I needed a horse movie that I could watch over and over again in the motor home…can you guess which one we bought last night? Do you have a go-to horse movie you love to re-watch?
I always loved The Black Stallion. Even watching it now as an adult I am impressed with how non-verbal the entire beginning is. I love it because it makes the horse/human interaction even more personal.
I try to go to every horsey movie that comes out…even if it is a movie like Hidalgo where I have to poke my husband to get him to stop picking on the movie (he wasn’t a fan of Hidalgo).
I am hoping that when I check the comments on here I will have a complete list of the best horse movies so I can make it my mission to watch them all.
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I just happened back over this older column and thought you might enjoy the Canadian T.V. series Heartland. It’s main character is a young gal who has a special talent with horses. It’s rich with beautiful scenery of Alberta with the beautiful Rocky Mountains as the backdrop. Sure, it’s a little far fetched sometimes but the basic premise of working with horses in a kinder and gentler fashion is more important. It’s definitely a family show and your boys may enjoy it as well. It is available on Netflix (5 seasons worth with the sixth season currently on TV right now) Hope you get a chance to check it out! I very much enjoy your columns, videos etc. You provide so many woman with a person they can really look up to, both horsey and non-horsey. I totally love how successful you are employing the methods that you do and best of all, your sharing and giving nature!
My family watched the first few seasons of Heartland on Netflix before we moved. I thought about buying the DVD’s for Christmas so we could watch them on the road…thanks for the reminder!
Smoky with Fred MacMurray, 1946, based on the book by Will James, you will never find a better horse story.
I follow a great photographer in Minnesota who is now doing short films about the relationship of horses and their owners. Her name is Shelly Paulson and one of her films is being featured at the Equus film festival in NY city in November. Check it out and share if you can. I think a lot of us would love to go. I included the link I hope that’s ok. /www.facebook.com/EquusFilmFestivalNYC
I enjoyed Spirit but the glaring mistake in it ( other than horses having eyebrows) was that they show horses lapping up water like a dog rather than sipping.
I admit the lapping bothered me too. I thought it was funny that my kids noticed that Spirits eyes were more human (white around them) than horse.
The Black Stallion series
Casey’s shadow was a good one too. With Walter Mathieu.
My Friend Flicka, National Velvet,
Black Beauty, Mr Ed series , lol
The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit. Disney at its best.
My favorite is “Wild Hearts Can Never be Broken”.
Oh man, where to begin. Along with a lot of the ones mentioned above a few of my favorites are Moondance Alexander, A Leap of Faith, The Horse Whisperer and of course Hildalgo. I am hoping with the lists above I may find a few new favorites.
Buck. Great true story.
Smokey – the 1966 movie with Fess Parker is my all time favorite. I think it shows the devotion between a human and horse. At the end where they remember each other and he rescues Smokey always brings tears to my eyes.
Oh my gosh, cant find the Smoky with Fess, would love to see that one again. I’ve only been able to find the Fred MacMurray one 1946, it is my favorite tho.
Definitely The Black Stallion, Secretariat, Seabiscuit, Dreamer and Sylvester.are my favorites, but I have also enjoyed all of the others mentioned above. I could watch Secretariat and Sylvester again and again.
Man from Snowy River (1 & 2), The Black Stallion, Secretariat, Seabuiscuit, and National Velvet…deep sigh!
1.Black Beauty ( original). 2. The Black Stallion. 3. The Horse Whisperer.
Flicka, Both the old one and the newer one! And spirit was awesome too 🙂
Snowfire.
Flicka is my favorie.
Phar Lap for sure and I have seen them all.
“In Pursuit of Honor” was also a great movie, I haven’t seen it in years and years, but it was heartbreaking.
My all-time favourite horse movie is probably “Tornado and the Kalahari Horse Whisperer”, but since that is likely only available in South Africa, I’ll say Dreamer. Secreteriat a very close second. War Horse is also heartbreaking and beautiful.
May from Snowy River has the best riding scene ever but both 1 and 2 are good. Secretariat is also excellent.
Man from Snowy River 1 has the best riding scenes but both are the best.
ohhh, thank you everyone for some I have not seen! Can’t count the times we’ve watched Secetariat. . . Oh Happy Day! Just have to say I wish Hildago’s shoes wouldn’t have been left on him when he was turned loose at the very end!! argghhhh…..
Moondance Alexander!!
Spirit was my favorite as a kid and I still love watching it. John Wayne and The Cowboys, though it doesn’t totally highlight horses; Man From Snowy River 1, Fury, The Black Stallion of course, War Horse, Secretariat, Hidalgo, Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken and Leap Of Faith, International Velvet, National Velvet, the old Flicka 1 & 2. The new ones aren’t bad either though.
Well I did have a nice post written and it disappear :/ here are some movies to watch. I asked the question too. http://www.horseforum.com/movies-music-tv/good-horse-movies-431178/
Shergar
Misty
Touching wild horses
Black Stallion
Black beauty
Wild Horse Wild Ride
Has anyone mentioned The Electric Horseman?
War horse is my most recent favorite! Hard to watch over and over but it’s a real heart to heart connection between man and horse.
Man From Snowy River and Return to Snowy River
A really old one that is worth watching if you can find it, “Parlap,” one of the best race horse stories of all time!