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War Horse

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On the brink of the First World War, Albert's beloved horse Joey is sold to the Cavalry by his father. Against the backdrop of the Great War, Joey begins an odyssey full of danger, joy, and sorrow, and he transforms everyone he meets along the way. Meanwhile, Albert, unable to forget his equine friend, searches the battlefields of France to find Joey and bring him home. From TMDB

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  • Roxana Hadadi @roxana-hadadi.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 10, 2026

    WAR HORSE was the last movie I saw in a theater with my dad, a man who had a horse when he served in the iranian military. I remember him just casually seeing the ad for the movie and being like, "I used to have a horse." sir what??

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  • Mark Anthony Austin @bobafettanhse.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 14, 2025

    #stevenspielberg I’ve worked for him on three of his movie involvements: Casper, War Horse and Ready Player One. 🎥

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  • Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 23, 2023

    I live by one rule: the name of the movie WAR HORSE must always be pronounced with a Boston accent

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  • Beck @beckkaplan.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 27, 2025

    Canterbury War Horse Memorial [Film photo on Kodak Gold 200] #photography #sculpture #architecture #england #history #horse

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  • R’M 🍄✨ @thatmaeflowerx.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 19, 2025

    Seeing War Horse later and I’m buzzing! Always wanted to see the play as the movie is so so good!

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  • Moley𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕄𝕠𝕝𝕖 @moleymole.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 31, 2024

    Another lovely restorative, if breezy, walk around Drizzlecombe [Ditsworthy Warren farm might be familiar as a location from Spielberg’s 2011 film ‘War Horse’ (after the Michael Morpurgo story)] #Dartmoor #Devon

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  • Christopher Bird @mightygodking.comBluesky · Jun 9, 2026

    Ten fave Spielbergs: 1. Ready Player One 2. 1941 3. Hook 4. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 5. War Horse 6. His quarter of The Twilight Zone: The Movie 7. The BFG 8. The Lost World: Jurassic Park 9. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 10. Always

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  • Annie who lives here @stellarine.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 27, 2025

    You're telling me Benedict Cumberbatch, who is the only actor I could name with confidence as being in the cast of 2011 war drama film War Horse, does NOT play the titular horse?

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  • Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.ukBluesky · Dec 3, 2024

    Just back from seeing the National Theatre production of War Horse in Plymouth. Bloody hell - I've seen the film and knew a little of what to expect from the stage play but I really wasn't prepared for how emotional, visceral and technically brilliant it is.

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  • An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.socialBluesky · May 18, 2026

    The only thing I miss about Twitter is the ability to run polls. If I could, I would ask: “which of the following is your favourite movie in the Air Bud franchise?” • World Pup • Golden Receiver • War Horse • Seventh Inning Fetch

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  • John @postcards2025.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 2, 2026

    The War Horse (2011 film) #AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMovies #photography #horse #scape

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  • abby (sports) @stabbyabby.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 21, 2026

    Also I cried in a way that I have not cried in the movie theater since I was like 15 and seeing War Horse while on my period

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  • Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 28, 2025

    Tonight’s movie: War Horse (2011). The bloodless storybook version of WWI! Also featuring Cumberborgus Bandersnatch & a spectacular expression from Tom Hiddleston during the charge of the light brigade. Otherwise, I haven’t encountered this much woodenness since that one-night stand in Mexico City

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  • Dadair @dadair1.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 11, 2025

    I was gutted the first time I saw this ending. On another note my grandfather often told the story of being sent to back up a British cavalry charge during the early days of WWI. Years later I saw the movie War Horse and it was almost beat for best my grandfather’s story.

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  • niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.netBluesky · Nov 27, 2025

    Even kagi is only coughing up a lot of people talking about how many horses *died* in WWI and people asking how accurate War Horse was as a movie for me, sigh.

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  • Nat the Horse Witch 🦄🧙🔮 @horsesandhockey.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 13, 2025

    Introduce yourself using only 1 food you refuse to eat, 1 movie you’ll never watch again, and 1 song you can’t stand. Food: brussel sprouts. they taste like farts. No it doesn't matter how they're cooked. Movie: War Horse (the book and movie traumatized me) Song: Hotel California -The Eagles

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  • 🐩Bushwacker (COMMS OPEN) 🐩 @bushwacker0079.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 6, 2025

    War Horse (2011) is the movie about the horse that wages war against lesbians

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  • Grace 🐝🍀 @islayandlochs.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 11, 2025

    In case folks aren’t aware: War Horse (2011) stars Jeremy Irvine! If I had a nickel for each time I watched him in a WW1 era film or TV series, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t alot, but it’s weird that it happened twice right? 😂

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  • Matthew Essary @wheelscritic.bsky.socialBluesky · May 6, 2025

    I legitimately forgot War Horse was a real movie and not a fake movie within another movie.

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  • Hollywood Movie Costumes & Props Blog @hollywoodcostumes.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 9, 2025

    Celebrate #TomHiddleston's birthday with his screen-worn costumes from #WarHorse #Loki and the #Thor and #Avengers movies on display tinyurl.com/5n98pvhz

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  • Birthright Citizen @hotfountainpen.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 6, 2025

    1917, Dunkirk, and War Horse are all the same movie. Prove me wrong.

