This is a list of fictional dogs in live-action film and is a subsidiary to the list of fictional dogs. It is a collection of various non-animated dogs in film.
Character | Breed | Source | Notes |
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Abu | The Thief of Bagdad | The dog that the evil Jaffar turns the boy thief into. | |
Ace | German Shepherd | Ace of Hearts | About a K-9 dog accused of mauling a police suspect. |
Albert | Great Dane | Live a Little, Love a Little | Greg's dog; an Elvis Presley movie about a photographer. |
Alfie | Old English Sheepdog | Serpico | Frank's dog; about a police officer trying to fight police corruption. |
Algonquin | Poodle | Elvira, Mistress of the Dark | Elvira's dog; about a famed horror hostess goes to a stuffy town to claim her inheritance of a haunted house. |
Ambrosius | Old English Sheepdog | Labyrinth | The family dog; about a woman's quest to reach the center of an enormous otherworldly maze. |
Andrew | Biewer Terrier | Mary Poppins | The family dog; about a magical nanny comes to work for an unhappy family. |
Angus | Bulldog | Mr. Magoo | About a myopic millionaire; based upon the cartoon character. |
Anwar Sadat | Puggle | I Love You, Man | Sidney's dog; about a friendless guy who goes on a series of man-dates to find a Best Man for his wedding. |
Argus | Irish Red and White Setter | Familiar Strangers | The family dog; about a four-day Thanksgiving family gathering. |
Arthur | Jack Russell Terrier | Beginners | Oliver's adopted dog; about a young man who has to deal with his elderly father. |
Asta [1] | Wire fox terrier | Thin Man | Nick & Nora Charles' dog who helps the couple solve murders. |
Atlas | mixed breed | Topper Takes a Trip | Marion Kirby's dog; about a ghost and her dog, played by Asta |
B'ar killer | Irish Wolfhound | Against a Crooked Sky | Russian's dog; about a woman who is kidnapped by a mysterious Indian tribe and her brother who hopes to rescue heer. |
Baby | Jack Russell Terrier | Clean Slate | Pogue's dog; about a private eye who suffers total amnesia every day and gets entangled in a murder case. |
Babydoll | German Shepherd | Heavy Petting | About a K-9 dog accused of mauling a police suspect. |
Backup | Pit bull | Veronica Mars | Veronica's dog; about a high school girl who solves mysteries. |
Balto | Wolf-Hybrid | Balto | A half wolf, half husky stray. |
Banjo | English Setter | Banjo | A young girl has her dog taken away and she runs away to find it. |
Baxter | Border Terrier | Anchorman, Anchorman 2 | Ron Burgundy's dog; frequently communicates with Ron through barks and wards off an angry bear. |
Beethoven [1] | St. Bernard | Beethoven | Adopted by his family, he is the series' protagonist dog. |
Benji [1] | mixed-breed | Benji | About a small dog who is adopted by his family. |
Bimini | Yorkshire Terrier | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | Bimini is a gentle Yorkshire Terrier who appeared in Beverly Hills Chihuahua and its sequel. |
Bingo | Collie mix | Bingo | About a runaway circus dog who saves the life a young boy. |
Boi | Yorkshire Terrier | High School Musical | Boi is Sharpay's dog who first appeared on High School Musical 2 . He is portrayed by Manly "Little Prickles" Ortega, Kenny Ortega's dog. |
Bonaparte | Poodle | Beau Brumell | About a poor soldier who befriends the Prince of York in the 1790s. |
Bonkers (Bonkie) | Labrador Retriever | The World According to Garp | Garp's neighbor's dog who bites Garp. |
Boomer | Golden Retriever | Independence Day | Family dog of Steven Hiller, Jasmine Dubrow, and Dylan Dubrow-Hiller. |
Boscoe | Mixed breed | One Crazy Summer | Squid Calamari's collared dog. |
Brandy | Pit bull | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Cliff Booth's pet who helps him and Rick Dalton kill Tex Watson and Susan Atkins |
Bruiser | Chihuahua | Legally Blonde | Elle Woods' pet and partner. |
Buck | Alaskan Malamute | Eight Below | One of Jerry Shepherd's dogs. |
Buckley | Beagle | The Royal Tenenbaums | Dog belonging to Chas Tenenbaum and his two sons |
Buddy | Golden Retriever | Air Bud | About a dog who has the uncanny ability to play basketball. |
Buddy | Bloodhound | Cats & Dogs | The Brody family's former pet who is an agent of D.O.G. who is captured while chasing a cat. |
