Movies like Banus, the Horse Thief (1967)
The best movies like Banus, the Horse Thief (1967) are Supercross (2005), Copenhagen (2014) and Sahara (1983). If Banus, the Horse Thief hooked you with its drama and adventure, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedCopenhagen (2014)6.6/10 from 223 votes
- NewestBlue Cave (2024)Released 2024
Supercross (2005)
Faced with the suspicious death of their father, two brothers must motivate one another to get back on their bikes and take the Las Vegas Motocross Championships by storm.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCopenhagen (2014)
After weeks of traveling through Europe, the immature William finds himself in Copenhagen, the place of his father’s birth. He befriends the youthful Effy, who works in William’s hotel as part of an internship program, and they set off to find William’s last living relative. Effy’s mix of youthful exuberance and wisdom challenges William unlike any woman ever has. As the attraction builds, he must come to grips with destabilizing elements of his family’s sordid past.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSahara (1983)
Intent on winning a competition in place of her distinguished late father, beautiful young heiress Dale takes on the guise of a man and competes in his spot, embarking on a car race that crosses the unforgiving Sahara desert.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisStrange Cargo (1940)
Convicts escaping from Devil's Island come under the influence of a strange Christ-like figure.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Sheik (1921)
Sheik Ahmed desperately desires feisty British socialite Diana, so he abducts her and carries her off to his luxurious tent-palace in the desert. The free-spirited Diana recoils from his passionate embraces and yearns to be released. Later, allowed to go into the desert, she escapes and makes her way across the sands...
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisWinter's Tale (2014)
A burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out to save her.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlue Cave (2024)
When Cem finds himself at the brink of losing the love of his life, Alara, he embarks on an expedition to the Blue Cave, Alara's most beloved archeological site, to feel close to her again.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Fugitive Kind (1960)
Val Xavier, a drifter of obscure origins, arrives at a small town and gets a job in a store run by Lady Torrence. Her husband, Jabe M. Torrance, is dying of cancer. Val is pursued by Carol Cutere, the enigmatic local tramp-of-good-family.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMaria's Lovers (1984)
A World War II prisoner returns home to his childhood sweetheart. However, back home, he discovers that he has to compete to win her love.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Girl with the Red Scarf (1977)
İlyas, a truck driver from Istanbul, arrives in a remote village to work on a dam construction project and meets a young village woman named Asya. They fall madly in love and get married. However, their life together is fraught with conflict. When İlyas cheats on Asya, the final straw in their relationship, she takes her son and begins wandering without knowing where she is going, until a familiar hand reaches out to help her selflessly.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBlack Gold (2011)
On the Arabian Peninsula in the 1930s, two warring leaders come face to face. The victorious Nesib, Emir of Hobeika, lays down his peace terms to rival Amar, Sultan of Salmaah. The two men agree that neither can lay claim to the area of no man’s land between them called The Yellow Belt. In return, Nesib adopts Amar’s two boys Saleeh and Auda as a guarantee against invasion. Twelve years later, Saleeh and Auda have grown into young men. Saleeh, the warrior, itches to escape his gilded cage and return to his father’s land. Auda cares only for books and the pursuit of knowledge. One day, their adopted father Nesib is visited by an American from Texas. He tells the Emir that his land is blessed with oil and promises him riches beyond his wildest imagination. Nesib imagines a realm of infinite possibility, a kingdom with roads, schools and hospitals all paid for by the black gold beneath the barren sand. There is only one problem. The precious oil is located in the Yellow Belt.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAli and Nino (2016)
Muslim prince Ali and Georgian aristocrat Nino have grown up in the Russian province of Azerbaijan. Their tragic love story sees the outbreak of the First World War and the world’s struggle for Baku’s oil. Ultimately they must choose to fight for their country’s independence or for each other.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWicked (2021)
Ivy Morgan, a college student in New Orleans, falls for Ren Owens, the last person she expected to enter her rigidly controlled life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWater and Fire (2013)
A pretty young girl falls for an enigmatic, shy man who sweeps her off her feet. She becomes pregnant but is not allowed to tell him. His advisers are adamant. Back home, they have set up a wedding with the daughter of an antagonistic family and marriage will put an end to the blood feud between them.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisPeter Ibbetson (1935)
When his mother dies, young Peter Ibbetson leaves Paris and his best friend, Mary, behind to live with a severe uncle in England. Years later, Peter is an architect with little time for women, until he begins a project with the Duke and Duchess of Towers. When Peter and the duchess become great friends, she reveals that she is Mary — but the duke soon suspects his wife of infidelity and challenges Peter to a duel, threatening the pair's second chance.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisUFO (2022)
