| Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009) | 8.1 | |
| K-9 (1989) | 6.1 | |
| Wendy and Lucy (2008) | 7.1 | |
| Beethoven (1992) | 5.7 | |
| Rescued by Ruby (2022) | 7.2 |
Owner dog relationship movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant owner dog relationship movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, feel good, entertaining, semi serious, light and sincere films and TV shows about / with dog, owner dog relationship, human dog relationship, pets, human animal relationship, animal, animal human communication, pet dog, friendship and family relations plots mostly in Comedy, Family and Drama genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as owner dog relationship: Love at First Bark (2017), Wendy and Lucy (2008), Hero Dog: The Journey Home (2021), The Dog (2015), Hudson & Rex (2019), Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009), Beethoven (1992), Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994), K-9: P.I. (2002), A-X-L (2018).
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List of owner dog relationship movies
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Portland interior designer Julia Galvins (Jana Kramer) adopts a dog and seeks the help of expert and handsome dog trainer Owen Michaels (Kevin McGarry). When she is hired to design a nursery and a “puppery,” as well as plan a puppy shower ...
Style:
touching, sweet, funny, sincere, feel good
Plot:
enemies to lovers, dog, owner dog relationship, loyalty, kindness, friendship, love, coach, pet owner relationship, charity, family relations, couple relations ...
Place:
portland oregon
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Wendy, a near-penniless drifter, is traveling to Alaska in search of work, and her only companion is her dog, Lucy. Already perilously close to losing everything, Wendy hits a bigger bump in the road when her old car breaks down and she is arrested ...
Style:
sad, emotional, road movie, psychological, touching ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dog, depression, loneliness, owner dog relationship, small town, friendship, hopes, poverty, money problems, life philosophy, solitude, on the road ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
oregon, alaska, portland oregon, usa, california
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Genre: Adventure, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Chinook the Alaskan Malamute must lead a shipwrecked blind man out of the wilderness, while the man's children launch a rescue mission of their own.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, entertaining
Plot:
human dog relationship, animal human communication, dog, owner dog relationship, rescue, blind man, pets, saving a life, seeing eye dog, pet dog, human animal relationship, rescue attempt ...
Place:
canada
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Maksimov, an alcoholic ex-cop, teams up with a police dog to solve crimes while coming to terms with his ex-wife's new marriage to his ex-partner. The dog refuses to let him drink his life away and forces him back to work... If only Gnezdilov ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, light, semi serious, tense ...
Plot:
owner dog relationship, investigation, murder investigation, german shepherd, police investigation, homicide detective, fighting crime, dog, crime investigation, police, animal human communication, love triangle ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Detective Charlie Hudson teams up with what he calls his "highly trained law enforcement animal" German Shepherd dog named Rex who he prefers to team up with because he doesn't talk his ear off.
Style:
captivating, exciting, tense, suspenseful, intense ...
Plot:
german shepherd, police dog, police detective, dog, homicide detective, bloodhound, owner dog relationship, murder investigation, murder, crime investigation, human animal relationship, police ...
Place:
canada, newfoundland
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A drama based on the true story of a college professor's bond with the abandoned dog he takes into his home.
Style:
touching, emotional, sad, heartbreaking, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, chick flick, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
dog, friendship, loyalty, animal, pets, human animal relationship, life & death, loss of friend, loneliness, loss, death, friends ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 1930s
Place:
japan, rhode island, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
feel good, sweet, funny, light, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
dog, puppy, children, animal actor, human animal relationship, bullying, pets, animal, childhood, happy ending, saint bernard dog, nothing goes right ...
Time:
90s, year 1992
Place:
california, san francisco
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
He's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Jim Carrey is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino. He goes eyeball to eyeball with a man-eating shark, stakes out the Miami Dolphins and woos and wows the ...
Style:
light, funny, hilarious, cult classic, absurd ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly
Plot:
stupidity, kidnapping, dog, private detective, human animal relationship, dumb, bird, owner dog relationship, human dog relationship, goofy hero, investigation, pets ...
Time:
90s, year 1994, 20th century
Place:
miami, usa, florida, new jersey, seattle
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Dooley and his K-9 partner Jerry Lee are ready to retire from the police force. But before he can retire with his pension he must work as a P.I. to find a set of high tech computer chips.
