mdb-dog movies, a list by Riz

7.0

/6232/

74

/452/

67

/53/

3.1

/13611/

69

/77/

Audience

97

/1102/

54

/18/

3.0

age 13+

Over the course of ten days and 435 miles, an unbreakable bond is forged between pro adventure racer Michael Light and a scrappy street dog companion dubbed Arthur. As the team is pushed to their outer limits of endurance in the race, Arthur redefines what victory, loyalty and friendship truly mean.

9

71

6.5

/46422/

71

/3839/

73

/1436/

3.0

/48678/

77

/159/

Audience

89

/1786/

61

/33/

3.0

age 13+

An army ranger and his dog embark on a road trip along the Pacific Coast Highway to attend a friend's funeral.

73

6.9

/51173/

74

/1615/

70

/960/

3.4

/35397/

87

/31/

Audience

71

/267014/

3.0

age 6+

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 embark together on a treacherous and thrilling journey to find their way back home through the California wilderness.

80

7.4

/66937/

75

/1311/

69

/535/

3.9

/79886/

93

/116/

Audience

88

/56632/

78

/33/

3.5

age 15+

The tension is palpable, the excitement is mounting and the heady scent of competition is in the air as hundreds of eager contestants from across America prepare to take part in what is undoubtedly one of the greatest events of their lives -- the Mayflower Dog Show. The canine contestants and their owners are as wondrously diverse as the great country that has bred them.

58

6.6

/28250/

74

/2170/

71

/784/

2.7

/7064/

37

/99/

Audience

70

/23926/

47

/25/

2.0

age 11+

A dog that helped soldiers in Afghanistan returns to the U.S. and is adopted by his handler's family after suffering a traumatic experience.

60

7.2

/79034/

80

/9469/

76

/3181/

3.3

/65027/

34

/148/

Audience

74

/23286/

43

/32/

1.5

age 10+

A dog goes on quest to discover his purpose in life over the course of several lifetimes with multiple owners.

68

7.0

/167773/

73

/5477/

72

/4446/

3.3

/150951/

63

/141/

Audience

75

/265061/

53

/30/

3.0

age 13+

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 seen through the lens of family life with a dog.

66

7.4

/28658/

81

/2200/

80

/1425/

3.2

/19885/

52

/85/

Audience

91

/1132/

43

/16/

2.0

age 10+

A dog finds the meaning of his own existence through the lives of the humans he meets.

62

6.6

/52939/

70

/2365/

67

/1498/

3.2

/60689/

53

/57/

Audience

62

/79811/

58

/15/

age 5+

This animated take on Oliver Twist re-imagines Oliver as an adorable orphaned kitten who struggles to survive in New York City and falls in with a band of canine criminals led by an evil human. First, Oliver meets Dodger, a carefree mutt with street savoir faire. But when Oliver meets wealthy Jenny on one of the gang's thieving missions, his life changes forever.

75

7.3

/19426/

75

/545/

73

/374/

3.4

/5936/

84

/37/

Audience

80

/3631/

age 10+

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.

77

7.3

/148419/

74

/7723/

71

/4965/

3.5

/168660/

93

/45/

Audience

80

/861568/

78

/15/

age 5+

Lady, a golden cocker spaniel, meets up with a mongrel dog who calls himself the Tramp. He is obviously from the wrong side of town, but happenings at Lady's home make her decide to travel with him for a while.

58

6.1

/50958/

64

/1255/

61

/937/

3.0

/41775/

59

/46/

Audience

46

/53681/

57

/8/

A friendly St. Bernard named "Cujo" contracts rabies and conducts a reign of terror on a small American town.

80

7.9

/55884/

81

/3632/

81

/1935/

3.6

/27215/

92

/39/

Audience

95

/329/

69

/8/

3.0

age 10+

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.

74

7.4

/5184/

73

/149/

69

/131/

3.7

/4694/

93

/14/

Audience

84

/3470/

66

/5/

2.5

age 6+

When Snoopy receives a letter from his original owner Lila, he goes to visit her in the hospital while Charlie Brown and the gang are on the lookout for him. Suddenly, Snoopy feels that he must go live with Lila, but must say goodbye to all his friends. In his adventure to the hospital, he encounters numerous "No Dogs Allowed" signs, an annoying little girl who desires to keep him, and more!

71

68

7.2

/13342/

71

/314/

68

/375/

3.5

/18323/

Audience

74

/22379/

When young Victor's pet dog Sparky (who stars in Victor's home-made monster movies) is hit by a car, 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 (and his parents) that despite his appearance, Sparky's still the good loyal friend he's always been.

71

66

6.7

/4693/

67

/162/

64

/128/

3.1

/1908/

93

/69/

Audience

64

/48207/

84

/15/

age 8+

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.

55

6.2

/76329/

67

/2046/

63

/1223/

3.0

/35312/

50

/28/

Audience

51

/190096/

36

/17/

age 11+

Scott Turner has 3 days left in the local police department before he moves to a bigger city to get some 'real' cases—not just misdemeanors. When Amos Reed is murdered, Scott sets himself on the case, but the closest thing to a witness to the murder is Reed's dog, Hooch, which Scott has to take care of—to avoid Hooch being 'put to sleep'.

