Animal rescue movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant animal rescue movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, sincere, touching, entertaining, feel good and humorous films and TV shows about / with animal rescue, animal, friendship, rescue, dog, family relations, family, human animal relationship, animal human communication and friends plots mostly in Drama, Family and Adventure genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as animal rescue: Big Miracle (2012), The Journey Home (2014), Project X (1987), Return to Nim's Island (2013), Holiday in the Wild (2019), Shiloh (1996), Mia and the White Lion (2018), Saving Flora (2018), Okja (2017), My African Adventure (2013).
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List of animal rescue movies
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Based on an inspiring true story, a small-town news reporter (Krasinski) and a Greenpeace volunteer (Barrymore) enlist the help of rival superpowers to save three majestic gray whales trapped under the ice of the Arctic Circle. ‘Big Miracle’ is ...
Style:
realistic, feel good, touching, serious, cute ...
Audience:
girls' night, family outing, adult
Plot:
animal rescue, rescue, journalism, volunteer, media, whale, ocean, animal, environmentalism, danger, diving, winter ...
Time:
20th century, year 2012, 80s, year 1988
Place:
alaska, new york, los angeles
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, Italy, United Arab Emirates, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In northern Canada, a young boy sets a goal for himself to to reunite an abandoned polar bear cub with its mother. Goran Visnjic joins the cast as Muktuk, a half Inuit and half Canadian, who knows the terrain where the polar bears live and who ...
Style:
sincere, light, captivating, touching
Audience:
kids, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
human animal relationship, polar bear, winter, animal rescue, teenage protagonist, bear, teenage boy, friendship, hopes, love, escapades, adaptation ...
Place:
canada
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A young inductee into the military is given the task of looking after some chimpanzees used in the mysterious "Project X". Getting to know the chimps fairly well, he begins to suspect there is more to the secret project than he is being ...
Style:
humorous, intense, touching, semi serious, suspense ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
animal, monkey, chimpanzee, animal rescue, justice, laboratory, uncover truth, animal training, experiment gone awry, rescue, partner, top secret ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1987
Place:
everglades
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Fourteen year old Nim, more determined than ever to protect her island and all the wildlife that call it home, faces off against resort developers and animal poachers. Soon she realizes she can’t depend on her animal cohorts alone and must make ...
Style:
exciting, humorous, captivating, sincere, touching ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, kids, teen fantasy, family outing
Plot:
animal rescue, island, danger, teenage life, environmentalism, family relations, escapades, save the day, friendship, poacher, treasure hunt, sea lion ...
Place:
fictional island, australia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When her husband abruptly ends their marriage, empty nester Kate embarks on a solo second honeymoon in Africa, finding purpose and potential romance.
Style:
sweet, rom com, light, sincere, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
elephant, animal rescue, christmas, safari, savannah, love interest, male female relationship, journey, veterinarian, introspection, animal, nature ...
Place:
africa, new york, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
sweet, touching, emotional, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family friendly, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot:
dog, animal rescue, pets, youth, animal, destiny, greed, hopes, friendship, heroes, family relations, disorder ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
After young Kirra (Bindi Irwin) leaves her Australian home to summer with her grandfather (Beau Bridges) in South Africa, she soon discovers a baby orca stranded in the lagoon near her grandfather’s rundown seaside amusement park. She names the ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sentimental, uplifting
Audience:
kids, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
animal rescue, killer whale, orca, family relations, friendship, confined, captivity, young heroes, heroes, mischievous children, ocean, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, south africa, cape town south africa, australia
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France, Germany, South Africa, Switzerland, Monaco, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A young girl from London moves to Africa with her parents where she befriends a lion cub.
Style:
inspirational, captivating, scenic, sincere, exciting
Audience:
kids
Plot:
wild animal, teenage girl, lion, animal rescue, conservation, lion cub, picnic, teenager, family farm, christmas present, tough girl, strong female character ...
Place:
north africa, south africa, africa
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Flora is a circus elephant who can no longer perform her tricks. The night before she's scheduled to be euthanized, the circus owner's 14-year old daughter, Dawn, sneaks Flora from the circus. All that stands between them and the safety of ...
Style:
compassionate, sincere, exciting, light, scenic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
elephant, animal rescue, circus, friendship, poaching, rescue, animal, animal rights, parents and children, teenage girl, empathy, bonding ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named Okja.
Style:
sweet, colorful, touching, compassionate, talky ...