Style:
realistic, humorous, feel good, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
dog, investigation, german shepherd, private detective, police dog, reluctant partners, police detective, destiny, buddy cop, owner dog relationship, police investigation, partners against crime ...
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi, Sport, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The life of a teenage boy is forever altered by a chance encounter with cutting edge military technology.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, exciting, sincere, teen ...
Audience:
teens, kids, adult, teen drama
Plot:
dog, friends, robot dog, robot, owner dog relationship, teenage boy, friendship, best friend, technology, human animal relationship, pets, animal rescue ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
With Mystery, Inc. on the tail of a strange object in Nowhere, Kansas, the strange hometown of Eustice, Muriel, and Courage, the gang soon find themselves contending with a giant cicada monster and her winged warriors.
Style:
entertaining, captivating, humorous, funny, 2d animation
Audience:
kids, horror for children
Plot:
scooby doo, crossover, dog, anthropomorphic dog, cartoon dog, human animal relationship, amateur sleuth, pets, owner dog relationship, friends, friendship, monster ...
Place:
kansas
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Genre: Family, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Everyone's favorite St. Bernard returns in this family film about man's best friend. Richard Newton, his wife Beth and kids Brennan and Sara shove off in their camper for a road trip. Along the way, they gain a new passenger: slobbery ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, independent film, feel good
Audience:
kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing, preschool
Plot:
dog, human dog relationship, animal, pets, family relations, family life, silly humor, disorder, escapades, nothing goes right, parents and children, mischievous children ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Eddie, a struggling animal trainer and single dad suddenly finds himself the personal wrangler for a large and lovable St. Bernard whose fabulous movie "audition" catapults the dog to stardom. However, a trio of unscrupulous ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, realistic
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
dog, pets, human animal relationship, filmmaking, danger, rescue, disorder, mischievous children, odd couple, fish out of water, hollywood, animal ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The family is pleasantly surprised and puzzled when Beethoven suddenly becomes obedient. Turns out it's a prince and the pauper scenario, with the real Beethoven now living with a pompous rich family.
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, preschool
Plot:
dog, youth, pets, human dog relationship, family relations, saint bernard dog, partner, mistaken identity, fish out of water, parents and children, escapades, disorder ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Sally Brown, a successful children's book author and Army widow loses her late husband's German Shepherd, Buddy, only to later find him adopted by a new family - single father Mark Green and his teenage daughter Emma. Each finds a sense of ...
Style:
light, feel good, sweet, romantic, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
german shepherd, christmas, dog, holiday, single father, christmas romance, lost dog, father daughter relationship, owner dog relationship, widow, unlikely couple, new love ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Adventures of employees of internal organs and their faithful companion, a service dog named Mukhtar.
Style:
funny, light, semi serious, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
human dog relationship, tough cop, unsolved crime, police detective, investigation, law enforcement, owner dog relationship, rescue, fighting crime, police officer, private investigator, human animal relationship ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
soviet union
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Genre: Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A college professor connects with a guide dog trainer after losing his eyesight and adopting a seeing eye dog.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, romantic, feel good ...
Plot:
holiday, blind man, blindness, christmas, seeing eye dog, christmas romance, human dog relationship, animal human communication, human animal relationship, owner dog relationship, male female relationship, pet dog ...
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Genre: Family, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When Bella discovers that funding for her dog rescue centre is discontinued, she turns to JR, a soldier who quickly becomes attached to one of her rescues, a German Shepard named, Indie.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, sincere
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
dog, animal, human animal relationship, owner dog relationship, animal rescue, animal shelter, pet dog, couple relations, male female relationship, human dog relationship, teamwork, pets ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
"KOKO" is an extraordinary story of a young financial guru (Randy) who suffers a lifetime of heartaches only to discover that the one purest form of love was found in his only true companion - his dog (Koko). This is a remarkable love ...
Style:
satirical, feel good, thrilling, psychological, captivating
Plot:
dog, pets, human dog relationship, owner dog relationship, human animal relationship, animal human communication, heartbreak, financier, lifestyle, love and romance, relationships, love story ...
