Movies Like The Rocking Horse Winner

If you liked The Rocking Horse Winner (1949), a drama movie directed by Anthony Pelissier, 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
Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story (2005)
★ 7.1/10Also drama
Ben Crane believes that a severely injured racehorse deserves another chance. He and his daughter Cale adopt the mare and save it from being sacrificed by the owner.
2
Flicka: Country Pride (2012)
★ 6.7/10Also drama
Flicka and Toby help out a struggling stable owner and her teenage daughter.
3
Secretariat (2010)
★ 7.4/10Also drama
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…
4
Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
★ 6.8/10Also drama
Nicholas Nickleby, a young boy in search of a better life, struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his coldheartedly grasping uncle.
5
Black Beauty (2020)
★ 8/10Also drama
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…
6
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken (1991)
★ 7.3/10Also drama
A runaway orphan, young Sonora, persists in a menial job mucking stables in Doc Carver's travelling stunt show. Her great wish is to become a death-defying "diving girl," but Doc refuses her pleas. Undaunted, Sonora's…
7
Johnny Eager (1941)
★ 6.2/10Also drama
A charming racketeer seduces the DA's stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love.
8
Ride Like a Girl (2019)
★ 7.3/10Also drama
The story of Michelle Payne, the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup.
9
Seabiscuit (2003)
★ 7.1/10Also drama
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.
10
A River Runs Through It (1992)
★ 7/10Also drama
The Maclean brothers, Paul and Norman, live a relatively idyllic life in rural Montana, spending much of their time fly fishing. The sons of a minister, the boys eventually part company when Norman moves east to attend…
11
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
★ 7.5/10Also drama
After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching for some stability, Stark forms a bond with a…
12
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (2022)
★ 8.2/10Also drama
The unlikely friendship of a boy, a mole, a fox and a horse traveling together in the boy's search for home.
13
Flicka (2006)
★ 6.9/10Also drama
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. The headstrong 16 year old then sets…
14
Right on Track (2003)
★ 6.6/10Also drama
Based a on a true story about two sisters who came out on top of a man's sport. The story is based on Erica and Courtney Enders, two sisters who get in to junior drag racing and make it all the way to the top. The two…
15
Force of Evil (1950)
★ 6.7/10Also drama
Lawyer Joe Morse wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one big powerful operation. But his elder brother Leo is one of these small-time operators who wants to stay that way, preferring…
16
The Set-Up (1949)
★ 7.4/10Also drama
Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.
17
Black Beauty (1994)
★ 6.7/10Also drama
The fates of horses, and the people who own and command them, are revealed as Black Beauty narrates the circle of his life.
18
Undercurrent (1946)
★ 5.9/10Also drama
After a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of his family or past. He transforms her into an elegant society wife, but becomes enraged whenever she asks about Michael…
19
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
★ 8.3/10Also drama
George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas…
20
A Sunday Horse (2016)
★ 6.3/10Also drama
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.