Buddies | Golden Retriever | Air Buddies | Buddy's puppies, consisting of Budderball, B-Dawg, Mudbud, Buddha and Rosebud. |
Bug | Boston Terrier | Strays | A stray dog befriending the protagonist Reggie and helping him in his plan to get revenge on his owner. |
Buster | Black Labrador | The Aviator | The Hepburn family dog that sits on Howard Hughes' feet. |
Butch | Anatolian Shepherd | Cats & Dogs | Lou's mentor. |
Camille | Pomeranian | Hounded | The Van Dusen's dog; about a teenager who is hounded by a well-groomed tiny dog that actually turns out to be a beast. |
Chance | American Bulldog | Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey | The Hunter family dog, a remake of the 1963 movie The Incredible Journey based on the book by Sheila Burnford voiced by Michael J. Fox. |
Charlie | Bearded Collie mix | The Absent-Minded Professor | Professor Brainard's dog; about a college professor who invents an anti-gravity substance which a corrupt businessman wants for himself. |
Charlie | Labrador Retriever | Joe Dirt | Brandy's dog; about a man looking for his parents who abandoned him when he was a baby at the grand canyon. |
Cherokee | Golden Retriever | Scream 3 | Sidney's dog; about a woman trying to escape the horrors of a prior horror movie. |
Chestnut | Great Dane | Chestnut: Hero Of Central Park | About two former orphans who try to keep their loveable Great Dane a secret from their adoptive parents. |
Chico | Australian Cattle Dog | Secret Window | Mort Rainey's dog; about a writer who is accused of plagiarism by a stranger who starts to terrorize him. |
Chiffon | English Sheepdog | The Shaggy Dog | Wilby's reincarnation as a dog; about a boy who changes into a sheepdog and back again. |
Chinook | Alaskan Malamute | Trail of the Yukon | A White Malamute dog that accompanies his master Kirby Grant who is a Canadian Mounty |
Chloe | Chihuahua | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | About a dog who gets kidnapped in Mexico and has to escape from an evil Doberman. |
Cho Cho | Briard | The Karate Dog | A talking dog who helps the police. |
Chomps | Mixed breed | C.H.O.M.P.S. | Brian's dog; about a young inventor who creates a robotic dog that is part of a home protection system. |
Chomp | Border Terrier | 102 Dalmatians | One of Kevin's dogs. |
Chopper | Golden Retriever | Stand By Me | Junkyard dog. |
Christmas | Labrador Retriever | A Dog Named Christmas | Todd's dog; about a mentally challenged man living with his parents in the rural Midwest. |
Chum | Labrador Retriever | Spanglish | The Clasky family dog; about a woman and her daughter who emigrate from Mexico to America where they start working for a family. |
Clown | Old English Sheepdog | Billie | Billie's dog; about a 15-year-old tomboy who has track running skill that she teaches other track athletes. |
Clue | Basset Hound | The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley | Sidekick to the famous twins who helped solve mysteries. |
Cofi | Rottweiler | Amores Perros (Mexican) | Octavio's dog; about a horrific car accident that connects three stories. |
Colossus | English Bulldog | Van Wilder | Van Wilder's dog; about a rich kid who likes the college life but isn't serious about it. |
Copper | Bloodhound | The Fox and the Hound | About a dog who forms an unlikely friendship with his natural enemy the fox. |
Cora | Unknown | To Dance with the White Dog | Sam's vision of a dog; about a mysterious dog that the old man starts to see after his wife Cora dies. |
Countess | Cocker Spaniel | Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure | Countess is a Cocker Spaniel who is Roger Elliston's dog. She fell in love with Boi when she met him. |
Cujo | St. Bernard | Cujo | The rabid dog; about a family terrorized by the eponymous Cujo. |
Daisy | Generic | Blondie | The family dog; about the Bumsteads, Dagwood and Blondie and their two children. (Based upon the comic strip.) |
Daisy | Australian Shepherd | Show Dogs | Daisy is an Australian Shepherd who is Max's love interest. |
Daisy | Beagle | John Wick | Wick's dog; about an ex-hitman who comes out of retirement to serve retribution on a Russian crime syndicate. |
Daisy | Labrador Retriever | Gran Torino | Walt's dog; about a recently widowed Korean War veteran who is alienated from his family and angry at the world. |
