Movies like Big Red

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Big Red (1962)
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Big Red (1962)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Wealthy sportsman James Haggin (Walter Pidgeon) lives on a Quebec estate called Wintapi. Émile Fornet (Émile Genest), handler of Haggin's hunting dogs, and Émile's wife Therese (Janette Bertrand), Haggin's cook and housekeeper, live in a separate house on the estate. To start a line of top show dogs, Haggin purchases the winner of the Montreal Kennel Club show, an Irish setter named Red.
Style: sentimental, touching, feel good, serious
Audience: family outing
Plot: dog, animal, youth, animal life, nature, camp, camping, camping trip, countryside, puppy love, canine, orphan, friendship, friends, pets, family relations, family life, coming of age, animal training, save the day, forest, puppy, teenage boy, boy dog relationship, dog actor ...
Time: 60s
Place: canada, quebec
Keyword: canadian

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Most similar movies to Big Red

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out touching, serious, feel good and realistic films with plots about friends, animal, youth, friendship, family relations, pets and animal life mostly in Family, Drama and Adventure genres. Some movies like Big Red: Owd Bob (1998), The Incredible Journey (1963), Rascal (1969), Nikki, Wild Dog of the North (1961), Where the Red Fern Grows (1974). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Owd Bob (1998)
Genre: Family, Drama
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Recently orphaned David must move to the Isle of Man to live with his grandfather, Adam, who's a sheep farmer. Both long for the end of the summer, having nothing in common but their love for dogs, notably Adam's precious champion ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, independent film
Audience: pre-teens, family outing
Plot: dog, youth, german shepherd, animal, orphan, farmer, friends, family relations, animal life, disorder, farm, family problems ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: ireland, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Incredible Journey (1963)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: 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?
Style: road movie, touching, serious, realistic, uplifting ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: dog, cat, wilderness, animal, friendship, pets, bear, camp, puppy love, camping trip, canine, wildlife ...
Time: year 1963, 60s
Place: canada, ontario canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Rascal (1969)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A comedy filled with tenderness as a baby raccoon snuggles his way into the life of a lonely boy. He becomes the boy's only companion during his father's frequent absences. Because of Rascal, both father and son realize their ...
Style: semi serious, sentimental, feel good, humorous, touching
Audience: pre-teens, family outing
Plot: family relations, youth, animal, camping trip, camp, nature, camping, best friend, adoption, fish out of water, child as adult, parents and children ...
Time: year 1969, 60s
Place: wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Nikki, Wild Dog of the North (1961)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: A family film about Nikki, a half-wolf, half-dog raised in the Yukon during the gold rush era. After being separated from her master, Nikki must fend for herself amidst bears, the harsh Yukon weather, and a trapper who wants her skin.
Style: retro, exciting, serious
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: gold rush, dog, wilderness, survival, animal, wolf, nordic, puppy love, landscape, nature, trapper, animal life ...
Time: year 1961, 60s
Place: yukon, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Where the Red Fern Grows (1974)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: 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.
Style: sad, depressing, emotional, epic, tear jerker ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: dog, youth, great depression, childhood, camping, camp, soul searching, animal, camping trip, canine, coming of age, friendship ...
Time: 1900s, 1930s, 20th century
Place: oklahoma, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Greyfriars Bobby: The True Story of a Dog (1961)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, anthology
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: dog, animal, animal life, youth, real life, puppy love, furry, friends, family relations, friendship, dealing with death, pets ...
Time: victorian era, year 1961, 19th century
Place: scotland, edinburgh scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Yearling (1994)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In 1870s Florida, a rural family struggles to survive. A lonely twelve-year-old son, Jody (Wil Horneff), the lone surviving child, against his mother's better judgment eventually persuades his parents to allow him a pet fawn, which Jody grows ...
Style: emotional, serious, realistic
Plot: youth, runaway, killing a pet, family relations, coming of age, animal life, power relations, friends, orphan, pets, parents and children, teaching the ways of the world ...
Time: 19th century, 1870s
Place: florida, usa
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100%
Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog (1995)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Teenager Angus adopts a stray dog and names him Yellow. Several days later, while travelling along the coast of British Columbia with Angus's father, John, the boy and dog become stranded when turbulent waters capsize their boat. Angus's ...
Style: sentimental, emotional, touching, exciting, serious
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot: dog, boy dog relationship, wilderness, survival, animal, youth, childhood, friendship, young heroes, danger, teenage life, parents and children ...
Place: british columbia, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Bear (1988)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: An orphan bear cub hooks up with an adult male as they try to dodge human hunters.
Style: touching, scenic, uplifting, captivating, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, adult
Plot: wilderness, bear, nature, dog, animal, survival, hunting, friendship, bear cub, rocky mountains, environmental, environment ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, 1880s
Place: canada, persia, british columbia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Smoke (1970)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Fourteen-year-old Chris is haunted by the death of his father and resentful of his stepfather Cal. He befriends a lost dog and names it Smoke, but tries to keep it a secret for fear Cal will take the dog away.
