Movies like Eight Below
If Eight Below's mix of expedition, pilot and survival stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Eight Below's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Togo
2019 · Directed by Ericson Core · 113 min8.1
Why you'll like itShares: sled dogs, pets · Also adventure and drama
The untold true story set in the winter of 1925 that takes you across the treacherous terrain of the Alaskan tundra for an exhilarating and uplifting adventure that will test the strength, courage and determination of…
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The Call of the Wild
2020 · Directed by Chris Sanders · 100 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: sled dogs, pets · Also adventure and family
Buck is a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life is turned upside down when he is suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of the Yukon during the Gold Rush of the 1890s.
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Alpha
2018 · Directed by Albert Hughes · 97 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: survival, pets · Also adventure and drama
In the prehistoric past, Keda, a young and inexperienced hunter, struggles to return home after being separated from his tribe when bison hunting goes awry. On his way back he will find an unexpected ally.
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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.
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A Dog's Purpose
2017 · Directed by Lasse Hallström · 100 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: 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.
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Life of Pi
2012 · Directed by Ang Lee · 127 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: survival · 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.
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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.
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Balto
1995 · Directed by Simon Wells · 78 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: pets · Also adventure and drama
An outcast half-wolf risks his life to prevent a deadly epidemic from ravaging Nome, Alaska.
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The Fox and the Hound
1981 · Directed by Richard Rich · 82 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: pets · Also adventure and drama
When a feisty little fox named Tod is adopted into a farm family, he quickly becomes friends with a fun and adorable hound puppy named Copper.
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Max
2015 · Directed by Boaz Yakin · 111 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: 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.
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The Black Stallion
1979 · Directed by Carroll Ballard · 118 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: survival · Also family and adventure
While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion that is brought on board and stabled in the ship he is sailing on.
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Iron Will
1994 · Directed by Charles Haid · 108 min6.7
Why you'll like itWith August Schellenberg · Also adventure and family
When Will Stoneman's father dies, he is left alone to take care of his mother and their land. Needing money to maintain it, he decides to join a cross country dogsled race.