20 movies like Dream Horse, ordered by similarity : Kai Po Che!(2013), Secretariat(2010), Patti Cake$(2017), Seabiscuit(2003), Tracktown(2016), Fat City(1972), The Hate U Give(2018), Sing Street(2016), I Got Life!(2017), Mistrust(2018), Tumhari Sulu(2017), Wonder(2017) ...
Drama
UK
2020
102 Minutes
Toni Collette Damian Lewis Joanna Page Nicholas Farrell Raj Paul Peter Davison Owen Teale Darren Evans
cleaner bartender neighbor friend husband accountant passionate confident engaging incredible racetrack horse track horse racing financial scheme investment championship horse breeding pursuit rise sacrifice
Dream Alliance is an unlikely race horse bred by small-town Welsh bartender Jan Vokes. With no experience, Jan convinces her neighbors to chip in their meager earnings to help raise Dream in the hopes he can compete with the racing elites.
Drama
India
2013
126 Minutes
young man friend childhood friend neighbor girlfriend sister emotional gripping engaging heartwarming intense powerful india city house cricket match violence friendship chasing dreams community
Three friends growing up in India at the turn of the millennium set out to open a training academy to produce the country's next cricket stars.
Biography, Drama
USA
2010
123 Minutes
Diane Lane John Malkovich Dylan Walsh Dylan Baker Margo Martindale Nelsan Ellis Otto Thorwarth Scott Glenn Fred Dalton Thompson AJ Michalka Kevin Connolly
housewife father trainer horse husband gripping passionate virginia farm horse track horse racing inheritance training jealousy determination mother/child relationship quest rise transformation 1970s
Penny Chenery Tweedy and colleagues guide her long-shot but precocious stallion to set, in 1973, the unbeaten record for winning the Triple Crown.
Drama, Music
USA
2017
108 Minutes
Danielle Macdonald Bridget Everett Cathy Moriarty Siddharth Dhananjay Mamoudou Athie Patrick Brana Sahr Ngaujah MC Lyte McCaul Lombardi Wass Stevens Nick Sandow
rapper young woman grandmother friend emotional heartwarming inspiring moving bar house neighborhood rap music glory family friendship misfortune alcohol escape love pursuit
PATTI CAKE$ is centered on aspiring rapper Patricia Dombrowski, a.k.a. Killa P, a.k.a. Patti Cake$, who is fighting an unlikely quest for glory in her downtrodden hometown in New Jersey.
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.
Drama
USA
2016
89 Minutes
Alexi Pappas Alexi Pappas Chase Offerle Rachel Dratch Andy Buckley Rebecca Friday Sasha Spencer Remy Teicher Nick Symmond
athlete coach teammate fan baker confident emotional engaging passionate olympics track house oregon city training work-life balance physical transformation discovery growing up love
A young, talented, and lonely long-distance runner twists her ankle as she prepares for the Olympic Trials and must do something she's never done before: take a day off.
Drama
USA
1972
96 Minutes
Stacy Keach Jeff Bridges Susan Tyrrell Candy Clark Nicholas Colasanto Art Aragon Curtis Cokes Sixto Rodriguez Billy Walker Wayne Mahan Ruben Navarro
boxer trainer friend girlfriend gritty dark bleak california gym bar comeback boxing redemption alcoholism friendship aging pursuit rivalry underdog fall
Two men, working as professional boxers, come to blows when their careers each begin to take opposite momentum.
Crime, Drama
USA
2018
133 Minutes
Amandla Stenberg Regina Hall Russell Hornsby KJ Apa Anthony Mackie Sabrina Carpenter Common Issa Rae Lamar Johnson Dominique Fishback Algee Smith
teen girl teen boy neighbor high-school student friend police officer uneasy tense emotional profound passionate neighborhood high school party car police station house police brutality activism racial tension
Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressure from all sides of the community, Starr must find her voice and stand up for what's right.
Romance, Comedy, Drama, Music
Ireland|UK
2016
106 Minutes
Ferdia Walsh-Peelo Lucy Boynton Jack Reynor Aidan Gillen Maria Doyle Kennedy Mark McKenna Kelly Thornton Ian Kenny Ben Carolan Percy Chamburuka Karl Rice
teen boy teen girl friend band member parent older brother amusing charming cheeky confident engaging inspiring uplifting dublin harbor street city home high school band
A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.
Comedy, Drama
2017
89 Minutes
Agnès Jaoui Thibault de Montalembert Pascale Arbillot Sarah Suco Lou Roy-Lecollinet Nicolas Chupin Rachel Farmane Laurie Bordesoules Armand Paul Jean Samir Guesmi
woman ex-boyfriend husband daughter pregnant woman love interest friend best friend frenchwoman heartwarming amusing hilarious uplifting touching france restaurant bar street life menopause
A woman, separated from her husband, loses her job and discovers she's going to be a grandmother. Refusing to be pushed to the outskirts of society, she puts her foot down and decides to start over.
