Famous Dogs in Movies Famous 2010-2015Sorted by Earliest Year |
 Pilot Mr. Rochester's dog in the TV series (British) Jane Eyre; about a young governess who falls in love with her brooding and complex master; based upon the book by Charlotte Bronte. In the book the dog is a Newfoundland; in other films other kinds of dogs. BREED: Landseer Newfoundland (Irish Wolfhound in some portrayals) YEARS: Book: 1847. TV series: 2006. Movies: 1914-2011. |
 Sandy (1982 movie  ) Annie's dog in comics Little Orphan Annie on radio, in the Broadway musical Annie, and in the movies (1982, 1999 and 2014); created by Harold Gray. BREED: Airedale mix YEARS: Radio: 1925-1942. Comics: 1925- 2010. Broadway stage: 1977-1983. Movies: 1982, 1999, 2014. |
 Daisy (Movie ) The family dog in the comic strip and the movie Blondie; about the Bumsteads, Dagwood and Blondie and their two children; created by Chic Young. BREED: Generic YEARS: Comic strip: 1930- now. Movies: 1938-1950. |
 Devil (Movie ) The Phantom's dog in the comic strip and the movie serial The Phantom; about a masked crimefighter based upon the comics; created by Lee Falk. In the series the dog is played by Ace the Wonder Dog. BREED: German Shepherd YEARS: Comics: 1936- now. Movie serial: 1943. |
 Jennie (Book ) In the movie and the book Higglety Pigglety Pop!; about a dog who is not content with having everything but must go out in the world to find something she doesn't have; starring Meryl Streep and Forest Whitaker. The book was written by Maurice Sendak. BREED: Sealyham Terrier YEARS: Movie: 2010. Book: 1967. |
 Scooby-Doo (Another ) (Formerly called Too Much)Lifelong companion of Shaggy Rogers in the animated TV series Scooby-Doo Where Are You; about a big dog and several teenage humans; a Hanna Barbera production, originally created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears. BREED: Great Dane YEARS: TV series: 1969-1991, 2001- now. Live-action movie:2002, 2004. Animated movie: 2020. |
 Red Dog (Originally named Tally Ho) The dog who unites the people of Dampier, Western Australia, in the movie Red Dog; based on the book Red Dog written by Louis de Bernières which was based upon a real life dog called Red Dog. BREED: Kelpie-Cattle Dog mix YEARS: Dog: 1971-1979. Book: 1993. Movie: 2011. |
 Sparky (2012 movie ) Victor's dog in the movie and animated movie remake Frankenweenie; about a boy who creates a machines that revives his dead dog. The 2012 was a remake of the earlier movie both directed by Tim Burton. BREED: Bull Terrier YEARS: Movie: 1984, 2012. |
 Fang Hagrid's pet in the books and in the movies Harry Potter; a fantasy series about young children learning to become wizards; written by the British author J. K. Rowling. BREED: Neapolitan Mastiff YEARS: Book: 1997-2007. Movies: 2001-2011. |
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 Beck (Movie ) Ryusuke's dog in the Japanese comic books, animated TV series and the movie Beck about a teenage boy and his pursuit of a music career. BREED: Generic YEARS: Comics: 1999-2008. TV series: 2004-2005. Movie: 2010 |
 Petula (Movie ) Molly's cute and lovable pet in the series of children's books Molly Moon; about a young girl who discovers she has many unusual powers; by Georgia Byng. Also as the movie Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism starring Raffey Cassidy. BREED: Pug YEARS: Book: 2002. Movie: 2015. |
 Enzo (Book cover ) Denny's dog in the movie The Art of Racing in the Rain; about a race car driver and his dog who believes in the Mongolian legend that a dog who is prepared will be reincarnated in his next life as a human; based on the book by Garth Stein. BREED: Labrador Retriever Terrier mix YEARS: Book: 2008. Movie: 2019. |
