Movies like A Horse for Summer

20 movies like A Horse for Summer, ordered by similarity : The Great Dan Patch(1949), Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story(2005), Apple of My Eye(2017), The Go-Between(1971), The Red Stallion(1947), Pelle the Conqueror(1987), Phar Lap(1983), Seabiscuit(2003), Charlotte's Web(2006), War Horse(2011), Thoroughbreds Don't Cry(1937), The Story of Seabiscuit(1949) ...

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A Horse for Summer

When a family emergency forces a troubled teen to do the wrong thing for the right reason, a community discovers the meaning of forgiveness.

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The Great Dan Patch

Story of the legendary trotting horse Dan Patch.

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Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story

Cale Crane catalyzes the rescue and rehabilitation of Sonador, a race horse with a broken leg.

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Apple of My Eye

A young girl struggles after a traumatic horse riding accident causes her to lose her eyesight. Charles, the head trainer of Southeastern Guide Dogs, trains Apple, a miniature horse, to be her companion and surrogate eyes.

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The Go-Between

A circa-1900 British boy (Dominic Guard) carries illicit love letters between a farmer (Alan Bates) and an aristocratic woman (Julie Christie).

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The Red Stallion

A mare dies while foaling the Red Stallion. He is reared by a boy and is entered in a big race - something like the Kentucky Derby.

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Pelle the Conqueror

When his wife dies, Lassefar (Max von Sydow) takes his 12-year-old son, Pelle (Pelle Hvenegaard), from their home in Sweden to Denmark in search of a better life. Signing on as laborers at ... See full summary »

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Phar Lap

The true story of an Australian racehorse that became a champion, with the help of a local stableboy.

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Seabiscuit

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.

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Charlotte's Web

Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen.

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War Horse

Young Albert enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry. Albert's hopeful journey takes him out of England and to the front lines as the war rages on.

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Thoroughbreds Don't Cry

A cocky young jockey who gets mixed up with some crooked gamblers befriends an English lad with a fast horse and the niece of a woman who runs a boarding house for jockeys.

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The Story of Seabiscuit

Horse trainer Shawn O'Hara and his lovely niece, Margaret, come to America to escape the memory of an accident involving Margaret's brother, Danny. Working with thoroughbreds in Kentucky, ... See full summary »

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Spirit Riders

When a rebellious teen is arrested and sentenced to an equine therapy camp, she forms a connection with a spirited thoroughbred that she helps train with the guidance of the ranch's no-nonsense owner.

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Short Term 12

A 20-something supervising staff member of a residential treatment facility navigates the troubled waters of that world alongside her co-worker and longtime boyfriend.

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Jean de Florette

A greedy landowner and his backward nephew conspire to block the only water source for an adjoining property in order to bankrupt the owner and force him to sell.

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The Good Earth

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.

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Days of Heaven

A hot-tempered farm laborer convinces the woman he loves to marry their rich but dying boss so that they can have a claim to his fortune.

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Rebel Without a Cause

A rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies.

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The Southerner

The life of the poor Tucker family, that worked as cotton pluggers and decided to get their own ground, but nature is against them.

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Love, Simon

Simon Spier keeps a huge secret from his family, his friends and all of his classmates: he's gay. When that secret is threatened, Simon must face everyone and come to terms with his identity.

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