War Horse (2011) is a film adaptation by Steven Spielberg of the Michael Morpurgo novel and the 2007 stage play written by Lee Hall & Richard Curtis.

In this version, Joey and Topthorn are found by Emilie (Celine Buckens) and she hides them in her bedroom when German soldiers arrive. Emilie is allowed by her grandfather to ride Joey, but the horses are soon confiscated by the Germans.

War Horse was nominated for 6 Academy Awards and was the American Film Institute’s Film of the Year 2011