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10 Best Movies Like Riding High

If you loved Riding High, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Flying Scotsman

The Flying Scotsman

2006★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Riding High for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Based on the incredible true story of amateur cyclist Graeme Obree, who breaks the world one-hour record on a bike he made out of washing machine parts....

#2
Rad

Rad

1986★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Riding High for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A BMX racer, who lives in a small town with his mother and sister, is faced with a tough decision, qualify for Helltrack or take his SATs in order to attend college....

#3
Breaking Away

Breaking Away

1979★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Riding High for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Dave, nineteen, has just graduated high school, with his three friends: the comical Cyril, the warm hearted but short-tempered Moocher, and the athletic, spiteful but good-hearted ...

#4
American Flyers

American Flyers

1985★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Riding High for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When Dr. Marcus Sommers realizes that he and his troubled, estranged brother David may be prone a fatal brain disease that runs in their family, he decides to make peace with his s...

#5
The Westerner

The Westerner

1940★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Riding High for fans of Western. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Drifter Cole Harden is accused of stealing a horse and faces hanging by self-appointed Judge Roy Bean, but Harden manages to talk his way out of it by claiming to be a friend of st...

#6
The Great Race

The Great Race

1965★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Riding High for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering St...

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