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10 Best Movies Like Run for the Roses

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

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#1
Sweet November

Sweet November

2001★ 6.9

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

Nelson is a man devoted to his advertising career in San Francisco. One day, while taking a driving test at the DMV, he meets Sara. She is very different from the other women in hi...

#2
Let It Ride

Let It Ride

1989★ 6.3

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

An average kind of guy who has a slight problem with gambling goes to the track, and mystically, it seems as though he can't lose, no matter how he bets; and he has an incredible d...

#3
50 to 1

50 to 1

2014★ 6.6

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

A misfit group of New Mexico cowboys find themselves on the journey of a lifetime when they learn their crooked-footed racehorse qualifies to run in the Kentucky Derby. Based on th...

#4
Lev Yashin. The Dream Goalkeeper

Lev Yashin. The Dream Goalkeeper

2019★ 7.5

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

An ordinary working class boy, like all his peers, he played football day and night and dreamed of being a striker. But no matter which team he played for - in the yard, at the fac...

#5
Rudy

Rudy

1993★ 7.3

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

Rudy grew up in a steel mill town where most people ended up working, but wanted to play football at Notre Dame instead. There were only a couple of problems. His grades were a lit...

#6
Memories of My Father

Memories of My Father

2020★ 7.5

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

In the polarized and violent Medellín (Colombia's 'City of Eternal Spring') of the 1970s, doctor Héctor Abad Gómez is concerned about both his children and children from less favor...