Movies like The Littlest Horse Thieves

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The Littlest Horse Thieves (1976)
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The Littlest Horse Thieves (1976)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: When the owner of a Yorkshire coal-mine decides to mechanize to increase profits, the mine's pit ponies are scheduled to be destroyed. So, three children plan to steal them to keep them safe. But when they're caught, it's up to the mine owners and the miners themselves to decide what's right
Style: exciting, touching, feel good, serious, realistic
Audience: family outing, pre-teens
Plot: coal mining, pony, coming of age, bike, girl horse relationship, heroes, friendship, youth, friends, fighting the system, escapades, danger, animal life, good versus evil, rebelliousness, child as adult, young heroes, daring rescue, anti hero, children, miner, rider horse relationship, boy horse relationship, coal mine, woman horse relationship ...
Time: year 1976, 70s, 90s
Place: yorkshire, england, europe

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out touching, realistic, serious and feel good films with plots about youth, family relations, friends, friendship, animal life, hopes and animal mostly in Drama, Family and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Littlest Horse Thieves: Danny (1979), The Young Black Stallion (2003), Misty (1961), Miracle Dogs (2003), Dark Horse (1992). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Danny (1979)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A young girl's special love for a horse helps them both.
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, touching, sentimental
Audience: pre-teens, family outing
Plot: girl horse relationship, equestrian, teenage life, friendship, family relations, animal life, young at heart, friends, youth, love, horse actor, human animal relationship ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
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95%
The Young Black Stallion (2003)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
Story: When courageous young Neera becomes separated from her family in the desert, she chances upon a wild colt. Together they find friendship, trust, and their way back home only to discover her family is about to lose everything!
Style: serious, touching, realistic
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: horse, black horse, desert, human animal relationship, girl horse relationship, friendship, girl, world war two, young heroes, rescue, survival, family relations ...
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81%
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Misty (1961)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Every year the Chincoteague fire department rounds up the wild ponies of Assateague Island and holds an auction to thin out the herd. The young children set out to raise enough money in hopes that the Phantom will be caught in this years round up. ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, touching, feel good, sentimental
Audience: pre-teens, family outing
Plot: horse, coming of age, beach, youth, island, pony, seaside, animal, racing, horse riding, family relations, grandmother ...
Time: year 1961
Place: virginia, usa
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79%
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Miracle Dogs (2003)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The family friendly animal movie Miracle Dogs concerns a boy who befriends a three-legged dog. Soon his relationship with the canine deepens to the point that the boy is attempting to find new homes for a variety of homeless animals.
Style: serious, feel good, touching, cute
Audience: family outing, pre-teens
Plot: dog, against the odds, young heroes, human spirit, optimism, friendship, terminal illness, hopes, miraculous event, heroes, pets, cancer ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
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Dark Horse (1992)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: 14 year old Allison has to go to a horse farm. With all the horses and the help of the owner Susan Hadley she finds new sense in her life.
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, touching
Plot: horse, girl horse relationship, youth, physical disability, disability, olympics, second chance, animal life, friends, farm, rehabilitation, human spirit ...
Time: 90s
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77%
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Flipper (1963)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Many kids might say their best friend is a puppy or a pony. But for 12-year-old Sandy, the most special pet of all is the exuberant dolphin he rescues and who returns the favor by rescuing Sandy from sharks.The dolphin named Flipper first swam into ...
Style: melancholic, touching, exciting, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: dolphins, youth, ocean, coming of age, healing power, animal, young heroes, friendship, danger, teenage life, boy, father son relationship ...
Time: year 1963, 60s
Place: florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Moondance Alexander (2007)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The curiously named, Moondance Alexander is a spirited teen living with her eccentric mother. She is faced with another uneventful summer until she discovers a lost pinto pony named Checkers who has jumped out of his paddock. Although Moondance ...
Style: feel good, realistic, serious, sincere
Audience: teens, pre-teens
Plot: horse, horse riding, girl horse relationship, friendship, ambition, young heroes, follow your dream, obsessive quest, human spirit, against the odds, hopes, contests and competitions ...
Place: colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Eskil & Trinidad (2013)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Sweden
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Eskil moves from town to town with his father in Northern Sweden. He misses his mother and sucks at playing hockey, the main activity among the boys his age. Things changes when he meets Trinidad, a mysterious woman who lives outside society ...
Style: serious, touching, realistic, feel good, sincere ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: friendship, village life, parents and children, family relations, coming of age, father son relationship, father and son, youth, village, friends, sport team, self confidence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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Heidi (1968)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Heidi is an orphaned girl initially raised by her aunt Dete in Maienfeld, Switzerland. In order to get a job in Frankfurt, Dete brings 5-year-old Heidi to her grandfather, who has been at odds with the villagers for years and lives in seclusion on ...
Style: uplifting, serious, realistic, touching, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: orphan, mountain, family relations, youth, physical disability, girl, basement, adoption, governess, friendship, disability, friends ...
