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10 Best Movies Like Lean on Pete

If you loved Lean on Pete, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken

Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken

1991★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Lean on Pete for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

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 r...

#2
Days of Thunder

Days of Thunder

1990★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Lean on Pete for fans of Drama & Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Talented but unproven stock car driver Cole Trickle gets a break and with the guidance of veteran Harry Hogge turns heads on the track. The young hotshot develops a rivalry with a ...

#3
Bite the Bullet

Bite the Bullet

1975★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Lean on Pete for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

At the beginning of the 20th century, a newspaper organizes an endurance horse race : 700 miles to run in a few days. 9 adventurers are competing, among them a woman, Miss Jones, a...

#4
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

2018★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Lean on Pete for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversia...

#5
Black Beauty

Black Beauty

1994★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Lean on Pete for fans of Drama & Adventure. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The fates of horses, and the people who own and command them, are revealed as Black Beauty narrates the circle of his life....

#6
Speed Racer

Speed Racer

2008★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Lean on Pete for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Speed Racer is a young and brilliant racing driver. When corruption in the racing leagues costs his brother his life, Speed must team up with the police and the mysterious Racer X ...

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