Audience:
kids, teens, girls' night
Plot:
animal lover, animal rescue, meat industry, compassion, monster, strong female lead, female protagonist, animal, animal liberation, fantasy world, zoologist, coming of age ...
Time:
2010s, future, distant future, year 2017, year 2007 ...
Place:
south korea, indiana, america, east asia, new york ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
This time our already familiar family moves to Africa in order to save endangered wildlife.
Style:
realistic, not serious, humorous, captivating, entertaining
Audience:
kids, preschool
Plot:
family relations, vacation, mischievous children, youth, siblings relations, escapades, rescue, animal rescue, disorder, wilderness, danger, animal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, denmark
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Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
While fulfilling her community service hours at a horse rescue ranch, Emma forms an unlikely bond with an abused show horse who won't let anyone ride him.
Style:
touching, sincere, sweet, sentimental, realistic
Plot:
horse, teenage girl, horse ranch, girl horse relationship, community service, friendship, teenage protagonist, rehabilitation, human spirit, bonding, animal rescue, female protagonist ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
King, a trafficked lion cub, escapes from the airport and takes refuge with Inès and Alex, who then have the crazy idea of getting him back to Africa. Anything can happen when Max their kooky grandfather, decides to join the adventure.
Style:
semi serious, captivating, entertaining, funny, satirical ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
animal rescue, boat, wild animal, lion cub, animal, animal human communication, teamwork, friendship, mischievous children, ambitious, brother sister relationship, travel ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Germany, South Africa
Duration: 27 min.
Story:
A half hour animated film for all the family based on the much-loved book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. The Snail and the Whale is the much loved classic that shows us a restless young snail who has ambitions to ...
Style:
christmas special, entertaining, captivating, thought provoking, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
animal rescue, whale, snail, animal, saving a life, travel, friends, friendship, animal life, creature, journey, trip ...
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Genre: Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Christmas comes to Heartland, along with an anonymous call about starving horses stranded by an avalanche in the Rocky Mountains, which send Amy and Ty to their rescue.
Style:
feel good, captivating, entertaining, sentimental, inspirational
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christmas, horse, animal rescue, avalanche, animal, heartwarming, winter, holiday, salvation, saving a life, holiday romance, small town ...
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Genre: Family
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
100 miles south of Atlanta, Dr. Hodges and Dr. Ferguson are two longtime friends who own and operate Critter Fixer Veterinary Hospital. Together with their loving staff, Drs. Hodges and Ferguson treat and care for over 20,000 patients. Between ...
Style:
captivating, sincere, educational, compassionate, uplifting ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
animal rescue, veterinarian, village life, medical, veterinary clinic, animal, friendship, doctors and patients, medical profession, workplace, medicine, doctor ...
Place:
georgia
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Still grieving over the loss of his wife, widowed lawyer Jim Crawford (Michael Flynn) discovers a pack of orphaned wolf cubs who face certain death unless he takes them in. Unprepared for the task, but unwilling to see them suffer, he takes them ...
Style:
captivating, inspirational, emotional, uplifting, sentimental ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
animal, wolf, friendship, orphan, animal rescue, nature, animal human communication, human animal relationship, compassion, heartwarming, bonding, wild animal ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
Four years after Isla Nublar was destroyed, dinosaurs now live—and hunt—alongside humans all over the world. This fragile balance will reshape the future and determine, once and for all, whether human beings are to remain the apex predators on a ...
Style:
suspense, saga, psychotronic, anamorphic, retro ...
Plot:
dinosaur, animal attack, creature, prehistoric creature, tyrannosaurus rex, monster, genetics, creature feature, jurassic park, giant creature, teenage girl, disaster ...
Time:
jurassic, 2020s, future
Place:
malta, italy, texas, washington d.c., san francisco ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Die zehnjährige Emma freut sich auf die Ferien bei Oma Dolly auf dem Land. Nach ihrer Ankunft muss sie jedoch erfahren, dass der alte Herr Klipperbusch gestorben ist und sein schmieriger Neffe Albert Gansmann, genannt „Der Alligator“, alles ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, educational
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
rider horse relationship, veterinarian, animal rescue, family relations, little girl, grandmother granddaughter relationship, friendship, strong female character, child's point of view, horse, funeral, rural setting ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mississippi, northern germany
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Genre: Adventure, Family, History, War
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Young Tom and his misfit friends fight to save 'Buster' the baby elephant during the German air raid bombings of Belfast in 1941.
