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1. American Psycho (2000)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A wealthy New York City investment banking executive, Patrick Bateman, hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he delves deeper into his violent, hedonistic fantasies.
Director: Mary Harron | Stars: Christian Bale, Justin Theroux, Josh Lucas, Bill Sage
Votes: 716,346 | Gross: $15.07M
2. The Hustler (1961)
Not Rated | 134 min | Drama, Sport
An up-and-coming pool player plays a long-time champion in a single high-stakes match.
Director: Robert Rossen | Stars: Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie, George C. Scott
Votes: 86,822 | Gross: $8.28M
3. Secretariat (2010)
PG | 123 min | Biography, Drama, Family
Penny Chenery Tweedy and colleagues guide her long-shot but precocious stallion to set, in 1973, the unbeaten record for winning the Triple Crown.
Director: Randall Wallace | Stars: Diane Lane, John Malkovich, Margo Martindale, Nelsan Ellis
Votes: 30,594 | Gross: $59.71M
4. A Day at the Races (1937)
Passed | 111 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
A veterinarian posing as a doctor teams with a singer and his friends as they struggle to save an upstate New York sanitarium with the help of a misfit racehorse.
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Allan Jones
Votes: 14,588
5. 50 to 1 (2014)
PG-13 | 110 min | Drama
Based on the inspiring true story of Mine That Bird, a misfit group of New Mexico cowboys find themselves on the journey of a lifetime when their crooked-footed racehorse qualifies for the 2009 Kentucky Derby.
Director: Jim Wilson | Stars: Skeet Ulrich, Christian Kane, William Devane, Madelyn Deutch
Votes: 2,248 | Gross: $1.06M
6. Gonzo (2008)
R | 120 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
A portrait of the late gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.
Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Hunter S. Thompson, Johnny Depp, Joe Cairo, David Carlo
Votes: 8,505 | Gross: $1.25M
7. Kentucky (1938)
Passed | 96 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Romeo and Juliet story set amidst horse racing in Kentucky. The family feud of lovers Jack and Sally goes back to the Civil War and is kept alive by her Uncle Peter.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Loretta Young, Richard Greene, Walter Brennan, Douglass Dumbrille
Votes: 681
8. Bluegrass (1988 TV Movie)
240 min | Drama
A woman tries to be successful in the male-dominated horse racing business. Intrigue, greed, power games and love trying to put stones in her way.
Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Cheryl Ladd, Wayne Rogers, Diane Ladd, Mickey Rooney
Votes: 177
9. Run for the Roses (1977)
PG | 93 min | Drama, Sport
Juanito, a boy from Puerto Rico, finds himself in Kentucky and drawn to a thoroughbred horse. He believes the horse can win the Derby and eventually others around him start to think it's possible.
Director: Henry Levin | Stars: Vera Miles, Stuart Whitman, Sam Groom, Panchito Gómez
Votes: 129
10. Sporting Blood (1931)
Passed | 82 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
The saga of thoroughbred Tommy Boy, born in a rain puddle, and his various owners as he evolves into a a champion stakes horse.
Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Clark Gable, Ernest Torrence, Madge Evans, Lew Cody
Votes: 379
11. Glory (1956)
Approved | 100 min | Drama
Clarabel lives on a Kentucky horse farm and has a special love for the filly Glory. With the help of Chad, Clarabel can prevent Glory's sale and keep her to train her and eventually enter her for the Kentucky Derby.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Margaret O'Brien, Walter Brennan, Charlotte Greenwood, John Lupton
Votes: 216
12. Chasing the Win (2016)
82 min | Documentary, Sport
"There's only one way to win a race, and a million ways to lose it." Chasing the Win follows the meteoric rise of a rookie trainer, a down-on-his-luck owner, and their imperfect racehorse ... See full summary »
Directors: Chris Ghelfi, Laura Sheehy | Stars: Carl O'Callaghan, Patrick Sheehy, Denis Sheehy, Mike Smith
Votes: 143
13. The First Saturday in May (2007)
PG-13 | 96 min | Documentary, Sport
Follow six diverse trainers as they jockey for position along the 2006 Kentucky Derby trail.
