20 movies like They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, ordered by similarity : Babe(1995), Our Daily Bread(1934), Taxidermia(2006), The Sin of Madelon Claudet(1931), Khoya Khoya Chand(2007), Spitfire(1934), Violence at Noon(1966), Black Legion(1937), Mudbound(2017), The Good Earth(1937), The Artist(2011), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?(1966) ...
Drama
USA
1969
121 Minutes
Jane Fonda Michael Sarrazin Susannah York Gig Young Red Buttons Bonnie Bedelia Bruce Dern Michael Conrad Al Lewis Robert Fields Severn Darden
failed actress sailor bombshell farmer wife emcee bleak disturbing ballroom santa monica, calif. dance marathon great depression underdog wretched excess 1930s
The lives of a disparate group of contestants intertwine in an inhumanely grueling dance marathon.
Fantasy, Comedy, Kids & Family, Drama
Australia|USA
1995
94 Minutes
James Cromwell Magda Szubanski Mary Acres David Webb Marshall Napier John Doyle Paul Goddard
farmer wife animal pig dog uplifting endearing inspiring positive farm countryside fair animals social change grief growing up transformation underdog 1990s
Babe, a pig raised by sheepdogs, learns to herd sheep with a little help from Farmer Hoggett.
Drama
USA
1934
74 Minutes
Karen Morley Tom Keene Barbara Pepper Addison Richards John Qualen Lloyd Ingram Sidney Bracey Henry Hall Nellie V. Nichols Frank Minor
husband wife farmer carpenter plumber musician uplifting tense spirited apartment farm countryside great depression agriculture commune farming love triangle rise transformation temptation
A group of down-on-their-luck workers combine their abilities to make a Gallafentian-style commune... and bread!
Drama
Hungary|Austria|France
2006
91 Minutes
Marc Bischoff Gábor Máté Gerg? Trócsányi Piroska Molnár Csaba Czene Zoltan Koppany István Gyuricza Géza Hegedüs D.
soldier fat person wife love interest coach taxidermist bleak disturbing creepy hungary farm arena obesity lust competition murder bestiality fall transformation wretched excess
Three generations of men, including a pervert that constantly seeks for new kinds of satisfaction, an obese speed eater and a passionate embalmer.
Drama
USA
1931
73 Minutes
Helen Hayes Lewis Stone Neil Hamilton Robert Young Cliff Edwards Jean Hersholt Marie Prevost Karen Morley Charles Winninger Alan Hale Halliwell Hobbes
doctor single mother artist jewel thief prostitute farmer melodramatic bleak profound paris france farm prison apartment city abandonment betrayal motherhood wrongful conviction patriarchy
Out of jail for a crime she did not commit, Madelon turns to prostitution and thievery to send her illegitimate son to medical school.
Drama, Romance
India
2007
129 Minutes
Shiney Ahuja Anil Chaudhary Soha Ali Khan Rajat Kapoor Sushmita Mukherjee Sonya Jehan Vinay Pathak
author wife second wife actress director bleak brooding sad disheartening emotional moving india city mumbai movie set house bungalow stardom depression yearning for love
Circa 1960s Lucknow-based author Zafar Ali Naqvi, who has issues with his father and his four wives, including the 4th one who lusts after him, re-locates to Bombay, starts writing for ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1934
88 Minutes
Katharine Hepburn Robert Young Ralph Bellamy Martha Sleeper Sara Haden Sidney Toler
poor woman neighbor engineer partner father wife emotional bleak moving passionate ozark mountains farm river house wilderness town poverty city vs. country modernization dams
Mountain girl Trigger Hicks, a fierce loner equally handy with a rock or a prayer, is in danger of having her faith-healing mistaken for witchcraft by the neighbors. She shows a vulnerable ... See full summary »
Drama
Japan
1966
99 Minutes
Hideo Kanze Saeda Kawaguchi Narumi Kayashima Teruko Kishi Hôsei Komatsu Akiko Koyama Kei Satô Taiji Tonoyama Matsuhiro Toura Fumio Watanabe Sen Yano
maid victim rapist wife police officer father bleak disturbing sad japan commune school woods apartment serial rape postwar japan poverty murder investigation disillusionment
Two young women must come to terms with the fact that a man they're deeply linked to is a murdering rapist.
Crime, Drama
USA
1937
83 Minutes
Humphrey Bogart Dick Foran Erin O'Brien-Moore Ann Sheridan Robert Barrat Helen Flint Joe Sawyer Addison Richards Eddie Acuff Clifford Soubier Paul Harvey
factory director immigrant wife best friend factory worker disturbing disheartening intense midwest factory hate group xenophobia immigration lynching secret plans fall wretched excess revenge 1930s
A hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he's seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners through violence.
Drama, History
USA
2017
134 Minutes
Carey Mulligan Jason Clarke Jason Mitchell Mary J. Blige Rob Morgan Garrett Hedlund Jonathan Banks Frankie Smith Kennedy Derosin Kelvin Harrison Jr. Kerry Cahill
mother farmer child brother-in-law soldier sharecropper emotional profound disturbing powerful mississippi farm field racism racial issues life after wartime social issues pursuit love discovery
Two men return home from World War II to work on a farm in rural Mississippi, where they struggle to deal with racism and adjusting to life after war.
