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Dog Movies

Name: Dog Movies
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Films featuring dogs as central characters — loyal companions, heroic rescues, and man's best friend.

Dog Movies — 27 entries in the movies category, sortable by Title, Year, Director. Every row is ranked by community votes, giving you a crowd-sourced perspective you won't find on Wikipedia or IMDb.

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Title↕	Year↕	Director↕	IMDB Rating↕	Genre↕	Country↕	Runtime (min)↕	Overview↕
The Art of Racing in the Rain	2019	Simon Curtis	8.2	Drama, Romance	United States of America	109	A family dog – with a near-human soul and a philosopher's mind – evaluates his life through the lessons learned by his human owner, a race-car driver.
Togo	2019	Ericson Core	8.1	Adventure, Family	United States of America	113	The untold true story set in the winter of 1925 that takes you across the treacherous terrain of the Alaskan tundra for an exhilarating and uplifting adventure that will test the strength, courage and determination of one man, Leonhard Seppala, and his lead sled dog, Togo.
A Dog's Journey	2019	Gail Mancuso	8.1	Family, Adventure, Drama	China	109	A dog finds the meaning of his own existence through the lives of the humans he meets.
Hachi: A Dog's Tale	2009	Lasse Hallström	8	Drama, Family	United Kingdom	93	Professor Wilson discovers a lost Akita puppy on his way home. Despite objections from his wife, Hachi endears himself to the family and grows to be Parker's loyal companion. As their bond grows deeper, a beautiful relationship unfolds.
Dogman	2023	Luc Besson	7.9	Action, Drama, Crime	France	115	A boy, bruised by life, finds his salvation through the love of his dogs.
Isle of Dogs	2018	Wes Anderson	7.8	Adventure, Comedy, Animation	United States of America	101	In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island used as a garbage dump. The outcasts must soon embark on an epic journey when a 12-year-old boy arrives on the island to find his beloved pet.
A Dog's Purpose	2017	Lasse Hallström	7.6	Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Family, Drama	India	100	A dog goes on quest to discover his purpose in life over the course of several lifetimes with multiple owners.
The Call of the Wild	2020	Chris Sanders	7.5	Adventure, Family, Drama	United States of America	100	Buck is a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life is turned upside down when he is suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of the Yukon during the Gold Rush of the 1890s. As the newest rookie on a mail delivery dog sled team—and later its leader—Buck e...
Dogman	2018	Matteo Garrone	7.5	Crime, Drama, Thriller	Italy	103	Marcello, a small and gentle dog groomer, finds himself involved in a dangerous relationship of subjugation with Simone, a former violent boxer who terrorizes the entire neighborhood. In an effort to reaffirm his dignity, Marcello will submit to an unexpected act of vengeance.
A Dog's Way Home	2019	Charles Martin Smith	7.4	Drama, Adventure, Family	China	96	The adventure of Bella, a dog who embarks on an epic 400-mile journey home after she is separated from her beloved human.
Marley & Me	2008	David Frankel	7.2	Comedy, Family	United States of America	115	A newly married couple, in the process of starting a family, learn many of life's important lessons from their trouble-loving retriever, Marley. Packed with plenty of laughs to lighten the load, the film explores the highs and lows of marriage, maturity and confronting one's own mortality, as see...
Clifford the Big Red Dog	2021	Walt Becker	7.2	Family, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy	Canada	96	As Emily struggles to fit in at home and at school, she discovers a small red puppy who is destined to become her best friend. When Clifford magically undergoes one heck of a growth spurt, becomes a gigantic dog and attracts the attention of a genetics company, Emily and her Uncle Casey have to f...
DC League of Super-Pets	2022	Jared Stern	7.2	Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation, Science Fiction	United States of America	105	When Superman and the rest of the Justice League are kidnapped, Krypto the Super-Dog must convince a rag-tag shelter pack - Ace the hound, PB the potbellied pig, Merton the turtle and Chip the squirrel - to master their own newfound powers and help him rescue the superheroes.
The Fox and the Hound	1981	Richard Rich	7.1	Adventure, Animation, Drama, Family	United States of America	82	When a feisty little fox named Tod is adopted into a farm family, he quickly becomes friends with a fun and adorable hound puppy named Copper. Life is full of hilarious adventures until Copper is expected to take on his role as a hunting dog -- and the object of his search is his best friend!
