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Public Enemies(2009)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 20min | Action, Crime
3.3/5 (with 1,993 votes)

Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger's charm and audacity endear him to much of America's downtrodden public, but he's also a thorn in the side of J. Edgar Hoover and the fledgling FBI. Desperate to capture the elusive outlaw, Hoover makes Dillinger his first Public Enemy Number One and assigns his top agent, Melvin Purvis, the task of bringing him in dead or alive.

Crank: High Voltage(2009)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 36min | Action, Thriller, Crime
3.0/5 (with 1,265 votes)

Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker that requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working.

A View to a Kill(1985)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 11min | Adventure, Action, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 837 votes)

A newly-developed microchip designed by Zorin Industries for the British Government that can survive the electromagnetic radiation caused by a nuclear explosion has landed in the hands of the KGB. James Bond must find out how and why. His suspicions soon lead him to big industry leader Max Zorin who forms a plan to destroy his only competition in Silicon Valley by triggering a massive earthquake in the San Francisco Bay.

Hidalgo(2004)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 16min | Western, Adventure, Action
3.4/5 (with 532 votes)

Set in 1890, this is the story of a Pony Express courier who travels to Arabia to compete with his horse, Hidalgo, in a dangerous race for a massive contest prize, in an adventure that sends the pair around the world...

Anna Karenina(2012)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 10min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 1,052 votes)

In Imperial Russia, Anna, the wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets the charming cavalry officer Vronsky to whom she is immediately attracted. But in St. Petersburg’s high society, a relationship like this could destroy a woman’s reputation.

The Sting(1973)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 9min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
4.0/5 (with 1,136 votes)

A novice con man teams up with an acknowledged master to avenge the murder of a mutual friend by pulling off the ultimate big con and swindling a fortune from a big-time mobster.

Racing Stripes(2005)

FSK: 0+ years
| 1h 42min | Comedy, Kids & Family
3.0/5 (with 261 votes)

Shattered illusions are hard to repair -- especially for a good-hearted zebra named Stripes who's spent his life on a Kentucky farm amidst the sorely mistaken notion that he's a debonair thoroughbred. Once he faces the fact that his stark stripes mark him as different, he decides he'll race anyway. And with help from the young girl who raised him, he just might end up in the winner's circle.

Secretariat(2010)

FSK: 0+ years
| 2h 3min | Drama
3.7/5 (with 249 votes)

Housewife and mother Penny Chenery agrees to take over her ailing father's Virginia-based Meadow Stables, despite her lack of horse-racing knowledge. Against all odds, Chenery - with the help of veteran trainer Lucien Laurin - manages to navigate the male-dominated business, ultimately fostering the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years.

The Killing(1956)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 25min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.8/5 (with 625 votes)

Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a betting teller named George, among others, for one last job before he goes straight and gets married. But when George tells his restless wife about the scheme to steal millions from the racetrack where he works, she hatches a plot of her own.

Bite the Bullet(1975)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 12min | Action, Western, Adventure
3.2/5 (with 48 votes)

At the beginning of the 20th century, a newspaper organizes an endurance horse race : 700 miles to run in a few days. 9 adventurers are competing, among them a woman, Miss Jones, a Mexican, an Englishman, a young cow-boy, an old one and two friends, Sam Clayton and Luke Matthews. All those individualists will learn to respect each other.

Seabiscuit(2003)

FSK: 6+ years
| 2h 21min | Drama, History
3.5/5 (with 357 votes)

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.

The Air I Breathe(2007)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 35min | Thriller, Crime
3.2/5 (with 152 votes)

A drama based on an ancient Chinese proverb that breaks life down into four emotional cornerstones: happiness, pleasure, sorrow and love. A businessman bets his life on a horse race; a gangster sees the future; a pop star falls prey to a crime boss; a doctor must save the love of his life.

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Lean on Pete(2018)

2h 1min | Drama, Adventure
3.5/5 (with 142 votes)

Charley Thompson, a teenager living with his single father, gets a summer job working for horse trainer Del Montgomery. Bonding with an aging racehorse named Lean on Pete, Charley is horrified to learn he is bound for slaughter, and so he steals the horse, and the duo embark on an odyssey across the new American frontier.

Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story(2005)

FSK: 0+ years
| 1h 46min | Drama, Kids & Family
3.5/5 (with 161 votes)

Ben Crane believes that a severely injured racehorse deserves another chance. He and his daughter Cale adopt the mare and save it from being sacrificed by the owner.

Stranger Than Paradise(1984)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 29min | Comedy, Drama
3.6/5 (with 214 votes)

Rootless Hungarian émigré Willie, his pal Eddie, and visiting sixteen-year-old cousin Eva always manage to make the least of any situation, whether aimlessly traversing the drab interiors and environs of New York City, Cleveland, or an anonymous Florida suburb.

