Description: My favorite Movies featuring Dogs in a leading role. Suggestions welcome & Appreciated!
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Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
( 1993 )
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.
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Call of the Wild
( 1993 )
A young boy heads off to the Yukon after hearing tales about the Gold Rush, and he forms an unwavering friendship with a heroic Alsatian dog called Buck.
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Call of the Wild
( 1935 )
During the Klondike Gold Rush, a traveler purchases a dog to lead the way toward the treasure, but reconsiders his journey when he finds a jilted married woman.
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Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
( 1996 )
Shadow, Sassy, and Chance have to find their way home after they become stranded at the San Francisco International Airport as their owners fly to Canada on vacation.
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Marley & Me
( 2008 )
A family learns important life lessons from their adorable, but naughty and neurotic dog.
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Air Bud
( 1997 )
An unexpected player joins the school basketball team - a circus dog who escaped from a cruel master.
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Old Yeller
( 1958 )
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.
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A Dog's Purpose
( 2017 )
A dog looks to discover his purpose in life over the course of several lifetimes and owners.
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Beethoven
( 1992 )
A slobbering St. Bernard becomes the center of attention for a loving family, but must contend with a dog-napping veterinarian and his henchmen.
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Beethoven's 2nd
( 1993 )
Beethoven, the St. Bernard dog, becomes a father, but his girlfriend Missy is dognapped, and his puppies are in danger of the same fate.
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101 Dalmatians
( 1996 )
An evil high-fashion designer plots to steal Dalmatian puppies in order to make an extravagant fur coat, but instead creates an extravagant mess.
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Alpha
( 2018 )
In the prehistoric past, a young man struggles to return home after being separated from his tribe during a buffalo hunt. He finds a similarly lost wolf companion and starts a friendship that would change humanity.
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My Dog Skip
( 2000 )
A shy boy grows up in 1940s Mississippi with the help of his beloved dog, Skip.
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Turner & Hooch
( 1989 )
A detective must adopt the dog of a dead man to help him find the murderer.
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Because of Winn-Dixie
( 2005 )
A mischievous dog befriends a lonely young girl in a new town and helps her make new friends.
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Hachi-ko
( 1987 )
The true story about a dog's loyalty to its master, even after his death.
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The Adventures of Milo and Otis
( 1986 )
The adventures of a young cat and a dog as they find themselves accidentally separated and each swept into a hazardous trek.
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A Dog's Way Home
( 2019 )
As a puppy, Bella finds her way into the arms of Lucas, a young man who gives her a good home. When Bella becomes separated from Lucas, she soon finds herself on an epic 400-mile journey to reunite with her beloved owner. Along the way, the lost but spirited dog meets a series of new friends and manages to bring a little bit of comfort and joy to their lives.
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Eight Below
( 2006 )
In the Antarctic, after an expedition with Dr. Davis McClaren, the sled dog trainer Jerry Shepherd has to leave the polar base with his colleagues due to the proximity of a heavy snow storm. He ties his dogs to be rescued after, but the mission is called-off and the dogs are left alone at their own fortune. For six months, Jerry tries to find a sponsor for a rescue mission while his dogs fight for survival.
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Look Who's Talking Now
( 1993 )
The dogs talk at a family of 4, where mom loses her job the same day dad gets a job as pilot for a cute, single boss.
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All Dogs Go to Heaven
( 1989 )
A canine angel, Charlie, sneaks back to earth from heaven but ends up befriending an orphan girl who can speak to animals. In the process, Charlie learns that friendship is the most heavenly gift of all.
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All Dogs Go to Heaven 2
( 1996 )
Charlie and Itchy return to Earth to find Gabriel's Horn, but along the way meet up with a young boy named David, who ran away from home.
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One Hundred and One Dalmatians
( 1961 )
When a litter of Dalmatian puppies are abducted by the minions of Cruella de Vil, the parents must find them before she uses them for a diabolical fashion statement.
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The Fox and the Hound
( 1981 )
A fox named Tod and a hound named Copper vow to be best friends forever. But as Copper grows into a hunting dog, their unlikely friendship faces the ultimate test.
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White Fang
( 1991 )
Jack London's classic adventure story about the friendship developed between a Yukon gold hunter and the mixed dog-wolf he rescues from the hands of a man who mistreats him.
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White Fang
( 2018 )
Based on the timeless novel by Jack London. A loyal wolfdog's curiosity leads him on the adventure of a lifetime while serving a series of three distinctly different masters.
