Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

The Horses of McBride (2012)

The Horses of McBride poster
Directed by
Anne Wheeler
Genre
drama film, family film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
0
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 17 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A family living in a small Canadian town finds two horses trapped by an avalanche. They work together to rescue the animals.

heartfeltemotionalhopefulslow-pacedwholesomeearnestresilientinspiring

What happens

The Horses of McBride is a Canadian drama television film, directed by Anne Wheeler and broadcast by CTV in 2012. The film is based on the true story of a family in McBride, British Columbia, who rescued two horses that had been trapped by an avalanche in 2008. The film stars Aidan Quinn as patriarch Matt Davidson, Kari Matchett as his wife Avril and MacKenzie Porter as their daughter Nicki, as well as Edward Ruttle, Scott Hylands, Caroline Cave, Greyston Holt, Francis Damberger, Patrick Gilmore, Dustin MacDougall, Anand Rajaram, Phil Fulton, Benjamin Laird, Lisa Christie, James D. Hopkin, Eve Harlow and Michelle Thrush in supporting roles. The film was shot in the Turner Valley area of Alberta in March 2012, and was broadcast by CTV on December 16, 2012. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?