List of animal films

This list of animal films contains several different lists of animal movies, such as by name, or decade released. Films can also be found by category (, , , etc.).

Alphabetical list

*"101 Dalmatians" (animated)
*"102 Dalmatians"
*"A Boy and His Dog"
*"A Boy and His Dog (1946 film)"
*"A Bug's Life" (animated)
*"A Dog of Flanders"
*"A Tiger Walks"
*"All Dogs Go to Heaven" (animated)
*"All Dogs Go to Heaven 2" (animated)
*"Air Bud"
*""
*""
*"Air Bud Spikes Back"
*""
*"Alvin and the Chipmunks (film)"
*"An American Tail" (animated)
*"" (animated)
*"" (animated)
*"Andre"
*"Antz"
*"Arachnophobia"
*"Arctic Tale"
*"The Aristocats"
*"Babe"
*""
*"Balto" (animated)
*"" (animated)
*"" (animated)
*"Bambi" (animated)
*"Bambi 2" (animated)
*"Barnyard (film)"
*"Because of Winn-Dixie (film)"
*The Beethoven film series
*"Benji" (1974)
*"Benji the Hunted"
*"Beverly Hills Chihuahua"
*"Big Fish"
*"Big Red (film)"
*"Bingo (film)"
*"Black Beauty"
*"The Black Stallion"
*"The Black Stallion Returns"
*"Bolt (film)"
*"Born Free"
*"Born to be Wild"
*"Brother Bear" (animated)
*"Brother Bear 2" (animated)
*"Cat People" (1942)
*"Cat People" (1982)
*"Cats and Dogs"
*"Cats Don't Dance"
*"Cat's Eye"
*"Charlotte's Web" (1973) (animated)
*"Charlotte's Web" (2006)
*"" (animated)
*"Cheetah"
*"Chicken Little" (animated)
*"Chicken Run" (animated)
*"Curious George (film)"
*"Deep Blue Sea"
*"Dinosaur" (animated)
*"Doogal"
*"D-War"
*"Dr. Dolittle"
*"Dr. Dolittle 2"
*"Dr. Dolittle 3"
*"Dr. Dolittle 4"

