Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "sled-dog"

1. The Thing (1982)

R | 109 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.

Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David, Richard Masur

Votes: 468,137 | Gross: $13.78M

2. 30 Days of Night (2007)

R | 113 min | Action, Horror, Thriller

After an Alaskan town is plunged into darkness for a month, it is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires.

Director: David Slade | Stars: Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Danny Huston, Ben Foster

Votes: 189,783 | Gross: $39.57M

3. The Call of the Wild (2020)

PG | 100 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

A sled dog struggles for survival in the wilds of the Yukon.

Director: Chris Sanders | Stars: Harrison Ford, Omar Sy, Cara Gee, Dan Stevens

Votes: 56,576 | Gross: $62.34M

4. The Simpsons Movie (2007)

PG-13 | 87 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

After Homer pollutes the town's water supply, Springfield is encased in a gigantic dome by the EPA and the Simpsons are declared fugitives.

Director: David Silverman | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 350,378 | Gross: $183.14M

5. Balto (1995)

G | 78 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

An outcast Husky risks his life with other sled dogs to prevent a deadly epidemic from ravaging Nome, Alaska.

Director: Simon Wells | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Bob Hoskins, Bridget Fonda, Jim Cummings

Votes: 48,228 | Gross: $11.35M

6. The Thing from Another World (1951)

Approved | 87 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Scientists and American Air Force officials fend off a bloodthirsty alien organism while at a remote arctic outpost.

Directors: Christian Nyby, Howard Hawks | Stars: Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, James Arness, Robert Cornthwaite

Votes: 33,495

7. Togo (2019)

PG | 113 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

The story of Togo, the sled dog who led the 1925 serum run despite being considered too small and weak to lead such an intense race.

Director: Ericson Core | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Julianne Nicholson, Christopher Heyerdahl, Richard Dormer

Votes: 56,096

8. Eight Below (2006)

PG | 120 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

Brutal cold forces two Antarctic explorers to leave their team of sled dogs behind as they fend for their survival.

Director: Frank Marshall | Stars: Paul Walker, Jason Biggs, Bruce Greenwood, Moon Bloodgood

Votes: 68,456 | Gross: $81.61M

9. White Fang (I) (1991)

PG | 107 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

Jack London's classic adventure story about the friendship developed between a Yukon gold hunter and the mixed dog-wolf he rescues from the hands of a man who mistreats him.

Director: Randal Kleiser | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Jed, Seymour Cassel

Votes: 22,514 | Gross: $34.79M

10. On Deadly Ground (1994)

R | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

A blowout firefighter takes on an environmentally destructive oil corporation by causing many deaths and explosions in Alaska.

Director: Steven Seagal | Stars: Steven Seagal, Michael Caine, Joan Chen, John C. McGinley

Votes: 25,529 | Gross: $38.59M

11. Iron Will (1994)

PG | 108 min | Adventure, Family

A brave young man is thrust into adulthood as he and his courageous team of sled dogs embark on a grueling and treacherous cross-country marathon.

Director: Charles Haid | Stars: Mackenzie Astin, Kevin Spacey, David Ogden Stiers, August Schellenberg

Votes: 9,422 | Gross: $21.01M

12. Big Miracle (2012)

PG | 107 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

In small-town Alaska, a news reporter recruits his Greenpeace-volunteer ex-girlfriend on a campaign to save a family of gray whales trapped by rapidly-forming ice in the Arctic Circle.

Director: Ken Kwapis | Stars: Drew Barrymore, John Krasinski, John Pingayak, Ahmaogak Sweeney

Votes: 20,546 | Gross: $20.11M

13. Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell (2018 Video)

PG-13 | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

The new sequel finds Burt Gummer, who's dying from Graboid poison, and his son Travis at a remote research station in Canada's Nunavut Territory, where they must go up against a new batch of Graboids to save Burt's life.

Director: Don Michael Paul | Stars: Jay Anstey, Alistair Moulton Black, Paul du Toit, Michael Gross

Votes: 6,938

14. The Survivors (1983)

R | 103 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Having both lost their jobs, two strangers become unlikely friends after a run in with a would be robber, who is actually a hitman with a grudge against the two.

Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Walter Matthau, Robin Williams, Jerry Reed, James Wainwright

Votes: 5,748 | Gross: $14.00M

15. Shackleton (2002)

103 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

The true story of Shackleton's 1914 Endurance expedition to the South Pole, and his epic struggle to lead his twenty-eight man crew to safety after his ship was crushed in the pack ice.

Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Eve Best, Mark Tandy, Embeth Davidtz

Votes: 3,096

16. White Fang (2018)

TV-PG | 85 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

Based on the timeless novel by Jack London. A loyal wolfdog's curiosity leads him on the adventure of a lifetime while serving a series of three distinctly different masters.

Director: Alexandre Espigares | Stars: Raphaël Personnaz, Virginie Efira, Dominique Pinon, Frantz Confiac

Votes: 4,127

17. Scott of the Antarctic (1948)

PG | 111 min | Action, Adventure, Biography

The story of British explorer Robert Falcon Scott's 1912 expedition and his quest to be the first to reach the South Pole.

Director: Charles Frend | Stars: John Mills, Derek Bond, Diana Churchill, Harold Warrender

Votes: 2,443

18. Snow Buddies (2008 Video)

G | 87 min | Adventure, Family

In this spin-off of the Air Bud franchise, five pups follow an ice cream transport truck to a plane and end up flying with the ice cream shipment to Alaska. There they find a pup friend and a boy who needs five dogs for a big race.

Director: Robert Vince | Stars: Jim Belushi, Jimmy Bennett, Lothaire Bluteau, Jason Bryden

Votes: 4,715

19. The Call of the Wild (1972)

PG | 100 min | Adventure, Family, Western

A house dog is abducted and brought to the north as a sled dog.

Director: Ken Annakin | Stars: Charlton Heston, Michèle Mercier, Raimund Harmstorf, George Eastman

Votes: 1,980

20. Balto III: Wings of Change (2004 Video)

G | 76 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

The mail in the north used to be delivered by dogsled, but the success of airplane delivery leaves Balto and the other sled dogs feeling neglected.

Director: Phil Weinstein | Stars: Sean Astin, Jodi Benson, Keith Carradine, Bill Fagerbakke

Votes: 3,502

21. Antarctica (1983)

G | 143 min | Adventure, Drama

Two Japanese scientists, Ushioda and Ochi, develop a bond with their sled dogs while on an expedition in Antarctica. Ushioda and Ochi eventually leave Antarctica, only to return to search for the dogs inadvertently marooned there.

Director: Koreyoshi Kurahara | Stars: Ken Takakura, Tsunehiko Watase, Eiji Okada, Masako Natsume

Votes: 1,769

22. The White Dawn (1974)

PG | 110 min | Adventure, Drama, History

In 1896, three survivors of a whaling ship-wreck in the Canadian Arctic are saved and adopted by an Eskimo tribe but frictions arise when the three start misbehaving.

Director: Philip Kaufman | Stars: Warren Oates, Timothy Bottoms, Louis Gossett Jr., Joanasie Salamonie

Votes: 896 | Gross: $0.40M

23. The Secret Land (1948)

Passed | 71 min | Documentary

The 1946-1947 U.S. military expedition to explore and map Antarctica, led by Admiral Richard E. Byrd, is presented from its planning stages through its successful completion.

Stars: Robert Montgomery, Robert Taylor, Van Heflin, James Forrestal

Votes: 430

24. Chilly Dogs (2001)

PG-13 | 86 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sport

A man must participate in the Iditarod dog race across Alaska to inherit property from his legendary grandfather, but ends up getting much more than he bargained for.

Director: Bob Spiers | Stars: Skeet Ulrich, Natasha Henstridge, Leslie Nielsen, Rik Mayall

Votes: 1,810

25. The Great Alone (2015)

Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary, Adventure, Drama

The Great Alone is a feature length independent documentary film that tells the inspiring comeback story of Iditarod Champion Lance Mackey.

