Movies like Windstorm 2 (2015)
The best movies like Windstorm 2 (2015) are Windstorm 4 (2019), Windstorm 3 (2017) and Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story (2005). If Windstorm 2 hooked you with its family and adventure, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedWindstorm (2013)7.4/10 from 306 votes
- NewestWindstorm: The Great Hurricane (2021)Released 2021
- In GermanWindstorm 4 (2019)Also in German
- Same seriesWindstorm 4 (2019)Windstorm
Windstorm 4 (2019)
Grandmother Maria, Sam and the riding instructor Kaan are trying together to keep Gut Kaltenbach running, which is in financial difficulties. The ambitious Isabell supports her, although she secretly pursues her own goals. The impulsive Ari comes to riding training in Kaltenbach, where she develops a special relationship with Windstorm, the eponymous horse of the film series, and she also makes friends with Mika. Mika and Ari try to save the estate and protect Windstorm from reckless horse trainer Thordur Thorvaldson.
Why it matches: Same series: Windstorm · both family & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWindstorm 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.
Why it matches: Same series: Windstorm · both family & adventure
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDreamer: Inspired By a True Story (2005)
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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisInternational Velvet (1978)
Sarah Brown is sent to England after her parents die in a car crash. There, she lives with her aunt Velvet who introduces Sarah to the world of equestrian competition and gives her the last foal of her own prize horse, The Pie. Under the watchful eye of her aunt and horse trainer Capt. Johnson, Sarah develops into a talented rider who might have a shot at the Olympics.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & family
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!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWindstorm (2013)
While spending the summer at her grandmother's farm, a girl discovers a talent for communicating with horses and tries to tame a fierce stallion.
Why it matches: Same series: Windstorm · both adventure & family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe 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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & adventure
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFlicka (2006)
Katy McLaughlin desires to work on her family's mountainside horse ranch, although her father insists she finish boarding school. Katy finds a mustang in the hills near her ranch. The headstrong 16 year old then sets her mind to tame a mustang and prove to her father she can run the ranch. But when tragedy happens, it will take all the love and strength the family can muster to restore hope.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNational Velvet (1945)
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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFlicka 2 (2010)
Carrie is a big-city teenager whose life is turned upside down when she moves to a horse ranch in Wyoming to live with her father. But everything changes when Carrie meets Flicka, a wild, jet-black mustang who's just as free-spirited and strong-willed as Carrie. The two form a special bond and Carrie opens her heart to her father and a handsome, local boy, but when a jealous rival puts Flicka's life in jeopardy, Carrie must do whatever it takes to save her best friend.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSpirit Riders (2015)
When a rebellious teen is arrested and sentenced to an equine therapy camp, she forms a connection with a spirited thoroughbred that she helps train with the guidance of the ranch's no-nonsense owner.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & drama
Amazing Racer (2009)
After the sudden death of her father leaves a teenage girl without a family, she becomes lost in her own anger and sadness. Her family doctor informs her that her father had a secret, that the mother she never knew was alive and well. When she travels to meet her, she befriends a horse trainer and discovers that in caring for the horse, she is able to overcome her hardships and emotional trauma. Together they begin to win many races and upset the favorites, owned by an egocentric mogul . Through the victories and new friendships she forms, she learns to find her way back to happiness.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family
The Horse Whisperer (1998)
The mother of a severely traumatized daughter enlists the aid of a unique horse trainer to help the girl's equally injured horse.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRace To Win (2016)
After losing her father, a young women must find the strength to face her fears and compete in the race of her life or her family will lose everything.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & family
Black Beauty (2015)
A modern retelling of Anna Sewell’s classic novel, Black Beauty explores the heartfelt story of 15 year-old Audry who makes the discovery of a lifetime whilst volunteering at a city animal shelter. Rescued from an abusive owner and recovering from a traumatic past, Black Beauty possesses a most unique quality of character, endearing itself to Audry and her Grandpa who adopt the horse in order to give it a second chance and perhaps even help revitalize their own family situation. Aided by dedicated trainer James and tested by the many challenges of equine life, Black Beauty has his work cut out for him as he embarks on a remarkable journey of discovery and friendship.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family
Black Beauty (1994)
The fates of horses, and the people who own and command them, are revealed as Black Beauty narrates the circle of his life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFlicka: Country Pride (2012)
Flicka and Toby help out a struggling stable owner and her teenage daughter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWild Hearts Can't Be Broken (1991)
A runaway orphan, young Sonora, persists in a menial job mucking stables in Doc Carver's travelling stunt show. Her great wish is to become a death-defying "diving girl," but Doc refuses her pleas. Undaunted, Sonora's gutsy resolve finally convinces him to give her a break. On the brink of stardom, however, a cruel twist of fate threatens to destroy her dream.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Greening of Whitney Brown (2011)