Time: 19th century
Place: switzerland, alps, swiss alps, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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Black Beauty (1971)
Genre: Drama, Family, Western
Country: UK, Spain, West Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Anna Sewell's classic 1877 novel beautifully comes to life in this family drama set in England. Told from the point of view of Black Beauty himself, the story sheds light on the details surrounding the colt's birth and his perception of ...
Style: epic, semi serious, feel good, touching, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot: horse, animal, girl horse relationship, friendship, youth, horseman, rescue, animal life, family relations, friends, pets, getting home ...
Time: year 1971, 70s
Place: england, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
An American Girl Adventure (2005)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Pre-American Revolution Virginian girl whose love for the outdoors leads to the friendship of a lifetime. Felicity loves horses, and though her parents plead with her to remain indoors, she years to ride the open plains. When Felicity comes into ...
Style: touching, sentimental, serious, feel good, realistic
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot: horse, horse riding, friendship, rescue, best friend, hopes, american girl, animal life, young heroes, parents and children, family life, youth ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, 1770s
Place: virginia, usa, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Walking Thunder (1995)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In the 1850's, a young boy and his family on their way West become stranded in the Rockies. With the help of a local mountain man, a Sioux medicine man, and a legendary bear knows as "Walking Thunder," the boy learns to become a man, ...
Style: independent film, exciting, realistic, serious
Audience: family outing, pre-teens
Plot: youth, mountain, old west, family relations, coming of age, parents and children, family life, wilderness, forces of nature, teenage life, animal life, heroes ...
Time: 19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Greyfriars Bobby: The True Story of a Dog (1961)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In Scotland 1865, An old shepherd and his little Skye terrier go to Edinburgh. But when the shepherd dies of pneumonia, the dog remains faithful to his master, refuses to be adopted by anyone, and takes to sleeping on his master's grave in the ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, anthology
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: dog, animal, animal life, youth, real life, puppy love, furry, friends, family relations, friendship, dealing with death, pets ...
Time: victorian era, year 1961, 19th century
Place: scotland, edinburgh scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Miracle Dogs Too (2006)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Zack, a young boy, finds two cocker spaniels caged in the woods and takes them home. The animals, Sissy and Buddy, have magical healing powers that change the people of a small town.
Style: sentimental, serious, feel good, touching
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: dog, small town, family relations, miraculous event, parents and children, hopes, animal life, young heroes, human spirit, pets, magic, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
All Roads Lead Home (2008)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The story is about a 12 year old girl who loses her mother in an automobile accident. Her father struggles with the loss of his wife and trying to raise his young daughter who believes her father is partly responsible for her mother's death. ...
Style: serious, realistic, sentimental, melancholic, disturbing ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: horse, ranch, farm, family problems, family life, countryside, dysfunctional family, animal, dog, animal lover, youth, girl horse relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Rascal (1969)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A comedy filled with tenderness as a baby raccoon snuggles his way into the life of a lonely boy. He becomes the boy's only companion during his father's frequent absences. Because of Rascal, both father and son realize their ...
Style: semi serious, sentimental, feel good, humorous, touching
Audience: pre-teens, family outing
Plot: family relations, youth, animal, camping trip, camp, nature, camping, best friend, adoption, fish out of water, child as adult, parents and children ...
Time: year 1969, 60s
Place: wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Flipper's New Adventure (1964)
Genre: Family, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: While widowed Porter Ricks is away at school learning to be a park ranger, his teen-aged son, Sandy, under adult supervision from a neighbor, remains at the family home in the Florida Keys with his pet dolphin, Flipper. While Po (as Porter is called ...
Style: exciting, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: ocean, beach, dolphins, creature, animal, youth, buddies, young heroes, daring rescue, danger, escapades, pirate ...
Time: 60s
Place: bahamas, florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Summer of the Colt (1989)
Genre: Family, Drama
Country: Argentina, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: This award-winning film by André Melançon -- set on a ranch on the pampas of Argentina -- tells the story of three children spending a summer with their grandfather. The youngest, Felipe, makes friends with a puppy; his older brother, Daniel, ...
Style: realistic, serious, feel good, touching
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: horse, youth, countryside, family relations, friendship, ranch, sibling relationship, grandparent grandchild relationship, friends, farm, animal life, coming of age ...
Place: argentina, buenos aires argentina
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51%
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Misa mi (2003)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Sweden
Duration: 80 min.
Story: When her mother died, 10 year old girl Misa's world stopped. And when her father, along with her new girlfriend, wants to spend the summer in the Swedish province Skåne she refuses to come with them. Misa's father reluctantly agrees that ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, sincere
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: wolf, coming of age, wilderness, friendship, youth, fish out of water, woods, remarry, girl, nature, hunting, hiking ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, eastern europe, scandinavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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We Can Be Heroes! (2002)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Sweden
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Two kids - about 11 years old - Marcello and Fatima, meet and like each other very much. Both have dreams and problems. Marcello wants to fly but feels like an absolutely useless human being, Fatima wants to play soccer - which is not acceptable for ...