Style: uplifting, realistic, serious, feel good, touching ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: youth, german shepherd, nature, family relations, estrangement, remarry, farm, animal life, teenage life, coming of age, betrayal, 14 year old boy ...
Time: 60s, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Where the Red Fern Grows (2003)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Set in the Ozark Mountains during the Great Depression, Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for 2 years to achieve his dream of buying two coonhound pups. He develops a new trust in God as he faces overwhelming challenges in adventure ...
Style: semi serious, touching, feel good, gothic, sad ...
Audience: kids, family outing, chick flick, pre-teens
Plot: hound dog, friendship, dog, follow your dream, family relations, contests and competitions, animal, hunting, wilderness, american history, canine, animal lover ...
Time: 1930s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Lassie (1994)
Genre: Family, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: An update of the Lassie legend stars Thomas Guiry as a troubled city kid whose family retreats to the country, where he befriends the famous collie and changes for the better. Conflict develops when a ruthless sheep rancher causes trouble for ...
Style: feel good, sentimental, touching, sweet, light ...
Audience: kids, girls' night, family outing, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot: dog, boy dog relationship, pets, coming of age, friendship, animal, childhood, mischievous children, family life, countryside, teenage life, lassie ...
Time: 90s, year 1994
Place: usa, virginia, baltimore
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar (1967)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: A heartwarming Disney classic in which a cougar, who was rescued as a cub and raised by a group of loggers in the Pacific Northwest, reverts back to his natural instincts, leading to hilarious (and dangerous) consequences.
Style: semi serious, feel good, touching
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, adult
Plot: cougar, animal, friendship, wilderness, cat, survival, orphan, pets, bear, wild animal, heroes, danger ...
Time: year 1967, 60s
Place: washington state
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Free Willy (1993)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 112 min.
Story: When maladjusted orphan Jesse vandalizes a theme park, he is placed with foster parents and must work at the park to make amends. There he meets Willy, a young Orca whale who has been separated from his family. Sensing kinship, they form a bond and, ...
Style: sentimental, touching, uplifting, feel good, sweet ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot: human animal relationship, freedom, animal, killer whale, friendship, animal life, animal training, kids and family, whale, happy ending, ocean, childhood ...
Time: 90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place: astoria oregon, portland oregon, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Flipper (1963)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Many kids might say their best friend is a puppy or a pony. But for 12-year-old Sandy, the most special pet of all is the exuberant dolphin he rescues and who returns the favor by rescuing Sandy from sharks.The dolphin named Flipper first swam into ...
Style: melancholic, touching, exciting, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: dolphins, youth, ocean, coming of age, healing power, animal, young heroes, friendship, danger, teenage life, boy, father son relationship ...
Time: year 1963, 60s
Place: florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Christmas Bunny (2010)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The Christmas Bunny tells the story of a lonely foster child (Sophie Bolen) who finds a lost, injured rabbit in the woods on Christmas Eve. The rabbit is nursed back to health by The Bunny Lady (Florence Henderson), who runs a rabbit rescue in an ...
Style: uplifting, sentimental, touching, captivating, sincere ...
Audience: family outing, kids, girls' night
Plot: christmas, family relations, friendship, nursing, family life, pets, coming of age, orphan, youth, farm, rabbit, holiday ...
Time: 21st century
Place: michigan, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Heidi (1968)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Heidi is an orphaned girl initially raised by her aunt Dete in Maienfeld, Switzerland. In order to get a job in Frankfurt, Dete brings 5-year-old Heidi to her grandfather, who has been at odds with the villagers for years and lives in seclusion on ...
Style: uplifting, serious, realistic, touching, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: orphan, mountain, family relations, youth, physical disability, girl, basement, adoption, governess, friendship, disability, friends ...
Time: 19th century
Place: switzerland, alps, swiss alps, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Those Calloways (1965)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Story of Cam Calloway and his family, who live in a densely wooded area in New England. Cam dreams of building a sanctuary for the geese that fly over the area each year, and he tries several schemes to buy a nearby lake for this santuary. He is ...
Style: juvenile, serious, realistic, touching
Audience: pre-teens, family outing
Plot: animal, camping trip, camping, nature, marriage, camp, bird, family relations, wilderness, violent content, rally, environmentalism ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 1920s
Place: new england, vermont
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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The Biscuit Eater (1972)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Nothing warms the heart like the story of a boy and his dog. Lonnie (Johnny Whitaker) and Text (George Spell) are two friends determined, against all odds, to turn a misfit hound into a hero. Tennessee farmer and dog trainer Harve McNeil (Earl ...
Style: semi serious, touching, feel good, humorous
Audience: family outing
Plot: dog, youth, animal, friendship, pets, canine, boy and dog, family relations, interracial relations, power relations, disorder, friends ...