Daisy | Staffordshire Bull Terrier | Snatch | Vinny's dog; about a bunch of shady characters trying to track down a priceless stolen gem. |
Danny Boy | German Shepherd | Danny Boy | Jimmy's dog; about a highly decorated war dog who returns home but is kidnapped by an animal abuser. |
Dante | Yorkshire Terrier | Show Dogs | Dante is a haughty Yorkshire Terrier who competes in the Canini Invitational dog show. |
Daphne | Poodle | Look Who's Talking Now | One of the talking dogs; about a street-wise mutt and a spoiled pedigree poodle who have to deal with human problems. |
Dash | King Charles Spaniel | Young Victoria | The queen's dog; based on the early life and reign of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. |
David | Poodle Miniature | Sabrina | Sabrina's dog; about a chauffeur's daughter who must sort out a tangled love affair by going to Paris. |
Delgado | German Shepherd | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | About a dog who gets dog-napped in Mexico and has to escape from an evil Doberman. |
Devil | German Shepherd | The Phantom | The Phantom's dog; about a masked crime-fighter based upon the comics. |
Devon | Border Collie | A Dog Year | Jon's dog; about a guy suffering from a midlife crisis who takes in a dog that's crazier than he is. |
Dewey | Irish Terrier | Firehouse Dog | The dog who teams up with a young kid to get the fire station back on its feet. |
Diamond | Golden Retriever | Dog Gone | Owen's adopted dog (also titled Diamond Dog Caper); about a boy who battles a gang of bumbling thieves to rescue a dog carrying a fortune in stolen diamonds. |
Digby | Old English Sheepdog | Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World | About an Old English Sheepdog who accidentally drinks a liquid growth formula and expands to gigantic proportions. |
Diggs | German Shepherd | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | arrogant, dimwitted, rebellious, impulsive, and egotistical German Shepherd who becomes an agent of D.O.G. |
Digger | Borzoi | 102 Dalmatians | One of Kevin's dogs. |
Dog | Collie | Big Jake | Jacob's dog; starring Laddie, who played stunt double for Silver, won the 1971 PATSY Award for his performance in this film. |
Dog | Australian Cattle Dog | Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior | Max's companion and one true friend. |
Dogmatix (Idefix) | Terrier | Asterix | Obelix's minuscule dog. |
Dolce | Pomeranian | Young Adult | Mavis' dog; about a fiction writer who returns to her home in Minnesota looking to rekindle a romance with her ex-boyfriend who is now married with kids. |
Dolores | Pomeranian | Double Take | Freddy's dog; about a man who likes to keep his dog in a knapsack. |
Domino | Dalmatian | 102 Dalmatians | A Dalmatian puppy with dice patterned ears. |
Dooley | Hound mix | The Misfits | Gay's dog; about a divorcée who falls for an over-the-hill cowboy in early-sixties Nevada. |
Dorothy | Mixed breed | 5 Flights Up | The Carver's dog; about an older couple who tangle with the notion of moving to a new apartment. |
Dottie | Bichon Frise | Coming to America | McDowell family female dog. |
Dougal | Great Dane | Little Lord Fauntleroy | The Earl of Dorincourt's pet and Ceddie's new friend; about an English earl whose life changes when he takes in the heir to his estate. |
Drooler | Bullmastiff | 102 Dalmatians | One of Kevin's dogs who drools. |
Dude | Mongrel | Descendants | A dog who first appeared in the first installment in the musical fantasy adventure-comedy film series and was adopted by Carlos after the latter overcame his fear of dogs. Later in Descendants 2, he gains the ability to speak by eating a magical sweet Mal gives his owner. |
Duke | Great Dane | Bathing Beauty | Willis' dog; about a contrived misunderstanding that leads to the breakup of a songwriter and his fiancé. |
Duke | English Mastiff | The Quiet American | Alden Pyle's dog; about a love triangle between an English journalist, a CIA agent, and a young Vietnamese |
Duke | Great Dane | Seven Pounds | Emily's dog; about a man with a fateful secret who sets out to change the lives of seven people. |
Duke [1] | The Swiss Family Robinson | ||
E. Buzz | Golden Retriever | Poltergeist | The Freeling's family dog; about a family whose house is occupied by supernatural forces. |
