Movies like Duma
If Duma's mix of rescue, adolescence and loss of loved one stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Duma's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
- 1
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
2009 · Directed by Lasse Hallström · 93 min8.0
Why you'll like itShares: human animal relationship, pets · Also drama and family · From the same decade (2000s)
Professor Wilson discovers a lost Akita puppy on his way home. Despite objections from his wife, Hachi endears himself to the family and grows to be Parker's loyal companion.
- 2
A Dog's Purpose
2017 · Directed by Lasse Hallström · 100 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: human animal relationship, pets · Also adventure and family
A dog goes on quest to discover his purpose in life over the course of several lifetimes with multiple owners.
- 3
Life of Pi
2012 · Directed by Ang Lee · 127 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: loss of loved one, young boy · Also adventure and drama
The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.
- 4
Max
2015 · Directed by Boaz Yakin · 111 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: rescue, pets · Also adventure and drama
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.
- 5
Bambi II
2006 · Directed by Brian Pimental · 72 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: loss of loved one, bullying · Also drama and family · From the same decade (2000s)
Return to the forest and join Bambi as he reunites with his father, The Great Prince, who must now raise the young fawn on his own. But in the adventure of a lifetime, the proud parent discovers there is much he can…
- 6
A Dog's Journey
2019 · Directed by Gail Mancuso · 109 min8.0
Why you'll like itShares: pets · Also family and adventure
A dog finds the meaning of his own existence through the lives of the humans he meets.
- 7
A Dog's Way Home
2019 · Directed by Charles Martin Smith · 96 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: pets · Also drama and adventure
The adventure of Bella, a dog who embarks on an epic 400-mile journey home after she is separated from her beloved human.
- 8
The Jungle Book
1967 · Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman · 78 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: human animal relationship · Also family and adventure
The boy Mowgli makes his way to the man-village with Bagheera, the wise panther. Along the way he meets jazzy King Louie, the hypnotic snake Kaa and the lovable, happy-go-lucky bear Baloo, who teaches Mowgli "The Bare…
- 9
Two Brothers
2004 · Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud · 109 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: loss of loved one · Also adventure and drama · From the same decade (2000s)
Two tigers are separated as cubs and taken into captivity, only to be reunited years later as enemies by an explorer (Pearce) who inadvertently forces them to fight each other.
- 10
Fluke
1995 · Directed by Carlo Carlei · 96 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: pets · Also drama and adventure
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 who caused his accident.
- 11
Eight Below
2006 · Directed by Frank Marshall · 120 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: pets · Also adventure and drama · From the same decade (2000s)
In the Antarctic, after an expedition with Dr. Davis McClaren, the sled dog trainer Jerry Shepherd has to leave the polar base with his colleagues due to the proximity of a heavy snow storm.
- 12
Old Yeller
1957 · Directed by Robert Stevenson · 84 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: pets · Also adventure and drama
Young Travis Coates is left to take care of the family ranch with his mother and younger brother while his father goes off on a cattle drive in the 1860s.