Dog movies
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1. Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993)
G | 84 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A fun-loving American bulldog pup, a hilarious Himalayan cat, and a wise old golden retriever embark on a long trek through the rugged wilderness of the Sierra Nevada mountains in a quest to reach home and their beloved owners.
Director: Duwayne Dunham | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Sally Field, Don Ameche, Don Alder
Votes: 51,198 | Gross: $41.83M
2. Beethoven (1992)
PG | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A slobbering St. Bernard becomes the center of attention for a loving family, but must contend with a dog-napping veterinarian and his henchmen.
Director: Brian Levant | Stars: Charles Grodin, Bonnie Hunt, Dean Jones, Nicholle Tom
Votes: 76,508 | Gross: $57.11M
3. Old Yeller (1957)
Approved | 83 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A teenage boy grows to love a stray yellow dog while helping his mother and younger brother run their Texas homestead while their father is away on a cattle drive. First thought to be good-for-nothing mutt, Old Yeller is soon beloved by all.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Dorothy McGuire, Fess Parker, Tommy Kirk, Jeff York
Votes: 15,178 | Gross: $21.91M
4. Air Bud (1997)
PG | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
An unexpected player joins the school basketball team - a circus dog who escaped from a cruel master.
Director: Charles Martin Smith | Stars: Michael Jeter, Kevin Zegers, Wendy Makkena, Bill Cobbs
Votes: 19,511 | Gross: $24.63M
5. Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (1996)
G | 88 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
When adventurous pets Chance, Shadow, and Sassy are accidentally separated from their vacationing humans, they're left to fend for themselves on the mean streets of San Francisco, searching for the "golden bridge" that will take them home.
Director: David R. Ellis | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Sally Field, Ralph Waite, Al Michaels
Votes: 16,218 | Gross: $49.14M
6. The Adventures of Milo and Otis (1986)
G | 76 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The adventures of a young cat and a dog as they find themselves accidentally separated and each swept into a hazardous trek.
Director: Masanori Hata | Stars: Kyôko Koizumi, Dudley Moore, Chatran, Pû
Votes: 12,730 | Gross: $13.25M
7. Iron Will (1994)
PG | 108 min | Adventure, Family
A brave young man is thrust into adulthood as he and his courageous team of sled dogs embark on a grueling and treacherous cross-country marathon.
Director: Charles Haid | Stars: Mackenzie Astin, Kevin Spacey, David Ogden Stiers, August Schellenberg
Votes: 9,405 | Gross: $21.01M
8. Where the Red Fern Grows (1974)
G | 97 min | Drama, Family
Where the Red Fern Grows is the heartwarming and adventurous tale for all ages about a young boy and his quest for his own red-bone hound hunting dogs.
Director: Norman Tokar | Stars: James Whitmore, Beverly Garland, Jack Ging, Lonny Chapman
Votes: 3,774
9. The Incredible Journey (1963)
G | 80 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Two dogs and a cat set off on a treacherous 200-mile journey towards home.
Director: Fletcher Markle | Stars: Émile Genest, John Drainie, Tommy Tweed, Sandra Scott
Votes: 5,225
10. Shiloh (1996)
PG | 93 min | Drama, Family
A small-town Southern boy named Marty Preston must rescue a young beagle from his abusive owner, Judd Travers.
Director: Dale Rosenbloom | Stars: Blake Heron, Michael Moriarty, Scott Wilson, Bonnie Bartlett
Votes: 3,762 | Gross: $1.00M
11. The Shaggy Dog (1959)
Approved | 104 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A teenage boy is cursed with periodically turning into a sheepdog.
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Jean Hagen, Tommy Kirk, Annette Funicello
Votes: 5,577 | Gross: $0.10M
12. Lassie (1994)
PG | 94 min | Family, Adventure
When a family of 4 moves from Baltimore to a farm in rural Virginia, they adopt an abandoned collie. The dog becomes the son's companion and protector, helping him adapt to rural life.
Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Helen Slater, Tom Guiry, Jon Tenney, Brittany Boyd
Votes: 6,684 | Gross: $9.98M
13. Benji (1974)
G | 86 min | Adventure, Family, Romance
A stray dog saves two kidnapped children.
Director: Joe Camp | Stars: Peter Breck, Deborah Walley, Patsy Garrett, Allen Fiuzat
Votes: 5,201 | Gross: $39.55M
14. Fluke (1995)
PG | 96 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
After a man dies in a car crash, he is reincarnated as a dog and attempts to reconnect with his family.
Director: Carlo Carlei | Stars: Matthew Modine, Nancy Travis, Samuel L. Jackson, Eric Stoltz
Votes: 7,442 | Gross: $3.99M
15. Zeus and Roxanne (1997)
PG | 98 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A touching friendship story between a dog and a dolphin.
Director: George Miller | Stars: Steve Guttenberg, Kathleen Quinlan, Arnold Vosloo, Dawn McMillan
Votes: 3,216 | Gross: $7.18M
16. Lassie Come Home (1943)
Passed | 89 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
After her destitute family is forced to sell her, a collie named Lassie escapes from her new owner and begins the long trek from Scotland to her Yorkshire home.
