Comedy, Drama, Family
A shy boy is unable to make friends in Yazoo City, Mississippi in 1942, until his parents give him a terrier puppy for his ninth birthday. The dog, which he names Skip, becomes well known and loved throughout the community and enriches the life of the boy, Willie, as he grows into manhood. Based on the best-selling Mississippi memoir by the late Willie Morris.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
As Good as It Gets
Blondie Brings Up Baby
Blondie Takes a Vacation
Blondie Meets the Boss
Reign Over Me
The Island of Thirty Coffins
The Bear
Without Family
The Kid
Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King
Lassie Come Home
Drömsemester
Steadfast Stanley
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Doctor Dolittle
42nd Street
The Thin Man
Michael
Ghost Dog
Gumby: The Movie
SIMILAR MOVIES
As Good as It Gets
IMDB 7.4 | Dec , 1997
Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer of romantic fiction, is rude to everyone he meets, including his gay neighbor, Simon. After Simon is brutally attacked and hospitalized, Melvin finds his life turned upside down when he has to look after Simon's dog. In addition, Carol, the only waitress at the local diner who will tolerate him, leaves work to care for her chronically ill son, making it impossible for Melvin to eat breakfast.Blondie Brings Up Baby
IMDB 6.5 | Nov , 1939
Baby Dumpling, the six-year-old son of Blondie and Dagwood Bumstead disappears from sight during his first day at school. While Dagwood frantically combs the city in search of the boy, Baby Dumpling spents a nice, safe afternoon with poor little rich girl Melinda Mason, who with her new playmate's help arises from her sickbed to walk across the room for the first time in months.Blondie Takes a Vacation
IMDB 6.2 | Jul , 1939
Blondie and Dagwood are in charge of operations at a mountain motel. The elderly owners of the establishment are in danger of losing their life savings. Among other things, arson threatens.Blondie Meets the Boss
IMDB 5.8 | Mar , 1939
Dagwood inadvertently gets cornered in to resigning. When his wife Blondie tries to ask Dagwoods boss Mr. Dithers for his job back, he ends up hiring her instead. This doesn't sit too well with Dagwood. Blondie's sister comes to visit, and Dagwood is put in a compromising situation with another woman.Reign Over Me
IMDB 7.2 | Mar , 2007
A man who lost his family in the September 11 attack on New York City runs into his old college roommate. Rekindling the friendship is the one thing that appears able to help the man recover from his grief.The Island of Thirty Coffins
IMDB 5.2 | Sep , 1979
The story takes place in 1917. Véronique is a young woman of 35 years, nurse at the military hospital of Besançon. She suddenly learns of the murder of her husband, the mysterious Count Vorski, whom she has not seen for fourteen years. Her research will also lead her to the track of her father and son whom she believed to have died in a shipwreck, already a long time ago. From clue to clue, here we are in Brittany, on this island with a name so ill-fitting... Brutal deaths, enigmatic words written... by whom? A frightening prophecy, the superstitious terror of the island's inhabitants, and suddenly, Veronica d'Hergemont can no longer leave this island. She's stuck alone. Almost alone...The Bear
IMDB 7.1 | Oct , 1988
An orphan bear cub hooks up with an adult male as they try to dodge human hunters.Without Family
IMDB 6.8 | Dec , 2000
Young Remi, a foundling, lives on the farm run by his impoverished foster parents. When their money runs out, unbeknown to his foster-mother, Rémi is sold by his hard-hearted foster father to an old street performer named Vitalis. Vitalis was once a famous opera singer, but became destitute after a tragic love affair.The Kid
IMDB 6.7 | Jul , 2000
Powerful businessman Russ Duritz is self-absorbed and immersed in his work. But by the magic of the moon, he meets Rusty, a chubby, charming 8-year-old version of himself who can't believe he could turn out so badly – with no life and no dog. With Rusty's help, Russ is able to reconcile the person he used to dream of being with the man he's actually become.Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King
IMDB 7.6 | May , 2017
Comic Hasan Minhaj of "The Daily Show" shares personal stories about racism, immigrant parents, prom night horrors and more in this stand-up special.Lassie Come Home
IMDB 6.7 | Dec , 1943
Hard times come for the Carraclough family and they are forced to sell their dog, Lassie, to the rich Duke of Rudling. Lassie, however, is unwilling to remain apart from young Carraclough son Joe and sets out on a long and dangerous journey to rejoin him.Drömsemester
IMDB 0 | Oct , 1952
The Danish school teacher Mogens Jensen is on his holiday through Sweden in a rickety T-Ford.Steadfast Stanley
IMDB 6.2 | May , 2014
Stanley the Pembroke Welsh Corgi is left behind in the break of an apocalypse. All he wants to do is get back to his owner...Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
IMDB 6.6 | Feb , 1994
He's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Jim Carrey is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino. He goes eyeball to eyeball with a man-eating shark, stakes out the Miami Dolphins and woos and wows the ladies. Whether he's undercover, under fire or underwater, he always gets his man… or beast!Doctor Dolittle
IMDB 5.7 | Jun , 1998
A successful physician and devoted family man, John Dolittle seems to have the world by the tail, until a long suppressed talent he possessed as a child, the ability to communicate with animals is suddenly reawakened with a vengeance! Now every creature within squawking distance wants the good doctor's advice, unleashing an outrageous chain of events that turns his world upside down!42nd Street
IMDB 6.9 | Mar , 1933
A producer puts on what may be his last Broadway show, and at the last moment a chorus girl has to replace the star.The Thin Man
IMDB 7.5 | May , 1934
A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.Michael
IMDB 5.7 | Dec , 1996
Tabloid reporters are sent by their editor to investigate after the paper recieves a letter from a woman claiming an angel is living with her.Ghost Dog
IMDB 7 | Oct , 2021
Ever wonder what your dog would say to you if he/she could speak? When a broken hearted man's Halloween wish comes true he winds up paying a price he never saw coming.Gumby: The Movie
IMDB 5.5 | Oct , 1995
Amidst putting together a benefit concert for the local farmers and on the brink of a huge deal with mogul Lucky Claybert, Gumby and his band The Clayboys must battle with the villainous Blockheads, who have kidnapped their loyal canine Lowbelly.