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Plot Summary:
The 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.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 715
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, History, War
Country: USA, France, South Africa
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: sentimental, uplifting, touching, serious, independent film, realistic, feel good, wild
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Living Free (1972)
Plot Summary:
When Elsa's three mischievious cubs begin wreaking havok on the nearby villages, Joy and her husband are forced to move them hundreds of miles to a game preserve.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 623
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, independent film, wild
Similar in 88%
The Wild Stallion (2009)
Plot Summary:
A story about two girls, CJ and Hanna. CJ lives on a ranch, Hanna comes to visit and decides to photograph wild horses for a school project. The girls become great friends and learn of a plot that might jeopardize the mustangs.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 633
Genere: Action, Drama, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: sentimental, realistic, touching, captivating, atmospheric, sincere, serious
Similar in 81%
The Littlest Horse Thieves (1976)
Plot Summary:
When the owner of a Yorkshire coal-mine decides to mechanize to increase profits, the mine's pit ponies are scheduled to be destroyed. So, three children plan to steal them to keep them safe. But when they're caught, it's up to the mine owners and the miners themselves to decide what's right.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 441
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: exciting, touching, feel good, serious, realistic
Similar in 79%
Misty (1961)
Plot Summary:
Every year the Chincoteague fire department rounds up the wild ponies of Assateague Island and holds an auction to thin out the herd. The young children set out to raise enough money in hopes that the Phantom will be caught in this years round up. They soon realize they will get more than they bargained for when the Phantom has a surprise for everyone: a foal named Misty.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 373
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, feel good, realistic, semi serious
Similar in 81%
Napoleon and Samantha (1972)
Plot Summary:
Two young children, who, rather than part with an old pet lion who was once a circus performer, go on a perilous mountain trek to stay with a recluse friend.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, emotional, semi serious, cult film
Similar in 76%
Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar (1967)
Plot Summary:
A heartwarming Disney classic in which a cougar, who was rescued as a cub and raised by a group of loggers in the Pacific Northwest, reverts back to his natural instincts, leading to hilarious (and dangerous) consequences.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 925
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, semi serious, romantic, clever, unusual plot structure, humorous, sweet, entertaining, educational
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The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby (2005)
Plot Summary:
This is the true story of a little dog that refused to leave his master's graveside in Edinburgh. The dog visited the grave for years.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 657
Genere: Adventure, Family, History
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, serious, realistic
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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
Similar in 87%
The Black Stallion Returns (1983)
Plot Summary:
"Black" is a stunning fire-and-silk stallion celebrated the world over. But to his young American owner, Alec Ramsay (Kelly Reno), he's much more. So, when the amazing animal is stolen, Alec will stop at nothing to get him back. Alec finally unravels the mystery of Black's theft...only to discover that he must overcome even greater odds to reclaim his beloved horse.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: independent film, tense, humorous, semi serious, exciting, inspirational, sexy, clever, feel good, breathtaking
Similar in 78%
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
Similar in 75%
The Amazing Panda Adventure (1995)
Plot Summary:
Far from home in the lush bamboo forests of China, ten-year-old Ryan Tyler, with the help of a young girl, goes on a wonderful journey to rescue a baby panda taken by poachers.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, scary, exciting, romantic, feel good, unusual plot structure, sweet, entertaining, melancholic
Similar in 76%
Silver Wolf (1999)
Plot Summary:
A ranger (Michael Biehn) and his 16 year old nephew (Shane Meier) struggle to save a wolf from a rancher (Roy Scheider), who is out to kill it.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 596
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: sentimental, uplifting, touching, feel good, independent film, serious, realistic
Similar in 85%
The Incredible Journey (1963)
Plot Summary:
The story of three pets, a cat and two dogs, who lose their owners when they are all on vacation. Can they find their way home?.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: road movie, touching, exciting, uplifting, feel good, serious, realistic, fairy tale, funny, light
Similar in 83%
Black Beauty (1994)
Plot Summary:
The fates of horses, and the people who own and command them, are revealed as Black Beauty narrates the circle of his life.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sad, sentimental, touching, inspirational, sweet, melancholic, light, emotional, scenic, captivating
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An American Girl: Saige Paints the Sky (2013)
Plot Summary:
Meet nine-year old Saige, a talented artist with a passion for horses, in this modern-day story about finding your voice! Saige is excited about the new school year, until she discovers that art-her favorite class-has been cut. On top of that, her best friend, Tessa, seems to be spending more and more time with another girl. For help, Saige turns to her grandma Mimi, a well-known artist and horse-woman, who inspires her to take action. Can Saige find the courage to overcome her fears and save the art program-and her friendship with Tessa? Heart-warming, empowering, and fun, it's a movie for every girl who has ever dreamed big. Written by Anonymous (IMDB.com).