Style: realistic, touching, serious, captivating
Plot: youth, children, friends, family relations, friendship, parents and children, strong female character, european, bullying, soccer, hopes, personal growth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, eastern europe
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50%
Winky's Horse (2005)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story: There is only one thing Winky wants: a horse, a real horse to ride. But horses are expensive. Fortunately it is the season of Sinterklaas; Winky just asks Sinterklaas for a horse. Than everything will work out alright. Or will it?
Style: semi serious, feel good, realistic, humorous, touching
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: horse, santa claus, shopping mall, family life, fish out of water, family relations, disorder, friends, youth, hopes, young heroes, misfit ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, holland, netherlands
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
The Golden Seal (1983)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A lonely 10-year-old boy living with his parents in a remote coastal part of Alaksa, spontaneously finds a legendary golden seal and her newborn pup. But the greed for her valuable pelt sets off the hunters, including his own father, the local ...
Style: independent film, semi serious, feel good, touching, sentimental
Audience: pre-teens, family outing
Plot: youth, legend, hunter, rescue, nature, family relations, fighting the system, coming of age, bounty hunter, friendship, seal the animal, animal life ...
Time: year 1983, 80s
Place: alaska
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Finding Rin Tin Tin (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The true story of the legendary German Shepherd who was found by American pilot Lee Duncun in France during World War I, and later became the most famous animal star in Hollywood history.
Style: realistic, semi serious, captivating, touching, exciting
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: dog, world war one, german shepherd, family relations, escapades, rising to stardom, animal life, danger, daring rescue, save the day, battle zone, filmmaking ...
Time: 1910s
Place: france, europe, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Storm (2009)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Drengen Freddie elsker hunde og hader hundemishandlere. Så da han ser en mand på gaden være rigtig modbydelig mod sin hund, tager han affære og kidnapper hunden, som han giver navnet Storm. Freddie gemmer Storm på sit værelse, for hans far vil ...
Style: serious, touching, feel good, realistic, humorous ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: dog, friendship, contests and competitions, parents and children, pets, animal life, family relations, friends, youth, father son relationship, elementary school, jealousy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: denmark, europe
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44%
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Pollyanna (2003)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Pollyanna Whittier goes to live with her wealthy but bitter aunt after the tragic death of her father. Pollyanna shares a game her father taught her -- the 'Glad Game' -- in which everyone can find a silver lining in even the darkest ...
Style: touching, feel good, uplifting, sentimental, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: friendship, optimism, teaching the ways of the world, small town life, countryside, young heroes, small town, hopes, orphan, friends, change of heart, family relations ...
Time: 20th century, victorian era, edwardian era, 1900s, 1910s
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Smitty (2012)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: SMITTY is a family film about a rescue dog. When life gets tough for Ben, a friendly paw is all it takes to pull him through. Mischievous thirteen-year-old Ben is sent to his grandfather's farm for the summer, where he crosses paths with a ...
Style: sincere, captivating, light, feel good, touching ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: youth, family relations, friendship, pets, coming of age, single parent, farm, dog, redemption, hopes, teaching the ways of the world, friends ...
Time: year 2010, 21st century
Place: iowa, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Second Chances (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A little girl's physical and emotional reawakening after an accident claims her father and her spirit.
Style: independent film, contemplative, realistic, serious, uplifting ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: horse, girl horse relationship, youth, religion, father daughter relationship, disability, starting over, friendship, friends, optimism, young heroes, pets ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Sylvester (1985)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Charlie is a 16-year-old orphan struggling to raise her two younger brothers when she endeavors to train a wild horse she names Sylvester and turn him into an Olympic jumping champion.
Style: fairy tale, uplifting, realistic, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: girl horse relationship, horse, equestrian, strong female lead, wild west, horse race, family relations, orphan, attempted rape, animal life, friends, power relations ...
Time: year 1985, 80s
Place: texas, austin texas, kentucky
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
The Legend of Tillamook's Gold (2006)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Julie, a lonely fourteen year old girl, moves to Manzanita, an Oregon seaside town, from Los Angeles after her writer father, Robert, loses his job. Her family, including mother Kathryn and older sister Susan, has trouble adjusting to life in a ...
Style: entertaining, captivating, feel good, light, serious ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: treasure hunt, family relations, ancient mystery, adventurer, family life, haunted by the past, small town, youth, young heroes, escapades, coming of age, danger ...
Place: oregon, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Dolphin Tale 2 (2014)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The team of people who saved Winter's life reassemble in the wake of her surrogate mother's passing in order to find her a companion so she can remain at the Clearwater Marine Hospital.
Style: uplifting, sentimental, touching, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: dolphins, veterinarian, animal life, friendship, rescue, youth, family relations, hopes, human spirit, friends, animal, sea turtle ...
Time: 21st century
Place: florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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