List of films about horses

Films about horses constitute a popular film genre. Some examples include:

0–9

• 8 Seconds (1994)
• 50 to 1 (2014)

A

Lobby card for A Day at the Races (1937)

• Above the Limit (1900)
• Aces of the Turf (1932)
• A Day at the Races (1937) ^[1]
• A Dead Certainty (1920)
• Adventures of Gallant Bess (1948)
• The Adventures of Rex and Rinty (1935)
• A Great Coup (1919)
• A Horse Called Bear (2015)
• All In (1936)
• All Roads Lead Home (2008) ^[1]
• All the Pretty Horses (2000) ^[1]
• Along the Navajo Trail (1945) ^[1]
• An American Girl: Saige Paints the Sky (2013)
• The Appaloosa (1966)
• April Love (1957)
• Archer's Adventure (1985) ^[1]
• Ariadne in Hoppegarten (1928)
• A Sporting Double (1922)
• A Turf Conspiracy (1918)

B

Still from the American film Black Beauty (1921) with Jean Paige and James W. Morrison, published on page 53 of the April 1921 Photoplay magazine.

• Barbie (2023)
• Barnet Horse Fair (1896)
• Beautiful Kitty (1923)
• Big Boy (1930)
• Bite the Bullet (1975)
• Black Beauty (1921)
• Black Beauty (1946)
• Black Beauty (1971) ^[2]
• Black Beauty (1978)
• Black Beauty (1994) ^[3]
• Black Beauty (2020) ^[4]
• The Black Stallion (1979) ^[2]
• The Black Stallion Returns (1983) ^[1]
• Blue Fire Lady (1977) ^[1]
• Blue Grass of Kentucky (1950)
• Boots Malone (1952) ^[1]
• Born to the Saddle (1953) ^[1]
• Boy Woodburn (1922)
• Breezing Home (1937)
• The Bride Wore Boots (1946)
• Broadway Bill (1934)
• Buck (2011)

C

• The Calendar (1931)
• Carbine's Heritage (1927)
• Casey's Shadow (1978) ^[1]
• Cavalry (1936)
• Champions (1984) ^[1]
• Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)
• The Colt (2005) ^[1]
• Come On George! (1939)
• Corral (1954)
• The County Fair (1932)
• County Fair (1937)
• County Fair (1950)
• Cowgirls 'n Angels (2012) ^[1]
• Cowgirls 'n Angels: Dakota's Summer (2014)
• A Cowgirl's Story (2017)
• Crazy Over Horses (1951)
• The Cup (2011) ^[1]

D

• Danielle Steel's Palomino (1991)
• Danse avec lui (2007)
• Dark Horse (1992) ^[1]
• Dark Horse (2014) ^[3]
• Das Mädchen Marion (1956)
• Dead Heat (2002)
• The Derby (1895)
• Derby (1926)
• Derby (1949)
• Derby Day (1952)
• The Derby Stallion (2005) ^[1]
• Der eiserne Gustav (1958)
• Desert Gold (1919)
• Devil on Horseback (1954)
• The Double Event (1921)
• Down the Stretch (1936)
• The Draft Horse (1942)
• Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story (2005) ^[3]
• Drei Mann auf einem Pferd (1957)

E

• Educated Evans (1936)
• The Electric Horseman (1979) ^[1]
• En équilibre (2015)
• Ennodu Vilayadu (2017)
• Equus (1977)
• Escape from the Dark (1976)
• The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)
• Eyes of Fate (1933)

F

Poster for Florian (1940)

• Fast Companions (1932)
• Febbre da cavallo (1976)
• Febbre da cavallo – La mandrakata (2002)
• Felicity: An American Girl Adventure (2005)
• The Fighting Stallion (1950)
• The Flash (1997) ^[1]
• Flicka (2006) ^[3]
• Flicka 2 (2010) ^[1]
• Flicka: Country Pride (2012) ^[1]
• Florian (1940)
• The Flying Fifty-Five (1924)
• Flying Fifty-Five (1939)
• Francis Goes to the Races (1951)

G

• Gallant Bess (1946) ^[1]
• Gallopin' Gals (1940)
• The Galloping Major (1951)
• A Gamble for Love (1917)
• Garryowen (1920)
• Glory (1956)
• Going Places (1938)
• The Great Dan Patch (1949) ^[1]
• The Great Mike (1944)
• Green Grass of Wyoming (1948)
• The Greening of Whitney Brown (2011)
• Gypsy Colt (1954)