Director: Fred M. Wilcox | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Donald Crisp, May Whitty, Edmund Gwenn
Votes: 5,935
17. Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog (1995)
PG | 81 min | Adventure, Family
Angus McCormick adopts a stray dog and names him Yellow. Several days later, while traveling along the coast of British Columbia with his father, John, he and Yellow become stranded when ... See full summary »
Director: Phillip Borsos | Stars: Jesse Bradford, Mimi Rogers, Bruce Davison, Tom Bower
Votes: 3,282 | Gross: $11.64M
18. Napoleon (1995)
G | 81 min | Adventure, Family
The adventures of Golden Retriever pup Napoleon and his friend, the parrot Birdo Lucci.
Director: Mario Andreacchio | Stars: Jamie Croft, Philip Quast, Susan Lyons, Coralie Sawade
Votes: 2,045 | Gross: $0.05M
19. A Dog of Flanders (1999)
PG | 100 min | Family, Drama
Heartwarming story about an orphaned boy whose hard life is offset by his love for an abandoned dog, his determination to become a great painter, and his friendship with an artist.
Director: Kevin Brodie | Stars: Jack Warden, Jeremy James Kissner, Jesse James, Jon Voight
Votes: 1,014 | Gross: $2.15M
20. The Dog Who Stopped the War (1984)
G | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
During Christmas holidays, the children of a small village split themselves into two groups and begin preparing a week-long snowball war. The rivalry opens up tension among group members, especially leaders Luc and Sophie.
Director: André Melançon | Stars: Cédric Jourde, Marie-Pierre A. D'Amour, Julien Elie, Minh Vu Duc
Votes: 2,076
21. Benji the Hunted (1987)
G | 88 min | Adventure, Family
Benji is left in the wilderness after an accident. Can he survive?
Director: Joe Camp | Stars: Red Steagall, Frank Inn, Benjean, Nancy Francis
Votes: 3,380 | Gross: $22.26M
22. White Wolves: A Cry in the Wild II (1993)
PG | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Family
A two-week trek through the Cascade Mountains tries the survival instincts of five adventurous teenagers. At first, it's all a good time. Shooting the rapids, exploring caves and making new... See full summary »
Director: Catherine Cyran | Stars: Matt McCoy, David Moscow, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Ami Dolenz
Votes: 501
23. Digby: The Biggest Dog in the World (1973)
G | 88 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Digby consumes a bowl of a liquid growth formula called Project X. Soon he becomes a sheepdog of gigantic size.
Director: Joseph McGrath | Stars: Jim Dale, Spike Milligan, Angela Douglas, John Bluthal
Votes: 812 | Gross: $0.22M
24. Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season (1999)
PG | 96 min | Drama, Family, Thriller
When Shiloh's abusive previous owner, Judd Travers, tries to retake Shiloh again, Ray tries to find a way to end the rivalry and open up the hidden kindness within the town drunk.
Director: Sandy Tung | Stars: Zachary Browne, Scott Wilson, Michael Moriarty, Ann Dowd
Votes: 1,025 | Gross: $0.00M
25. White Fang (1973)
PG | 102 min | Adventure, Family, Western
The wolf dog, White Fang, aids a reporter, a fur trapper, a nun, a young Eskimo boy and his father of ridding a gold mining town of a sleazy crime lord in 1896 Yukon, Canada.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Franco Nero, Virna Lisi, Fernando Rey, John Steiner
Votes: 934
26. The Magic of Lassie (1978)
G | 100 min | Drama, Family, Musical
Lassie is trying to find her way home. She will have to run all the way from Colorado to California. Her loving owner is looking for her too.
Director: Don Chaffey | Stars: James Stewart, Mickey Rooney, Pernell Roberts, Stephanie Zimbalist
Votes: 675
27. The Legend of Lobo (1962)
Approved | 67 min | Adventure, Family
When both parents are killed by man, the wolf Lobo learns the ways of the hunter.
Director: James Algar | Stars: Rex Allen, Ingvald Lieberkind, Robert Dalban
Votes: 577
28. For the Love of Benji (1977)
G | 85 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Benji sniffs out a bogus CIA agent in Athens, Greece.
Director: Joe Camp | Stars: Patsy Garrett, Benjean, Art Vasil, Allen Fiuzat
Votes: 1,232 | Gross: $22.26M
29. The Amazing Dobermans (1976)
PG | 96 min | Family, Comedy, Crime
An ex-con man and his five trained Dobermans help a Treasury Dept. agent stop a racketeer and his gang.
Director: Byron Chudnow | Stars: James Franciscus, Barbara Eden, Fred Astaire, Jack Carter
Votes: 436
30. George! (1972)
G | 86 min | Comedy, Family
After a St. Bernard named George is given to a relative by its owner, he causes mischief in the neighboring town and for his new owner. After enough terror while trying to get a girl, the ... See full summary »
Director: Wallace C. Bennett | Stars: Marshall Thompson, Jack Mullaney, Ingeborg Schöner, Ursula von Wiese
Votes: 122
31. Nikki, Wild Dog of the North (1961)
G | 74 min | Adventure, Family
The rugged Canadian wilderness is the backdrop to this story of a dog separated from his owner.
