Movies like Ready to Run
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Ready to Run (2000)
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Genre: Family, Sport
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A 14-year-old girl who works at a racetrack trains a talking racehorse with issues, transforming him into a winner.
Style:
sincere, feel good, captivating, entertaining
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
horse, girl horse relationship, disney, talking animals, teenage girl, racehorse, talking horse, sport, contests and competitions, rider horse relationship, human animal relationship, horse trainer, animals, teenager, animal human communication, teamwork, teenage life, rivalry, ambition, professional rivalry, athlete's life, horse race, horse jumping, racetrack
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Most similar movies to Ready to Run
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, feel good, sincere and semi serious films with plots about contests and competitions, rivalry, horse, ambition, sport, girl horse relationship and family relations mostly in Family, Sport and Drama genres. Some movies like Ready to Run: Swimming for Gold (2020), Rodeo Girl (2016), A Sunday Horse (2016), Destined to Ride (2018), International Velvet (1978). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Family, Sport
Country: Australia
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Young elite swimmer Claire is sent to Australia to coach a boys swimming team, where she must overcome an old rival and a secret fear to save the swimming camp from closing.
Style:
light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, sincere
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
competition, swimming, friendship, contests and competitions, sport, rivalry, coach, teenage angst, athlete's life, sport team, coping, aspiration ...
Place:
oceania
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100%
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Shipped off to her American dad's ranch for the summer, a teen and her horse Lucky Lad compete for a spot at the National Youth Rodeo.
Style:
entertaining, disturbing, captivating
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
horse, girl horse relationship, extreme sport, rider horse relationship, racehorse, rodeo, human animal relationship, father daughter relationship, ranch, father and daughter, animals, sport ...
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58%
Genre: Biography, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
sincere, disturbing, captivating, emotional
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
horse, equestrian, horse trainer, girl horse relationship, human animal relationship, faith, physical therapy, rider horse relationship, animals, strong female lead, strong female character, accident ...
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56%
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Lily's life is turned upside down when she is forced to leave her friends to spend the summer on a remote ranch with her nature-loving aunt. She is surprised to meet an unlikely group of friends and Pistachio, the horse she has an unbreakable ...
Style:
sincere, humorous, light, feel good, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
horse, rider horse relationship, girl horse relationship, ranch, horse race, summer, teenager, transformation, adaptation, teenage life, rivalry, escapades ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A charming sequel to the hit National Velvet follows our young heroine and her trusty steed overseas.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, uplifting, sincere, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
girl horse relationship, horse, youth, equestrian, human animal relationship, animals, horse race, teenager, orphan, coming of age, contests and competitions, human spirit ...
Time:
70s
Place:
massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Movies like The Game Plan
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
horse, girl horse relationship, therapy, horse trainer, animal human communication, troubled youth, rider horse relationship, lifestyle change, changing lives, assistant, youth, rebellious youth ...
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36%
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Flicka and Toby help out a struggling stable owner and her teenage daughter.
Style:
feel good, touching, semi serious, realistic, sincere ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, girls' night, kids
Plot:
horse, teenage love, jealousy, family relations, youth, friends, money raising, contests and competitions, save the day, ambition, parents and children, teenage life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
wyoming, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Uptight city accountant Michael Thompson is hired to help a family save their stable before the bank shuts them down. Michael reluctantly agrees, but as he searches for ways to save a family's legacy, he finds something he never expected.
Style:
sincere, entertaining, captivating, disturbing
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
horse, christmas, girl horse relationship, single father, ranch, family relations, romantic relationship, rider horse relationship, love and romance, lifestyle, animal human communication, love story ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Summer vacation. Mika is overjoyed to see Ostwind again. But then she discovers strange wounds on the belly of Ostwind, for which no one has an explanation. Yet this is Kaltenbach verge of bankruptcy! With a heavy heart Mika decides to participate ...
