The Best Dog Movies and TV Shows on The Criterion Channel
Finding a good Dog movie and TV show to watch can be hard, so we've ranked the best ones and included where to watch them. Check out our list of the best Dog movies and TV shows of all time streaming on The Criterion Channel.
1. The Plague Dogs
What it's about: The Plague Dogs is a 1982 animated film based on the 1977 novel of the same name by Richard Adams. The story is centred on two dogs named Rowf and Snitter, who escape from a research laboratory in Great Britain. In the process of telling the story, the film highlights the cruelty of performing vivisection and animal research for its own sake.
Where to Watch: Available to watch free online (Tubi & PlutoTV), stream on a subscription service (The Criterion Channel & Shout Factory TV) & rent or buy from $1.99 on 5 services (iTunes, Google Play & 3 others).
2. Amores Perros
What it's about: A fatalistic car crash in Mexico City sets off a chain of events in the lives of three persons: a young man aching to run off with his sister-in-law, a supermodel, and a homeless man. Their lives are catapulted into unforeseen circumstances instigated by the seemingly inconsequential destiny of a dog.
Where to Watch: Available to watch free online (Tubi, PlutoTV & The Roku Channel), stream on a subscription service (The Criterion Channel, Hoopla & Kanopy) & rent or buy from $3.99 on 5 services (iTunes, Google Play & 3 others).
3. Umberto D.
What it's about: When elderly pensioner Umberto Domenico Ferrari returns to his boarding house from a protest calling for a hike in old-age pensions, his landlady demands her 15,000-lire rent by the end of the month or he and his small dog will be turned out onto the street. Unable to get the money in time, Umberto fakes illness to get sent to a hospital, giving his beloved dog to the landlady's pregnant and abandoned maid for temporary safekeeping.
Where to Watch: Available to stream on a popular subscription service (HBO MAX, The Criterion Channel & Kanopy) & rent or buy from $3.99 on 2 services (iTunes & Prime Video).
4. A Dog's Life
What it's about: The Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.
Where to Watch: Available to stream on a popular subscription service (HBO MAX, The Criterion Channel & FilmBox) & rent or buy from $0.99 on 1 service (Prime Video).
5. My Life as a Dog
What it's about: A boy, obsessed with comparing himself with those less fortunate, experiences a different life at the home of his aunt and uncle in 1959 Sweden.
Where to Watch: Available to stream on a popular subscription service (HBO MAX, The Criterion Channel & Kanopy) & rent or buy from $1.99 on 4 services (iTunes, Google Play & 2 others).
6. Creepy
What it's about: After having narrowly escaped an attempt on his life at the hands of a psychopath, detective inspector Takakura quits active service in the police force and takes up a position as a university lecturer in criminal psychology. But his desire to get to the bottom of criminals’ motives remains, and he does not hesitate long when former colleague Nogami asks him to reopen an old case.
Where to Watch: Available to watch free online (Tubi & PlutoTV), stream on a subscription service (The Criterion Channel & Kanopy) & rent or buy from $4.99 on 2 services (iTunes & Prime Video).
7. O Fantasma
What it's about: Sergio is a brooding, alienated man who works as a trash collector in Lisbon by day and roams the city streets by night seeking rough, anonymous sex with men. One night he meets a man who seems to be the embodiment of his tormented fantasies, and he becomes obsessed with the stranger until loneliness and unfulfilled desire propel him finally into a dark and dangerous animalistic state.
Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (The Criterion Channel).
8. Westfront 1918
What it's about: A group of German infantrymen of the First World War live out their lives in the trenches of France. They find brief entertainment and relief in a village behind the lines, but primarily terror fills their lives as the attacks on and from the French army ebb and flow. One of the men, Karl, goes home on leave only to discover the degradation forced on his family by wartime poverty. He returns to the lines in time to face an enormous attack by French tanks.
Where to Watch: Available to stream on a popular subscription service (HBO MAX & The Criterion Channel) & rent or buy from $3.99 on 2 services (iTunes & Prime Video).
