Based on the bestselling novel by master storyteller Nicholas Sparks, The longest ride centers on Luke Collins, a bull rider on the Professional Bull Riders tour, who is seriously injured one night while riding and Sophia, a college student who is about to embark upon her dream job in New York City';;;s art world. On their first date, they encounter an older gentleman who has crashed his car and help rescue him. Luke continues riding bulls, no matter the risk of being hurt again, while he and Sophia fall in love.  .