*"Duma"
*"Dumbo" (animated)
*"Dunston Checks In"
*"Ed"
*"Eight Below"
*"The Emperor's New Groove" (animated)
*"Eragon (film)"
*"Finding Nemo" (animated)
*"Firehouse Dog"
*"Flicka"
*"Flipper"
*"Flushed Away" (animated)
*"Fly Away Home"
*"Fox and the Hound" (animated)
*"Fox and the Hound 2" (animated)
*"Francis"
*"Free Willy"
*"Free Willy 2"
*"Free Willy 3"
*"Fritz the Cat" (animated)
*"Garfield"
*""
*"G-Force (film)"
*"The Ghost and the Darkness"
*"Godzilla 2000"
*"Good Boy!s"
*"Gordy"
*"The Great Mouse Detective"
*"Happy Feet" (animated)
*"Harry and Tonto"
*"Hidalgo"
*"Home on the Range (film)"
*"Homeward Bound"
*"Homeward Bound 2"
*"Hoot (film)"
*"Hounded"
*"Ice Age" (animated)
*"" (animated)
*"The Incredible Journey"
*"The Incredible Mr. Limpet"
*"Iron Will"
*"Jaws"
*"Jaws 2"
*"Jaws 3-D"
*""
*"The Jungle Book" (annimated)
*"The Jungle Book 2" (animated)
*"Jurassic Park (film)"
*"Jurassic Park 2"
*"Jurassic Park 3"
*"King Kong"
*"Kung Fu Panda"
*"Lady and the Tramp" (animated)
*"" (animated)
*"The Land Before Time" (animated)
*"" (animated)
*"" (animated)
*"" (animated)
*"" (animated)
*"" (animated)
*"" (animated)
*"" (animated)
*"" (animated)
*"" (animated)
*"" (animated)
*"" (animated)
*"Lassie"
*"Lassie Come Home"
*"Napoleon and Samantha"
*"National Velvet"
*"Ma-Mha"
*"The Magic of Lassie"
*"March of the Penguins"
*"Madagascar" (animated)
*"Madagascar 2"
*"Mighty Joe Young" (1949)
*"Mighty Joe Young" (1988)
*"Miracle of the White Stallions"
*"Moby Dick"
*"My Dog Skip"
*"My Neighbor Totoro" (animated)
*"Napoleon (1995 film)"
*"Never Cry Wolf"
*"Newt (film)"
*"The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat" (animated)
*"Old Yeller"
*"Oliver & Company"
*"Open Season (film)" (animated)
*"Open Season 2" (animated)
*"Operation Dumbo Drop"
*"Over the Hedge" (animated)
*"Perri (film)"
*"Pete's Dragon"
*"Paulie"
*"Plague Dogs"
*""
*"Racing Stripes"
*"Rascal (film)"
*"Ratatouille"
*"The Rescuers" (animated)
*"The Rescuers Down Under" (animated)
*"Roadside Romeo"
*"Salty"
*"Saving Shiloh"
*"Scooby-Doo"
*""
*"Seabiscuit"
*"The Secret of NIMH"
*"The Shaggy D.A."
*"The Shaggy Dog (1959 film)"
*"The Shaggy Dog (2006 film)"
*"Shark Tale" (animated)
*"Shiloh"
*"Shiloh 2"
*"Son of Lassie"
*"Snakes on a Plane"
*"Snakes on a Train"
*"Snow Dogs"
*"Sounder"
*"Space Chimps"
*"" (animated)
*"Stuart Little"
*"Stuart Little 2"
*"Stuart Little 3" (animated)
*"Summer of the Monkeys" (film)
*"Surf's Up (film)" (animated)
*"Tarzan"
*"Teacher's Pet (2004 film)"
*"That Darn Cat"
*"The Ugly Dachshund"
*"The African Lion"
*"The Ant Bully (film)" (animated)
*"The Bee Movie" (animated)
*"The Biscuit Eater"
*"The Cat Returns" (animated)
*"The Country Bears"
*"The Plague Dogs" (animated)
*"The Three Lives of Thomasina"
*"The Legend of Lobo"
*"The Lion King" (animated)
*"" (animated)
*"The Lion King 1 1/2" (animated)
*"The Little Mermaid"
*""
*"The Million Dollar Duck"
*"The Reluctant Dragon (film)"
*"The Rescuers" (animated)
*"The Water Horse"
*"The Wild"
*"TMNT (film)" (animated)
*"Turner & Hooch"
*"Underdog (film)"
*"Watership Down" (animated)
*"Whale Rider"
*"White Fang"
*"White Fang 2"
*"White Wilderness"
*"Willard" (1971)
*"Willard" (2003)
*"Winged Migration"
*"The Yearling"
*"You Lucky Dog"
*"Young Black Stallion"
*"The Adventures of Milo and Otis"
*"Zeus and Roxanne"

Top grossing dog movies of all time

# "101 Dalmatians" (1996) - $136,189,294
# "Cats & Dogs" (2001) - $93,385,515
# "Eight Below" (2006) - $81,612,565
# "Snow Dogs" (2002) -$81,172,560
# "Turner & Hooch" (1989) - $71,079,915
# "102 Dalmatians" (2000) - $66,957,026
# "The Shaggy Dog" (2006) - $61,123,569
# "Beethoven" (1992) - $57,114,049
# "Beethoven's 2nd" (1993) - $53,443,066
# "K-9" (1989) - $43,247,647
# "Underdog" (2007) - $42,937,703
# "" (1993) - $41,833,324
# "Benji" (1974) - $39,552,000
# "Good Boy!" (2003) - $37,667,746
# "White Fang" (1991) - $34,793,160
# "My Dog Skip" (2000) - $34,134,641
# "See Spot Run" (2001) - $33,357,476
# "" (1996) - $32,772,492
# "Because of Winn-Dixie" (2005) - $32,647,042
# "Air Bud" (1997) - $23,144,499
# "Benji the Hunted" (1987) - $22,257,624
# "Cujo" (1983) - $21,156,152
# "Iron Will" (1994) -$21,006,361
# "Best in Show" (2000) - $18,715,392
# "For the Love of Benji" (1977) - $17,732,000