Directors: Jack Couffer, Don Haldane | Stars: Jean Coutu, Émile Genest, Uriel Luft, Robert Rivard
Votes: 513
32. Son of Lassie (1945)
Approved | 102 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Laddie (Son of Lassie !) and his master are trapped in Norway during WW2 - has he inherited his mothers famous courage ?
Director: S. Sylvan Simon | Stars: Peter Lawford, Donald Crisp, June Lockhart, Nigel Bruce
Votes: 944
33. White Wolves II: Legend of the Wild (1996)
PG | 83 min | Adventure, Family
As a plea-bargain to clear their school records, a group of misfit teens ventures into the majestic but unforgiving wilderness to help a young naturalist save the vanishing wolves. After ... See full summary »
Director: Terence H. Winkless | Stars: Elizabeth Berkley, Ele Keats, Jeremy London, Corin Nemec
Votes: 371
34. Hills of Home (1948)
Approved | 97 min | Adventure, Family, Drama
William McClure is the villlage doctor in a remote Scottish glen. Tricked into buying Lassie, a collie afraid of water, he sets about teaching her to swim. At the same time he has the ... See full summary »
Director: Fred M. Wilcox | Stars: Edmund Gwenn, Donald Crisp, Tom Drake, Janet Leigh
Votes: 673
35. Spirit of the Wind (1979)
PG | 98 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
True life story of George Attla - famous Alaskan dog sled driver. The film shows the life of Attla as a young Athabaskan trapper living in the bush in Alaska and then in a TB sanitarium in ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Liddle | Stars: Pius Savage, George Clutesi, Slim Pickens, Chief Dan George
Votes: 136
36. Legend of the Northwest (1978)
Passed | 79 min | Action, Adventure, Family
When his master--an old mountain man who runs a trading post--is murdered by bandits, Bearheart the dog tries to follow the killers, but when he comes upon a nearby town he is mistakenly ... See full summary »
Director: Rand Brooks | Stars: Marshall Reed, Joey Young, Dana Dillaway, Denver Pyle
Votes: 38
37. Challenge to Lassie (1949)
G | 76 min | Drama, Family
When Lassie's master dies, an old friend tries to convince a judge that the dog's life should be spared.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Edmund Gwenn, Donald Crisp, Geraldine Brooks, Reginald Owen
Votes: 665
38. Poco... Little Dog Lost (1977)
G | 88 min | Family, Adventure, Drama
It looks like the end of the line for Poco and Kim when they are separated following a car accident. Poco's relentless search takes him through the desert. Bravely facing the odds, Poco encounters many dangers, and makes some new friends.
Director: Dwight Brooks | Stars: Chill Wills, Michelle Ashburn, Muffin, Sherry Bain
Votes: 76
39. The Hound That Thought He Was a Raccoon (1960)
Approved | 47 min | Family
A hound puppy lost in the woods is nurtured by a female raccoon and forms an enduring bond with one of her cubs.
Director: Tom McGowan | Stars: Rex Allen, Oscar Busch, Lee Nugent
Votes: 92
40. Lassie (2005)
PG | 100 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A family in financial crisis is forced to sell Lassie, their beloved dog. Hundreds of miles away from her true family, Lassie escapes and sets out on a journey home.
Director: Charles Sturridge | Stars: John Lynch, Samantha Morton, Peter O'Toole, Peter Dinklage
Votes: 4,694 | Gross: $0.65M
41. Lassie Come Home (2020)
96 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Remake of the 1943 movie based on Eric Knight's book "Lassie Come Home".
Director: Hanno Olderdissen | Stars: Nico Marischka, Sebastian Bezzel, Anna Maria Mühe, Bella Bading
Votes: 639
42. Courage of Lassie (1946)
G | 92 min | Drama, Adventure, Family
Academy Award-winner Elizabeth Taylor stars in this touching family drama about a young girl who rehabilitates an Army's shell-shocked collie.
Director: Fred M. Wilcox | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Morgan, Tom Drake, Selena Royle
Votes: 1,684
43. Lassie's Great Adventure (1963)
Approved | 73 min | Family, Drama
While in Canada Timmy and Lassie encounter a downed hot air ballonist. By accident they end up in the balloon which takes them into the wilderness. The young boy and his dog must find a way to survive even fending off a wild pig.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: June Lockhart, Hugh Reilly, Jon Provost, Robert Howard
Votes: 265
44. Air Bud: Golden Receiver (1998)
G | 90 min | Comedy, Family, Sport
Story of a golden retriever who can play football.
Director: Richard Martin | Stars: Kevin Zegers, Cynthia Stevenson, Tim Conway, Dick Martin
Votes: 6,187 | Gross: $10.22M
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