65

6.4

/19206/

66

/560/

62

/318/

3.2

/11300/

78

/36/

Audience

63

/10013/

68

/10/

2.5

Set in the year 2024 in post-apocalyptic America, 18-year old Vic and his telepathic dog, Blood, are scavengers in the desolate wilderness ravaged by World War IV, where survivors must battle for food and shelter in the desert-like wasteland. Vic and Blood eke out a meager existence, foraging for food and fighting gangs of cutthroats.

76

6.8

/1777/

66

/42/

66

/24/

3.5

/860/

90

/60/

Audience

69

/2536/

80

/19/

4.0

The story of a man who rescues a German Shepherd and how the two become fast friends. Based on the 1956 memoir of the same name by BBC editor, novelist and memoirist J. R. Ackerley.

65

6.7

/20101/

76

/2100/

73

/1059/

2.8

/13771/

59

/80/

Audience

70

/586/

50

/14/

3.0

age 10+

The adventure of Bella, a dog who embarks on an epic 400-mile journey home after she is separated from her beloved human.

60

6.2

/24483/

69

/2363/

72

/1500/

2.8

/35711/

67

/72/

Audience

50

/284/

48

/13/

2.5

age 6+

The love story between a pampered Cocker Spaniel named Lady and a streetwise mongrel named Tramp. Lady finds herself out on the street after her owners have a baby and is saved from a pack by Tramp, who tries to show her to live her life footloose and collar-free.

76

55

7.2

/1849/

74

/68/

69

/53/

3.3

/822/

100

/5/

Audience

78

/64/

age 7+

In Scotland 1865, An old shepherd and his little Skye terrier go to Edinburgh. But when the shepherd dies of pneumonia, the dog remains faithful to his master, refuses to be adopted by anyone, and takes to sleeping on his master's grave in the Greyfriars kirkyard, despite a caretaker with a "no dogs" rule. And when Bobby is taken up for being unlicensed, it's up to the children of Edinburgh and the Lord Provost to decide what's to be done.

75

67

7.1

/5933/

74

/100/

66

/120/

3.3

/2066/

94

/16/

Audience

77

/6074/

78

/8/

age 8+

Hard times come for the Carraclough family and they are forced to sell their dog, Lassie, to the rich Duke of Rudling. Lassie, however, is unwilling to remain apart from young Carraclough son Joe and sets out on a long and dangerous journey to rejoin him.

67

59

6.5

/4659/

69

/145/

66

/156/

3.1

/2281/

Audience

73

/3139/

age 7+

The Garrisons are the "proud parents" of three adorable dachshund pups - and one overgrown Great Dane named Brutus, who nevertheless thinks of himself as a dainty dachsie. His identity crisis results in an uproarious series of household crises that reduce the Garrisons' house to shambles - and viewers to howls of laughter!

75

69

7.0

/5218/

74

/158/

66

/102/

3.2

/3214/

89

/9/

Audience

75

/549/

87

/5/

age 9+

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?

77

7.2

/15159/

74

/471/

69

/255/

3.3

/10934/

100

/22/

Audience

79

/51361/

84

/6/

age 8+

Young Travis Coates is left to take care of the family ranch with his mother and younger brother while his father goes off on a cattle drive in the 1860s. When a yellow mongrel comes for an uninvited stay with the family, Travis reluctantly adopts the dog.

78

7.1

/10811/

75

/614/

74

/277/

3.1

/7503/

100

/7/

Audience

87

/92/

age 8+

Chasing his dream to join an elite K-9 unit, a state trooper partners with a fellow underdog: clever but naughty shelter pup Ruby. Based on a true story.

75

71

7.0

/10794/

72

/255/

67

/246/

3.7

/14643/

94

/17/

Audience

73

/2336/

A trainer attempts to retrain a vicious dog that’s been raised to kill black people.

51

6.1

/35611/

65

/1129/

61

/914/

2.8

/10011/

30

/10/

Audience

44

/53169/

44

/11/

2.0

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 his own and works only when he wants to. On the other hand, the dog is quite good at destroying Dooley's car, house and sex-life...

61

6.3

/14527/

68

/1076/

63

/589/

3.2

/44814/

63

/8/

Audience

48

/74894/

age 6+

It's all extreme sports and a life of freedom as Max sets off for college -- but Goofy misses Max so much he loses his job and goes to finish college alongside Max and his friends. But as Goofy tries to get closer to Max, both must go to the extreme to learn how to live their own lives together.

69

66

6.4

/3230/

74

/469/

68

/84/

3.0

/1603/

87

/23/

Audience

63

/716/

An eccentric chicken farmer, with the help of his granddaughter, trains his mischievous dog Oddball to protect a penguin sanctuary from fox attacks in an attempt to reunite his family and save their seaside town.

67

6.7

/22445/

70

/582/

67

/570/

3.3

/8176/

67

/21/

Audience

63

/39951/

62

/17/

3.0

age 10+

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.