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  • Eli ☆ @waldprinz.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 22, 2024

    About to rewatch War Horse aka the film that made me have a huge crush on Tom Hiddleston

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  • Ben @ben1283.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 14, 2026

    Watching War Horse (film) for the first time, and the concept seems to be 'what if everyone was gay for Horse and also There Is A War On.'

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  • Pat Burke 🇺🇦 @patburke.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 1, 2026

    I think you get this more with Spielberg than almost any other filmmaker. A film like War Horse, which I don’t at all care for, has moments that absolutely fly. And I think the best scene he’s ever directed isn’t even in one of his great films (“Cadillac of the skies!” from Empire of the Sun).

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  • Jake Cole @jakecole.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 29, 2026

    War Horse was his Ford movie! Tho oddly it was more like A Quiet Man than anything else, albeit far bleaker.

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  • Moondoggie (Rick) @moondogrick.bsky.socialBluesky · May 28, 2026

    If Disclosure Day is Spielberg's best film in 20 years, that means it's better than War Horse, Lincoln, Bridge of Spies, The Post, West Side Story and The Fabelmans. That's pretty damn good. 😲 Emily Blunt has won SAGs and got an Oscar nomination. #filmsky 📽️ variety.com/2026/film/ne...

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  • Stew Smith @stewbiedoo.bsky.socialBluesky · May 21, 2026

    Rewatching War Horse, first time in a long time. I remain baffled that there are people who think this is lesser Spielberg, or that it's lacking in substance. Only reason this movie isn't a top 10 Spielberg is because he's maybe the best to ever do it and has too many movies that are masterpieces.

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  • Ben from Spookily Drawn Swords @glenatron.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 7, 2025

    For me the ultimate case of this is Spielberg's take on War Horse - the theatre production was brilliant, the film was dismal (in spite of featuring some horses I knew as extras) in large part because in order to make the horse "relatable" they just had it doing dog behaviours.

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  • Rogue 🐀 @rogue728.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 21, 2025

    One of my coolest movie theater memories is when I saw "War Horse" for the second time in a packed theater. When the movie ended, I clapped and after a minute, everyone else clapped too. Such a wholesome memory.

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  • Anita 🎬🎥📺🎶📚 @gemini53.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 3, 2026

    #Edwards2026MovieThingChallenge Oct. 4 - movie character who has a special relationship or bond with an animal Albert Narrakott - War Horse #filmsky #moviesky ...young farm boy Albert Narrakott enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse (named Joey) is sold to the cavalry...

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  • Dawn @slowdawn.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 9, 2026

    What if an animal started talking out of the blue in a movie with no advertised talking animals. Like War Horse. Someone should try that for fun. If I thought that was a possible thing I’d go to every movie just in case.

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  • Rogue 🐀 @rogue728.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 19, 2026

    The movie War Horse isn't casual for me-it's: The reason why I spent 7 years on a horse farm A connection to the idea of loyalty Endurance through absolute chaos That stubborn refusal to give up on something I care about. One day I'll re-watch War Horse. ♥️ #tattoo #horse

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  • Chris Weihert @chrisweihert32292.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 17, 2025

    "War Horse" is such a beautiful WWI movie. First time I saw it, it left me with a throat lump I'd never felt before while watching a movie. Also "The Lost World" gets too much hate IMO. A good sequel to "Jurassic Park" and much better than other films in the franchise.

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  • The Midnight Grimrose @theeveningprimrose.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 13, 2025

    What does Steven Spielberg movie War Horse look like in this world

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  • Watchdog Progressive @watchdogprg.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 14, 2025

    No surprise on my grandfather's PTSD - he was a U.S.Army Horse Master. He led horses into the most horrific of circumstances. For reference, the film War Horse shows something akin to my grandfather's experience.

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  • Samra @daigoluvr.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 23, 2024

    5 faves, 5 tags Weather: cloudy (no rain) Bird: owls and eagles <3 Cake: chocolate cake! Holiday: Eid Movie: War Horse No tags, feel free 💕

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  • Daz @mrdaz.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 29, 2024

    A good direct comparison for that is War Horse. The film version is visually stunning and and directed by possibly the greatest movie director of all time but the theatre version, in its comparative simplicity, just blows you away by how they achieve the same story.

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  • Jason Palmer @jpalmerdubs.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 4, 2023

    There’s a whole play: War Horse. Made into a movie.

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  • Tait :3 (commissions open!) @gardenstatetait.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 9, 2026

    I’ve never read it! Id love to hear opinions. I have a personal horse movie cinematic universe, and I think black beauty is in the DNA of all of them. Black Beauty, Spirit, and War Horse are the same film.

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  • Mark Carlile @chapmansfriend.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 30, 2026

    2: “War Horse.” A farmboy’s horse is sold to the British army at the start of WWI, so the film has the horse popping up wherever he’s needed to show all the aspects of the war, both sides of no-man’s land, Forrest Gump-style. Spielberg directed, so he’s got a couple of gorgeous battle set pieces.