Directors: Brad Hennegan, John Hennegan | Stars: Frank Amonte, Barbaro, Peter Brette, Chuck Chambers
Votes: 142 | Gross: $0.12M
14. Kentucky Pride (1925)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The story of a Beaumont race horse, told through from the point of view of the horse via intertitles.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Virginia's Future, Negofol, Morvich, Confederacy
Votes: 223
15. Spendthrift (1936)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
Profligate Townsend "Towny" Middleton, once the possessor of $20,000,000, becomes a "millionaire with everything but money." In order to enter his filly "Black Mamba" in the Kentucky Derby,... See full summary »
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Henry Fonda, Pat Paterson, Mary Brian, George Barbier
Votes: 90
16. The Kentucky Derby (1922)
Passed | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Dirty work is afoot in old Kentucky when a rival decides that his horse will have a better chance of winning if the son of the owner isn't around, so he has him shanghaied onto a tramp ... See full summary »
Director: King Baggot | Stars: Reginald Denny, Lillian Rich, Emmett King, Walter McGrail
Votes: 39
17. Down the Stretch (1936)
Approved | 66 min | Action, Drama, Sport
A jockey tries to overcome the reputation of his father, who once threw a race.
Director: William Clemens | Stars: Patricia Ellis, Mickey Rooney, Dennis Moore, Willie Best
Votes: 119
18. Gallopin' Gals (1940)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
Time for the big horse race. We drop in on the fillies, who gossip in New York accents. That's followed by a pre-race fashion parade. In both of these, Maggie doesn't join in; she runs ... See full summary »
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Elvia Allman, Sara Berner, Truman Bradley, Blanche Stewart
Votes: 224
19. Behind the Headlines (1937)
Passed | 58 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Eddie Haines is a radio reporter with Station KBC. He is always getting the scoop, which infuriates those at the New York Star, which happens to employ his ex-girlfriend Mary Bradley. But ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Rosson | Stars: Lee Tracy, Diana Gibson, Phillip Huston, Paul Guilfoyle
Votes: 204
20. The Winner's Circle (1948)
Passed | 74 min | Drama, Sport
The life story of a famous race horse, told primarily by a narrator in a semi-documentary fashion, with more than a little bit of revisionism. It begins with the colt's wobbly-legged days, ... See full summary »
Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Jean Willes, Morgan Farley, Johnny Longden, Robert S. Howard
21. Blue Grass of Kentucky (1950)
Passed | 72 min | Drama, Sport
While Kentucky is known as 'the blue grass state', the use of the term in this title is the name of the horse. The story revolves around a colt born in Kentucky and named "Blue Grass", the ... See full summary »
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Bill Williams, Jane Nigh, Ralph Morgan, Russell Hicks
Votes: 35
22. Jasper's Derby (1946)
Passed | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Jasper is attending the Kentucky Derby and befriends an old racehorse. During the race, Jasper plays a violin solo that inspires the horse to win the race. The finale finds the horse enjoying the fruit of his victory - a mint-julep.
Director: Duke Goldstone | Star: Sara Berner
Votes: 46
23. Garrison's Finish (1923)
80 min | Drama
Jockey Billy Garrison is framed and suspended for throwing a race. Depressed, he goes to a bar and eventually gets into a fight. He loses his memory and is taken to the home of pretty young... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Rosson | Stars: Jack Pickford, Madge Bellamy, Charles A. Stevenson, Tom Guise
24. Kentucky Blue Streak (1935)
Passed | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Mary Bradley leaves her family's farm in Cloverdale, Kentucky to visit her brother Johnny, a jockey, in San Francisco. Their reunion is interrupted by Harry Johnson, who tries to convince ... See full summary »
Director: Raymond K. Johnson | Stars: Edward J. Nugent, Patricia Scott, Frank Coghlan Jr., Margaret Mann
Votes: 45
25. A Song of Kentucky (1929)
Passed | 79 min | Drama, Musical
Jerry, a young song writer, falls in love with Lee Coleman, a wealthy Southern girl. She is being forced into marriage with a fortune hunter who upon learning of her infatuation pays a ... See full summary »
Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Lois Moran, Joseph Wagstaff, Dorothy Burgess, Douglas Gilmore
26. Pride of the Blue Grass (1939)
Approved | 65 min | Drama
Based on the story of the steeplechase-winning blind jumping horse, Elmer Gantry aka Gantry the Great, owned by Eleanor Getzendaner. The horse plays himself.
