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Movies that feel like Red Dog (2011)

If you loved Red Dog, the closest films we have are Paper Planes (2014), Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) and Princess Protection Program (2009). All three share Red Dog's contemplative and witty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Starz Apple TV channel, Disney Plus and Hulu and others, checked against today's data.

The legendary true story of the Red Dog who united a disparate local community while roaming the Australian outback in search of his long lost master.

πŸ… 84% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.3 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Kriv Stenderscontemplativewittyplayfulwarmcozymelancholy

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If Red Dog hit the spot, these will too

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Paper Planes
2014 Β· dir. Robert Connolly
πŸ… 85%β˜… 6.2comedy Β· family Β· drama

Both land stillness and wit at once

The difference: Missing the melancholy of Red Dog

Dylan discovers he has a talent for making paper planes. He has a chance to compete in a world championship, but he'll have to face bullies and self-doubt to do so.

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Mrs. Doubtfire
1993 Β· dir. Chris Columbus
πŸ… 71%β˜… 7.1comedy Β· drama Β· family

The same mix in both: play, then warmth

Loving but irresponsible dad Daniel Hillard, estranged from his exasperated spouse, is crushed by a court order allowing only weekly visits with his kids. When Daniel learns his ex needs a housekeeper, he gets the job -- disguised as a British nanny. Soon he becomes not only his children's best pal but the kind of parent he should have been from the start.

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Princess Protection Program
2009 Β· dir. Allison Liddi-Brown
πŸ… 60%β˜… 5.7family Β· tv movie Β· comedy

Both trade on comfort more than on being drama

The difference: Leans tv movie where Red Dog does not

When her nation is invaded, a young princess is taken into the Princess Protection Program. She is relocated to Louisiana, where she stays with a covert agent and his tomboyish daughter, and must learn how to behave like an ordinary teenager.

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Elling
2001 · dir. Petter Næss
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.5comedy Β· drama

Melancholy comedy in both cases

40-year-old Elling, sensitive, would-be poet, is sent to live in a state institution when his mother, who has sheltered him his entire life, dies. There he meets Kjell Bjarne, a gentle giant and female-obsessed virgin, also in his 40s.

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Geek Charming
2011 Β· dir. Jeffrey Hornaday
β˜… 6.3comedy Β· drama Β· family

Family built on stillness, twice over

Film geek Josh is looking for the subject of his new documentary when a chance meeting puts the perfect star in his sightsβ€”Dylan, his school's most popular junior. But Dylan's hopes of using the film to become Blossom Queen don't quite match with Josh's goal to make a hard-hitting exposΓ© about popularity. Will Josh shoot the film as planned, or show Dylan as the truly interesting person she is?

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Lady Bird
2017 Β· dir. Greta Gerwig
πŸ… 99%β˜… 7.4drama Β· comedy

Witty drama, and it commits to that

Lady Bird McPherson, a strong willed, deeply opinionated, artistic 17 year old comes of age in Sacramento. Her relationship with her mother and her upbringing are questioned and tested as she plans to head off to college.

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Babe
1995 Β· dir. Chris Noonan
πŸ… 98%β˜… 6.9fantasy Β· drama Β· comedy

Both built around dog

Babe is a little pig who doesn't quite know his place in the world. With a bunch of odd friends, like Ferdinand the duck who thinks he is a rooster and Fly the dog he calls mum, Babe realises that he has the makings to become the greatest sheep pig of all time, and Farmer Hoggett knows it. With the help of the sheep dogs, Babe learns that a pig can be anything that he wants to be.

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The Intouchables
2011 Β· dir. Olivier Nakache
πŸ… 75%β˜… 8.5drama Β· comedy

Both keep circling back to a true story

A true story of two men who should never have met – a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects.

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50/50
2011 Β· dir. Jonathan Levine
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.6comedy Β· drama

Comedy with a pulse of play, in both cases

Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.

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The Bucket List
2007 Β· dir. Rob Reiner
πŸ… 40%β˜… 7.3drama Β· comedy

Family built on warmth, twice over

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers are worlds apart. At a crossroads in their lives, they share a hospital room and discover they have two things in common: a desire to spend the time they have left doing everything they ever wanted to do and an unrealized need to come to terms with who they are. Together they embark on the road trip of a lifetime, becoming friends along the way and learning to live life to the fullest, with insight and humor.

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The Terminal
2004 Β· dir. Steven Spielberg
πŸ… 61%β˜… 7.4comedy Β· drama

Drama built on stillness, twice over

An Eastern European tourist unexpectedly finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there.

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Captain Fantastic
2016 Β· dir. Matt Ross
πŸ… 82%β˜… 7.8drama Β· comedy

Comedy with a pulse of melancholy, in both cases

Deep in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, beginning a journey that challenges his idea of what it means to be a parent.

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