boy gets a dog for his birthday

2008 7.2
A newly married couple, in the process of starting a family, learn many of life's important lessons from their trouble-loving retriever, Marley. Packed with plenty of laughs to lighten the load, the film explores the highs and lows of marriage, maturity and confronting one's own mortality, as seen through the lens of family life with a dog.

1957 6.9
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. When a yellow mongrel comes for an uninvited stay with the family, Travis reluctantly adopts the dog.
2010
Lane Hick is a young, bright Hollywood assistant who works for a sleazy but succesful reality show producer. His tasks are usually inane and degrading, but reach absurdity when the boss asks Lane to have his dog euthanized. When Lane finds out the dog isn't sick, he has to struggle with the moral dilemma of killing an innocent animal to advance his career in Hollywood.

Lassie is the pet of Jeff Miller, an 11-year-old farm boy. The two become best friends and enjoy family adventures in the American countryside, teaching each other about love, nature and commitment.

A remake of the original Lassie series about a boy and his faithful dog.

1986 6.5
When Milo the cat and Otis the dog are separated, they each set off on an adventurous and often perilous quest across mountains, plains, and snow-covered lands to reunite with one another.

2009 8.0
A drama based on the true story of a college professor's bond with the abandoned dog he takes into his home.
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