 Dash (TV series ) (See also dog Islay)The queen's dog in the movie and first TV series Young Victoria; based on the early life and reign of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom; starring Emily Blunt. The TV series Victoria starred Jenna Coleman. BREED: King Charles Spaniel YEARS: Movie: 2009. TV series: 2016. |
 Sweetie The family dog in the movie Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days; based on the popular illustrated children's book series Diary of a Wimpy Kid; written by author and cartoonist Jeff Kinney. BREED: Mixed breed YEARS: Book: 2009. Movie: 2012. |
 Arthur Oliver's adopted dog in the movie Beginners; about a young man who has to deal with his elderly father who he finds out has terminal cancer and has a young male lover; starring Ewan McGregor. BREED: Jack Russell Terrier YEARS: Movie: 2010. |
 Bailey In the movie The Adventures of Bailey: The Lost Pup; about a family who moves to a new home and mistakenly leaves their puppy behind. BREED: Golden Retriever YEARS: Movie: 2010, 2017. |
 Bayard The Red Queen's dog in the movie Alice in Wonderland; a fantasy with live-action and animation directed by Tim Burton and based on the 1865 novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. BREED: Bloodhound YEARS: Movie: 2010. |
 Buddy (Book ) (First named Bailey, then Ellie, then Tino, then Waffles, finally Buddy)Ethan's dog in the movie A Dog's Purpose starring Dennis Quaid; about one endearing dog's search for his purpose over the course of several lives; based on the book by W. Bruce Cameron. (In the book, originally the dog was a mixed breed as Toby, then a Golden Retriever as Bailey, then a German Shepard as Ellie, before ending up as Buddy). (See the book sequel A Dog's Journey and movie.) BREED: Golden Retriever and other breeds in the movie YEARS: Book: 2010, 2012. Movie: 2017, 2019. |
 Diggs Police officer Larson's dog in the movie Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore; the war between the canines and felines is put on hold when they join forces to stop a rogue cat spy with plans for conquest. (Also in the movie are Butch, a gruff Anatolian Shepherd; Lou, an adult beagle; and Sam, an Old English Sheepdog.) BREED: German Shepherd YEARS: Movie: 2010. |
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 Lucky Fashion designer Lisa's dog in the movie You Lucky Dog; about a sheep dog who helps rescue children trapped in a forest fire and brings them to safety; starring Natasha Henstridge and Harry Hamlin. BREED: Border Collie YEARS: Movie: 2010. |
 Paws A stuffed animal turned into a real pup for Santa in the movie Search for Santa Paws; about a dog and a group of magical talking dogs who help save St. Nick and show the world what Christmas is really all about. BREED: fluffy puppy YEARS: Movie: 2010. |
 Rainy Jimmy's pet in the movie Cool Dog; about a dog who is left behind when a family moves, then finds his way home in New York City. BREED: German Shepherd YEARS: Movie: 2010. |
 Sonny Ethan's dog in the movie Due Date; about a high-strung father-to-be who is forced to hitch a ride with an aspiring actor and his dog so he can see his child's birth; starring Robert Downey Jr. BREED: French Bulldog YEARS: Movie: 2010. |
 Sonny An adopted dog in the movie The Dogfather; about a dog who swallows a mafia don's ring and his best soldiers try and retrieve it. BREED: Bulldog YEARS: Movie: 2010. |
 Sunny Ethan's dog in the movie Due Date; about two guys on a wild road trip trying to get to a birthing; starring Robert Downey, Jr. and Galifianakis. BREED: French Bulldog YEARS: Movie: 2010. |
 Taz Danny's dog that he chased after into the street, in the movie Rabbit Hole, about a married couple who struggle to deal wth the death of their young son; starring Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart. BREED: Mixed breed YEARS: Movie: 2010. |