70

68

6.9

/12718/

71

/346/

65

/188/

3.0

/11166/

80

/10/

Audience

74

/53887/

72

/7/

age 5+

When Milo the cat and Otis the dog are separated, they each set off on an adventurous and often perilous quest across mountains, plains, and snow-covered lands to reunite with one another.

59

57

6.0

/5405/

64

/329/

63

/504/

2.8

/4535/

Audience

54

/13283/

age 6+

Balto and his daughter Aleu embark on a journey of adventure and self discovery.

63

6.6

/9401/

71

/265/

66

/253/

3.1

/3798/

67

/15/

Audience

66

/33707/

56

/20/

2.0

age 8+

When Will Stoneman's father dies, he is left alone to take care of his mother and their land. Needing money to maintain it, he decides to join a cross country dogsled race. This race will require days of racing for long hours, through harsh weather and terrain. This young man will need a lot of courage and a strong will to complete this race.

78

73

7.7

/8803/

78

/233/

79

/230/

3.9

/11599/

67

/9/

Audience

90

/3105/

age 11+

Two dogs, Rowf and Snitter, stuggle to survive in the countryside after escaping from an animal research laboratory. They are pursued by search parties and then the military after rumors spread that they could be carrying the bubonic plague.

72

59

6.4

/2408/

74

/199/

65

/86/

3.1

/1024/

100

/13/

Audience

69

/261/

age 9+

When eleven-year-old Mick is shipped off to his grandfather's cattle station in Western Australia, he befriends a scrappy, one-of-a-kind dog that will change his life forever.

64

6.0

/1025/

66

/24/

59

/19/

3.0

/351/

70

/20/

Audience

62

/4279/

3.0

age 10+

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.

61

55

6.1

/3489/

64

/238/

66

/317/

2.7

/2609/

Audience

62

/4514/

age 6+

Balto and the other sled dogs are feeling dejected because the mail that used to be delivered by dogsled is now being delivered by airplanes. But when a mail plane crashes in the mountains, the dogs come to the rescue.

61

55

6.6

/7436/

71

/160/

71

/246/

3.0

/3144/

31

/13/

Audience

68

/9029/

age 11+

Workaholic Thomas Johnson dies in an auto accident and reincarnates as a dog. Remembering some of his previous being, he returns to his wife and son to protect them from the man who caused his accident. But, as time goes by, his memories return, and Thomas realizes he wasn't such a good husband and father.

67

6.3

/3761/

70

/122/

57

/67/

2.9

/2545/

73

/11/

Audience

63

/8141/

3.5

age 9+

An abused beagle runs away from his owner. On the road, he meets young Marty Preston and follows him home. The boy immediately forms a bond with the dog and names him Shiloh. His stern father won't let him keep the dog because it belongs to Judd Travers, a local hunter. After Shiloh is mistreated again, he runs away and returns to Marty. Knowing his father will once again make him bring Shiloh back to Judd, he makes a home for the dog in an old shed up the hill from the Prestons' house and hides him from his family. His secret is soon discovered when a stray attacks the dog one night and he must turn to his father for help.

79

72

7.5

/8781/

73

/144/

69

/118/

3.7

/2664/

100

/19/

Audience

84

/5174/

age 13+

A scientific researcher, sent on a government study: The Lupus Project, must investigate the possible "menace" of wolves in the north. To do so, he must survive in the wilderness for six months on his own. In the course of these events, he learns about the true beneficial and positive nature of the wolf species. Based on the book and true story by Farley Mowat.

60

54

6.1

/5192/

65

/123/

61

/135/

3.0

/2976/

86

/7/

Audience

56

/33850/

35

/4/

age 7+

Benji is a stray who has nonetheless worked his way into the hearts of a number of the townspeople, who give him food and attention whenever he stops by. His particular favorites are a pair of children who feed and play with him against the wishes of their parents. When the children are kidnapped, however, the parents and the police are at a loss to find them. Only Benji can track them down, but will he be in time? If he can save the day, he may just find the permanent home he's been longing for.

60

52

6.2

/3378/

65

/120/

66

/145/

3.0

/2030/

55

/11/

Audience

61

/10310/

53

/9/

age 6+

Benji has become stranded on a remote island after a boating accident. He finds himself struggling to survive in the wilderness, avoiding close encounters with a wolf, a bear, and a territorial female cougar with her cub.

65

56

6.9

/3773/

71

/90/

67

/49/

3.2

/2585/

Audience

75

/8761/

49

/4/

age 9+

Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for two years to achieve his dream of buying two red-bone coonhound pups. He develops a new trust in life as he faces overwhelming challenges in adventure and tragedy roaming the river bottoms of Cherokee country with his dogs, Old Dan and Little Ann.

75

7.0

/2548/

78

/92/

65

/48/

3.6

/4765/

96

/90/

Audience

64

/2700/

84

/20/

3.0

Lyrical and powerfully personal essay film that reflects on the deaths of her husband Lou Reed, her mother, her beloved dog, and such diverse subjects as family memories, surveillance, and Buddhist teachings.

71

7.3

/68358/

74

/1842/

70

/1637/

3.2

/21830/

73

/153/

Audience

79

/374391/

64

/31/