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10 Best Movies Like Riding High

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

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#1
The Flying Scotsman

The Flying Scotsman

2006★ 6.6

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

Based on the incredible true story of amateur cyclist Graeme Obree, who breaks the world one-hour record on a bike he made out of washing machine parts....

#2
Rad

Rad

1986★ 6.5

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

A BMX racer, who lives in a small town with his mother and sister, is faced with a tough decision, qualify for Helltrack or take his SATs in order to attend college....

#3
Breaking Away

Breaking Away

1979★ 7.1

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

Dave, nineteen, has just graduated high school, with his three friends: the comical Cyril, the warm hearted but short-tempered Moocher, and the athletic, spiteful but good-hearted ...

#4
American Flyers

American Flyers

1985★ 6.1

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

When Dr. Marcus Sommers realizes that he and his troubled, estranged brother David may be prone a fatal brain disease that runs in their family, he decides to make peace with his s...

#5
The Great Race

The Great Race

1965★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Riding High for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering St...

#6
Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility

1995★ 7.4

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

The Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, learn that their prospects of marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. After Henry Dashwood die...

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