Lean on Pete (2018)

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You can’t get anywhere on your own.

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.

• Released: 2018-04-06
• Genres: Drama, Adventure, Western
• Runtime: 2h 1m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.9/10 from 375 votes

Directed by Andrew Haigh.

Top cast

• Charlie Plummer as Charley
• Amy Seimetz as Lynn
• Travis Fimmel as Ray
• Steve Buscemi as Del
• Jason Beem as Race Announcer
• Tolo Tuitele as Lynn's Husband
• Ayanna Berkshire as Cop 1
• Connor Brenes as Cop 2
• Kurt Conroyd as Nurse
• Chloë Sevigny as Bonnie

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Lean on Pete

• United States: rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: rent on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Curzon Home Cinema; buy on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store
• Canada: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; watch free on Tubi TV, Plex; rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
• Australia: rent on JustWatch TV, Apple TV Store, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video

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