Seabiscuit (2003)

Based On the Life of: Red Pollard

Starring: Tobey Maguire

Movie Budget: $87 million

Star Salary: $4 million

Seabiscuit tells the story of a businessman coping with the death of his son. Red Pollard—played by Tobey Maguire, was a horse jockey with a long history of brutal injuries. Red teamed up with the businessman and a horse trainer to work with Seabiscuit, a racehorse that everyone else thought was too small and too temperamental to race.

They lose match after match until the training finally sticks. Seabiscuit would go on to become one of the most successful racehorses of all time. Seabiscuit was released in 2003 and won an American Society of Cinematographers Award. The screenplay was written by Gary Ross, who also directed.