Movies Like Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale (1986)

Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale is a 1986 animation, comedy film from Murray Ball with a MovieMagicScore of 6.8/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Mahana and Billy and Buddy.

Animation Comedy

Mahana

2016

1960s, East Coast of New Zealand. Two Māori sheep-shearing families, the Mahanas and the Poatas, are longstanding enemies and commercial rivals. 14-year-old Simeon Mahana, the youngest son of the youngest son is in conflict with his traditionalist grandfather, Tamihana. As Simeon unravels the truth behind the longstanding family vendetta he risks not just his own future prospects but the cohesion of the entire tight-knit society.

6.6

MagicScore

Billy and Buddy

2013

Buddy is an abandoned young cocker spaniel waiting dejectedly in his cage for a kind, new owner to adopt him. Suddenly, Billy, a little boy whose hair is as red as Buddy's, appears. It's love at first sight and the beginning of a great friendship. But for Billy's parents, this is where the trouble begins.

4.5

MagicScore

Uncle Charles

2012

Diagnosed with an incurable illness, Charles, a rugby tycoon who has made a fortune in New Zealand prints an ad in his hometown looking for his sister that he's not seen in fifty years. A notary clerk, believing that Charles has a terminal illness responds to Charles' search for heirs claiming to be his sister. Charles finds that he was misdiagnosed and returns to France to meet his long lost sister.

4.8

MagicScore

Funny Birds

2024

Thrown together under tragic circumstances, three generations of women from the same family are forced to learn to live together on a small rural chicken farm in New Jersey, which generates moving and amusing situations.

6.0

MagicScore

Wolf Children

2012

After her werewolf lover unexpectedly dies in an accident, a woman must find a way to raise the son and daughter that she had with him. However, their inheritance of their father's traits prove to be a challenge for her.

8.2

MagicScore

The Biggest Little Farm

2019

The successes and failures of a couple determined to live in harmony with nature on a farm outside of Los Angeles are lovingly chronicled by filmmaking farmer John Chester, in this inspiring documentary.

7.6

MagicScore

Whistle Down the Wind

1961

When an injured wife-murderer takes refuge on a remote Lancashire farm, the farmer’s three children mistakenly believe him to be the Second Coming of Christ.

7.1

MagicScore

Boy

2010

Boy, an 11-year-old child and devout Michael Jackson fan who lives on the east coast of New Zealand in 1984, gets a chance to know his absentee criminal father, who has returned to find a bag of money he buried years ago.

7.3

MagicScore

Black Sheep

2006

After a childhood prank by his brother Angus causes Henry to develop a phobia of sheep, he must step up to the onslaught of a genetically-mutated man-eating flock with the help of his friend and a young environmentalist.

5.8

MagicScore

#10

Seventeen

2019

To find his therapy dog, a 17-year-old escapes from juvie and embarks on a journey of reconnection with his brother and grandmother through Cantabria.

7.3

MagicScore

#11

Think Like a Dog

2020

A 12-year-old tech prodigy, whose science experiment goes awry, forges a telepathic connection with his best friend, Henry-his dog! The duo join forces and use their unique perspectives on life to comically overcome complications of family and school.

6.6

MagicScore

#12

A Boy and His Dog

1975

Set in the year 2024 in post-apocalyptic America, 18-year old Vic and his telepathic dog, Blood, are scavengers in the desolate wilderness ravaged by World War IV, where survivors must battle for food and shelter in the desert-like wasteland. Vic and Blood eke out a meager existence, foraging for food and fighting gangs of cutthroats.

6.3

MagicScore

#13

Skippy

1931

Skippy, the mischievous son of a wealthy doctor, meets Sooky in poverty-ridden Shantytown, and together they try to save Sooky's pet from a cruel dogcatcher.

6.1

MagicScore

#14

Air Bud

1997

A lonely boy befriends a stray dog who has a natural talent for basketball and together they experience the highs and lows of life as their friendship remains solid through a series of escapades.

5.6

MagicScore

#15

Air Bud: Golden Receiver

1998

Josh and Buddy move from basketball to football in this first of several sequels to the original Air Bud.

5.1

MagicScore

#16

River of No Return

1954

An itinerant farmer and his young son help a heart-of-gold saloon singer search for her estranged husband.

6.7

MagicScore

#17

The Bride of Glomdal

1926

Tore, son of a poor farmer, loves Berit, daughter of a rich one, but she's promised to another man whom she does not love and thus refuses to marry.

6.6

MagicScore

#18

Belle and Sebastian

2013

Belle and Sebastian is set high in the snowy Alps during the Second World War. The resourceful Sebastian is a lonely boy who tames and befriends a giant, wild mountain dog, Belle – even though the villagers believe her to be ‘the beast’ that has been killing their sheep.

6.9

MagicScore

#19

Belle and Sebastian: The Adventure Continues

2015

September, 1945. Sebastian impatiently waits for the return of his friend Angelina, whom he has not seen for two years. When the plane carrying the young woman to her small village in the Alps is reported to have crashed in the mountains, Sebastian is convinced that Angelina is still alive. Along with his faithful dog Belle, Sebastian embarks on the most dangerous adventure of his life.

6.9

MagicScore

#20

Old Yeller

1957

Young Travis Coates is left to take care of the family ranch with his mother and younger brother while his father goes off on a cattle drive in the 1860s. When a yellow mongrel comes for an uninvited stay with the family, Travis reluctantly adopts the dog.

6.9

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale?

The top films similar to Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale by MovieMagicScore are Mahana (6.6), Billy and Buddy (4.5), Uncle Charles (4.8). Each shares animation/comedy themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale worth watching?

Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.8/10 from 23 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale?

Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale (1986) is a animation, comedy film directed by Murray Ball, starring Peter Rowley, Rawiri Paratene, Fiona Samuel.

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About movies like Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale

This ranked list pairs Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale (1986), a animation and comedy film from Murray Ball, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Peter Rowley take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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