 Cooper The family dog in the movie Angel Dog; about a man who loses his wife and children in an accident and learns how to live again with the help of their dog that survived. BREED: Border Collie YEARS: Movie: 2011. |
 Dog Jake's dog in the movie Cowboys and Aliens; about a town in the Arizona territory attacked by aliens in the 19th century; starring Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, and Olivia Wilde. BREED: Border Collie YEARS: Movie: 2011. |
 Dolce Mavis' dog in the movie Young Adult; about a fiction writer who returns to her home in Minnesota looking to rekindle a romance with her ex-boyfriend who is now married with kids; starring Charlize Theron. BREED: Pomeranian YEARS: Movie: 2011. |
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 Elway The Winslow dog in the movie The Smurfs; about tiny blue Smurfs who are chased from their village by the evil wizard Gargamel and end up in New York City; starring Hank Azaria, et. al. BREED: Basset Hound YEARS: Movie: 2011. |
 Jack (Played by Uggie) Valentin's dog in the movie The Artist; about a silent movie star who wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion; starring Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo. BREED: Jack Russell Terrier YEARS: Movie: 2011. |
 Maximilian The policeman's dog in the movie Hugo; about an orphan living in the walls of a train station who seeks to solve a mystery involving his late father and an automaton; starring Asa Butterfield and Ben Kingsley. BREED: Doberman Pinscher YEARS: Movie: 2011. |
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 Skeletor Adam's dog in the movie 50/50; about a young journalist's struggle with a rare cancer; starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen. BREED: Greyhound YEARS: Movie: 2011. |
 Banner The Barnett family dog in the movie for TV More Than Puppy Love; about an serive puppy adopted by a family who find it hard to part with it when the time comes. BREED: Labrador Retriever YEARS: Movie: 2012. |
 Bonny Charlie's dog in the movie Seven Psychopaths; about two guys who steal a gangster's beloved dog; starring Colin Farrell and Woody Harrelson. BREED: Shih Tzu YEARS: Movie: 2012. |
 Chilly The family dog in the movie for TV Chilly Christmas; where the dog is about to be given away when a dog thief breaks into the family home and Chilly saves Christmas BREED: Otterhound (possibly) YEARS: Movie: 2012. |
 Fang Ace's dog in the movie Vampire Dog; about a boy who unwittingly adopts a 600 year old talking vampire dog. BREED: Mixed breed YEARS: Movie: 2012. |
 Freeway Beth's dog in the movie Darling Companion; about a woman who loves her dog more than her husband who proceeds to lose the dog; starring Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline. BREED: Mixed breed YEARS: Movie: 2012. |
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 Jake (Also called Prince) Ben's dog in the movie for TV Puppy Love; about man whose lost dog is found by a woman and her daughter, leading to them sharing him and romance; starring Candace Cameron Bure and Victor Webster. BREED: Mixed breed YEARS: Movie: 2012. |
 Sadie The Perron family dog in the movie The Conjuring; about a family who move into a haunted house. BREED: Border Collie YEARS: Movie: 2013. |
 Scoot Kassie's dog in the movie for TV Scoot & Kassie's Christmas Adventure; about friends and a dog who organize a holiday fundraiser but must protect the cash from crooks. BREED: German Shepherd YEARS: Movie: 2013. |
 Bosco One of Jerry's pets in the movie The Voices; about a cheerful guy who hallucinates that his cat prods him to be a serial killer while his dog insists that he be good. BREED: Mastiff, English YEARS: Movie: 2014. |
 Bugsy Amelia's dog in the movie The Babadock; A mother, plagued by the violent death of her husband, confronts her son's fear of a monster lurking in the house; an Australian-Canadian horror story. BREED: Mixed breed YEARS: Movie: 2014. |