Style:
captivating, sincere
Plot:
horse, horse riding, girl horse relationship, equestrian, horse ranch, teenage girl, human animal relationship, grandparent grandchild relationship, parent child relationship, grandmother granddaughter relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, mother daughter relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Andy "Brink" Brinker and his in-line skating crew--Peter, Jordy, and Gabriella--who call themselves "Soul-Skaters" (which means they skate for the fun of it, and not for the money), clash with a group of sponsored skaters, Team ...
Style:
captivating, feel good, semi serious, exciting, realistic
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
friendship, disney, rivalry, sport, underdog, rise to the top, teenage life, ambition, hopes, rising to stardom, dishonesty, betrayal ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Movies similar to Secretariat
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Johnny Kapahala, a teen snowboarding champion from Vermont, returns to Oahu, Hawaii, for the wedding of his hero -- his grandfather, local surf legend Johnny Tsunami -- and to catch a few famous Kauai waves. When Johnny arrives, he meets his new ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, inspirational, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night
Plot:
surfing, youth, contests and competitions, disney, family relations, rivalry, family business, ambition, friends, store, teenager, sport ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hawaii, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Harley, a runaway thoroughbred, is found by a rancher and his daughter. Unable to find the owner, they nurture him back to health, and the girl includes Harley as her partner in her horse club competitions.
Style:
captivating, sincere, light, feel good
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
horse ranch, horse, competition, father daughter relationship, family relations, equestrian, horse trainer, friendship, couples, youth, girl horse relationship, horse riding ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Dusty Rhodes is new at Jefferson High, and she sticks out like a... well, a cowgirl. Dusty is a real cowgirl from Texas. Her parents are in the U.S. Army: her mother a helicopter pilot and her father a Special Forces Army Ranger. At first, Dusty is ...
Style:
captivating, sincere
Audience:
teens
Plot:
equestrian, horse, girl horse relationship, ranch, patriotism, rodeo, rider horse relationship, friends, direction and purpose, teenager, family tragedy, teenage girl ...
Place:
afghanistan
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Russell, an undersized but big-hearted terrier, dreams of having a family of his own. After running away from his pet store, Russell gets taken in by The Ferraros, who discover their new pet pooch has incredible wrestling skills.
Style:
satirical, entertaining, semi serious, feel good, captivating
Plot:
monkey, wrestling, talking dog, dog, anthropomorphism, human animal relationship, professional wrestling, fight, sport, competitor, athlete's life, satire ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
While fulfilling her community service hours at a horse rescue ranch, Emma forms an unlikely bond with an abused show horse who won't let anyone ride him.
Style:
touching, sincere, realistic, sentimental, sweet
Plot:
horse, horse ranch, teenage girl, community service, friendship, bonding, rehabilitation, teenage protagonist, human spirit, youth, teenage life, farm ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Movies like Ice Princess
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A troubled girl finds faith, hope, and healing through a relationship with a wounded horse.
Style:
light, entertaining, funny, captivating, christian film
Plot:
horse, animals, faith healing, girl, family relations, teenage life, love affair, mother daughter relationship, relationships, teenager, teenage love, healing ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
captivating, sincere, sentimental, disturbing
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
girl horse relationship, horse, blindness, animals, blind woman, blindness and impaired vision, rider horse relationship, loss of eyesight, coping, animal human communication, human animal relationship, seeing eye dog ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
600
Genre: Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
An uplifting story of the passion and drive it takes to succeed and the power of family to help realize your dreams.
Style:
inspirational, light, sincere, captivating
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
football, contests and competitions, follow your dream, sport, rivalry, teenager, sport team, family relations, friendship, high school life, soccer, believe in yourself ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Genre: Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Two little league teams take on their coaches' sibling rivalry, and end up doing battle in a place the baseball world never expected: in the outfield of the Home Run Derby.
