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Movies like The Hero Of The Grassland (1964)

The best movies like The Hero Of The Grassland (1964) are The Derby Stallion (2005), The Short History of the Long Road (2019) and Real Women Have Curves (2002). If The Hero Of The Grassland hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. The Derby Stallion (2005)

    An alcoholic former horse-trainer perceives in a fifteen-year-old boy a unique gift of horsemanship and makes it possible for the boy to conceive his dream and pursue it.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  2. The Short History of the Long Road (2019)

    Nola grew up living in a van with her father, Clint—two nomads against the world. When tragedy strikes, Nola must confront the reality of life on the road alone, learning to own her grief, her past, and her new destination.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  3. Real Women Have Curves (2002)

    In East Los Angeles, an 18-year-old struggles between her ambitions of going to college and the desires of her domineering mother for her to get married, have children, and oversee the small, rundown family-owned textile factory.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  4. Blinded by the Light (2019)

    In 1987, during the austere days of Thatcher’s Britain, a teenager learns to live life, understand his family, and find his own voice through the music of Bruce Springsteen.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  5. Palm Trees and Power Lines (2023)

    Seventeen-year-old Lea spends her summer break tanning in her backyard, and drifting between tiptoeing around her needy mother, and aimlessly trailing her best friend and boys from school. This monotony is interrupted by a chance encounter with Tom, a seductive man twice her age who promises an alternative to Lea's unsatisfying adolescent life.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  6. Go Figure (2005)

    Katelin Kingsford, an Olympic hopeful figure skater wants to train with a Russian figure skating coach. In order to go to go to the school that Natasha is at, Katelin gets a scholarship playing on the girls hockey team.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  7. Holler (2021)

    In a forgotten pocket of Southern Ohio where American manufacturing and opportunity are drying up, a determined young woman finds a ticket out when she is accepted to college. Alongside her older brother, Ruth Avery joins a dangerous scrap metal crew in order to pay her way. Together, they spend one brutal winter working the scrap yards during the day and stealing valuable metal from the once thriving factories by night. With her goal in sight, Ruth finds that the ultimate cost of an education for a girl like her may be more than she bargained for, and she soon finds herself torn between a promising future and the family she would leave behind.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  8. Chemical Hearts (2020)

    When a hopelessly romantic high school senior falls for a mysterious new classmate, it sets them both on an unexpected journey that teaches them about love, loss, and most importantly themselves.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  9. Flicka (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: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  10. 1 Chance 2 Dance (2014)

    When a 17-year old aspiring dancer is uprooted in her high school senior year, she finds herself divided between two boys, and she will have one last shot at making her dream a reality.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  11. Winter Spring Summer or Fall (2024)

    Remi and Barnes, two very different teenagers, meet by chance in the winter of their senior year, then spend four days together over the course of a year that will change their lives forever.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  12. Lady Bird (2017)

    Lady Bird McPherson, a strong willed, deeply opinionated, artistic 17 year old comes of age in Sacramento. Her relationship with her mother and her upbringing are questioned and tested as she plans to head off to college.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  13. The Fallout (2021)

    In the wake of a school tragedy, Vada, Mia and Quinton form a unique and dynamic bond as they navigate the never linear, often confusing journey to heal in a world that feels forever changed.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  14. LOL (2012)

    In a world connected by YouTube, iTunes, and Facebook, Lola and her friends navigate the peer pressures of high school romance and friendship while dodging their sometimes overbearing and confused parents. When Lola's mom, Anne, "accidentally" reads her teenage daughter's racy journal, she realizes just how wide their communication gap has grown.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  15. Pretty Persuasion (2005)

    A 15-year-old girl incites chaos among her friends and a media frenzy when she accuses her drama teacher of sexual harassment.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  16. Do Revenge (2022)

    A dethroned queen bee at a posh private high school strikes a secret deal with an unassuming new student to enact revenge on one another’s enemies.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  17. Laggies (2014)

    Overeducated and underemployed, 28 year old Megan is in the throes of a quarterlife crisis. Squarely into adulthood with no career prospects, no particular motivation to think about her future and no one to relate to, Megan is comfortable lagging a few steps behind - while her friends check off milestones and celebrate their new grown-up status. When her high-school sweetheart proposes, Megan panics and- given an unexpected opportunity to escape for a week - hides out in the home of her new friend, 16-year old Annika and Annika's world-weary single dad Craig.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  18. Tigertail (2020)

    A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  19. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

    After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching for some stability, Stark forms a bond with a disturbed classmate, Plato, and falls for local girl Judy. However, Judy is the girlfriend of neighborhood tough, Buzz. When Buzz violently confronts Jim and challenges him to a drag race, the new kid's real troubles begin.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  20. The Belles of St Trinian's (1954)

    The unruly schoolgirls of St Trinian's are more interested in men and mischief than homework and hockey. But greater trouble than ever beckons when the arrival at the school of Princess Fatima of Makyad coincides with the return of recently expelled Arabella Fritton, who has the kidnap of a prize racehorse on her mind.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like The Hero Of The Grassland?

The closest matches to The Hero Of The Grassland are The Derby Stallion (2005), The Short History of the Long Road (2019) and Real Women Have Curves (2002). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after The Hero Of The Grassland?

Start with The Derby Stallion (2005), the closest match to The Hero Of The Grassland.

What is the highest-rated movie like The Hero Of The Grassland?

The Fallout (2021), rated 7.5/10 by 1,353 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like The Hero Of The Grassland?

Winter Spring Summer or Fall (2024) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there Chinese movies like The Hero Of The Grassland?

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How are movies similar to The Hero Of The Grassland chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Hero Of The Grassland, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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