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 523
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, captivating, light, realistic, semi serious
Similar in 86%
Courage Mountain (1990)
Plot Summary:
In this version of "Heidi," a young Swiss girl is sent off to boarding school at the beginning of World War I.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 910
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, War
Country: USA, France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, realistic, serious, independent film, period drama
Similar in 87%
Heidi (1968)
Plot Summary:
Heidi is an orphaned girl initially raised by her aunt Dete in Maienfeld, Switzerland. In order to get a job in Frankfurt, Dete brings 5-year-old Heidi to her grandfather, who has been at odds with the villagers for years and lives in seclusion on the alm. He at first resents Heidi's arrival, but the girl manages to penetrate his harsh exterior and subsequently has a delightful stay with him and her best friend, young Peter the goat-herd.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 665
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: sentimental, uplifting, touching, feel good, serious, realistic
Similar in 89%
The Christmas Bunny (2010)
Plot Summary:
The Christmas Bunny tells the story of a lonely foster child (Sophie Bolen) who finds a lost, injured rabbit in the woods on Christmas Eve. The rabbit is nursed back to health by The Bunny Lady (Florence Henderson), who runs a rabbit rescue in an old barn behind her Michigan farmhouse.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 854
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: sentimental, uplifting, touching, sincere, captivating, light, serious, realistic, gloomy
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A Bear Named Winnie (2004)
Plot Summary:
Based on the true story of a Canadian soldier, enroute to World War I from Winnipeg, who adopts an orphaned bear cub at White River Ontario. It is namned Winnie (for Winnipeg) and eventually ends up at the London Zoo where it became the inspiration for A.A.Milne's Winnie The Pooh stories.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, serious, touching, light, captivating, entertaining
Similar in 86%
Flipper (1963)
Plot Summary:
Many kids might say their best friend is a puppy or a pony. But for 12-year-old Sandy, the most special pet of all is the exuberant dolphin he rescues and who returns the favor by rescuing Sandy from sharks.The dolphin named Flipper first swam into the world's minds and hearts in this 1963 film starring Chuck Connors and Luke Halpin as Sandy (a role he would continue in the 1964-68 TV series that followed.) James B. Clark, a long-time family filmmaker whose credits include "Island of the Blue Dolphins" and "My Side of the Mountain," directs the story of hard times (Hurricane Hazel and its aftermath) and joy (Sandy's dolphin-powered rides through the waves). And two fins up for Mitzie, the animal star who plays flipper.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: melancholic, touching, exciting, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sentimental, romantic, clever
Similar in 84%
White Fang (1991)
Plot Summary:
Jack London's classic adventure story about the friendship developed between a Yukon gold hunter and the mixed dog-wolf he rescues from the hands of a man who mistreats him.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: touching, sentimental, sincere, captivating, retro, epic, serious, realistic, black comedy, dark comedy
Similar in 87%
The Black Stallion (1979)
Plot Summary:
While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion that is brought on board and stabled in the ship he is sailing on. When it tragically sinks both he and the horse survive only to be stranded on a deserted island. He befriends it, so when finally rescued both return to his home where they soon meet Henry Dailey, a once successful trainer. Together they begin training the horse to race against the fastest ones in the world.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: scenic, fairy tale, inspirational, emotional, sentimental, touching, offbeat, sad, stylized, grindhouse
Similar in 80%
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
Similar in 84%
Free Willy 3: The Rescue (1997)
Plot Summary:
Willy the whale is back, this time threatened by illegal whalers making money off sushi. Jesse, now 16, has taken a job on an orca-researching ship, along with old friend Randolph and a sarcastic scientist, Drew. On the whaler's ship is captain John Wesley and his son, Max, who isn't really pleased about his father's job, but doesn't have the gut to say so. Along the way, Willy reunites with Jesse.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: touching, realistic, humorous, retro, epic, semi serious, exciting, romantic, feel good, unusual plot structure
Similar in 81%
Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove (2010)
Plot Summary:
After young Kirra (Bindi Irwin) leaves her Australian home to summer with her grandfather (Beau Bridges) in South Africa, she soon discovers a baby orca stranded in the lagoon near her grandfather’s rundown seaside amusement park. She names the lonely whale Willy--and embarks on a great quest to lead the little guy back to his anxious pod.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: serious, sentimental, touching, realistic, uplifting
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The Young Black Stallion (2003)
Plot Summary:
When courageous young Neera becomes separated from her family in the desert, she chances upon a wild colt. Together they find friendship, trust, and their way back home only to discover her family is about to lose everything!.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic
Similar in 87%
Duma (2005)
Plot Summary:
An orphaned cheetah becomes the best friend and pet of a young boy living in South Africa.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sweet, sentimental, touching, captivating, inspirational, sad, atmospheric, realistic, semi serious, romantic
Similar in 89%
Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog (1995)
Plot Summary:
Teenager Angus adopts a stray dog and names him Yellow. Several days later, while travelling along the coast of British Columbia with Angus's father, John, the boy and dog become stranded when turbulent waters capsize their boat. Angus's parents relentlessly badger rescue teams. Angus, schooled by his father in wilderness survival skills, and assisted by the intelligent Yellow Dog, tries to attract rescuers.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: sentimental, emotional, touching, exciting, serious, light, romantic, feel good, unusual plot structure, humorous
Similar in 88%
Andre (1994)
Plot Summary:
The true story of how a marine seal named Andre befriended a little girl and her family, circa 1962.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, sad, feel good, humorous, semi serious, fairy tale, light, inspirational, romantic
Similar in 78%
Free Willy (1993)
Plot Summary:
When maladjusted orphan Jesse vandalizes a theme park, he is placed with foster parents and must work at the park to make amends. There he meets Willy, a young Orca whale who has been separated from his family. Sensing kinship, they form a bond and, with the help of kindly whale trainer Rae Lindley, develop a routine of tricks. However, greedy park owner Dial soon catches wind of the duo and makes plans to profit from them.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 82000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, uplifting, feel good, sweet, light, inspirational, retro, sexy, epic