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  • Abbey 🇵🇸 🏳️‍🌈 @aberloony.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 20, 2026

    Without saying your age, what’s your favorite movie that came out when you were 18? (It was going to be the first Cap movie but then I saw War Horse was on the list and that’s gotta be it because seeing that in theaters with my grandma is a cherished memory)

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  • Tenuity @tenuity.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 10, 2026

    OCD compels me to spreadsheet. Combined the greatest-films-of-all-time lists. Presenting the top 1,461 as a daily countdown to the end of the Trump Administration. #Film 📽️ #Resist #MovieSky #Movies #959 -- War Horse (2011) dir. Steven Spielberg

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  • RandyLittlesMovies @randylittlesmovies.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 9, 2026

    My ★★★★ review of War Horse on @letterboxd: boxd.it/3rZLCv

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  • Anthony Strand @durwoodclapper.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 8, 2026

    I guess this movie Disclosure Day was directed by the same guy who made like War Horse and The Post.

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  • Dan McGinn @danmc2.bsky.socialBluesky · May 3, 2026

    Sorry to read this. A really good character actor who some will know from The Guard, The Banshees of Inisherin and War Horse.. www.irishtimes.com/culture/film... #irishfilm #cinema #tv #garylydon

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  • Dark Lord EarlyEJ/Seven⭐Stars Swooces Right In! @earlyej.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 12, 2026

    I remember in 2011, me and my cousin were going to see a movie, and I had said I wanted to see some animated movie, and my gandma insisted we see fucking War Horse instead, and didn't seem to get why I wouldn't want to see that shit.

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  • Languishing HuLu @languishinglucy.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 21, 2026

    They saw the poster on the street for the mildly popular WWI film "War Horse" as they rode past on a tram and their brain went "Oi, what's this about a Vore Horse?" Basically it's all the Kaiser's fault

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  • Callsign Wolfsmädchen @tgirlrustyirl.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 2, 2025

    So what is the movie War Horse like in the Uma Musume universe?

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  • Torogi Gene @torogigene.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 9, 2025

    I watched the War Horse play yesterday in Liverpool Empire Theatre. It gives a different emotional response compared to the book and movie.

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  • Waffle 🧇 @wafflecut.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 6, 2025

    This is the most inexplicable Spielberg I’ve seen. I couldn’t stand Ready Player One but I could see the plan on paper. War Horse, what is this movie?

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  • Corey Atad @coreyatad.comBluesky · Jan 22, 2025

    and actually turns out i was wrong about Crystal Skull being photochemical. it was edited on film, but it was Spielberg's second DI, after The Terminal. War Horse/Tintin were his first edited digitally, and i think War Horse was the last to have a conformed negative made.

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  • Rogue 🐀 @rogue728.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 16, 2024

    "People of Bluesky! Let's get to know each other better. What is your favourite movie?" It's tough to pick ONE. On my list is WAR HORSE.

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  • Ian Lynam he/him @ianlynamcomedian.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 15, 2024

    What's your most heartbreaking moment in film? For me it's War Horse when Benedict Cumberbatch breaks his leg and the horse has to shoot him

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  • Wilf Thompson @itsnotonlyme.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 11, 2024

    The film War Horse brought home the horrors. Such a waste of human and intelligent life

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  • Stephen Burrell @thedailypanda.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 7, 2026

    What a treat to appear on the excellent @freedomofspecies.bsky.social again! We discussed animal liberation themes in film, including The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Charlotte's Web, War Horse (where of course, I had to ramble on about masculinity too!), & Bold Native! www.3cr.org.au/freedomofspe...

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  • TK Slider @tkslider.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 6, 2026

    Least favorites (I haven't seen every movie by these directors, but at least 5+) Nolan's Insomnia Spielberg's War Horse Scorsese's Hugo

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  • KennyGoo @kennygoo.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 18, 2026

    14. WAR HORSE A concept that should not work under any circumstances, yet a film about a horse manages to grab onto its humanity and never let go. Not sure anybody but Spielberg could pull this off. boxd.it/eSfq2v

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  • Leigh Reeves @leigh-reeves.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 18, 2026

    It's hard to make me cry at a movie, but I confess there are a FEW that get to me. If you're into that kind though, War Horse is one that I'm actually afraid to watch again though I want to SO BAD! It made me cry several times, but it was a great movie. IMO anyway.

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  • Chris Hutchinson 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇱🇵🇸🇮🇷 🕊️ @cahutch1990.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 22, 2026

    Fair (in some phases, fronts), but what Hollywood movie shows that, apart from Lawrence of Arabia or the cavalry charge in War Horse? I can't think of one, off the top of my head. I'm sure there are some. #hatm

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  • rbdius.bsky.social @rbdius.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 12, 2026

    Week 24 of "A new movie every week - 2026" "War Horse" A fantastic movie that triggered my horse allergy...that must be why my eyes got wet. People like to show the tragedy of war through people, but often forget the animals.

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