Drama
USA
1937
138 Minutes
Paul Muni Luise Rainer Walter Connolly Tilly Losch Charley Grapewin Jessie Ralph Soo Yong Keye Luke Roland Lui Ching Wah Lee Harold Huber
farmer wife pretty woman son emotional melodramatic china farm farming family poverty aspirations marriage love triangle transformation love sacrifice 1930s
Although married Chinese farmers Wang and O-Lan initially experience success, their lives are complicated by declining fortunes and lean times, as well as the arrival of the beautiful young Lotus.
Romance, Drama
France|Belgium|USA
2011
100 Minutes
Jean Dujardin Bérénice Bejo John Goodman James Cromwell Penelope Ann Miller Missi Pyle Beth Grant Ed Lauter Joel Murray Bitsie Tulloch Ken Davitian
movie star actress wife dog driver studio head charming emotional hollywood movie theater film set mansion silent movies marital problems stardom financial troubles talking pictures romance love rise
An egomaniacal film star develops a relationship with a young dancer against the backdrop of Hollywood's silent era.
Drama
USA
1966
129 Minutes
Elizabeth Taylor Richard Burton George Segal Sandy Dennis Agnes Flanagan Frank Flanagan
professor wife teacher alcoholic bleak brash disturbing new england family home college nightclub abuse alcoholism marriage infidelity parenthood rivalry wretched excess 1960s
A bitter, aging couple, with the help of alcohol, use their young houseguests to fuel anguish and emotional pain towards each other over the course of a distressing night.
Drama
USA
1945
91 Minutes
Zachary Scott Betty Field Beulah Bondi J. Carrol Naish Norman Lloyd Jay Gilpin Estelle Taylor Percy Kilbride Blanche Yurka
farmer wife grandmother emotional spirited moving texas farm farming aspirations poverty family quest love sacrifice underdog 1940s
The life of the poor Tucker family, that worked as cotton pluggers and decided to get their own ground, but nature is against them.
Drama
UK
1939
110 Minutes
Michael Redgrave Margaret Lockwood Emlyn Williams Nancy Price Allan Jeayes Edward Rigby Cecil Parker Linden Travers Milton Rosmer George Carney Ivor Barnard
teacher wife businessperson wealthy man bleak emotional melodramatic england small town blue collar coal mining love triangle aspirations class distinctions sacrifice underdog rivalry 1930s
Davey Fenwick (Sir Michael Redgrave) leaves his mining village on a university scholarship intent on returning to better support the miners against the owners. But he falls in love with ... See full summary »
Drama
UK
1938
112 Minutes
Robert Donat Rosalind Russell Rex Harrison Ralph Richardson Emlyn Williams Penelope Dudley Ward Francis L. Sullivan Mary Clare Cecil Parker Nora Swinburne Edward Chapman
doctor wife miner gutsy engaging inspiring moving wales london mining town hypocrisy tuberculosis medicine aspirations wretched excess underdog 1930s
Andrew Manson (Robert Donat), a young, enthusiastic doctor takes his first job in a Welsh mining town, and begins to wonder at the persistent cough many of the miners have. When his ... See full summary »
Romance, Drama
2005
110 Minutes
Elizabeth Reaser Tim Guinee Alan Cumming Lois Smith Ned Beatty John Heard Alex Kingston Patrick Heusinger Paul Sand Tom Gilroy Charlotta Mohlin
farmer immigrant husband wife mellow spirited minnesota farm small town arranged marriage prejudice romance rural life immigration morality love sacrifice underdog 1920s
A German mail-order bride in 1920s Minnesota encounters suspicion and scorn when she arrives to marry a member of a Norwegian farming community.
Drama, History
UK|Luxembourg
2015
135 Minutes
Agyness Deyn Peter Mullan Kevin Guthrie Jack Greenlees Ian Pirie Hugh Ross Niall Greig Fulton Douglas Rankine
daughter farmer abusive father rape victim mother intense disturbing emotional melodramatic raw farm college canada argentina rape violence suicide world war i marriage love
The daughter of a Scottish farmer comes of age in the early 1900s.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2013
105 Minutes
Jude Law Rooney Mara Channing Tatum Catherine Zeta-Jones Vinessa Shaw Ann Dowd Mamie Gummer David Costabile Michelle Vergara Moore Vladimir Versailles Mitchell Michaliszyn
wife husband psychiatrist murder victim thrilling suspenseful apartment doctor's office new york city depression medicine murder husband/wife relationship mystery wretched excess 2010s
A young woman's world unravels when a drug prescribed by her psychiatrist has unexpected side effects.
Crime, Drama
USA
1955
91 Minutes
Victor Mature Richard Egan Stephen McNally Virginia Leith Tommy Noonan Lee Marvin Margaret Hayes J. Carrol Naish Sylvia Sidney Ernest Borgnine Dorothy Patrick
criminal father son husband wife farmer dark emotional small town mine bank household farm arizona bank heist voyeurism father/son relationship infidelity hostage situation violence
Three men case a small town very carefully, with plans to rob the bank on the upcoming Saturday, which turns violent and deadly.
Drama
USA
2003
140 Minutes
Tobey Maguire Jeff Bridges Chris Cooper Elizabeth Banks Gary Stevens William H. Macy Kingston DuCoeur Eddie Jones Ed Lauter Michael O'Neill Michael Angarano
horse owner jockey horse horse trainer wife child uplifting engaging emotional inspiring california mexico racetrack great depression horse racing unlikely hero death of a child rise rivalry transformation
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.