Director: Greg Kohs | Stars: Dick Mackey, Lance Mackey

Votes: 465

26. Corporate (I) (2017)

PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Thriller

Emilie is a bright young manager in HR for a huge agro-food company. Ambitious and dedicated, she is ready to put ruthless methods into practice to meet the requirements. But one day, one of the employees commits suicide in front of her.

Director: Nicolas Silhol | Stars: Céline Sallette, Lambert Wilson, Stéphane De Groodt, Violaine Fumeau

Votes: 1,177

27. Aningaaq (2013)

PG | 7 min | Short, Drama

Short film connected to the movie Gravity (2013). It shows the conversation of Dr. Ryan Stone with someone on earth, but this time from the other side of the line, an Inuit fisherman in a frozen desert.

Director: Jonás Cuarón | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Orto Ignatiussen, Lajla Lange, Maligiaq Fredeik

Votes: 3,454

28. The Last Trapper (2004)

94 min | Documentary, Adventure, Drama

A trapper and his wife brave the harsh Yukon climate, trecherous landscape and dangerous wildlife in an attempt to live a life of solitude.

Director: Nicolas Vanier | Stars: Norman Winther, May Loo, Alex Van Bibber, Ken Bolton

Votes: 1,801

29. Animals Aloft (2009)

46 min | Documentary

Flying dogs, tigers, monkeys and more. Discover the incredible war stories and barnstorming adventures of aviation's animal pioneers.

Stars: Allan Janus, Benjamin Lawless, Bob van der Linden

Votes: 9

30. Toby McTeague (1985)

PG | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Toby is a teenager who doesn't care much about school. In fact, he has his eyes on the title of a prestigious dog-sleigh race. He will have to undergo extensive training in order to win it.

Director: Jean-Claude Lord | Stars: Yannick Bisson, Winston Rekert, Andrew Bednarski, Stephanie Morgenstern

Votes: 200

31. Kazan (1949)

Approved | 65 min | Action, Drama, Western

Kazan, a huge sled-dog in the wilds of Canada's Northwest, takes a liking to Louise Maitlin (Lois Maxwell), whose father, Maitlin (Roman Bohnen) is extremely cruel. He tries to have the dog... See full summary »

Director: Will Jason | Stars: Stephen Dunne, Lois Maxwell, Joe Sawyer, Roman Bohnen

Votes: 23

32. With Byrd at the South Pole (1930)

Passed | 82 min | Documentary, Adventure

Account of Admiral Byrd's 1928 expedition to the South Pole. Academy award winning cinematography.

Stars: Richard E. Byrd, Clair D. Alexander, Bernt Balchen, George H. Black

Votes: 398

33. The Trail of '98 (1928)

Passed | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Fortune hunters from all over the country rush to the Klondike in 1897 to seek their fortunes in the gold are tested by hardships of the journey.

Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Dolores Del Río, Ralph Forbes, Karl Dane, Harry Carey

Votes: 446

34. What a Nightmare, Charlie Brown! (1978 TV Short)

30 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Snoopy has a nightmare of being an arctic sled dog.

Directors: Bill Melendez, Phil Roman | Stars: Liam Martin, Bill Melendez

Votes: 733

35. The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog (1980 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama

A boy and his sled dog against the elements.

Director: Peter Carter | Stars: Ronny Cox, Linda Sorensen, Andrew Ian McMillan, Chris Wiggins

Votes: 164

36. Sled Dogs (2016)

Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary

Filmmaker Fern Levitt examines the breeding and care of dogs raised specifically for sled dog racing.

Director: Fern Levitt

Votes: 176

37. The Klondike Kid (1932)

Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Comedy

At a bar in the Klondike, Mickey rescues waif Minnie from the cold and then has to deal with Pete, who proceeds to snatch her away.

Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner

Votes: 512

38. When the Light Comes (1998)

115 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

A young woman spends an adventurous winter with a trapper on Spitsbergen.