Director: William C. McGann | Stars: Edith Fellows, James McCallion, Granville Bates, Aldrich Bowker
Votes: 89
27. Rub the Speed (2017)
Short, Crime
Director: Amy Maki | Stars: Joshua Basili, Leonard R. Garner Jr., Rocio Ibarra, John P. Moore
28. Barbaro: A Nation's Horse (2007 TV Movie)
Sport
Documentary special detailing the life and death of "Barbaro" - Kentucky derby winning race horse put down following the breaking of his leg.
Director: Rob Highland
Votes: 12
29. Bred in Old Kentucky (1926)
Passed | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Katie O'Doone is left a worthless, run-down estate and a thoroughbred race horse. She mortgages the property in order to get the money needed to enter her horse in the Derby. Dennis Reilly,... See full summary »
Director: Edward Dillon | Stars: Viola Dana, Jerry Miley, Jed Prouty, Jim Mason
30. Legendary Equestrians: The Story of Edward D. Brown and the First Black Horsemen
Biography, Drama, Family | Announced
The plot revolves around an African American jockey-trainer combo in post-antebellum America along with his apprentices, whose love for horses and a desire to settle into a new world leads them on a journey of a lifetime.
31. Kentucky Derby (2017 TV Special)
Sport
Director: Drew Esicoff | Stars: Jerry Bailey, Tom Brady, Donna Brothers, Bob Costas
32. Kentucky Derby (2014 TV Special)
Sport
Director: Drew Esocoff | Stars: Jerry Bailey, Donna Brothers, Bob Costas, Tom Hammond
33. Kentucky Derby (2015 TV Special)
Sport
Director: Drew Esicoff | Stars: Jerry Bailey, Donna Brothers, Bob Costas, Tom Hammond
34. The Kentucky Derby (2002 TV Special)
Sport
Stars: Bob Baffert, Cyb Barnstable, Patricia Barnstable, Bo Derek
Votes: 16
35. The Kentucky Derby (1998 TV Special)
Sport
Stars: Bob Baffert, Cyb Barnstable, Patricia Barnstable, D. Wayne Lukas
Votes: 10
36. Race for the Derby (2005 TV Movie)
44 min | Documentary
"Race for the Derby" follows the story of Jockeys training for the Kentucky Derby
Director: Erin Harvey
37. Blue Grass Kings (1931)
Passed | 11 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
One of the many, many Grantland Rice Sport Pictorial sports shorts, all written by and narrated by and featuring sportswriter Grantland Rice, and all produced by the Van Beuren Studios for ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Eaton | Stars: Grantland Rice, C.V. Whitney
38. Sandy (1918)
50 min | Drama, Romance
A Scots-Irish lad comes to America hoping to find his fortune. On the sea voyage he meets and falls for a lovely young girl, but they are parted on arrival. Years later, in the Kentucky ... See full summary »
Director: George Melford | Stars: Jack Pickford, Louise Huff, James Neill, Edythe Chapman
39. The Kentucky Derby (2009 TV Special)
60 min | Sport
The running of the 135th Kentucky Derby.