Eddie | Labrador Retriever | The Fabulous Baker Boys | Jack's dog; about 2 brothers playing twin pianos at night clubs who improve their act with a singer. |
Edison | English Sheepdog | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | The family dog; about a wrecked racing motorcar in the early twentieth century.. |
Edward | Cardigan Welsh Corgi | The Accidental Tourist | Muriel Pritchet's unruly dog; about a writer of travel guides who tries to carry on with his life after his son is killed and his marriage crumbles. |
Einstein | Catalan Sheepdog | Back to the Future | Doc Brown's dog; about traveling back in time. |
Elway | Basset Hound | The Smurfs | The Winslow dog; about tiny blue Smurfs who are chased from their village by the evil wizard Gargamel and end up in New York City. |
Elwood | Old English Sheepdog | The Shaggy D. A. | Wilby's transformation as a dog; about a lawyer who finds strange things happening to him. |
Engels | Maltese perhaps | Hail, Caesar! | Gurney's dog; a fictional take on the real-life fixer, Eddie Mannix. |
Ernie | Griffon Bruxellois | Sweet November | Sara's temporary dog; about an adman whose life changes when it gets involved with a free-spirited woman. |
Evie | German Shepherd | We Think the World of You | Johnny's dog; about an aimless young man who is sent to prison and entrusts his dog to the care of his former lover. |
Fang | Harry Potter | Hagrid's dog. In the books Fang is called a "boarhound" (Great Dane) but the role is played by a Mastiff in the Harry Potter films; a fantasy series about children at a school for Witchcraft & Wizardry . | |
Fang | mixed breed | Vampire Dog | Ace's dog; about a boy who unwittingly adopts a 600 year old talking vampire dog. |
Fanto | Poodle | It All Came True | The Great Boldini's companion; about a crooked nightclub owner who blackmails his piano player to allow him to stay at his eccentric mother's boarding house. |
Flealick | Jack Russell Terrier | Babe: Pig in the City | One of Babe's friends; about Babe the pig who has to go to the big city to save the farm. (Also in the film are dogs Alan, Nigel, Punk and Snoopy.) |
Fluke | Golden Retriever | Fluke | The reincarnated human; about a workaholic who dies in an auto accident and comes back to life as a dog. |
Flush | Cocker Spaniel | The Barretts of Wimpole Street | Elizabeth's dog; about the real-life romance between poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning. |
Fly | Border Collie | Babe | Babe's companion; about a pig who befriends a dog that teaches him to herd sheep. |
Francis | Mexican Hairless Dog | Superstar | Mary's dog; about a homely girl who wants to become a superstar by performing in her school's talent show. |
Frank the Pug | Pug | Men in Black | An alien in disguise. Frank is also in the sequels and the 2007 movie "Frank". |
Fred | Basset Hound | Smokey and the Bandit | Snow's dog, a comedy about buddies running a tractor trailer full of beer over county lines in hot pursuit by a sheriff. |
Friday | Jack Russell Terrier | Hotel for Dogs | Andi and Bruce's dog; about 2 orphans who hide their dog at an abandoned hotel when their guardians forbid pets at home. |
Geneviève | Labrador retriever | Madeline | Madeline's dog; about an orphan girl who lives in Paris and attends a boarding school. |
George | Wire Fox Terrier | The Devil to Pay | Willy's dog; about a free-spirited but lovable man who returns home penniless and falls in love. |
George | Wire Fox Terrier | Bringing Up Baby | Susan's dog; about a paleontologist pursued by a flighty heiress and her pet leopard. Makes off with the bone; owned by Mrs. Elizabeth Carlton Random, Susan's aunt. |
Gladstone | English Bulldog | Sherlock Holmes | Watson's dog; about Holmes and Watson's efforts to prevent the ritual murder of a woman. |
Grace | Basset Hound | Kit Kittredge: An American Girl | Kit's dog, set in Cincinnati at the height of the Great Depression where a resourceful young girl helps her mother run a boardinghouse. |
Greta | Rottweiler | Play Dead | Hester's gift to her niece; about a woman who uses her magic powers and a vicious Rotweiller dog to murder her relatives. |