Time: year 1972, 70s, 1940s
Place: tennessee, usa, georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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White Fang (1991)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: 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.
Style: touching, sentimental, sincere, captivating, epic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot: dog, survival, human animal relationship, wilderness, treasure, pets, friendship, animal, dog sled, unlikely friendships, daring rescue, winter ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, year 1991, 1890s
Place: alaska, yukon, america, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Saving Shiloh (2006)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In this third movie about Shiloh, Judd Travers is accused of killing a man he once fought in a bar. Everyone in the town consider Judd to be guilty except Marty Preston, but even him has some doubts. Trying to clear Judd's name Marty and his ...
Style: serious, captivating, sincere, touching, saga
Audience: family outing, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot: dog, youth, mischievous children, friendship, rescue, best friend, pets, family life, animal actor, small town, child, teenage girl ...
Time: year 2006
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
A Dog of Flanders (1999)
Genre: Family, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Poor but happy, young Nello and his grandfather live alone, delivering milk as a livelihood, in the outskirts of Antwerp, a city in Flanders (the Flemish or Dutch-speaking part of modern-day Belgium). They discover a beaten dog (a Bouvier, a large ...
Style: sentimental, entertaining, inspirational, tear jerker, melancholic ...
Audience: kids
Plot: dog, justice, life philosophy, destiny, friendship, coming of age, countryside, boy dog relationship, grandfather grandson relationship, drawing, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, boy and dog ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, year 1999
Place: antwerp, flanders
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
The Adventures of the Wilderness Family (1975)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The story of a modern family bored with the hassles of the city life in Los Angeles. They head for the wilderness never to return.
Style: action adventure, uplifting, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: nature, wilderness, bear, survival, treasure hunt, animal, youth, camp, camping, treasure hunter, scenery, camping trip ...
Time: year 1975, 70s, 20th century
Place: fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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A Dog's Way Home (2019)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: China, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A Dog’s Way Home chronicles the heartwarming adventure of Bella, a dog who embarks on an epic 400-mile journey home after she is separated from her beloved human.
Style: sweet, sentimental, scenic, exciting, feel good ...
Audience: family outing, kids, adult
Plot: dog, puppy, pitbull, animal, pets, best friend, road trip, on the road, pet dog, snow, lost dog, animal life ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: colorado, denver colorado, new mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Follow Me, Boys! (1966)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Lem Siddons is part of a traveling band who has a dream of becoming a lawyer. Deciding to settle down, he finds a job as a stockboy in the general store of a small town. Trying to fit in, he volunteers to become scoutmaster of the newly formed Troop ...
Style: retro, realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: boy scout, scout, youth, camping, small town, camp, nature, camping trip, boy strangling, childhood, world war two, family relations ...
Time: year 1966, 1930s
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Remake of the popular Disney classic, this time featuring some well known voices as two dogs and a cat trek across America encountering all sorts of adventures in the quest to be reunited with their owners.
Style: touching, sweet, feel good, exciting, epic ...
Audience: family outing, kids, girls' night, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: dog, cat, wilderness, pets, beautiful scenery, animal, friendship, unlikely friendships, childhood, fish out of water, talking animal, journey ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: california, nevada, usa, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Andre (1994)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The true story of how a marine seal named Andre befriended a little girl and her family, circa 1962.
Style: sentimental, touching, sad, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: coming of age, childhood, animal, seal the animal, heartwarming, friendship, youth, small town, water, wildlife, magic, human animal friendship ...
Time: year 1994, year 1962, 90s, 60s
Place: maine, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Call of the Wild (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Self-centered and status-conscious, ten year old Ryann Hale journeys to Montana to visit her down-to-earth grandpa, Bill Hale. Ryann bonds with a wolf-dog, Buck, and schemes to save him from a cruel dogsledder.
Style: serious, touching, realistic, contemplative, captivating
Audience: family outing
Plot: family holiday, human animal relationship, small town, young heroes, friendship, contests and competitions, chases and races, friends, rivalry, grandfather granddaughter relationship, dog, countryside ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, montana
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
My Side of the Mountain (1969)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Film adaption of the novel by Jean Craighead George. A family movie made by Paramount Studios, the story revolves around thirteen-year old Sam Gribley (Teddy Eccles), a devotee of Thoreau, as many were back in the in 1960's. Sam decides to ...
Style: realistic, serious, feel good, touching
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: survival, mountain, wildlife, nature, youth, treasure hunt, runaway, childhood, animal, owl, treasure hunter, camping ...
Time: year 1969, 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Miracle Dogs (2003)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The family friendly animal movie Miracle Dogs concerns a boy who befriends a three-legged dog. Soon his relationship with the canine deepens to the point that the boy is attempting to find new homes for a variety of homeless animals.
Style: serious, feel good, touching, cute
Audience: family outing, pre-teens
Plot: dog, against the odds, young heroes, human spirit, optimism, friendship, terminal illness, hopes, miraculous event, heroes, pets, cancer ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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