 Daisy John Wick's puppy in the first movie of the series John Wick, about an ex-hitman who comes out of retirement to serve retribution on a Russian crime syndicate; starring Keanu Reeves and dog Andy as the puppy. (In the sequels, there are other dogs, one named Bubba.) BREED: Beagle YEARS: Movie: 2014. Sequels: 2017, 2019, 2022. |
 Dorothy The Carver's dog in the movie 5 Flights Up; about an older couple who tangle with the notion of moving to a new apartment; starring Diane Keaton and Morgan Freeman. BREED: Mixed breed YEARS: Movie: 2014 |
 Hagen Lili's dog in the movie (Hungarian) White God; about a mongrel who organizes a pack of 250 half-breed followers to rise up against human. BREED: Mixed breed YEARS: Movie: 2014. |
 Plugger Anna's companion in the movie A Millions Ways to Die in the West; a rambling comedy in the American West; starring Charlize Theron, Seth MacFarlane, and other name actors. BREED: Border Collie mix YEARS: Movie: 2014. |
 Rocco Bob's adopted dog in the movie The Drop; about a bartender who finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry; starring Tom Hardy and Noomi Rapace. BREED: Pit Bull puppy YEARS: Movie: 2014. |
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 Max Kyle's dog in the movie Max; about a dog whose handler, a U.S. Marine in Afghanistan, is killed, and who then is adopted by the soldier's family. BREED: Belgian Sheepdog (also called a Malinois) YEARS: Movie: 2015. |
 Max A military service dog returning from service in Afghanistan in the movie Max; about a dog traumatized by his handler's death and adopted by the Marine's family. BREED: Belgian Shepherd YEARS: Movie: 2015. |
 Oddball Swampy's dog in the Australian movie OddBall; about an eccentric chicken farmer who, with his granddaughter, trains his mischievous dog to protect a wild penguin sanctuary. BREED: Maremmano-Abruzzese Sheepdog YEARS: Movie: 2015. |
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The number of Famous Dogs in Movies Famous 2010-2015 is 52 The contents of this page are available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license and the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). Also see: Dogs in Comics, Dogs in Movies, Dogs in Books, Dogs On TV, Complete List |
First Earliest Date on each page
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| 1. | 1847 (Pilot) |
| 2. | 1999 (Beck) |
| 3. | 2010 (Lucky) |
| 4. | 2011 (Elway) |
| 5. | 2012 (Jake) |
| 6. | 2015 (Max) |
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Earliest Date (Dog Name) | |
| 1. | 1847 (Pilot) |
| 2. | 1925 (Sandy) |
| 3. | 1930 (Daisy) |
| 4. | 1936 (Devil) |
| 5. | 1967 (Jennie) |
| 6. | 1969 (Scooby-Doo) |
| 7. | 1971 (Red Dog) |
| 8. | 1984 (Sparky) |
| 9. | 1997 (Fang) |
| 10. | 1999 (Beck) |
| 11. | 2002 (Petula) |
| 12. | 2008 (Enzo) |
| 13. | 2009 (Dash) |
| 14. | 2009 (Sweetie) |
| 15. | 2010 (Arthur) |
| 16. | 2010 (Bailey) |
| 17. | 2010 (Bayard) |
| 18. | 2010 (Buddy) |
| 19. | 2010 (Diggs) |
| 20. | 2010 (Lucky) |
| 21. | 2010 (Paws) |
| 22. | 2010 (Rainy) |
| 23. | 2010 (Sonny) |
| 24. | 2010 (Sonny) |
| 25. | 2010 (Sunny) |
| 26. | 2010 (Taz) |
| 27. | 2011 (Cooper) |
| 28. | 2011 (Dog) |
| 29. | 2011 (Dolce) |
| 30. | 2011 (Elway) |
| 31. | 2011 (Jack) |
| 32. | 2011 (Maximilian) |
| 33. | 2011 (Pijo) |
| 34. | 2011 (Skeletor) |
| 35. | 2012 (Banner) |
| 36. | 2012 (Bonny) |
| 37. | 2012 (Chilly) |
| 38. | 2012 (Fang) |
| 39. | 2012 (Freeway) |
| 40. | 2012 (Jake) |
| 41. | 2013 (Sadie) |
| 42. | 2013 (Scoot) |
| 43. | 2014 (Bosco) |
| 44. | 2014 (Bugsy) |
| 45. | 2014 (Daisy) |
| 46. | 2014 (Dorothy) |
| 47. | 2014 (Hagen) |
| 48. | 2014 (Plugger) |
| 49. | 2014 (Rocco) |
| 50. | 2015 (Max) |
| 51. | 2015 (Max) |
| 52. | 2015 (Oddball) |
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