Movies Like Legend of the Golden Grain

If you liked Legend of the Golden Grain (2013), a movie directed by Javier Cruz Osorio, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Hidalgo (2004)
★ 6.9/10
Set in 1890, this is the story of a Pony Express courier who travels to Arabia to compete with his horse, Hidalgo, in a dangerous race for a massive contest prize, in an adventure that sends the pair around the world...
2
Walker (1987)
★ 6.5/10
William Walker and his mercenary corps enter Nicaragua in the middle of the 19th century in order to install a new government by a coup d'etat.
3
Dora and the Search for Sol Dorado (2025)
★ 6.6/10
Dora, Diego, and their new friends trek through the perilous dangers of the Amazonian jungle in search of the ancient and powerful treasure of Sol Dorado to keep it out of enemy hands.
4
The Road to El Dorado (2000)
★ 7.3/10
Stowing away after a failed con, a pair of swindlers end up on El Dorado, the fabled "city of gold", where they quickly get in over their heads when they are mistaken as gods by the inhabitants.
5
Chupa (2023)
★ 6.3/10
While visiting family in Mexico, a lonely boy befriends a mythical creature hiding on his grandfather's ranch and embarks on the adventure of a lifetime.
6
Secretariat (2010)
★ 7.4/10
Housewife and mother Penny Chenery agrees to take over her ailing father's Virginia-based Meadow Stables, despite her lack of horse-racing knowledge. Against all odds, Chenery - with the help of veteran trainer Lucien…
7
Momo (2025)
★ 7.1/10
Momo is a young orphan girl who lives in the ruins of an old Roman amphitheater and becomes friends with everybody in the neighborhood. But when a powerful international corporation starts stealing everybody’s time…
8
Crazy Magical Mexico (2026)
★ 7.7/10
A man finds the best motivation to secure and save his town: making an independent Mexican film.
9
A Million Miles Away (2023)
★ 7.6/10
The life of engineer and former NASA astronaut José M. Hernández, the first migrant farmworker to go to space.
10
Adventures of Don Juan (1948)
★ 6.8/10
Spanish Lothario Don Juan, the legendary lover and adventurer returns to Spain following a scandal and comes to the aid of his queen, who is under threat from sinister forces.
11
Dragonheart: Vengeance (2021)
★ 6.8/10
Lukas, a young farmer whose family is killed by savage raiders in the countryside, sets out on an epic quest for revenge, forming an unlikely trio with a majestic dragon and a swashbuckling, sword-fighting mercenary…
12
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
★ 7.2/10
Truck driver Jack Burton gets embroiled in a supernatural battle when his best friend Wang Chi's green-eyed fiancée is kidnapped by henchmen of the sorcerer Lo Pan, who must marry a girl with green eyes in order to…
13
The Courier (2024)
★ 6.4/10
After shrewdly seizing his chance to join a money-laundering scheme, a modest valet dives into a world of fast cash, fast cars — and an inevitable crash.
14
Seabiscuit (2003)
★ 7.1/10
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.
15
The Black Swan (1942)
★ 6.5/10
When notorious pirate Henry Morgan is made governor of Jamaica, he enlists the help of some of his former partners in ridding the Caribbean of buccaneers. When one of them apparently abducts the previous governor's…
16
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
★ 8/10
Two jobless Americans convince a prospector to travel to the mountains of Mexico with them in search of gold. But the hostile wilderness, local bandits, and greed all get in the way of their journey.
17
Bite the Bullet (1975)
★ 6.4/10
At the beginning of the 20th century, a newspaper organizes an endurance horse race : 700 miles to run in a few days. 9 adventurers are competing, among them a woman, Miss Jones, a Mexican, an Englishman, a young…
18
Welcome Mr. Marshall! (1953)
★ 7.4/10
A small Spanish town, Villar del Río, is alerted to the upcoming visit of American diplomats and its ruling townsmen begin preparations to impress the American visitors, in the hopes of benefiting under the Marshall…
19
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974)
★ 6.4/10
Down-on-their-luck racers Larry and Deke steal from a supermarket manager to buy a car that will help them advance their racing chances. Their escape does not go as planned when Larry's one-night stand, Mary, tags…
20
The Yakuza (1974)
★ 7.1/10
When George Tanner does business with high-ranking Yakuza Tono, Tono kidnaps his daughter, and George summons his old friend, private eye Harry Kilmer, to Japan to investigate.