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Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Benny certainly wasn't much to look at when he first arrived as a puppy on the doorstep of the pet store. Sam and Emma found him waiting there in a little box when they arrived for work one morning, just staring up at them with those tiny, ...
Style:
feel good, uplifting, captivating, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
kindness, dog, heartwarming, puppy, pets, pet dog, owner dog relationship, animal human communication, animal, human dog relationship, dog training, human animal relationship ...
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A new family is having difficulty adjusting, when an adorable dog comes into their life. Once his special powers are discovered, the local dog catcher and the (F.B.D.I) Federal Bureau of Dog Investigation will stop at nothing to get him.
Style:
semi serious, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
dog, family relations, talking animal, owner dog relationship, human animal relationship, human dog relationship, satire, slice of life, pet dog, animal human communication, pets, animal ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A 13-year-old boy becomes the target of bullies at his new school and is feeling hopeless, until he finds Marshall being caged up by a dog-hoarder in deplorable conditions. Finn knows he must rescue Marshall, but he has been abused by the other dogs ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
dog, bullying, human dog relationship, human animal relationship, boy and dog, owner dog relationship, friendship, boy dog relationship, animal human communication, changing lives, lifestyle change, pets ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
entertaining, captivating, feel good, sincere
Audience:
family friendly, kids, toddlers, family outing
Plot:
dog, dog training, animal, human animal relationship, state trooper, search and rescue, dream, puppy, animal human communication, owner dog relationship, police officer, animal training ...
Place:
rhode island
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 164 min.
Story:
Dharma is stuck in a rut with his negative and lonely lifestyle and spends each day in the comfort of his loneliness. A pup named Charlie who is naughty and energetic which is a complete contrast with the Dharma’s character enters his life and ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, entertaining, disturbing, road movie ...
Plot:
dog, human animal relationship, dog training, puppy, human dog relationship, loneliness, animal human communication, owner dog relationship, animal, opposites attract, loner, alone ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
kannada
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A careerist from Warsaw, who does not like dogs, has to go to Kraków for professional reasons, where she meets a charming widower, his son and their four-legged pet.
Style:
semi serious, satirical, feel good, romantic, entertaining ...
Plot:
human animal relationship, dog training, widower, pet dog, owner dog relationship, couple relations, relationship vs career, human dog relationship, satire, animal human communication, female protagonist, male female relationship ...
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Dakota, an ex-service dog, joins single mum Kate and her daughter Alex to live on their small-town family farm. Dakota quickly adjusts to her new home and becomes somewhat of a local hero, soon becoming inseparable from Alex. But when the farm’s ...
Style:
disturbing, entertaining, captivating
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
human animal relationship, fire department, mother daughter relationship, owner dog relationship, dog, firefighter, animal human communication, single mother, rancher, crooked cop, farm, family relations ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Cyprus, Germany, Greece
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Caught between the mob and border patrol, washed-up musician Yiannis must put his plans to leave Cyprus on hold when his beloved dog escapes across the wall to the island's Turkish side.
Style:
psychological, semi serious, disturbing, satirical, captivating ...
Plot:
friendship, satire, dog, border, lost dog, human dog relationship, trespassing, animal human communication, human animal relationship, owner dog relationship, pets, musician's life ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
cyprus, turkey
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, History, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
The world's smartest dog and his boy host a zany late-night comedy show from a swanky penthouse, with time-traveling historical figures and a live audience.
Style:
satirical, captivating, feel good, entertaining, spoof ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
anthropomorphic animal, talking dog, dog, boy and dog, owner dog relationship, time jump, animal human communication, human dog relationship, pets, time warp, time traveler, satire ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A group of people in Los Angeles are brought together thanks to their canine friends.
Style:
rom com, sweet, touching, feel good, light ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
animal, dog, human animal relationship, dog training, pets, family relations, pet dog, owner dog relationship, animal human communication, society, host, lifestyle ...
Place:
los angeles
Is relevant?
126K
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
gothic, scary, black and white, claymation, fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens, horror for children
Plot:
stop motion, dog, frankenstein, supernatural, mad scientist, experiment, halloween, loss of loved one, afterlife, reincarnation, cemetery, animal ...
Time:
year 2012, year 2000, 2010s, 1930s
Place:
usa, netherlands, boston
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