Category:Dogs (film subject)

Dogs (film subject)

Overview

Dogs are present in many movies as close companions. Sometimes, they are at the center of the plot and become protagonists.

Real Dogs as Protagonists

• # Lassie Come Home (1943)

• My Pal Wolf (1944) -- A girl with a strict governess heads to Washington to purchase her dog from the Secretary of War.

• Sergeant Mike (1944) -- A soldier made into a dog handler falls in love with the mother of the dog's owner and both achieve fame in the Pacific.

• Son of Lassie (1945) -- Laddie (Son of Lassie !) and his master are trapped in Norway during WW2 - has he inherited his mothers famous courage ?

• The Silent Call (1961) -- When young Guy Brancato's parents have to move from Elko, Nevada to Los Angeles, California, they are unable to take Guy's dog Pete. Guy is angry at his parents and even more distressed when he learns that Pete has run away from the neighbor who was tending him. But Pete has plans to travel to Los Angeles on his own.

• Clown (1968) <short> -- This is a silent short film about a young boy who loses his dog and frantically searches for him until he finds him in a bittersweet reunion.

• Smoke (1970 TV Movie) -- As a teenager has difficulty coping with his mother's remarriage, he finds and nurses back to health a German Shepherd, but keeps him a secret for fear that his stepfather would return him to his original owner.

• Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (1978 TV Movie) -- A dog that is a minion of Satan terrorizes a suburban family.

• Baxter (1989) -- A white bull terrier named Baxter is given to an elderly woman by her daughter. As time passes, the dog develops aggressive and murderous behavior in order to be adopted by another family.

• 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.

• # A Dog of Flanders (1999)

• The Retrievers (2001 TV Movie) -- Soon after the Lowry Family - Tom, his wife Karen, and their two children, Liz and Widdy - leave the big city and move to the small Northern California town of Placerville, they are 'adopted' by a very clever, yet lovable, stray golden retriever - Pilot.

• # Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog (2004)

• # Eight Below (2006)

• # Hearty Paws (2006)

• ## Marley & Me (2008)

• ## Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)

• # Red Dog (2011)

• # Frankenweenie (2012)

• # White God (2014)

• # If I Could Talk (2014)

• # Heart Of A Dog (2015)

• # Red Dog: True Blue (2016)

• # A Dog's Purpose (2017)

• # Isle Of Dogs (2018)

• # Togo (2019)

• # Rescued By Ruby (2022)

Animation

• Lady and the Tramp (1955)

• 101 Dalmatians (1961)

• The Fox and the Hound (1981)

• All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)

• Balto (1995)

• Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)

• Bolt (2008)

Significant supporting roles

• Wizard of Oz

• Umberto D

• Sounder

• Babe