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Into the West
Into the West (1992)
, 1h37
Directed by Mike Newell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure, Western
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about animals, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about horses, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Gabriel Byrne, Ellen Barkin, Rúaidhrí Conroy, Ciarán Fitzgerald, David Kelly, Colm Meaney

Into the West is a film about two young boys, Tayto (Conroy) and Oisín (Fitzgerald), whose father "Papa" Reilly (Byrne) was "King of Irish Travellers" until his wife, Mary, died during the birth of their second son, Oisín. The boys' grandfather (David Kelly) is an old story-telling Traveller, who regales the children with Irish folk-tales and legends. When he is followed by a beautiful white horse called Tír na nÓg (meaning "Land of Eternal Youth" in Irish), from the sea to Dublin, where the boys and their father have now settled down in a grim tower block in Ballymun, the boys are overwhelmed with joy and dreams of becoming cowboys. The horse is stolen from them and they begin their adventure to get their mystical horse back. They escape the poverty of a north Dublin council estate, and ride "Into the West" where they find that Tír na nÓg is not just a horse.
Little Miss Marker
Little Miss Marker (1934)
, 1h20
Directed by Alexander Hall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Horse sports in film
Actors Shirley Temple, Adolphe Menjou, Dorothy Dell, Charles Bickford, Lynne Overman, Warren Hymer

The film tells the story of "Marky" (Shirley Temple), whose father gives her to a gangster-run gambling operation as a "marker" (collateral) for a bet. When he loses his bet and commits suicide, the gangsters are left with her on their hands. They decide to keep her temporarily and use her to help pull off one of their fixed races, naming her the owner of the horse to be used in the race.
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)
, 1h10
Directed by Aaron Rosenberg, H. Bruce Humberstone
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Children's films, Horse sports in film
Actors Warner Oland, Keye Luke, Thomas Beck, Helen Wood, Alan Dinehart, Sr., Gavin Muir

When a prominent racehorse owner winds up dead-allegedly kicked to death by his prized stallion, Charlie Chan is called in to investigate. But when the indomitable detective discovers evidence of foul play, he's soon hot on the hooves of an international gambling ring with an evil plot to turn the racetracks of the world into a trifecta of terror!
Running Free
Running Free (1999)
, 1h21
Directed by Sergueï Bodrov
Origin USA
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Films about horses, Political films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Jan Decleir, Arie Verveen, Lukas Haas

Running Free takes place primarily in German South-West Africa (Namibia) during World War I. An Arabian mare gives birth to a beautiful chestnut foal during a voyage to Swakopmund for work in the copper mines. The foal is separated from his mother upon arrival at an unidentified mining town and nearly expires from dehydration. He is subsequently saved from certain death by the sympathetic town stable boy, Richard.
Educated Evans
Educated Evans (1936)
, 1h26
Directed by William Beaudine
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Horse sports in film
Actors Hal Walters, Max Miller, Nancy O'Neil, George Merritt, Frederick Burtwell

Cockney racing tipster Evans (Miller) is asked by a nouveau riche and socially aspirant couple to train a racehorse they have bought. The couple know nothing about horse racing, but believe that ownership of a successful racehorse will be their entrée into the high society racing set. Evans does not own a stable, so the horse has to live with him and his two lodgers in an urban mews. He has to keep constantly on his toes, as circumstances continually threaten to reveal to the horse's owners the ramshackle conditions in which the animal is kept.
Three Men on a Horse
Three Men on a Horse (1936)
, 1h26
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Films based on plays, Horse sports in film
Actors Frank McHugh, Joan Blondell, Guy Kibbee, Carol Hughes, Allen Jenkins, Sam Levene

Meek Erwin Trowbridge (Frank McHugh) finally has enough of his sneering brother-in-law, Clarence Dobbins (Paul Harvey), unappreciative boss, greeting card publisher J.G. Carver (Guy Kibbee), and the lack of support of his wife Audrey (Carol Hughes). Erwin goes on a drinking binge and ends up in a hotel bar.
Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus
Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus (2005)
, 1h20
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Jeu, Films about magic and magicians, Films about horses, Films about toys, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Eric André, Kelly Sheridan, Hannibal Buress, Chloé Berthier, Lalainia Lindbjerg Strelau, Mark Hildreth

In a magical kingdom, the Queen wants to surprise her daughter, Princess Annika, with a birthday gift. When she opens the door to Annika's room, she discovers that Annika is missing, having gone to an ice rink without asking for permission. Out skating, Annika meets a small polar bear whom she names Shiver. When Annika returns to the palace, her parents are so worried and overprotective they forbid her from skating ever again.
Jappeloup
Jappeloup (2013)
, 2h10
Directed by Christian Duguay
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about the Olympic Games, Films about horses, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Film équestre français
Actors Marina Hands, Daniel Auteuil, Guillaume Canet, Lou de Laâge, Tchéky Karyo, Jacques Higelin

In the early 1980s, Pierre Durand, Jr. gives up on his career as a lawyer and turns to professional show-jumping. He purchases Jappeloup de Luze (1975-1991) from Henry Delage. He loses at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, but wins at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
Kentucky
Kentucky (1938)
, 1h35
Directed by David Butler, Otto Brower
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Children's films, Horse sports in film
Actors Loretta Young, Richard Greene, Walter Brennan, Douglass Dumbrille, Moroni Olsen, Edmund Mortimer

During the Civil War, Thad Goodwin (Charles Waldron) of Elmtree Farm, a local horse breeder resists Capt. John Dillon (Douglass Dumbrille) and a company of Union soldiers confiscating his prize horses. He is killed by Dillon and his youngest son Peter (Bobs Watson) cries at the soldiers riding away with the horses.
The Long Shot
The Long Shot (1939)
, 1h9
Directed by Charles Lamont
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Horse sports in film
Actors Gordon Jones, Marsha Hunt, C. Henry Gordon, Dorothy Fay, George Meeker, Harry Davenport

Henry Sharon is about to be ruined financially by rival stable owner Lew Ralston when he gets an idea to fake his own death. His prize horse Certified Check is bequeathed to niece Martha, a young woman Ralston had hoped to marry.