Top Grossing animal movies (other than dog) of all time

# "King Kong" (2005) (Gorilla) - $218,051,260
# "Free Willy" (1993) (killer whale) - $77,698,625
# "March of the Penguins" (2005) (penguin) - $77,437,223
# "The Black Stallion" (1979) (horse) - $37,799,643
# "" (2005) (horse) - $32,751,093
# "The Bear" (1989) (bear) - $31,753,898
# "" (1995) (killer whale) - $30,077,111
# "Fly Away Home" (1996) (geese) - $25,143,818
# "Operation Dumbo Drop" (1995) (elephant) - $24,670,346
# "Flicka" (2006) (horse) - $21,000,147
# "Flipper" (1996) (dolphin) - $20,080,020
# "Two Brothers" (2004) (tiger) - $19,176,754
# "That Darn Cat" (1997) (cat) - $18,301,610
# "Monkey Trouble" (1994) (monkey) - $16,453,258
# "The Black Stallion Returns" (1983) (horse) - $12,049,108
# "Buddy" (1997) (gorilla) - $10,113,400

Chronological Listing of animal movies

1930s through 1950s

*"King Kong" (1933) (Gorilla) (Fay Wray)
*"The Adventures of Rex and Rinty" (Dogs) (1935)
*"Dumbo" (1941) (Elephant / Circus Animals)
*"Bambi" (1942) (Fawn / Forest Animals)
*"Jungle Book" (1942) (various animals) (Sabu)
*"Lassie Come Home" (1943) (Dog-Collie) (Roddy McDowall)
*"My Friend Flicka" (1943) (Horse) (Roddy McDowall)
*"National Velvet" (1944) (Horse) (Elizabeth Taylor)
*"Adventures of Rusty" (1945)
*"Son of Lassie" (1945) (Peter Lawford)
*"Courage of Lassie" (1946) (Elizabeth Taylor)
*"The Yearling" (1946) (Deer) (Gregory Peck)
*"The Adventures of Rin Tin-Tin" (1947) (Dog-German Shepherd) (Robert Blake)
*"Francis" (1949) (Mule) (Donald O'Connor)
*"Mighty Joe Young" (1949) (Gorilla) (Robert Armstrong)
*"The Red Pony" (1949) (Pony) (Peter Miles)
*"Bedtime for Bonzo" (1951) (Chimp) (Ronald Reagan)
*"Animal Farm" (1954) (Napoleon the Pig / Barnyard animals)
*"It's a Dog's Life" (1955) (Dog-Bull Terrier) (Dean Jagger)
*"Lady and the Tramp" (1955) (Dogs - Mut and Cocker Spaniel)
*"Moby Dick" (1956) (Albino Sperm Whale) (Gregory Peck)
*"Old Yeller" (1957) (Dog-Labrodor) (Tommy Kirk)
*"The Shaggy Dog" (1959) (Dog English Sheep Dog) (Fred MacMurray)

1960s

*"101 Dalmatians" (1961) (Dalmatians)
*"Lad, A Dog" (1962) (Dog-Collie) (Angela Cartwright)
*"Sammy the Way Out Seal" (1962) (Seal) (Billy Mummy)
*"The Birds" (1963) (Birds) (Tippi Hedren)
*"Flipper" (1963) (Bottlenose Dolphin) (Luke Halpin)
*"The Incredible Journey" (1963) (Cat and 2 Dogs)
*"The Incredible Mr. Limpet" (1964) (Don Knotts)
*"The Three Lives of Thomasina" (1964) (Patrick McGoohan)
*"That Darn Cat" (1965) (Cat-Siamese) (Hayley Mills)
*"Zebra in the Kitchen" (1965) (various animals) (Jay North)
*"Born Free" (1966) (Elsa the Lion) (Virginia McKenna))
*"Doctor Dolittle" (1967) (various animals) (Rex Harrison)
*"The Jungle Book" (1967) (Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot)
*"Ring of Bright Water" (1969) (Otter) (Virginia McKenna)