H

Poster for The Hottentot (1922)

• Heart of Virginia (1948)
• He Married His Wife (1940)
• Hidalgo (2004) ^[2]
• Home on the Range (2004)
• The Horse Boy (2009) ^[1]
• Hochzeitsnacht im Regen (1967)
• Home in Indiana (1944)
• Hoofs and Goofs (1957)
• The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (1968) ^[1]
• The Horsemasters (1961)
• The Horsemen (1971)
• The Horse Whisperer (1998) ^[2]
• The Horse with the Flying Tail (1960) ^[1]
• Horsing Around (1957)
• Hot Tip (1935)
• The Hottentot (1922)
• The Hottentot (1929)
• Hot to Trot (1988) ^[1]

I

• In Old Kentucky (1935)
• In Pursuit of Honor (1995) ^[1]
• International Velvet (1978) ^[2]
• Into the Straight (1949)
• Into the West (1992) ^[1]
• It Ain't Hay (1943)

J

• Jappeloup (2013)
• Jiggs and Maggie in Jackpot Jitters (1949)
• Jockey (2021)
• Johnny Steals Europe (1932)
• Justin Morgan Had a Horse (1972) ^[1]

K

Lobby card for Kentucky Pride (1925)

• Keep 'Em Rolling (1934)
• Kentucky (1938)
• Kentucky Blue Streak (1935)
• The Kentucky Derby (1922)
• Kentucky Pride (1925)
• King of the Wind (1990)
• Kissing Cup (1913)

L

Poster for the American film Long Shot (1939)

• The Lady Owner (1923)
• The Law of the Wild (1934)
• The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)
• Lean on Pete (2017) ^[3]
• Let It Ride (1989) ^[1]
• Little Miss Marker (1934)
• Little Miss Marker (1980)
• The Littlest Horse Thieves (1976) ^[1]
• The Littlest Outlaw (1955) ^[1]
• Lonely Are the Brave (1962)
• Long Odds (1922)
• Long Shot (1939)
• The Longshot (1986)
• The Long Shot (2004) ^[1]
• Lost Stallions: The Journey Home (2008) ^[1]
• Luck of the Turf (1936)
• Lucky Blaze (1933)

M

• Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair (1952)
• The Man From Snowy River (1982) ^[1]
• The Man from Snowy River II (1988)
• The Man in the Saddle (1925)
• The Man in the Saddle (1945)
• The March Hare (1956)
• Maryland (1940)
• Mazeppa (1993)
• Men of Chance (1932)
• Miracle of the White Stallions (1963) ^[1]
• The Misfits (1961)
• The Missouri Traveler (1958)
• Misty (1961) ^[1]
• Money from Home (1953)
• Moondance Alexander (2007) ^[1]
• Mr. Celebrity (1941)
• Mustang! (1959)
• Mustang Country (1976)
• The Mustang (2019) ^[3]
• My Brother Talks to Horses (1947) ^[1]
• My Friend Flicka (1943) ^[1]
• My Little Pony: A Very Minty Christmas (2005)
• My Little Pony: A Very Pony Place (2007)
• My Little Pony: The Movie (1986)
• My Little Pony: The Movie (2017) ^[4]
• My Little Pony: The Princess Promenade (2006)
• My Little Pony: Twinkle Wish Adventure (2009)
• My Old Man (1979)
• My Pal Trigger (1946) ^[1]

N

Mickey Rooney, Elizabeth Taylor and The Pie in National Velvet (1944)

• National Velvet (1944) ^[2]
• Nico the Unicorn (1998)
• Northwest Stampede (1948)

O

• Of Horses and Men (2013)
• Off to the Races (1937)

P

• P.C. Josser (1931)
• Palio (1932)
• Pallard the Punter (1919)
• The Palomino (1950)
• Phantom Stallion (1954)
• Phar Lap (1983) ^[1]
• Phar Lap's Son (1936)
• Playing the Ponies (1937)
• Pride of the Blue Grass (1939)
• Pride of the Blue Grass (1954)
• Princess and the Pony (2011)

