Movies Like Where the Red Fern Grows

Loved Where the Red Fern Grows? These 24 movies and shows share its DNA — surfaced by our semantic engine from theme, mood, cast and genre, then ranked by how closely they match. Every pick includes cast, ratings, trailers and streaming options.

Red Dog 2011 ★ 7.3

Eight Below 2006 ★ 7.0

A Dog's Way Home 2019 ★ 7.4

Max 2015 ★ 7.1

Duma 2005 ★ 7.4

Old Yeller 1957 ★ 6.9

Clifford the Big Red Dog 2021 ★ 7.2

Up 2009 ★ 8.0

Babe 1995 ★ 6.3

Red Dog: True Blue 2016 ★ 6.6

Alpha 2018 ★ 6.6

We Bought a Zoo 2011 ★ 6.8

A Boy and His Dog 1975 ★ 6.3

Look Who's Talking Now! 1993 ★ 5.4

Benji 2018 ★ 6.9

Who Gets the Dog? 2016 ★ 5.1

Dogman 2023 ★ 7.8

The Secret Life of Pets 2 2019 ★ 7.0

Rebuilding 2025 ★ 6.5

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 1964 ★ 7.4

The Ranch 2016 ★ 7.4

A Dog Year 2009 ★ 6.1

Ferdinand 2017 ★ 7.2

The Beasts 2022 ★ 7.5