When aspiring musician and student Deniz falls for a rough-hewn motorbike racer, tragedy and family opposition obstruct their path to love.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFire with Fire (1986)
A tough, street-smart kid serving a sentence in a state youth reformatory meets a beautiful, innocent girl studying at a nearby convent. When forbidden love blossoms between them, they must fight the prison authorities, their parents and the law.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWhat's Left of You (2015)
On his 18th birthday, wealthy but spoiled Ozgur(Ekin Koc) gets a surprise from his deceased grandfather's will. He has to leave his luxurious life in Istanbul and graduate from a public school in a small village on the Aegean coast. After falling for Elif(Neslihan Atagul), a secretive classmate, Ozgur begins to understand the importance of this tiny and seemingly trivial village.Adapted from the South Korean romantic drama, 'A Millionaire's First Love'.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Program (1993)
Several players from different backgrounds try to cope with the pressures of playing football at a major university. Each deals with the pressure differently, some turn to drinking, others to drugs, and some to studying.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEndless (2020)
When madly in love high school graduates Riley and Chris are separated by a tragic car accident, Riley blames herself for her boyfriend's death while Chris is stranded in limbo. Miraculously, the two find a way to connect. In a love story that transcends life and death, both Riley and Chris are forced to learn the hardest lesson of all: letting go.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEvlidir Ne Yapsa Yeridir (1978)
Story of three married couples living in the same apartment.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & romance
Asılacak Adam (1987)
Murat, a lawman, wants to capture a man named Kartal who has been sentenced to death. He goes to the village where Kartal has been hiding for years. No one in the village will tell him where Kartal is. The village headman tries to scare Murat into leaving. However, after some time, Murat finds Kartal and embarks on a long journey with him.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & adventure
Aşk ve İntikam (1965)
Nejat looks for his sister he lost 17 years ago. When he find his sister, she is shooted by her troubled lovers. Since then Nejat chases the revenge.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & romance
Affedilmeyen (1966)
Esin lives with her uncle. She has a cousin named Bahri, who cares only about money. Esin meets the pianist Yalcin at a night club and they feel attracted to each other. Yalcin gives her music lessons, and a profound love is blossoming. Esin's uncle objects to their relationship though the two lovers get engaged. Bahri gets jealous, putting soporific in her drink, he rapes Esin. Esin gets pregnant, she breaks up with Yalcin. Her uncle believes that the trouble maker is Yalcin, he urges him to marry her. They marry, but Yalcin doesn't know about her pregnancy. Bahri secretly puts drugs into Yalcin's pocket, he gets arrested, Esin has a miscarriage out of the shock. She tells Yalcin all the truth. Yalcin is released on bail. He reaches home when Bahri is about to rape Esin. Esin shoots Bahri, Yalcin takes it upon himself. As the judge gives him the death penalty, Esin reveals the truth. He is acquitted and happy days await them.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & romance
Ailenin Yüz Karası (1966)
A story about a young man addicted to drugs.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Gelinlik Kızlar (1972)
The story of a woman who goes to prison to protect her family and a father left alone with his three daughters. You will witness the girls' sometimes comical, sometimes dramatic attempts to prevent their father from remarrying.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Akma Tuna (1972)
Captured and subjected to severe torture, Çal Hasan manages to escape from the castle where he is imprisoned after a great struggle. After receiving the sultan's orders and will, Çal Hasan sets out to complete his unfinished mission, find Genç Osman, who is on the border, and raise the Turkish flag in Estergon without becoming a sacrifice.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both adventure
Revenge of the Snakes (1985)
Kara Bayram is a poor farmer living in a Turkish village with his wife, 3 kids (4th on the way) and his old mother Irazca Ana. They live on their own until another villager, Haceli who is backed up by the Mukhtar (local administrator of the Village) starts to build a new house right in front of their's. Kara Bayram and Irazca Ana do not accept these uninvited neighboors from the first day and unwanted events start right away.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Civciv Çıkacak Kuş Çıkacak (1975)
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both adventure
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Banus, the Horse Thief?
The closest matches to Banus, the Horse Thief are Supercross (2005), Copenhagen (2014) and Sahara (1983). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Banus, the Horse Thief?
Start with Supercross (2005), the closest match to Banus, the Horse Thief.
What is the highest-rated movie like Banus, the Horse Thief?
Copenhagen (2014), rated 6.6/10 by 223 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Banus, the Horse Thief?
Blue Cave (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
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