9. Arrest Bulldog Drummond
What it's about: The invention of a machine that can cause remote explosions brings the attention of Scotland Yard and Bulldog Drummond.
Where to Watch: Available to watch free online (Tubi), stream on a popular subscription service (Prime Video & The Criterion Channel) & rent or buy from $3.99 on 1 service (Prime Video).
10. Bulldog Drummond Escapes
What it's about: Drummond manages to save a woman from jumping in front of his car but she runs away with his car. He traces her and she asks him to help her out of a dangerous situation.
Where to Watch: Available to watch free online (Tubi), stream on a subscription service (Paramount+, Epix, The Criterion Channel & 2 others), stream on a popular TV everywhere service (Epix) & rent or buy from $3.99 on 1 service (Prime Video).
11. Bulldog Drummond in Africa
What it's about: Drummond has to leave for Morocco on his wedding day with his fiancee and trusted friends to rescue his friend Nielsen who is kidnapped by an international criminal.
Where to Watch: Available to watch free online (Tubi), stream on a subscription service (The Criterion Channel) & rent or buy from $1.99 on 3 services (Google Play, Prime Video & YouTube).
12. Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
What it's about: Captain Drummond is travelling to Switzerland to marry his girlfriend. However, when a cargo containing dangerous explosives goes missing from its place, Drummond is forced to delay his plans.
Where to Watch: Available to watch free online (Tubi), stream on a subscription service (The Criterion Channel) & rent or buy from $3.99 on 1 service (Prime Video).
13. Bulldog Drummond's Bride
What it's about: Hugh “Bulldog” Drummond is on the precipice of matrimony to his beloved Phyllis -- but a bank robbery and a daring escape is going to get in their way before they reach the altar.
Where to Watch: Available to watch free online (Tubi), stream on a subscription service (Paramount+, Epix, The Criterion Channel & 1 other), stream on a popular TV everywhere service (Epix) & rent or buy from $3.99 on 1 service (Prime Video).
14. Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
What it's about: Captain Drummond and his girlfriend want to marry but a hidden treasure in the house in which they want to celebrate their marriage is complicating the situation involving a series of deaths and an elusive murderer.
Where to Watch: Available to watch free online (Tubi), stream on a subscription service (The Criterion Channel & Hoopla) & rent or buy from $1.99 on 1 service (Prime Video).
15. Bulldog Drummond at Bay
What it's about: Bulldog Drummond goes up against foreign agents who are trying to steal plans for a top-secret aircraft.
Where to Watch: Available to watch free online (Tubi) & stream on a subscription service (The Criterion Channel).
16. The Return of Bulldog Drummond
What it's about: The retired British captain forms a gang to rescue his wife and thwart his nemesis, Carl Peterson.
Where to Watch: Available to stream on a popular subscription service (HBO MAX & The Criterion Channel).
17. A Report on the Party and the Guests
What it's about: In Jan Němec’s surreal fable, a picnic is rudely transformed into a lesson in political hierarchy when a handful of mysterious authority figures show up. This allegory about oppression and conformity was banned in its home country but became an international success after it premiered at the New York Film Festival.
Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (The Criterion Channel).
18. Bulldog Drummond's Peril
What it's about: Drummond's wedding with Phyllis is interrupted when the inspector guarding their gifts is killed. He tries to trace the killers and uncovers the mystery of diamond counterfeiters.
Where to Watch: Available to watch free online (Tubi), stream on a subscription service (The Criterion Channel) & rent or buy from $3.99 on 1 service (Prime Video).
19. Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
What it's about: Drummond's girlfriend is kidnapped by his enemies and he along with his friend Nielsen, an inspector from Scotland Yard, follow the trail and try to rescue her from the kidnappers.
Where to Watch: Available to watch free online (Tubi), stream on a subscription service (The Criterion Channel) & rent or buy from $3.99 on 1 service (Prime Video).
20. Last Train from Gun Hill
What it's about: A marshal tries to bring the son of an old friend, an autocratic cattle baron, to justice for the rape and murder of his wife.
Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (The Criterion Channel) & rent or buy from $2.99 on 5 services (iTunes, Google Play & 3 others).