 year-old Audry who makes the discovery of a lifetime whilst volunteering at a city animal shelter. Rescued from an abusive owner and recovering from a traumatic past, Black Beauty possesses a most unique quality of character, endearing itself to Audry and her Grandpa who adopt the horse in order to give it a second chance and perhaps even help revitalize their own family situation. Aided by dedicated trainer James and tested by the many challenges of equine life, Black Beauty has his work cut out for him as he embarks on a remarkable journey of discovery and friendship.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 328
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, feel good, captivating
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A Horse for Summer (2015)
Plot Summary:
When a family emergency forces a troubled teen to do the wrong thing for the right reason, a community discovers the meaning of forgiveness.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 210
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: serious, emotional, realistic, spiritual
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Apple of My Eye (2017)
Plot Summary:
A young girl struggles after a traumatic horse riding accident causes her to lose her eyesight. CHARLES, the head trainer of Southeastern Guide Dogs, trains Apple, a miniature horse, to be her companion and surrogate eyes.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 495
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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Breaking Free (1995)
Plot Summary:
When troubled, cynical teen Rick chooses service at a camp for the blind over serving time at a correctional facility, he thinks he's found the easy way out. Instead, it's the way to a new life. Friendship. Step by step, as Rick helps a blinded Gymnast rediscover the joys of competition through equestrian show jumping, they begin to take control of the most important journey of all... a journey called life.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 346
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: independent film, realistic, semi serious
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A Cowgirl's Story (2017)
Plot Summary:
Dusty Rhodes is new at Jefferson High, and she sticks out like a... well, a cowgirl. Dusty is a real cowgirl from Texas. Her parents are in the U.S. Army: her mother a helicopter pilot and her father a Special Forces Army Ranger. At first, Dusty is an outcast, but eventually she makes friends with a group that includes Savanah, a girl whose father was killed while fighting in Iraq three years earlier. Even though Savanah is kind of Goth and Dusty is all cowgirl they have a special connection and they bond. Dusty gets the school to agree to an Equestrian Drill Team and she enlists her new city slicker friends to join the team. As Dusty and the team practice, Dusty deals with the fears that come with her mother fighting in Afghanistan.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 680
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating
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Cowgirls 'n Angels (2012)
Plot Summary:
A group of rodeo trick-riders recruits a young girl to join them.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, serious, realistic
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Emma's Chance (2016)
Plot Summary:
While fulfilling her community service hours at a horse rescue ranch, Emma forms an unlikely bond with an abused show horse who won't let anyone ride him.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: touching, sincere, sentimental, sweet, realistic
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The Tattooed Police Horse (1964)
Plot Summary:
Barred from racing for breaking stride, a trotting horse finds a new career as a police officer's mount in Boston.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 57
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic
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The Dark Horse (2008)
Plot Summary:
The Dark Horse is a story of struggle and redemption. Dana, a ballet teacher, reluctantly returns to her childhood home to discover it is about to be sold. To save the farm, and the family, she must tame her mother's dangerous black horse, and ride him to victory in the year's biggest dressage competition.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: uplifting, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, gloomy, independent film
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Dark Horse (1992)
Plot Summary:
14 year old Allison has to go to a horse farm. With all the horses and the help of the owner Susan Hadley she finds new sense in her life.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 903
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film, touching, serious, realistic
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Danny (1979)
Plot Summary:
A young girl's special love for a horse helps them both.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 131
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, sentimental, touching, serious, realistic
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Windstorm 2 (2015)
Plot Summary:
Summer vacation. Mika is overjoyed to see Ostwind again. But then she discovers strange wounds on the belly of Ostwind, for which no one has an explanation. Yet this is Kaltenbach verge of bankruptcy! With a heavy heart Mika decides to participate in a variety tournament in which beckons a high prize money. But during training affects Ostwind distracted, often he runs away easily. Mika pursued the black stallion until deep into the forest and is quite surprised: From the thicket a seemingly magical gray mare appears and the two horses dance around lovingly. Suddenly, a strange boy named Milan appears, who says the mare had escaped him. He claimed that he could Help Mika to win the tournament. But is there still time to save Kaltenbach?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, teen
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Rodeo Girl (2016)
Plot Summary:
Shipped off to her American dad's ranch for the summer, a teen and her horse Lucky Lad compete for a spot at the National Youth Rodeo.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 344
Genere: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, disturbing
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A Sunday Horse (2016)
Plot Summary:
After a near-fatal accident, on a horse the experts thought was nothing special, a determined rider from the wrong side of the tracks defies all the odds to pursue her dreams of winning a national jumping championship.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 996
Genere: Biography, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, disturbing, emotional
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The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (1968)
Plot Summary:
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. The second problem is Fred's daugther, 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 daugther 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 prices to make this idea work.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, spoof, parody
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Moondance Alexander (2007)
Plot Summary:
The curiously named, Moondance Alexander is a spirited teen living with her eccentric mother. She is faced with another uneventful summer until she discovers a lost pinto pony named Checkers who has jumped out of his paddock. Although Moondance returns the horse to his rightful owner, the gruff and mysterious Dante Longpre, she is convinced that Checkers is a champion jumper in disguise and is determined to help him realize his full potential. Moondance manages to talk Dante into training her and Checkers for the Bow Valley Classic and despite the criticism of her peers; discovers that perseverance, loyalty and individuality can land you in the winner's circle.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: feel good, serious, realistic, sincere
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Flicka (2006)
Plot Summary:
A headstrong 16 year old Katy McLaughlin desires to work on her family's mountainside horse ranch, although her father insists she finish boarding school. Katy finds a mustang in the hills near her ranch. Katy then sets her mind to tame a mustang and prove to her father she can run the ranch. But when tragedy happens, it will take all the love and strength the family can muster to restore hope.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: talky, sentimental, touching, realistic, teen, feel good, road movie, sad, humorous, semi serious
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International Velvet (1978)
Plot Summary:
A charming sequel to the hit National Velvet follows our young heroine and her trusty steed overseas.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, uplifting, touching, feel good, realistic, semi serious, romantic drama