Whitney, a spoiled pre-teen from Philadelphia, is forced to move to the country when her parents feel the squeeze of economic hard times. A fish out of water, far from her comfort zone, she befriends an amazing horse, and undertakes a misguided journey back to her old life, only to discover that her family is her home.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisA Cowgirl's Story (2017)
Dusty Rhodes is new at Jefferson High, and she sticks out like a... well, a cowgirl. Dusty is a real cowgirl from Texas. Her parents are in the U.S. Army: her mother a helicopter pilot and her father a Special Forces Army Ranger. At first, Dusty is an outcast, but eventually she makes friends with a group that includes Savanah, a girl whose father was killed while fighting in Iraq three years earlier. Even though Savanah is kind of Goth and Dusty is all cowgirl they have a special connection and they bond. Dusty gets the school to agree to an Equestrian Drill Team and she enlists her new city slicker friends to join the team. As Dusty and the team practice, Dusty deals with the fears that come with her mother fighting in Afghanistan.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family
Dakota's Summer (2014)
Cowgirls 'n Angels Dakota's Summer tells the story of Dakota Rose, a cowgirl and competitive trick rider who finds out at the age of seventeen that she was adopted. She secretly sets out to discover the truth about her adoption and meet her birth parents while visiting her grandfather, rodeo legend Austin Rose. At Austin's ranch on break from the Sweethearts of the Rodeo trick riding team, Dakota discovers that family is not defined by blood, but rather personal commitment and by the love they share. Finally at peace, Dakota trains with Austin in order to prepare to rejoin the Sweethearts for their final competition against the talented Lone Star trick riding team and become the champion trick rider she was destined to be.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAlbion: The Enchanted Stallion (2016)
A twelve-year-old girl is transported by a magical black stallion to the mystical world of Albion, where she discovers that she alone is the key to saving an entire race of people.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & family
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Wild Stallion (2009)
C.J. and Hanna become the greatest of friends when the latter visits the former on the ranch where she lives, with the purpose of photographing the horses for her school project. The two unearth a secret plot which may put the mustangs in danger.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & drama
The Black Stallion Returns (1983)
"Black" is a stunning fire-and-silk stallion celebrated the world over. But to his young American owner, Alec Ramsay, he's much more. So, when the amazing animal is stolen, Alec will stop at nothing to get him back. Alec finally unravels the mystery of Black's theft...only to discover that he must overcome even greater odds to reclaim his beloved horse.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCowgirls n' Angels (2012)
A group of rodeo trick-riders recruits a young girl to join them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Fox and the Child (2007)
A young girl of about 10 years lives in a solitary peasant's house on the edge of the jurassic mountains in the East of France. One day in autumn, when she is on her way to school through the forest, she observes a hunting fox. Of course, the fox flees from her, but the girl feels a strong desire to meet the fox again.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Ring of Endless Light (2002)
When 15-year-old Vicky Austin, her sister Suzy and little brother Rob visit their grandfather on Seven Bay Island, Vicky faces several unexpected challenges. Her beloved grandfather, retired Reverend Eaton, seems to be seriously ill, but tries to pretend that nothing is wrong. Vicky met the rich but emotionally troubled Zachary Gray the previous summer, and he reappears to renew the acquaintance. Another boy, 17-year-old Adam Eddington, recruits Vicky to help him with a research project, working with a dolphin called Basil. Vicky discovers she can communicate telepathically with the dolphin and his mate - and possibly with Adam as well
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRock My Heart (2017)
17-year-old Jana has a congenital heart defect. To defy fate, Jana seeks every challenge, plunges into every wild and dangerous adventure. Her parents does not like that and are even more in constant fear of their daughter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998)
The circle of life continues for Simba, now fully grown and in his rightful place as the king of Pride Rock. Simba and Nala have given birth to a daughter, Kiara who's as rebellious as her father was. But Kiara drives her parents to distraction when she catches the eye of Kovu, the son of the evil lioness, Zira. Will Kovu steal Kiara's heart?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWindstorm: The Great Hurricane (2021)
Due to the sudden outbreak of a hurricane, a traveling circus, famous for its stunning numbers with horses, calls into the small German estate of Kaltenbach. Soon, Ari realizes that one of the horses of this circus, named Orcan, is in mortal danger. Together with the boy Carlo and their faithful friend, the horse Ostwind, they try to save Orkan from the cruel owner of a traveling circus. However, the shrewd director unravels their audacious plan. And Ostwind's horse is also in trouble. Ari and Carlo have very little time to rectify the situation and save Ostwind.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family & adventure
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Windstorm 2?
The closest matches to Windstorm 2 are Windstorm 4 (2019), Windstorm 3 (2017) and Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story (2005). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Windstorm 2?
People who watched Windstorm 2 most often go on to Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story (2005), International Velvet (1978) and Young Black Stallion (2003).
What is the highest-rated movie like Windstorm 2?
Windstorm (2013), rated 7.4/10 by 306 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Windstorm 2?
Windstorm: The Great Hurricane (2021) is the most recent release on this list.
Is Windstorm 2 part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to Windstorm, which includes Windstorm 4 (2019), Windstorm 3 (2017) and Windstorm (2013).
Are there German movies like Windstorm 2?
Yes: Windstorm 4 (2019), Windstorm 3 (2017) and Windstorm (2013).
How are movies similar to Windstorm 2 chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Windstorm 2, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.