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit	2005	Steve Box	7.1	Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family	United Kingdom	85	Cheese-loving eccentric Wallace and his cunning canine pal Gromit run a business ridding the town of garden pests. Using only humane methods, which turns their home into a halfway house for evicted vermin, the pair stumble upon a mystery involving a voracious vegetarian monster that threatens to ...
Frankenweenie	2012	Tim Burton	7	Animation, Comedy, Family	United States of America	87	When a car hits young Victor's pet dog Sparky, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. But when the bolt-necked "monster" wreaks havoc and terror in the hearts of Victor's neighbors, he has to convince them that Sparky's still the good, loyal friend he was.
The Secret Life of Pets 2	2019	Chris Renaud	7	Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation	United States of America	86	Max the terrier must cope with some major life changes when his owner gets married and has a baby. When the family takes a trip to the countryside, nervous Max has numerous run-ins with canine-intolerant cows, hostile foxes and a scary turkey. Luckily for Max, he soon catches a break when he meet...
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey	1993	Duwayne Dunham	7	Adventure, Comedy, Family	United States of America	84	Before the Seavers leave for a family vacation to San Francisco, they drop off their pets -- Chance, an adventurous American bulldog; Shadow, a wise golden retriever; and Sassy, a cautious cat -- at a friend's ranch. But when the animals start to worry that they've been left for good, the three e...
All Dogs Go to Heaven	1989	Don Bluth	6.8	Drama, Animation, Family, Comedy, Fantasy	Ireland	84	When a casino-owning dog named Charlie is murdered by his rival Carface, he finds himself in Heaven basically by default since all dogs go to heaven. However, since he wants to get back at his killer, he cons his way back to the living with the warning that doing that damns him to Hell. Once back...
Mr. Peabody & Sherman	2014	Rob Minkoff	6.7	Animation, Science Fiction, Comedy, Adventure, Family	United States of America	92	A young boy and his dog, who happens to have a genius-level IQ, spring into action when their time-machine is stolen and moments in history begin to be changed.
Oliver & Company	1988	George Scribner	6.7	Animation, Comedy, Family	United States of America	74	A young cat named Oliver is left alone in a kitten box, while all the other young cats have new owners. A big dog named Dodger shows him how to get food and later Oliver lives with him, his owner Fagin and Fagin's other dogs Tito, Rita, Einstein, and Francis. Fagin has one problem besides being b...
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure	2001	Darrell Rooney	6.3	Animation, Family, Romance, Adventure	Australia	69	Lady and Tramp's mischievous pup, Scamp, gets fed up with rules and restrictions imposed on him by life in a family, and longs for a wild and free lifestyle. He runs away from home and into the streets where he joins a pack of stray dogs known as the "Junkyard Dogs." Buster, the pack's leader, ta...
K-9	1989	Rod Daniel	6.2	Action, Comedy, Crime	United States of America	101	The extravagant cop Michael Dooley needs some help to fight a drug dealer who has tried to kill him. A "friend" gives him a dog named Jerry Lee (Officer Lewis), who has been trained to smell drugs. With his help, Dooley sets out to put his enemy behind the bars, but Jerry Lee has a personality of...
Beethoven	1992	Brian Levant	5.8	Family, Comedy	United States of America	87	The Newton family live in their comfortable home, but there seems to something missing. This "hole" is filled by a small puppy, who walks into their home and their lives. Beethoven, as he is named, grows into a giant of a dog... a St Bernard. Doctor Varnick, the local vet has a secret and horribl...
Beethoven's 2nd	1993	Rod Daniel	5.5	Family, Comedy	United States of America	89	Beethoven is back -- and this time, he has a whole brood with him now that he's met his canine match, Missy, and fathered a family. The only problem is that Missy's owner, Regina, wants to sell the puppies and tear the clan apart. It's up to Beethoven and the Newton kids to save the day and keep ...
Cats & Dogs	2001	Lawrence Guterman	5.4	Family, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Fantasy	United States of America	87	When a professor develops a vaccine that eliminates human allergies to dogs, he unwittingly upsets the fragile balance of power between cats and dogs and touches off an epic battle for pet supremacy. The fur flies as the feline faction, led by Mr. Tinkles, squares off against wide-eyed puppy Lou ...
Beverly Hills Chihuahua	2008	Raja Gosnell	5.4	Comedy, Family, Adventure, Romance	United States of America	91	A pampered Beverly Hills chihuahua named Chloe who, while on vacation in Mexico with her owner Viv's niece, Rachel, gets lost and must rely on her friends to help her get back home before she is caught by a dognapper who wants to ransom her.

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