1970s

*"The Aristocats" (1970) (Cats) (Phil Harris, Eva Gabor)
*"Black Beauty" (1971) (Horse) (Mark Lester)
*"Willard" (1971) (Rat) (Ernest Borgnine)
*"Fritz the Cat" (1972) (Skip Hinnant)
*"Ben" (1972) (Rat) (Joseph Campanella)
*"The Doberman Gang" (1972) (Dogs-Dobermans) (Hal Reed)
*"Living Free" (1972) (Elsa the Lion) (Susan Hampshire)
*"Napoleon and Samantha" (1972) (Lion) (Johnny Whitaker)
*"Salty" (1972) (Sea Lion) (Clint Howard)
*"Sounder" (1972) (Dog) (Paul Winfield)
*"The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat" (1972) (Skip Hinnant)
*"Harry and Tonto" (1974) (Cat) (Art Carney)
*"Benji" (1974) (Dog-Mut) (Edgar Buhcanan)
*"Harry and Tonto" (1974) (Cat) (Art Carney)
*"A Boy and His Dog" (1975) (Dog) (Don Johnson)
*"Jaws" (1975) (Shark-Great White) (Roy Scheider)
*"The Amazing Dobermans" (1976) (Dogs Doberman) (Fred Astaire)
*"Gus" (1976) (Mule) (Don Knotts)
*"King Kong" (1976) (Gorilla) (Jessica Lange)
*"The Shaggy D.A." (1976) (Dog Sheep Dog) (Dean Jones, Suzanne Pleshette)
*"For the Love of Benji" (1977)
*"Orca, the Killer Whale" (1977) (Killer Whale) (Richard Harris)
*"The Rescuers" (1977) (Eva Gabor, Bob Newhart)
*"The Cat from Outer Space" (1978) (Cat) (Ken Berry)
*"International Velvet" (1978) (Horse) (Tatum O'Neal)
*"Run for the Roses" (1978) (Race Horse) (Vera Miles)
*"Watership Down" (1978) (Rabbits) (John Hurt)
*"The Black Stallion" (1979) (Horse) (Mickey Rooney)
*"C.H.O.M.P.S." (1979) (Dog-Robot) (Valerie Bertinelli)

1980s

*"Oh Heavenly Dog" (1980) (Benji the Dog) (Chevy Chase)
*"The Plague Dogs" (1982) (John Hurt) (animated)
*"The Secret of NIMH" (1982)
*"White Dog" (1982)
*"Cujo" (1983) (Dog-St. Bernard) (Dee Wallace)
*"Never Cry Wolf " (1983) (Wolves) (Charles Martin Smith)
*"Phar Lap" (1983) (Race Horse) (Martin Vaughan)
*"Legend of the White Horse" (1985) (Horse) (Christopher Lloyd)
*"Benji the Hunted" (1987)
*"Harry and the Hendersons" (1987) (Bigfoot) (John Lithgow)
*"Project X" (1987) (Chimpanzee) (Matthew Broderick)
*"Gorillas in the Mist" (1988) (Silverback Gorillas) (Sigourney Weaver)
*"Oliver & Company" (1988) (Cat) (Joey Lawrence)
*"Watchers" (1988)
*"The Adventures of Milo and Otis" - (1989) (Cat & Dog) (Nar. Dudley Moore)
*"All Dogs Go to Heaven" (1989)
*"The Bear" (1989) (Bart the Bear) (Dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud/no actors)
*"K-9" (1989) (German Shepherd) (Jim Belushi)
*"Turner & Hooch" (1989) (Dog-Mastif) (Tom Hanks)

