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10 Best Movies Like Save the Dog!

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

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#1
A Dog's Way Home

A Dog's Way Home

2019★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Save the Dog! for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The adventure of Bella, a dog who embarks on an epic 400-mile journey home after she is separated from her beloved human....

#2
Max

Max

2015★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Save the Dog! for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A dog that helped soldiers in Afghanistan returns to the U.S. and is adopted by his handler's family after suffering a traumatic experience....

#3
All Dogs Go to Heaven

All Dogs Go to Heaven

1989★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Save the Dog! for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When a casino-owning dog named Charlie is murdered by his rival Carface, he finds himself in Heaven. Wanting to get back at his killer, he cons his way back to the living with the ...

#4
Fluke

Fluke

1995★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Save the Dog! for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Workaholic Thomas Johnson dies in an auto accident and reincarnates as a dog. Remembering some of his previous being, he returns to his wife and son to protect them from the man wh...

#5
A Dog Year

A Dog Year

2009★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Save the Dog! for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Jon Katz is close to burnout. He's a writer with writer's block; his wife has left for her sister's because he's emotionally distant; he rarely answers his phone. A kennel sends hi...

#6
Wendy and Lucy

Wendy and Lucy

2008★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Save the Dog! for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A near-penniless drifter's journey to Alaska in search of work is interrupted when she loses her dog while attempting to shoplift food for it....

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