Top 10 awesome movies like Run Wild, Run Free that you will enjoy watching
You just finished watching Run Wild, Run Free and you can't get over how good this movie was. Now you want to watch more of such masterpieces. We have curated a list of similar movies which are created by the likes of Richard C. Sarafian, John Mills and Gordon Jackson . Here goes the list -
- Where the Red Fern Grows
- Sounder
- The Biscuit Eater
- The Yearling
- The Railway Children
- Storm Boy
- My Friend Joe
- Summer of the Monkeys
- Misty
- Summer Hours
Where the Red Fern Grows
Where the Red Fern Grows is the heartwarming and adventurous tale for all ages about a young boy and his quest for his own red-bone hound hunting dogs.
This movie, created by Norman Tokar, James Whitmore and Beverly Garland, scores 6.9 on IMDb.
Genres - Family | Drama
You can watch this on Hoopla, Tubi Tv and Amazon Prime Video.
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The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for stealing food.
This movie, created by Martin Ritt, Cicely Tyson and Paul Winfield, scores 7.5 on IMDb.
Genres - Family | Drama
You can watch this on Amazon Video.
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In this touching adventure, a remake of the popular 1940 film, two Georgia boys ignore their racial differences to team up and befriend a feral bird dog, whom they train to participate in a field trials.
This movie, created by Vincent McEveety, Earl Holliman and Pat Crowley, scores 5.7 on IMDb.
Genres - Drama | Family
You can watch this on Disney Plus.
The Yearling
A boy persuades his parents to allow him to adopt a young deer, but what will happen if the deer misbehaves?
This movie, created by Clarence Brown, Gregory Peck and Jane Wyman, scores 7.2 on IMDb.
Genres - Family | Drama
You can watch this on Youtube, Amazon Video, Vudu, Google Play Movies and Microsoft Store.
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After the enforced absence of their father, three children move with their mother to Yorkshire, where during their adventures they attempt to discover the reason for his disappearance.
This movie, created by Lionel Jeffries, Dinah Sheridan and Bernard Cribbins, scores 7.3 on IMDb.
Genres - Family | Drama
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Mike is a lonely Australian boy living in a coastal wilderness with his reclusive father. In search of friendship he encounters an Aboriginal native loner and the two form a bond in the care of orphaned pelicans.
This movie, created by Henri Safran, Greg Rowe and Peter Cummins, scores 7.0 on IMDb.
Genres - Drama | Family
You can watch this on Tubi Tv.
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During the course of one summer, a young Irish lad named Chris befriends an American boy named Joe. The two couldn't be more different, yet they become inseparable. Things turn horribly wrong however, when Chris discovers his new best friend isn't a he, but a she. The sadness only begins as Chris learns why Joe's gender must be kept a secret.
This movie, created by Chris Bould, Schuyler Fisk and John Cleere, scores 6.7 on IMDb.
Genres - Drama | Family
You can watch this on Amazon Video.
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Summer Of The Monkeys (set in 1910 on the prairies of Canada) follows the story of a young boy, Jay, who dreams of getting enough money to buy his dream horse. One summer Jay finds four chimps on the prairie who have fallen off a circus cart. He later learns that there is a big reward for them. Enough to buy the horse... however, as time goes on he befriends the chimps... and it becomes apparent that Jay can't bear to part with them.
This movie, created by Michael Anderson, Michael Ontkean and Leslie Hope, scores 6.2 on IMDb.
Genres - Drama | Family
Misty
Every year the Chincoteague fire department rounds up the wild ponies of Assateague Island, and then auctions off the colts and yearlings to thin out the herd. A young brother and sister, Paul and Maureen Beebe, have set their hearts on owning one particular wild three-year-old pony, The Phantom. Only they have to earn the money, the Phantom has to be captured in the roundup (which she never has), and then they have to outbid everyone else for her in the auction. And even the Phantom herself has a surprise for Paul and Maureen: a foal named Misty.
This movie, created by James B. Clark, David Ladd and Arthur OConnell, scores 6.5 on IMDb.
Genres - Drama | Family
You can watch this on Amazon Prime Video.
Summer Hours
Two brothers and a sister witness the disappearance of their childhood memories when they must relinquish the family belongings to ensure their deceased mother's succession.
This movie, created by Olivier Assayas, Juliette Binoche and Charles Berling, scores 7.2 on IMDb.
Genres - Family | Drama
You can watch this on Directv.
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