R

• Race (2008)
• Racetrack (1933)
• Racing Lady (1937)
• Racing Luck (1935)
• Racing Stripes (2005) ^[1]
• The Rainbow Jacket (1954)
• Ready to Run (2000)
• A Reckless Gamble (1928)
• Red Canyon (1949)
• The Red Horses (1950)
• The Red Horses (1954)
• The Red Pony (1949) ^[1]
• The Red Pony (1973)
• The Red Stallion (1947)
• Red Stallion in the Rockies (1949)
• The Reivers (1969)
• The Return of October (1948)
• Ride a Wild Pony (1975)
• The Rider (2017) ^[3]
• Riding for Germany (1941)
• Riding High (1950) ^[1]
• Rodeo Girl (2016)
• The Rogue Stallion (1990) ^[1]
• Rogues of the Turf (1923)
• The Rounders (1965)
• Ruffian (2007) ^[1]
• Run for the Roses (1977)
• Running Free (1999)
• Running Wild (2017)
• Run Wild, Run Free (1969) ^[1]

S

Poster for The Sporting Lover (1926)

• The Sad Horse (1959)
• Sand (1949)
• Saratoga (1937)
• The Scarlet Lady (1922)
• Seabiscuit (2003) ^[2]
• Second Chances (1998)
• Secretariat (2010) ^[3]
• The Secret of Cavelli (1934)
• The Shamrock Handicap (1926)
• Shannon's Rainbow (2011)
• She Monkeys (2011)
• Shergar (1999) ^[1]
• She Went to the Races (1945)
• Silverstar (2019)
• The Silver Brumby (1993) ^[1]
• The Sixth Race (1953)
• Smoky (1946)
• Snowfire (1958)
• Something to Talk About (1995) ^[5]
• Son of Kissing Cup (1922)
• Sorrowful Jones (1949)
• Spirit Untamed (2021)
• Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) ^[3]
• Spirits of the Dead (1968)
• Sporting Blood (1931)
• Sporting Blood (1940)
• The Sporting Lover (1926)
• The Sport of Kings (1921)
• Stable Companions (1922)
• Stakes (2015)
• The Steed (2019)
• The Stirrup Cup Sensation (1924)
• The Story of Seabiscuit (1949) ^[1]
• The Strawberry Roan (1948)
• Stretch (2011)
• The Sunset Derby (1927)
• Sweepstakes (1931)
• Sylvester (1985) ^[1]

T

Helen Twelvetrees during filming of Thoroughbred , Sydney, 1936

• Take a Chance (1937)
• Thank Evans (1938)
• This Way of Life (2009)
• The Thoroughbred (1928)
• Thoroughbred (1936)
• Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (1937)
• Three Men on a Horse (1936)
• Thunderhead, Son of Flicka (1945) ^[1]
• Tonka (1958) ^[1]
• Trainer and Temptress (1925)
• Tumbleweed (1953)
• The Turin Horse (2011)
• Two Thoroughbreds (1939)

U

• Under My Skin (1950)
• Under the Pampas Moon (1935)
• Up for the Derby (1933)

V

• The Victor (1932)
• The Violet of Potsdamer Platz (1936)
• Virginia's Run (2002) ^[1]

W

Poster for Wild Horse (1931)

• War Horse (2011) ^[2]
• Weavers of Fortune (1922)
• Wedding in Barenhof (1942)
• What Price Loving Cup? (1923)
• Where Is Winky's Horse? (2007)
• The Whip (1928)
• White Mane (1953)
• The White Outlaw (1925)
• Wildfire (1915)
• Wildfire (1945)
• Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken (1991) ^[5]
• Wild Horse (1931)
• Wild Horses (1985)
• The Wild Pony (1983)
• The Wild Stallion (2009) ^[1]
• Wildfire (1986)
• Windstorm (2013)
• Wine, Women and Horses (1937)
• The Winged Horse (1932)
• Winky's Horse (2005) ^[1]
• The Winter Stallion (1992)
• Winter's Tale (2014)
• Won by a Head (1920)

Y

• You Can't Buy Luck (1937)
• The Young Black Stallion (2003) ^[1]

See also

• List of films about horse racing

References

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2. "Oscars 2020: The Greatest Horse Films of All Time". Fédération Équestre Internationale. 2020-02-10. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
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