Style:
semi serious, feel good, touching, humorous, realistic
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
youth, baseball, young heroes, ambition, family relations, sport, rivalry, contests and competitions, teenage life, parents and children, coming of age, sport team ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Casey's family raises and trains race horses, and their latest undersized foal named Casey's Shadow does not seem to have a lot going for it, but may turn out to be a champion.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, emotional, sincere
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
horse, coming of age, horse race, horse trainer, family relations, against the odds, racehorse, power relations, animal life, friends, rehabilitation, sport ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new mexico, louisiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Movies similar to Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Shattered illusions are hard to repair -- especially for a good-hearted zebra named Stripes who's spent his life on a Kentucky farm amidst the sorely mistaken notion that he's a debonair thoroughbred. Once he faces the fact that his stark ...
Style:
touching, feel good, humorous, inspirational, funny ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
zebra, horse, underdog, sport, horse race, animals, children, animal life, farm, ambition, friendship, rescue ...
Place:
kentucky, new jersey, usa, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Motocrossed! is a 2001 Disney Channel Original Movie (based on the Shakespeare play Twelfth Night), about a girl named Andrea Carson who loves motocross, despite the fact that her father finds her unsuited for the sport, being that she is "just ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, captivating, romantic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
motocross, motorcycle race, gender bending, teenage life, extreme sport, disney, ambition, against the odds, contests and competitions, sport, rivalry, family life ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Based on the book “The Legend of Mickey Tussler”, this film follows the story of eighteen-year-old Mickey Tussler, who lives on a farm with his father and mother and who has Asperger’s Syndrome, a form of autism. But he can throw apples at an ...
Style:
captivating, entertaining, disturbing, sincere, christian film
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
baseball, asperger's syndrome, autism, baseball team, baseball player, professional athlete, coach, athlete's life, sport team, ambition, rivalry, professional rivalry ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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472
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, semi serious, realistic, uplifting, touching ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
girl horse relationship, horse, equestrian, strong female lead, horse race, orphan, family relations, siblings relations, down on your luck, child as adult, against the odds, on the road ...
Time:
80s
Place:
texas, austin texas, kentucky
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Heather and Heidi play volleyball for their school team, when their family decides that they need to go to a bigger school so that they will have a better chance for scholarships. But at the new school, the twins are discovered by the basketball ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, chick flick
Plot:
twins, basketball, high school, sport, disney, against the odds, ambition, contests and competitions, human spirit, siblings relations, family life, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Movies like Cloud 9
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Ostwind and Mika have found a real home at the farm Kaltenbach with Mika's grandmother. In the hustle of running therapy center and due to Mika's fame as a horse-whisperer, she feels that she doesn't have enough freedom and time to ...
Style:
light, touching, captivating, sincere, uplifting
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
horse, girl horse relationship, horse riding, wild horse, stallion, horse ranch, horse race, freedom, teenage girl, friendship, self discovery, hopes ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Family
Country: France, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When a baby kangaroo gets accidentally swept up in a jewelry heist, she becomes separated from her mother for the first time in her young life. Alone and frightened, a worldly teenage girl Ella, who also knows the pain of losing her mother, ...
Style:
satirical, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
talking animals, human animal relationship, animal that acts human, teamwork, robbery, friendship, criminal, interracial friendship, animal life, burglar, animals, heist ...
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24%
Genre: Family, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A successful professional baseball player gets his ego in check via an unreality check when he travels back in time to his boyhood sandlot ball-playing days.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, saga
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, teens, kids
Plot:
baseball, youth, sport, friendship, sport team, major league, friends, ambition, rivalry, partners, contests and competitions, hopes ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Ben Crane believes that a severely injured racehorse deserves another chance. He and his daughter Cale adopt the horse (in fact is a mare)and save it of being sacrificed by the owner.
Style:
inspirational, emotional, touching, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
horse, horse race, sport, family relations, redemption, animal training, children, honest, secrets, betrayal, racehorse, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
kentucky, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
414
Genre: Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Racing is in Alex Johnstone's (Mircea Monroe) blood. It was her father s life and it ultimately caused his death so her uncle Bill (Dwier Brown), who runs the local speedway, is determined not to lose his niece the way he lost his brother. But ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, realistic, humorous
Plot:
family relations, family life, sport, athlete's life, ambition, lifestyle, teenage life, against the odds, family business, car chase, underdog, athlete and trainer ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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