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Balto
( 1995 )
An outcast half-wolf risks his life to prevent a deadly epidemic from ravaging Nome, Alaska.
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Balto: Wolf Quest
( 2002 )
Balto and his daughter Aleu embark on a journey of adventure and self discovery.
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The Incredible Journey
( 1963 )
The story of three pets, a cat and two dogs, who lose their owners when they are all on vacation. Can they find their way home?
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Benji
( 1974 )
A stray dog saves two kidnapped children.
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Isle of Dogs
( 2018 )
Set in Japan, Isle of Dogs follows a boy's odyssey in search of his lost dog.
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Hachi: A Dog's Tale
( 2009 )
A college professor bonds with an abandoned dog he takes into his home.
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Red Dog
( 2011 )
Based on the legendary true story of the Red Dog who united a disparate local community while roaming the Australian outback in search of his long lost master.
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Iron Will
( 1994 )
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.
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Lady and the Tramp
( 1955 )
The romantic tale of a sheltered uptown Cocker Spaniel dog and a streetwise downtown Mutt.
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Lady and the Tramp
( 2019 )
The romantic tale of a sheltered uptown Cocker Spaniel dog and a streetwise downtown Mutt.
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Lassie
( 1994 )
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.
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Max
( 2015 )
A military dog that helped American Marines in Afghanistan returns to the United States and is adopted by his handler's family after suffering a traumatic experience.
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Where the Red Fern Grows
( 1974 )
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.
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The Shaggy Dog
( 2006 )
A man tries to live a normal life despite the fact that he sometimes turns into a sheepdog.
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The Shaggy Dog
( 1959 )
A teenage boy is cursed with periodically turning into an sheepdog.
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Snow Dogs
( 2002 )
When a Miami dentist inherits a team of sled dogs, he's got to learn the trade or lose his pack to a crusty mountain man.
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Hotel for Dogs
( 2009 )
Two kids secretly take in stray dogs at a vacant hotel.
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K-9
( 1989 )
To stop an elusive criminal, a maverick detective enlists the aid of a police dog who's an unusually intelligent smart alec.
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Marmaduke
( 2010 )
Marmaduke, the world's most lovable Great Dane, leaps from comic strip fame (appearing in six hundred newspapers in over twenty countries) to big screen stardom in this family comedy event. A suburban family moves to a new neighborhood in Orange County, California with their large, yet lovable Great Dane, who has a tendency to wreak havoc in his own oblivious way. But it's not all living large for the Duke, who finds that fitting in with his new four-legged friends, and a potential romantic interest, isn't always easy for a super-sized teenage dog. Owen Wilson gives the beloved Great Dane his voice in the film, which also features the voices of Fergie, George Lopez, Emma Stone, and Kiefer Sutherland.
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Firehouse Dog
( 2007 )
Rexxx, Hollywood's top canine star, gets lost and is adopted into a shabby firehouse. He teams up with a young kid to get the station back on its feet.
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Saving Shiloh
( 2006 )
Marty Preston and Judd Travers must join together to clear the latter's name after he is accused of killing a man he once fought in a bar.
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Shiloh
( 1997 )
A small-town Southern boy named Marty Preston must rescue a young beagle from his abusive owner, Judd Travers.
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Togo
( 2019 )
The historical film by the American director Ericson Core, which is dedicated to the events of the Great Mercy Race of 1925. The events of the film unfold around the drover Leonhard Seppala and his dog Togo, who went together the longest leg in the relay.
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White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf
( 1994 )
In order to rescue one of the last surviving Alaskan Native tribes, Fang joins in with a friend of his master to stop miners from destroying an ancient sacred land.
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The Call of the Wild
( 1997 )
Jack London's classic story from 1903 about Buck, a dog kidnapped from his home in California and taken to the Yukon where he is mistreated until a prospector discovers him and relates to his situation. Although the two are bonded, Buck yearns to run free with the wild dogs in the wilderness.
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A Dog's Journey
( 2019 )
A dog finds the meaning of his own existence through the lives of the humans he meets.
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The Littlest Hobo
( 1958 )
A German Shepherd dog helps a lamb to escape the slaughter house.
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The Littlest Hobo
( 1979 )
London is an extremely intelligent, wandering German shepherd who walks into a different place in each episode of this long-running television series, and comes upon people down on their luck or in trouble. London always befriends and helps the struggling person or persons. Then, when his job is done at episode's end, London declines to be the pet of the people he has helped and departs to continue his cross-country drifting.
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artrok2000 : This series has done wonders for my insomnia