Movies Like The Black Stallion Returns (1983)

The Black Stallion Returns is a 1983 adventure, family film from Robert Dalva with a MovieMagicScore of 6.4/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Black Stallion and Young Black Stallion.

Adventure Family

The Black Stallion

1979

While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion that is brought on board and stabled in the ship he is sailing on. When it tragically sinks both he and the horse survive only to be stranded on a deserted island. He befriends it, so when finally rescued both return to his home where they soon meet Henry Dailey, a once successful trainer. Together they begin training the horse to race against the fastest ones in the world.

7.0

MagicScore

Young Black Stallion

2003

When courageous young Neera becomes separated from her family in the desert, she chances upon a wild colt. Together they find friendship, trust, and their way back home only to discover her family is about to lose everything!

6.6

MagicScore

Hidalgo

2004

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...

6.9

MagicScore

The Wind and the Lion

1975

At the beginning of the 20th century an American woman is abducted in Morocco by Berbers, and the attempts to free her range from diplomatic pressure to military intervention.

6.6

MagicScore

Legionnaire

1998

Alain Lefevre is a boxer paid by a Marseille mobster to take a dive. When he wins the fight he attempts to flee to America with the mobster's girlfriend Katrina. This plan fails and he seeks escape by joining the foreign legion. As part of the legion he tangles with abusive lieutenant Steinkampf and bonds with legionnaires Luther, Mackintosh and Rosetti.

5.8

MagicScore

Collision

2013

Deceit and betrayal rise to the surface after newlyweds survive a deadly car accident in the Moroccan desert.

5.7

MagicScore

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

2022

The unlikely friendship of a boy, a mole, a fox and a horse traveling together in the boy's search for home.

8.2

MagicScore

Pippi in the South Seas

1970

Pippi Longstocking, accompanied by friends Tommy and Annika, adventures on the South Seas to search for her father, who has been kidnapped by pirates.

6.9

MagicScore

Pippi Longstocking

1997

Pippi Longstocking is an extraordinary little girl who lives alone in her house, while her father sails the seven seas. Pippi's irrepressibly fun nature makes her easy to befriend, as neighbors Tommy and Annika find, but can also earn ire, especially from social worker Mrs. Prysselius.

5.7

MagicScore

#10

Die Supernasen

1983

Tommy loses his job as a make-up artist at Bayerischer Rundfunk after fogging an announcer with hairspray and then insulting her; Mike is dumped by his girlfriend because, on the one hand, he only cares about his music and, on the other hand, he is financially stranded. So they both need money and decide to become detectives. On behalf of a rich industrialist, they are to shadow his wife and take photos of her cheating. So Mike and Tommy travel to Bad Spänzer, where the lady is staying. But she is as faithful as gold, so Mike, disguised as a Prussian, makes advances to her so that Tommy can take the required photos. But Tommy soon has to slip into a costume, too: Since Tommy looks deceptively similar to an Arab sheik, he is hired by the sheik's secret service to double him. What Tommy doesn't know: assassins want to kill the sheikh at all costs.

4.6

MagicScore

#11

New Mischief by Emil

1972

Emil's reputation for being a troublemaker makes the Svensson family's neighbours take up a collection for sending the boy off to America. But even if he among other unfortunate mishaps causes his father to get stuck in the outhouse window and get bitten by crawfish, all is forgotten when he skillfully wins the family a free horse. And when Alfred the farmhand gets seriously ill, Emil puts his own life on the line, venturing into a snow storm to get his best friend to a doctor before it is too late.

6.8

MagicScore

#12

Sophie's Misfortunes

2016

Sophie is far from being the model little girl one would like her to be, unlike her friends Camille and Madeleine. She always insists on having her own way, often getting into trouble, to the despair of one and all. But her mother is unbending and otherwise inclined. She will not let her get away with anything, and poor Sophie will often have to live with the consequences of her bad behaviour and learn her lesson.

4.8

MagicScore

#13

Lawrence of Arabia

1962

During World War I, English officer Thomas Edward 'T.E.' Lawrence sets out to unite and lead the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes to fight the Turks.

8.0

MagicScore

#14

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

2015

Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet—eradicating 'The Syndicate', an International and highly-skilled rogue organization committed to destroying the IMF.

7.2

MagicScore

#15

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

2019

Super-assassin John Wick returns with a $14 million price tag on his head and an army of bounty-hunting killers on his trail. After killing a member of the shadowy international assassin’s guild, the High Table, John Wick is excommunicado, but the world’s most ruthless hit men and women await his every turn.

7.4

MagicScore

#16

The Appaloosa

1966

A man tries to recover a horse stolen from him by a Mexican bandit.

6.3

MagicScore

#17

The Cell

2000

A psychotherapist journeys inside a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim.

6.3

MagicScore

#18

Toy Story 5

2026

When Bonnie receives a Lilypad tablet as a gift and becomes obsessed, Buzz, Woody, Jessie and the rest of the gang's jobs become exponentially harder when they have to go head to head with the all-new threat to playtime.

8.4

MagicScore

#19

Windstorm 3

2017

Ostwind and Mika have found a real home at the farm Kaltenbach with Mika's grandmother. In the hustle of running therapy center and due to Mika's fame as a horse-whisperer, she feels that she doesn't have enough freedom and time to ride. After a serious disagreement with her grandmother, Mika secretly sets off for the night in eastern Andalusia, Spain, where she suspects Ostwind's roots are.

7.4

MagicScore

#20

Windstorm 2

2015

Summer vacation. Mika is overjoyed to see Windstorm again. But then she discovers strange wounds on the belly of Windstorm, for which no one has an explanation. Yet this is Kaltenbach verge of bankruptcy! With a heavy heart Mika decides to participate in a variety tournament in which beckons a high prize money. But during training affects Windstorm distracted, often he runs away easily. Mika pursued the black stallion until deep into the forest and is quite surprised: From the thicket a seemingly magical gray mare appears and the two horses dance around lovingly. Suddenly, a strange boy named Milan appears, who says the mare had escaped him. He claimed that he could Help Mika to win the tournament. But is there still time to save Kaltenbach?

7.3

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Black Stallion Returns?

The top films similar to The Black Stallion Returns by MovieMagicScore are The Black Stallion (7.0), Young Black Stallion (6.6), Hidalgo (6.9). Each shares adventure/family themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Black Stallion Returns worth watching?

The Black Stallion Returns holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.4/10 from 61 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Black Stallion Returns?

The Black Stallion Returns (1983) is a adventure, family film directed by Robert Dalva, starring Kelly Reno, Vincent Spano, Allen Garfield.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Black Stallion Returns?

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About movies like The Black Stallion Returns

This ranked list pairs The Black Stallion Returns (1983), a adventure and family film from Robert Dalva, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Kelly Reno take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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