Best film about or featuring animals

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Poll question: Best film about or featuring animals

If your favorite is not in this list, please reply with yours.

[XemaSab]

1. The hot peng-on-peng gets me going dude

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2. And the "family values" crowd claimed there was "no sex" in that film.

[gkdmaths]

24. So you voted for the

movie about sheep?

[flvegan]

3. I've actually got a couple

The first is "Meet Your Meat" and is not for the lighthearted:

http://www.goveg.com/factoryFarming.asp

Then would be Goldfinger's "Free Me" video

http://www.petatv.com/tvpopup/Prefs.asp?video=free_me

And lastly, my absolute favorite..."Behind the Mask" by Uncagedfilms...

http://www.uncagedfilms.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11&Itemid=40

Probably not what you were looking for, though...

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13. Sure, they qualify as films, but I can't bring myself to watch them.

I just saw one brief clip from the video against KFC and even that made me feel sick, so I know I won't be able to handle the others. But thanks for mentioning them, they certainly do qualify as films featuring animals, and people should see them.

[flvegan]

18. I completely understand.

But, please, maybe just check out the last one. Nothing ugly graphic...I swear. The uncaged folks have made a good flick and it deserves a view...

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19. Thanks, I'll rent it. I happen to live 4 blocks from a store with 20,000

titles in stock:

http://www.kenvideo.com

[uppityperson]

4. March of the Fenguins (Fenguins with an "F")

http://www.guerrilla-productions.org/Movie_MarchOfTheFenguins.html
Download here http://www.guerrilla-productions.org/Downloads/MarchOfTheFenguins.wmv

[GoddessOfGuinness]

5. I couldn't possibly choose just one...

though I voted for The Yearling, which is one of my favorite tear-jerker movies...love Gregory Peck's performance. :loveya:

All the ones you listed are great.

Other favorites of mine include:
Lassie Come Home (with a young Elizabeth Taylor)
Son of Lassie
Adventures of Milo and Otis
Finding Nemo
Because of Winn Dixie

I'll think of at least ten more after I post this...

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16. "The Yearling" contains what I think is the best discovery of an animal.

[Robb]

6. No "8 Below"?

I liked it. And not just because my dogs' cousins were in it. :)

On edit: Actually, entirely because my dogs' cousins were in it. :D

[MoseyWalker]

9. Great choice!

and kudos to your dogs cousins.

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14. Sorry, I should have included that. I stopped when the list hit 10.

[MoseyWalker]

7. Has to be March of the Penguins

Though many of the others are tales for the heart, this one is special.

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17. I was transfixed by that film - not only by the penguins but also the

cinematography itself.

[Heidi]

8. "The Adventures of Milo and Otis." (nt)

[reyd reid reed]

10. Gotta be Milo and Otis...

I love that movie.

:hi:

[dolo amber]

40. Any movie involving a pug and narrated by Dudley Moore

gets my vote. :thumbsup:

[Kajsa]

56. Hi RRR,

My vote goes to ' Milo and Otis', too.

:hi:

[Spider Jerusalem]

11. If insects count...

Microcosmos

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31. Sure, they're animals too.

[Digit]

12. The Life of Birds by David Attenborough (PBS)

It was fascinating.
You can get an idea of just how amazing by visiting:
http://www.pbs.org/lifeofbirds/

[u4ic]

15. Chicken Run!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LeftyMom]

20. Babe was a really cute movie with a good message nt

[regnaD kciN]

21. For me, it HAS to be "The Incredible Journey"...

...although, objectively, I'd say "Babe" and "The Black Stallion" were much better films, "The Incredible Journey" was the first film I fell in love with (at age 7, when it first came out). It was the first time I went back to see a film more than once (three times in as many months), the first one that got me to read the original book because of it, etc., etc.

And there will be no discussion of the hideous mid-'90s remake, where they decided to have the animals talk (and call each other things like "butthead"). It was enough to leave Walt spinning in his freezer!

[mykpart]

22. "Kelly and Me" with Van Johnson

circa early 1950s. A real tearjerker, and I don't understand why it's never on AMC or TCM.

[gkdmaths]

23. why isn't Never Cry Wolf on that list???

The classic Farley Mowat book made my favorite movie of all time.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

29. I knew someone would come up with one I forgot...

It's a great film!

[gkdmaths]

33. I've owned and given away so many copies

of both the book and movie.

