Films made about the life and adventures of animals - this is an ideal movie for family viewing. Unfortunately, not all films have a positive end, as many of them are saturated with tragedy and sadness, but there are also funny exceptions that raise the spirits of their viewers. In this list, we have collected several films about animals that have a high rating not only among experts, but also viewers. If a movie is not here, it does not mean that it is bad or worse than the ones presented below, and you should tell about it in the comments.
Hachiko: The most loyal friend
- Year: 2008
- Genre: Family, Drama
- Country: United Kingdom, United States
- Cast: Richard Gere, Sarah Roemer, Joan Allen, and Jason Alexander
Of course, it is impossible not to recall the film about a true and faithful friend - dog Hachiko. It is worth noting that this story is taken from life, since a similar incident that became the plot took place to be in reality. The professor at the station picks up a little puppy and takes it home.At first he tries to give it to someone, but all efforts are in vain, so the professor leaves him to himself. Hachiko grew and became the best friend that accompanied and met his master on the platform. Once at the university a teacher had a heart attack and he did not return home. Khachiko continued to wait for him for more than one year, hoping that someday he would return.
Two brothers
- Year: 2004
- Genre: Family, Drama, Adventure
- Country: United Kingdom, France
- Cast: Freddie Highmore, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Guy Pierce
The touching story is unlikely to leave anyone indifferent, especially those who love animals. This film tells about the life of two twin brothers born in the wild. Tigers live a cheerful and carefree life until one terrible moment when they were divided between themselves. Now their lives are radically different: one wandering in the wild has become a murderer, the second is performing in a circus and amuses the public. Fate will bring them back, but as an adult, the meeting place is the ring. What will the brothers be able to think up in order to escape and reunite instead of a duel?
Beethoven
- Year: 1992
- Genre: Family, Comedy, Drama
- Country: USA
- Cast: Charles Grodin, Bonnie Hunt, Nicole Tom, Christopher Castile, Sarah Rose Carr
The story tells us about an ordinary family, whose life has changed a big shaggy St. Bernard. Dog wanted to use for experiments, but he managed to escape. Alice and George picked up the dog and took it to their home, where little children loved it very much. The head of the family is not delighted with him, but sees that the children and the wife are happy, so the dog remains to live with them. The dog makes chaos at home and creates a lot of noise, but at the same time he does not abandon his family and loves to listen to classical music, thanks to which he was named Beethoven. The vicious vet is looking for a suitable dog for his cunning experiments and decides that Beethoven will be the perfect candidate. Who will win the war for the dog?
Free willy
- Year: 1993
- Genre: Drama, Family, Adventure
- Country: France, USA
- Cast: Keiko, Jason James Richter, Michael Madsen, Lori Petty and August Schellenberg
Willy is a killer whale, which is of interest and admiration, both in children and adults. There is no room for computer graphics in this film, since everything real and for the film was used a real mammal. Willy is placed in an amusement park where he has to entertain the public in order to increase the income of the owner of Diala Aquarium. But Willy was a naughty orca and not ready to obey his owner. Then Dial decided that it would be easier to earn on the insurance of the supposedly deceased Willy, but things didn’t go according to plan, because the boy Jesse met the killer whale when he wiped indecent graffiti on the walls of the park. Will a little boy help a huge mammal?
Babe: Four Legged Baby
- Year: 1995
- Genre: Family, Drama, Comedy
- Country: Australia, USA
- Cast: James Cromwell, Christian Cavanaugh, Miriam Margulis, Magda Shubanski and Hugo Wallace Weaving
The main character, Babe, is a pig with a sharp mind and courage. In general, it is worth noting that all animals in this film have good intellect, therefore they actively communicate with each other and live their own lives. From the outside, it may seem that their society resembles a human one, because there is a place for everything: friendship, love, passion and the struggle for survival. Babe realizes that the owner of the yard has divided animals into useful and those that are used as food, but he decides to change the system, break the stereotype. The brave pig demonstrates that he can take on the role of a dog, showing his courage and courage.
We bought a zoo
- Year: 2011
- Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
- Country: USA
- Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Matt Damon, El Fanning, Colin Ford
No less beautiful, filled with kindness, but at the same time touching and tragic film - "We bought the zoo." In the center of the plot is an ordinary English family, which spends all its accumulated money to acquire a village menagerie, where more than two hundred animals live.Thanks to his purchase, the family got a chance to start a new life and saved it to the animal world living on the farm. The main character is Benjamin, who, together with his children, is caring for the menagerie and wife, who suffers from cancer. All this is very difficult, but the obstacles are not terrible for our main characters, because they have only one task - to open a zoo at any cost.
Life of Pi
- Year: 2012
- Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
- Country: United States, United Kingdom
- Cast: Suraj Sharma, Irfan Khan, Taboo, Gerard Depardieu and Rafe Spall
This film is a story of an Indian teenager named Pisin Molitor Patel, or simply Pi. Together with his family, he goes to live in Canada, but during the trip the ship fell into a violent storm and crashed in the waters of the Pacific Ocean. As it turned out, animals from the zoo owned by his father also sailed to Canada with Pi. After the wreck of the ship the guy was in the same boat with the Bengal tiger. How will their fate and save them?