Drama, Romance
USA
2018
90 Minutes
Jane Seymour Nia Peeples Parker Stevenson William Shockley Ellen Travolta Joel Brooks Patrick Bristow Parker Croft Jack Bannon Dan Shaked
woman mistress love interest lover best friend friend amusing engaging charming passionate emotional relationships friendship passion attraction sexual conquests sexual identity adventure discovery love
Having no commitments and never being vulnerable, Veronica enjoys being a mistress. She comes to realize her best friend holds the key to her heart and is the only one capable of extracting her emotions.
Comedy, Drama
India
2017
140 Minutes
Vidya Balan Neha Dhupia Manav Kaul Vijay Maurya Santanu Ghatak Trupti Khamkar Malishka Mendonsa Sindhu Shekharan Uday Lagoo Abhishek Sharma Seema Taneja
wife husband son friend boss confident spirited passionate emotional inspiring lighthearted india city house restaurant school love chasing dreams couples love
Sulu is an ambitious housewife with a loving husband and a happy family. Things start changing for her when she accidentally lands a job as a radio jockey and her show becomes an instant hit.
Drama
USA|Hong Kong|Canada
2017
113 Minutes
Julia Roberts Owen Wilson Jacob Tremblay Izabela Vidovic Noah Jupe Nadji Jeter Daveed Diggs Mandy Patinkin Ali Liebert Emma Tremblay Millie Davis
boy family member friend teacher principal neighbor engaging uplifting confident moving heartwarming house town school classroom office car deformity acceptance self-esteem
Based on the New York Times bestseller, this movie tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters the fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.
Drama
USA
2019
115 Minutes
Alex Kendrick Shari Rigby Aryn Wright-Thompson Priscilla C. Shirer Cameron Arnett Ben Davies Jack Sterner Kendrick Cross Holly A. Morris Denise Armstrong Elizabeth Becka
basketball coach teammate runner friend emotional passionate uplifting positive town basketball court plant track coach/athlete relationship business racing faith prayer training discovery pursuit
A high-school basketball coach volunteers to coach a troubled teen in long-distance running.
Drama
USA
1932
85 Minutes
James Cagney Joan Blondell Ann Dvorak Eric Linden Guy Kibbee Frank McHugh Charlotte Merriam Regis Toomey Leo Nomis
race car driver brother mistress best friend competitor confident gutsy melodramatic racetrack club car bar indianapolis racing family accident guilt friendship drinking transformation
After a failed attempt at running for governor, D.A. Mark Brady is appointed warden of the state prison where many of the criminals he prosecuted are incarcerated.
Drama
India
2013
127 Minutes
Zoya Akhtar Rani Mukherji Karan Johar Randeep Hooda Saqib Saleem Nawazuddin Siddiqui Ranvir Shorey Naman Jain
young man young woman husband wife intern gay man emotional endearing passionate gripping india city house office stories husband/wife relationship gay lifestyle love quest pursuit
One hundred years of Hindi cinema is celebrated in four short stories showcasing the power of film.
Kids & Family, Adventure, Drama
2003
45 Minutes
Richard Romanus Biana Tamimi Patrick Elyas Gérard Rudolf Ali Al Ameri Andries Rossouw Emma Deetlefs Silke Bezuidenhout Bill Lawrence Stephen Gladstone Elbrus Outavae
young girl horse arab grandfather racer poor person engaging gripping heartwarming inspiring powerful spectacular desert arabia home horse track horse racing legend aspirations unlikely friendship
A 10-year-old (Biana Tamimi) prepares to race an Arabian horse after it comes to her aid in the African desert.
Comedy, Biography, Drama
UK
2017
90 Minutes
Geoffrey Rush Armie Hammer Clémence Poésy Tony Shalhoub James Faulkner Sylvie Testud Philippe Spall Kerry Shale Attila G. Kerekes
artist writer amusing brooding charming cheeky confident creative fascinating engaging inspiring incredible intense passionate raw united kingdom london artistic struggle art portraiture
The story of Swiss painter and sculptor Alberto Giacometti.
Drama
USA
2000
99 Minutes
writer photographer friend girlfriend doorman engaging emotional passionate tense greenwich village apartment restaurant friendship jealousy regret aging unemployment writing rivalry rise
Harry and Jake, two unsuccessful writers, spend a cathartic evening arguing about money, aesthetics, their friendship, and Harry's new manuscript.
Crime, Comedy, Drama, Action
2017
105 Minutes
Dean O'Gorman James Rolleston Ashleigh Cummings Antonia Prebble Matt Whelan Ben Mitchell Milo Cawthorne Siobhan Marshall
outlaw cop friend boyfriend girlfriend driver amusing engaging endearing thrilling heartwarming new zealand vehicle barn road on the run big city on the run road trip protest
Accidental outlaws travel New Zealand in a yellow mini, protesting conformity and chasing lost love, with the cops and the media hot on their tail.
Romance, Drama
2018
141 Minutes
Zhao Tao Liao Fan Feng Xiaogang Diao Yi-nan Zheng Xu Zhang Yibai
gang leader girlfriend gang members boyfriend ex-girlfriend bleak cool disheartening gripping intense uneasy china sacrifice gangsters relationships china chinese triad fall sacrifice 2010s
In an industrial city in China, a young dancer named Qiao falls in love with a mobster named Bin. When a fight breaks out between rival gangs, Qiao uses a gun to protect Bin and is sent to prison for five years.