Director: Stijn Coninx | Stars: Francesca Vanthielen, Joachim Król, Rick Engelkes, Reidar Sørensen

Votes: 471

39. Klondike (1932)

Passed | 68 min | Adventure, Drama

Dr. Robert Cromwell performs a delicate operation that has never been done before, and the patient dies. He is charged with malpractice and manslaughter and his trial is national news, but ... See full summary »

Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Thelma Todd, Lyle Talbot, Henry B. Walthall, Jason Robards Sr.

Votes: 156

40. Heart of the North (1938)

Passed | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

Cpl. Jim of the R.C.M.P. is taking his daughter Julie to school in Edmonton on the Arctic Queen. Six men hold up the boat when they stop for wood and gun down Jim in front of his daughter. ... See full summary »

Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Dick Foran, Gloria Dickson, Gale Page, Allen Jenkins

Votes: 185

41. The Grub Stake (1923)

99 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A young woman is lured to the Yukon by a gambler with promises of marriage and a grubstake for a gold mine. She takes her ailing father with her, only to discover when she gets there that ... See full summary »

Directors: Nell Shipman, Bert Van Tuyle | Stars: Nell Shipman, Hugh Thompson, Alfred Allen, Lillian Leighton

Votes: 81

42. A Polar Year (2018)

94 min | Adventure, Drama

A teacher in Denmark takes a job in rural Greenland where he struggles to fit in with the locals.

Director: Samuel Collardey | Stars: Anders Hvidegaard, Asser Boassen, Thomasine Jonathansen, Gert Jonathansen

Votes: 409

43. White Fang (1936)

Approved | 70 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Jack London tale of a woman and weakling brother who inherit a mine. When the brother commits suicide the guide is accused of murder.

Director: David Butler | Stars: Michael Whalen, Jean Muir, Slim Summerville, Charles Winninger

Votes: 75

44. The Man from Beyond (1922)

Not Rated | 74 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi

A man who has been frozen in the Arctic ice for 100 years returns to civilization to find his lost love.

Director: Burton L. King | Stars: Harry Houdini, Arthur Maude, Albert Tavernier, Erwin Connelly

Votes: 336

45. The Chechahcos (1923)

Unrated | 87 min | Adventure, Drama, Western

Following a shipwreck, a family of prospectors become separated from their infant daughter in the Klondike. Years later, the grown-up daughter begins to unravel the truth about her heritage.

Director: Lewis H. Moomaw | Stars: William Dills, Albert Van Antwerp, Eva Gordon, Alexis B. Luce

Votes: 273

46. Klondike Fury (1942)

Approved | 68 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A neurosurgeon is thrown out of the medical profession after he performs a daring but unsuccessful surgery. He flees to Alaska, where his plane crashes in the frozen wilderness.

Director: William K. Howard | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Lucile Fairbanks, William Henry, Ralph Morgan

Votes: 112

47. Dog Tales (1958)

Approved | 8 min | Family, Animation, Short

Man's best friend is the subject of a series of blackout gags, climaxing with the bogus heroism of a dog who travels across the country for an unexpected purpose.

Directors: Robert McKimson, Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Robert C. Bruce, Mary Jane Croft, June Foray

Votes: 156

48. A Hero of the Big Snows (1926)

Passed | 67 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Rin-Tin-Tin is saved from the beatings of a trapper by Ed Nolan, a shiftless trapper himself, and 'Rinty" follows Nolan home to his cabin but refuses to enter. Nolan takes him to the home ... See full summary »

Director: Herman C. Raymaker | Stars: Rin Tin Tin, Alice Calhoun, Don Alvarado, Leo Willis

Votes: 33

49. History's Lost & Found (1999–2005)

150 min | Documentary, History, War

The Shroud of Turin. The Wright Brothers' plane. The treasures of King Tut. This is a captivating examination of some of the most famous objects and artifacts in human history. Some are ... See full summary »

Star: Edward Herrmann

Votes: 58

50. Everything It Takes (2017 Video)

59 min | Documentary, Drama

Alaskan rookie musher Mary Helwig loses everything she owns in a fire but is determined to train her team in time for the grueling 1,000-mile long Iditarod sled dog race.

Director: Jennifer Hawks | Stars: Kelley Griffin, Mary Helwig, Andrew H. Malcolm, Libby Riddles