Movie·2018·121 min

Lean on Pete

Name: Lean on Pete
Genre: Drama, Adventure, Western
Released: 2018-04-06
Duration: 121 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Charlie Plummer, Amy Seimetz, Travis Fimmel, Steve Buscemi, Jason Beem

Lean on Pete is available in the US to rent or buy on Amazon Video and 5 more apps, and is not on a subscription app right now, as of October 5, 2026.

You can’t get anywhere on your own.

6.9 / 10 · TMDBTomatometer 90%Audience 75%Metacritic 80IMDb 7.1Letterboxd 3.8

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Drama Adventure Western

Charley Thompson, a teenager living with his single father, gets a summer job working for horse trainer Del Montgomery. Bonding with an aging racehorse named Lean on Pete, Charley is horrified to learn he is bound for slaughter, and so he steals the horse, and the duo embark on an odyssey across the new American frontier.

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