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The movies have really gone to the dogs in 2026. And I mean that as a compliment. With the release of the new Brad Pitt survival adventure Heart of the Beast, featuring a very memorable dog named Odin, it suddenly occurred to me that this has been an unusually strong year for dogs at the movies. I'm talking about actual dogs, CGI dogs, animated dogs, heroic dogs, vicious dogs, funny dogs and, in a couple of cases, dogs that are easily more interesting than most of the human b

Dogs have been a part of movies forever. You name it, every genre has had its iconic pooches. Lassie , Rin Tin Tin , Asta from The Thin Man movies, Toto in The Wizard of Oz , Old Yeller (still one of the most traumatic movie experiences of all time, and honestly if you can’t handle watching a dog in peril, Old Yeller is way worse than anything on this list). Then of course the Disney classics like 101 Dalmatians , Oliver and Company , The Fox and the Hound , Bolt , and