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10 Best Movies Like My Dog Rusty

If you loved My Dog Rusty, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Flicka

Flicka

2006★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Dog Rusty for fans of Family & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Katy McLaughlin desires to work on her family's mountainside horse ranch, although her father insists she finish boarding school. Katy finds a mustang in the hills near her ranch. ...

#2
Dog Gone

Dog Gone

2023★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Dog Rusty for fans of Family & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When his beloved dog goes missing, a young man embarks on an incredible search with his parents to find him and give him life-saving medication....

#3
The Stray

The Stray

2017★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Dog Rusty for fans of Family & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A young father takes his nine year old son, the family dog, and two of his son's friends backpacking in the mountains of Colorado only for all five of them to be struck by lightnin...

#4
Beethoven

Beethoven

1992★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Dog Rusty for fans of Family. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

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...

#5
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2

Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2

2011★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Dog Rusty for fans of Family. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Puppy mayhem turns the lives of newlywed Chihuahua parents Papi and Chloe upside down when their rambunctious, mischievous puppies present one challenge after another. But when the...

#6
Because of Winn-Dixie

Because of Winn-Dixie

2005★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Dog Rusty for fans of Family & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A girl, abandoned by her mother when she was three, moves to a small town in Florida with her father. There, she adopts an orphaned dog she names Winn-Dixie. The bond between the g...

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