Style:
costume drama, sincere, captivating, disturbing
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
world war two, zoo, elephant, animal, animal rescue, courage, zookeeper, bombing, saving a life, friends, friendship, animal human communication ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
ireland, northern ireland, belfast
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Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: India
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A vet returns home to his father's elephant reserve where he encounters and fights an international poacher's racket.
Style:
captivating, touching, disturbing, sincere
Plot:
elephant, poacher, veterinarian, human animal relationship, animal rescue, animal lover, poaching, father, animal, animal cruelty, showdown, animal shelter ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Shannon Ross puts Toronto in the rearview to focus on her new job as the executive director of the Hamilton East Animal Shelter, where she is boss to an eclectic staff.
Style:
feel good, sitcom, entertaining, humorous, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
animal shelter, animal rescue, satire, animal, dog, workplace, animal human communication, teamwork, coworker, employer employee relationship, adoption, compassion ...
Place:
toronto ontario canada
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A struggling comedy duo discovers that surviving the apocalypse is almost as difficult as surviving in Hollywood.
Style:
funny, entertaining, dark comedy, humorous, captivating ...
Plot:
animal rescue, post apocalyptic, human existence, escapades, adventure hero, humanity, rescue, salvation, hollywood, dog, apocalypse, society ...
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 51 min.
TV show
Story:
When Carole Baskin, a big cat enthusiast, learns that when fellow exotic animal lover Joe "Exotic" Schreibvogel is breeding and using his big cats for profit, she sets out to shut down his venture, inciting a quickly escalating rivalry. ...
Style:
tense, thrilling, captivating, satirical, queer cinema
Plot:
tiger, wild animal, animal rescue, animal rights, animal lover, animal, court, killing an animal, conspiracy, satire, animal abuse, competitor ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Set within an animal shelter, where if the owner of an animal doesn't claim their pet in 7 days, the animal is put to sleep. Himawari, is a female dog and a mother. She tries to desperately save her baby dogs.
Style:
suspense, sincere, touching, captivating, tear jerker ...
Plot:
dog, animal shelter, animal rights, human animal relationship, puppy, animal rescue, compassion, motherhood, saving a life, animal, pets, salvation ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada, Hong Kong, South Korea, UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Great Dane Marmaduke epitomizes the overgrown lapdog, with an irascible streak and a penchant for mischief that is tempered with a deep sense of love and responsibility for his human family, the Winslows. The new animation is set in the world of ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, funny, entertaining, satirical ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
dog, dog training, human animal relationship, pets, animal rescue, coach, escapades, animal training, satire, animal, pet dog, human dog relationship ...
Place:
china, egypt
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Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Cryptozookeepers try to capture a Baku, a dream-eating hybrid creature of legend, and start wondering if they should display these beasts or keep them hidden and unknown.
Style:
adult animation, psychological, disturbing, captivating, mind bending ...
Plot:
creature, hunter, animal rescue, legend, conservation, supernatural, magical creature, supernatural being, animal, helicopter, folklore, dream ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After Elle Woods, the eternally perky, fashionably adventurous, famously blonde Harvard Law grad gets fired by her law firm because of her opposition to animal testing, she takes her fight to Washington. As an aide for Congresswoman Victoria Rudd, ...
Style:
rom com, satirical, teen, not serious, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
fashion, lawyer, blonde, fish out of water, wedding, courtroom, female protagonist, culture clash, cheerleader, women, legal, rivalry ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., boston, usa, los angeles, harvard university
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of a Canadian soldier, enroute to World War I from Winnipeg, who adopts an orphaned bear cub at White River Ontario. It is namned Winnie (for Winnipeg) and eventually ends up at the London Zoo where it became the inspiration ...
Style:
serious, feel good, touching, captivating, light ...
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing
Plot:
world war one, friendship, soldier, hopes, winnie the pooh, human animal relationship, survival, animal rescue, best friend, military life, battles, friends ...
Time:
1910s, year 1914, year 1918
Place:
england, london, france, europe, canada
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Sara Gold is a young girl on a quest to save man's best friend. When she goes undercover to take down a dog breeder suspected of wrongdoing, she quickly finds out she might be on the wrong side of right. Sara must make a decision: to continue ...
Style:
captivating, emotional, tension, suspense, independent film
Plot:
animal rights, dog, animal rescue, working undercover, animal cruelty, animal lover, uncover truth, animal human communication, animal, undercover agent, compassion, activism ...
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