1990s

* "Arachnophobia" (1990) (Spiders) (John Goodman, Jeff Daniels)
* "Baxter" (1991)
* "Bingo" (1991)
* "White Fang" (1991) (Dog-Husky/Wolf) (Ethan Hawke)
* "Beethoven" (1992) (Dog-St. Bernard) (Charles Grodin)
* "Beethoven's 2nd" (1993)
* "" (1993) (Cat, Golden Retriever, Bull Dog)
* "Free Willy" (1993) (Killer Whale) (Jason James Richter)
* "Man's Best Friend" (1993)
* "Andre" (1994) (Seal) (Tina Majorino)
* "Iron Will" (1994)
* "Lassie" (1994)
* "The Lion King" (1994) (Lions)
* "Monkey Trouble" (1994) (Capuchin Monkey) (Thora Birch)
* "" (1994)
* "The Amazing Panda Adventure" (1995) (Panda) (Stephen Land)
* "Babe" (1995) (Pig) (James Cromwell)
* "Balto" (1995)
* "Congo" (1995) (Gorillas) (Tim Curry)
* "" (1995)
* "Fluke" (1995) (Dog-Irish Setter) (Matthew Modine)
* "Johnny & Clyde" (1995) (Dog) (John White)
* "Jumanji" (1995) (various animals) (Robin Williams)
* "Operation Dumbo Drop" (1995) (Elephant) (Danny Glover)
* "Top Dog" (1995) (German Shepherd) (Chuck Norris)
* "101 Dalmatians" (1996) (Dalmatians) (Glenn Close)
* "All Dogs Go to Heaven 2" (1996)
* "Dunston Checks In" (1996) (Sam the Orangutan) (Jason Alexander)
* "Ed" (1996) (chimpanzee) (Matt LeBlanc)
* "Flipper" (1996) (Bottlenose Dolphin) (Elijah Wood)
* "Fly Away Home" (1996) (Geese) (Jeff Daniels)
* "The Ghost and the Darkness" (1996) (Lions) (Val Kilmer)
* "" (1996)
* "Larger than Life" (1996) (Elephant) (Bill Murray)
* "Shiloh" (1996) (Dog Beagle) (Michael Moriarty, Rod Steiger)
* "Air Bud" (1997)
* "Buddy" (1997) (Gorilla) (Rene Russo)
* "Call of the Wild, Dog of the Yukon" (1997) (Dog-Husky) (Rutger Hauer)
* "Joey" (1997) (Kangaroo) (Ed Begley Jr.)
* "Salt Water Moose" (1997) (Moose) (Johnny Morina)
* "That Darn Cat" (1997) (Cat-Siamese) (Christina Ricci)
* "Zeus and Roxanne" (1997) (Dog, Dolphin) (Steve Guttenberg)
* "" (1998) (Dog-Golden Retriever) (Kevin Zegers)
* "" (1998) (Pig) (James Cromwell)
* "Dr. Dolittle" (1998) (various animals) (Eddie Murphy)
* "" (1998) (Lions)
* "Mighty Joe Young" (1998) (Gorilla) (Bill Paxton)
* "My Magic Dog" (1998) (Dog) (Bryan Mendez)
* "Paulie" (1998) (Parrot) (Hallie Kate Eisenberg)
* "" (1998) (Dog-Jack Russell) (Angee Hughes)
* "Animal Farm" (1999)
* "A Dog of Flanders" (1999) (Dog) (Jesse James)
* "" (1999)
* "Stuart Little" (1999) (Mouse)

2000s

*"102 Dalmatians" (2000)
*"" (2000)
*"Best In Show" (2000) (Dogs) (Eugene Levy)
*"Chicken Run" (2000) (Chickens)
*"My Dog Skip" (2000) (Dog-Jack Russell) (Frankie Muniz)
*"Running Free" (2000) (Horse) (Chase Moore)
*"Cats & Dogs" (2001) (Cat-Persian, Dog-Beagle) (Jeff Goldblum)
*"See Spot Run" (2001)
*"" (2002)
*"Ice Age" (2002) (Ray Romano, John Leguizamo)
*"Scooby Doo" (2002) (Matthew Lillard, Sarah Michelle Gellar)
*"Snow Dogs" (2002) (Huskies) (Cuba Gooding Jr.)
*"" (2002) (Matt Damon)
*"Whale Rider" (2002) (Whales) (Keisha Castle-Hughes)
*"Finding Nemo" (2003) (Clown Fish)
*"Good Boy!" (2003) (Dogs) (Molly Shannon)
*"Seabiscuit" (2003) (Race Horse) (Tobey Maguire)
*"Willard" (2003) (Rats) (Crispin Glover)
*"Benji Off the Leash" (2004)
*"Garfield" (2004) (Breckin Meyer, Jennifer Love Hewitt)
*"Hidalgo" (2004) (Viggo Mortensen)
*"" (2004) (Freddie Prinze, Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar)
*"Shark Tale" (2004) (Shark) (Will Smith) (animated)
*"Two Brothers" (2004) (Tigers)
*"Bailey's Billions" (2005)
*"Because of Winn-Dixie" (2005)
*"King Kong" (Naomi Watts, Jack Black)
*"Madagascar" (2005) (Ben Stiller) (animated)
*"March of the Penguins" (2005 Documentary) (Emperor Penguins) (Nar. Morgan Freeman)
*"Racing Stripes" (2005) (Zebra, farm animals) (Hayden Panettiere)
*"Lassie"
*"Eight Below" (2006) (Dogs)
*"Happy Feet" (2006) (Penguins) (Elijah Wood, Robin Williams)
*"Over the Hedge" (2006) (Bruce Willis, Gary Shandling)
*"The Shaggy Dog" (2006)
*"Snakes on a Plane" (2006)
*"Firehouse Dog" (2007)
*"Underdog" (2007)
*"Kung fu panda