Stars: Cyb Barnstable, Patricia Barnstable, Bob Costas, Joey Fatone
40. Races to Remember (1956)
Approved | 8 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
This Sportscope series short contains highlights from several significant horse races, such as the 1948 Kentucky Derby (won by Citation); the 1953 Preakness Stakes (won by Native Dancer); ... See full summary »
Stars: Harry Wismer, Assault, Stymie, Natchez
Votes: 42
41. Women First (1924)
51 min | Drama
En route to apply for a job as horse-trainer for Colonel Doon, ex-jockey Billy Decker rescues a girl on a runaway horse and discovers that she is Jennie Doon, the late colonel's daughter ... See full summary »
Director: B. Reeves Eason | Stars: William Fairbanks, Eva Novak, Lydia Knott, Bob Rhodes
42. Race Wild (1926)
Passed | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A Kentucky colonel will lose the family homestead unless his prize racehorse, Racewild, wins the Kentucky Derby. A schemer who covets the homestead contrives to keep the horse out of the ... See full summary »
Director: Oscar Apfel | Stars: Rex Lease, Eileen Percy, David Torrence, John Miljan
43. Winning the Futurity (1926)
60 min | Drama
A boy from the mountains falls in love with a plantation owner's daughter. The owner dies and the daughter disinherited. With the Kentucky Futurity approaching there is a way to win the plantation back but there is unethical competition.
Director: Scott R. Dunlap | Stars: Cullen Landis, Clara Horton, Ernest Hilliard, Henry Kolker
Votes: 14
44. The Kentucky Derby (2011 TV Special)
60 min | Sport
The running of the Kentucky Derby. The singing of my Old Kentucky Home.
Stars: Cyb Barnstable, Patricia Barnstable, Bob Costas, Joey Fatone
45.
DuckTales (1987–1990)
Episode:
Horse Scents
(1987)
TV-G | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Flintheart Glomgold bets against Scrooge McDuck on horse racing, in a hope of becoming the richest duck in the world, and he is willing to use any means to ensure his victory.
Director: Alan Zaslove | Stars: Susan Blu, Dick Gautier, Joan Gerber, Johnny Haymer
Votes: 188
46.
Legacy (1998–1999)
Episode:
Where Spirit Lives
(1999)
TV-PG | 45 min | Drama
When Clay courts Vivian, he finds himself spending less time preparing Gauntlet for the upcoming Kentucky Derby. Meanwhile, Charlotte schemes to buy a gifted race horse and Jeremy & Molly find an investor for their new business.
Director: Manfred Guthe | Stars: Brett Cullen, Jeremy Garrett, Sharon Leal, Grayson McCouch
Votes: 8
47.
M*A*S*H (1972–1983)
Episode:
Potter's Retirement
(1978)
TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy, Drama, War
When Col. Potter learns of an informant feeding negative reports on his command bad enough to prompt an outside inspection, he decides to retire.
Director: William K. Jurgensen | Stars: Alan Alda, Mike Farrell, Harry Morgan, Loretta Swit
Votes: 508
48.
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (2003–2010)
Episode:
P.E.T.A.
(2004)
TV-MA | 29 min | Comedy, Documentary
Penn and Teller look at animal liberation and expose PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) as hypocrites.
Directors: Star Price, Kevin Barry, Christopher Poole, Scott Schaefer, Chip Selby, R.L. Shontell | Stars: Penn Jillette, Teller, Steven Best, Rod Coronado
Votes: 283
49.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
Vincent 'Mad Dog' Coll
(1959)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A deranged gangster kidnaps the right-hand man of mobster Dutch Schultz, then steals the horse Schultz was planning to bet on in the Kentucky Derby.
Director: Andrew McCullough | Stars: Robert Stack, Clu Gulager, Lawrence Dobkin, Jerry Paris
Votes: 120
50.
The Bullwinkle Show (1959–1963)
Episode:
Give 'Em the Works or Rocky Around the Clock/Crime on My Hands or Hickory Dickory Drop
(1960)
TV-G | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Rocky & Bullwinkle, "Box Top Robery" Part 5 Fractured Fairy Tales "Snow White Inc." Peabody's Improbably History "Robinson Crusoe" Rocky & Bullwinkle, "Box Top Robery" Part 6
Directors: Gerard Baldwin, Jim Hiltz, William T. Hurtz, Ted Parmelee, Gerald Ray, Dun Roman, Rudy Zamora | Stars: Edward Everett Horton, June Foray, Paul Frees, William Conrad
Votes: 47