Factotum(2005)

3.1/5 (with 85 votes)

This drama centers on Hank Chinaski, the fictional alter-ego of "Factotum" author Charles Bukowski, who wanders around Los Angeles, CA trying to live off jobs which don't interfere with his primary interest, which is writing. Along the way, he fends off the distractions offered by women, drinking and gambling.

National Velvet(1945)

FSK: 0+ years
| 2h 3min | Drama, Kids & Family
3.7/5 (with 45 votes)

Mi Taylor is a young wanderer and opportunist who finds himself in the quiet English countryside home of the Brown family. The youngest daughter, Velvet, has a passion for horses and when she wins the spirited steed Pie in a town lottery, Mi is encouraged to train the horse.

50 to 1(2014)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 50min | Comedy, Drama
3.3/5 (with 29 votes)

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 the true story of Mine That Bird, the cowboys must overcome impossible odds even before they reach Churchill Downs and the land of Kentucky's blue bloods.

Bob le Flambeur(1956)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 43min | Drama, Action, Crime
3.7/5 (with 101 votes)

In Paris, Bob Montagne is practically synonymous with gambling -- and winning. He is kind, classy and well-liked by virtually everyone in town, including police inspector Ledru. However, when Bob's luck turns sour, he begins to lose friends and makes the most desperate gamble of his life: to rob the Deauville casino during Grand Prix weekend, when the vaults are full. Unfortunately, Bob soon learns that the game is rigged and the cops are on to him.

El Portero(1950)

1h 53min | Comedy
3.8/5 (with 18 votes)

Cantinflas works as a porter, who writes letters and speeches in his old writing machine to earn an extra money, despite the fact that he still goes to school. The sentimental issues come when Cantinflas falls in love of his pretty neighborhood (Silvia Pinal), who is handicapped and unable to walk. The thing wont be easy, because a young military man also has feelings for the girl. But the porter wants to see her happy, and he will become a sort of Cyrano De Bergerac, writing love letters to her signed by the young soldier. His plan is simple: to win money in the horse races in order to pay the operation which will make her walk again.

Silver Blaze(1937)

1h 11min | Crime, Mystery
2.8/5 (with 8 votes)

Holmes takes a vacation and visits his old friend Sir Henry Baskerville. His vacation ends when he suddenly finds himself in the middle of a double-murder mystery. Now he's got to find Professor Moriarty and the horse Silver Blaze before the great cup final horse race.

Directed by Thomas Bentley - With Arthur Wontner, Ian Fleming, D. J. Williams, Eve Gray, John Turnbull, Lyn Harding, ...

A Fine Mess(1986)

1h 30min | Comedy
2.3/5 (with 11 votes)

Two friends an actor and a chef discover a plot to fix a horse race and try to capitalize on it. But also have to deal with the two men who fixed it who are trying to silence them. And there's also the mob boss whom the two guys work for who planned the fixing thing whose wife is having an affair with the actor.

The Bitch(1979)

1h 29min | Drama, Romance / Love
2.5/5 (with 8 votes)

The owner of a trendy disco starts having problems with the men in her life and the Mafia, which is trying to move in on her place.

Beautiful Joe(2000)

2.8/5 (with 9 votes)

An extremely nice guy falls for a really bad girl.

Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes(1980)

3.0/5 (with 3 votes)

The fugitives Burke, Virdon and Galen try to save the life of a human blacksmith and his son, whome gorilla leader Urko has threatened with death should his horse lose another race. The trio also attempt to expose a crooked gorilla by framing him in a plot to kill Urko. [The third of five telefilms edited from episodes of the 1974 TV series; this film combines the episodes "The Horse Race" and "The Tyrant"].

Boots and Saddles(1937)

58min | Western, Action, Drama

Young Englishman inherits ranch which he wants to sell, but Gene's gonna turn him into a real westerner instead. When new owner Spud arrives from England, Autry convinces him not to sell the ranch but to raise horses for the Army. When both Autry's and Neale's bids are the same, the Colonel calls for a race to decide the winner. But that night Neale has Autry's stable burned.

Wings of the Morning(1937)

1h 29min | Romance / Love, Drama
3.2/5 (with 4 votes)

A beautiful Gypsy girl falls in love with a horse trainer.

Atla Gel Şaban(1984)

1h 23min | Comedy
3.6/5 (with 18 votes)

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Directed by Natuk Baytan - With Kemal Sunal, Nevra Serezli, Dinçer Çekmez, Turgut Özatay

The Rainbow Jacket(1954)

1h 39min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 3 votes)

A champion jockey is banned from racing so spends his time helping a young lad to become the next champion.

Directed by Basil Dearden - With Kay Walsh

Calamity Jane and Sam Bass(1949)

1h 25min | Western
2.8/5 (with 2 votes)

Drifter Sam Bass shows up in Denton, Texas (soon to host a great horse race) looking for work. Before long, he attracts the attention of pretty storekeeper Katherine Egan (the sheriff's sister) and that wild frontiers woman, Calamity Jane. Circumstances make Sam richer by a very fast race horse. But his seemingly good luck with horses and women leads him to disaster. Will he be forced into a life of crime?

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