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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
Let It Ride

Let It Ride

1989★ 6.4

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...

#2
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...

#3
Seabiscuit

Seabiscuit

2003★ 7.1

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

True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation....

#4
50 to 1

50 to 1

2014★ 6.7

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...

#5
Chariots of Fire

Chariots of Fire

1981★ 6.8

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 class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a devout Christian born to Scotti...

#6
Richard Jewell

Richard Jewell

2019★ 7.4

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

Richard Jewell thinks quick, works fast, and saves hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives after a domestic terrorist plants several pipe bombs and they explode during a concert, onl...

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