I cant watch the movie anymore, I absolutely bawl through the entire thing, and that would let Kalie know that I actually have feelings - and I cant have her taking advantage of that!

Did I just admit that?

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30. Only because I stopped thinking after I had 10 films in the list.

[gkdmaths]

32. *wink*

I know, I couldn't have thought up the list you did.

[hfojvt]

25. Wizard of Oz

and your little dog too.

Hmmm. Star Trek IV seems to be the only one I have in my collection which is centered around animals, unless you count "The Animal"

[Jamastiene]

26. I voted for Born Free, because I could see that actually happening.

Also, though, I loved Free Willy and Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey, the recent one, that is. I loved Sassy and how Sally Fields played her voice in the movie. That was a highlight of the movie along with Michael J. Fox playing Chance so well too.

[RebelOne]

27. All the Beethoven and Benji movies

[sarge43]

28. One that should be on the list

Winged Migration

[ChickMagic]

34. I liked Paulie

and Winged Migration. Think I'm biased much?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

43. I took my niece to see Paulie...

My sister was a little tenttive about letting her go, because of the tear-jerker element. After I brought her home, my sister asked her, "So, did you cry?"

My niece replied, "No, but Aunt Brenda did."

Busted.

[ChickMagic]

49. That's too funny!

My hubby and I both cry, but at different places. I cry when the bird is
separated from the girl, but hubby cries when Paulie realizes he can
fly again.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

58. I cry during both scenes...

What can I say? I'm a crybaby. :-)

[ChickMagic]

59. Aw...

:hug:
I hate to watch sad movies because I don't like to cry.
But, I really liked Paulie.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

35. No "Winged Migration"??!?!

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37. I had to stop at 10, so I had to add the suggestion to add your own.

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

36. Babe 2: Pig in the City

It's a complete reinvention of the original, done as a Terry Gilliam meets George Orwell alone-in-a-big-city fable. It's one of the most underrated films because of idiotic marketing, despite some great critical acclaim -- Gene Siskel named it the greatest film of 1998.

I can't recommend it highly enough, although I would caution against watching it with small children as there are some pretty distressing scenes. I'd also encourage going into it knowing as little as possible about the story, but if you're curious here's a pretty good review:

Babe: Pig in the City is one of the most exhilarating and bizarrely satisfying experiences I've had in the movies all year. It's occasionally distressing, sometimes distractingly manic, but also insanely inventive and magical, and far, far stranger than its predecessor. It's one of those children's movies that pushes far beyond the boundaries of what's considered safe and acceptable -- a movie that's beautiful and confused and adamant in its mission to sow chaos, as so many kids' movies are not.

contd

[Hell Hath No Fury]

38. Fly Away Home...

..another of Caroll Ballard's masterpieces. This movie moves me deeply.

[sarge43]

39. Yes

The look on the girl's face when she sees the goslings hatch - just beautiful.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

42. Ooo...Good one!

:thumbsup:

[SKKY]

41. How dare you omit "Arachnophobia!"

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47. I also omitted "Willard" - only due to space limitations

[A-Schwarzenegger]

44. Tinky the Painted Hamster.

Story of hamster who gets lost and some kids paint him
so he looks like a zebra and he's confused and nobody
likes him and he has to fight for justice.
Voice by Kissinger.
Straight to video.

[Deep13]

45. Bambi?

[Deep13]

46. The Silent World --Jacque Cousteau

[cmkramer]

48. How about "The Three Lives of Thomasina"?

I'd give my vote to "March of the Penguins" or "Old Yeller" but "Thomasina" is another animal favorite.

[Crankie Avalon]

50. What about "Jaws"?

Or would it not count for some reason?

[arwalden]

51. The Kennel Murder Case

[xchrom]

52. what was the name of --

i think it was ''my dog skip''?

a boy and his dog and growing up.

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57. That was the name of it. It was a cute movie.

[Lautremont]

53. The Birds

I'm also quite partial to "Them" - giant ants, you know.

And I think either "C.H.O.M.P.S." or "Hawmps," or both, ought to have been on your list.

[martymar64]

54. The Man from Snowy River

Great horsey stuff!

[LanternWaste]

55. Watership Down. The film's almost as good as the novel.

Watership Down. The film's almost as good as the novel.

On my Top 20 Ever-Changing Movies List.