Cyno Kino: Dog Movies

The humdrum existence of a Beijing factory worker and his family is disrupted when their beloved dog is confiscated by the police for being unlicensed. The worker has but 24 hours to raise the sizable sum required to pay the license fee.

Two Japanese scientists, Ushioda and Ochi, develop a bond with their sled dogs while on an expedition in Antarctica. Ushioda and Ochi eventually leave Antarctica, only to return to search for the dogs inadvertently marooned there.

In the 1930s, a tomboy runs away from her guardian to join her single father who is 2,000 miles away, where he has found work.

A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.

Mari and her puppies survive an earthquake by protecting their puppies and waiting for their owner's return.

As a Labrador puppy, Quill is sent to live with a couple, Isamu and Mitsuko Nii, who work as volunteers, training guide dogs (seeing eye dogs). When he grows to an adult dog, he is taken to a guide dog school, by a friendly, yet firm trainer Satoru Tawada. Although Quill is a little slower than the other dogs at the school, he seems to have an unusual 'empathy' and remarkable patience with his trainers. Tawade decides that Quill would be the ideal guide dog for Mitsuru Watanabe, but Wanatabe, a lonely and ill-tempered middle aged man, isn't as enthusiastic - he would "would rather sleep than be dragged around by a dog.". From here, the story is narrated by Wanatabe's daughter, Mitsuko, and slowly, Wantanbe is rehabilitated, venturing into the outside world, and learning, not only to trust other humans, but the animal at his side who guides him.

A behind-the-scenes look into the highly competitive and cut-throat world of dog shows through the eyes of a group of ruthless dog owners.

It is no secret that dogs are superlative of superlatives when it comes to life and existence on this planet so it should be no surprise a film, or anthology, on these noble beings would tug at heart.

A routine military exercise turns into a nightmare in the Scottish wilderness.

The adventures of a young cat and a dog as they find themselves accidentally separated and each swept into a hazardous trek.

An old man and a young boy who live in the southeastern Mississippi swamps are brought together by the love of a dog.

The story of a man who rescues a German shepherd and how the two become fast friends.

A secretary's life changes in unexpected ways after her dog dies.

A trainer attempts to retrain a vicious dog that's been raised to attack black people.

An amateur dog fighter, a supermodel, and a derelict assassin, all separately struggling to find love, find their lives transformed by a devastating car wreck in Mexico City.

The Little Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.

Chaos reigns at an upscale restaurant as a cook and a waiter juggle their responsibilities.

A fur trader guides a writer and her animals to safety in the Yukon territory when wolves are about to attack.

A dog named Mooch comes to Hollywood and tries to make it in show business with the help of Zsa Zsa Gabor (narrator).

Sadie, the most beautiful Yellow Lab in the whole wide world, lives an idyllic, pampered life in the suburbs. One day, she comes into heat and has no idea what to do with her new found feelings and urges. When she learns that her loving owners are about to have her spayed, she runs away to the big city where her sexual adventures begin.

A young boy donates his pet, a police dog, to the army to be trained as a war dog.

A love story among the nobility of the Russian Empire: a man and a woman, both married, fall in love.

The lives of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts which society as a whole might find disturbing in a desperate search for human connection.

An idle part-time college lecturer is annoyed by the yapping sound of a nearby dog. He decides to take drastic action.