Here are 10 of the most touching films about dogs and will definitely make you not hold tears before the this wonderful dog.
1. A Tale Of Mari and Three Puppies (2007)
2. Hachi: A Dog’s Tale (2009)
3. Heart is…(2006) – Ma-eum-i…
4. To Dance with the White Dog (1993)
This is the touching story of an elderly widower trying to work through his grief. When Sam Peek's beloved wife, Cora, dies, a white dog suddenly materializes as his new companion and confidant. Sam takes the dog on a nostalgic journey which dramatizes the fulfillment he shared with his departed wife.
5. 10 Promises to My Dog (2008) – Inu to Watashi no 10 no Yakusoku
A teenage girl adopts a homeless puppy and names it "Socks". They take care of each others since then, until one day when she is thinking Socks to be smaller than she thought it used be...
6. Eight Below (2006)
Brutal cold forces two Antarctic explorers to leave their team of sled dogs behind as they fend for their survival.
7. Lassie (2005)
A family in financial crisis is forced to sell Lassie, their beloved dog. Hundreds of miles away from her true family, Lassie escapes and sets out on a journey home.
8. Quill (2004) – The Life of a Guide Dog
As a Labrador puppy, Quill is sent to live with a couple, Isamu and Mitsuko Nii, who work as volunteers, training guide dogs (seeing eye dogs). When he grows to an adult dog, he is taken to a guide dog school, by a friendly, yet firm trainer Satoru Tawada. Although Quill is a little slower than the other dogs at the school, he seems to have an unusual 'empathy' and remarkable patience with his trainers. Tawade decides that Quill would be the ideal guide dog for Mitsuru Watanabe, but Wanatabe, a lonely and ill-tempered middle aged man, isn't as enthusiastic - he would "would rather sleep than be dragged around by a dog.". From here, the story is narrated by Wanatabe's daughter, Mitsuko, and slowly, Wantanbe is rehabilitated, venturing into the outside world, and learning, not only to trust other humans, but the animal at his side who guides him.
9. Wasao (2011)
10. Snow Prince (2009) – Kinjirareta Koi no Melody
1. A Tale Of Mari and Three Puppies (2007)
2. Hachi: A Dog’s Tale (2009)
A drama based on the true story of a college professor's bond with the abandoned dog he takes into his home.
3. Heart is…(2006) – Ma-eum-i…
4. To Dance with the White Dog (1993)
5. 10 Promises to My Dog (2008) – Inu to Watashi no 10 no Yakusoku
A teenage girl adopts a homeless puppy and names it "Socks". They take care of each others since then, until one day when she is thinking Socks to be smaller than she thought it used be...
6. Eight Below (2006)
7. Lassie (2005)
8. Quill (2004) – The Life of a Guide Dog
9. Wasao (2011)