Greyfriars Bobby | Skye Terrier | Greyfriars Bobby | Auld Jock's loyal dog; about a dog who follows a farm worker who ultimately dies in poverty and is buried in Greyfriar's Kirkyard. |
Guardian Dog | Generic | IF | An imaginary friend who resembles a dog superhero. He is voiced by Sam Rockwell. |
Gus | Siberian Husky | Iron Will | Will's dog. about a guy who decides to join a cross country dogsled race. |
Gypsy | Greyhound | Johnny Eager | Johnny's dog; about an ex-con tough-guy who wants to open a dog racing track while dating the D.A.'s daughter. |
Hachi | Akita Inu | Hachi: A Dog's Tale | Based on the children's book Hachiko: The True Story of a Loyal Dog. |
H. G. Wells | St. Bernard | Father Dear Father | The father's pet; about a writer of trashy thriller novels who finds himself bringing up his two irrepressible daughters. |
Hank | Great Dane | The Truth About Cats & Dogs | Brian's dog; about a successful radio-show host with low self-esteem who asks her modeling friend to impersonate her when she is supposed to meet a handsome man. |
Harvey | Golden Retriever | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | The family dog; about a meek and alienated little boy who finds a stranded extraterrestrial. |
Hearsay | Sheepdog | The Firm | Mitch and Abigale's dogs; about a young lawyer in a law firm. |
Hercules | English Mastiff | The Sandlot | Mr. Mertle's dogs; about a group of young baseball players during the summer of 1962. |
Hintza | Rhodesian Ridgeback | A Far Off Place | Harry's dog. Survivors of a massacre must flee across the kalahari desert. |
Hobo | German Shepherd | The Littlest Hobo | About a stray dog who wanders from town to town helping people in need. He was often given names by his many temporary owners. |
Hooch | Dogue de Bordeaux | Turner and Hooch | Turner's dog; about a detective who adopts the dog of a dead man to help him find the murderer. |
Hosehead | mongrel | Strange Brew | Bob and Doug's dog; a comedy about two dimwit brothers and a murdering brewmaster. |
Hubble | Border Terrier | Good Boy! | An intergalactic canine pilot who visits Earth to verify that dogs don't control the planet. |
Hubert | Black and Tan Coonhound | The Duke | The heir to a fortune; about a dog Hubert inheriting an English country mansion. |
Hubert | Bloodhound | Best in Show | Harlan Pepper's dog; about five dogs and their owners at the Mayflower Kennel Club Dog Show held in Philadelphia. |
Hunter | Great Dane | Strays | A therapy dog helping the protagonist Reggie |
Indiana | Alaskan Malamute | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Indiana Jones' childhood dog, named after character-creator George Lucas' own Alaskan Malamute. The dog is only referenced in the movie, not seen. |
Jack | Cairn Terrier | Lost & Found | Lila's dog; about a restaurant owner who is in love with his new neighbor and attempts to get her affections by kidnapping her dog and offering to help her find him. |
Jack | Jack Russell Terrier | The Artist | Valentin's dog in the movie The Artist; about a silent movie star who wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion; played by Uggie who won the 2011 Palm Dog Award for his performance. |
Jack | Portuguese Podengo | The Lake House | The dog that Alex and Kate share; about two strangers who fall in love but are living in a different time. |
Jackyl | Chihuahua | Dude Where's My Car? | Nelson's cannabis-loving dog; about two potheads who wake up from a night of partying and can't remember where they parked their car. |
Jane | Fluffy puppy | The Young in Heart | A pet given to old lady Fortune, a family of con artists who are befriended by a rich old woman and from whom they hope to be inherit riches. |
Jasper | Cocker Spaniel | Rebecca | Maxim de Winter's dog; about a self-conscious bride who is tormented by the memory of her husband's dead first wife. |
Jed | Wolf-dog Hybrid | The Journey of Natty Gann | Nanny's wolf-dog; about a tomboy in the 1930s who runs away from her guardian to join her single father who is 2000 miles away. |
Jennie | Sealyham terrier | Higglety Pigglety Pop! | About a dog who is not content with having everything but must go out in the world to find something she doesn't have. |
Jerry Lee | German Shepherd | K9 | A police dog; about a mischievous drug-sniffy dog. Sequels include K-911 and K-9: P.I. |
Jessie | Border Collie | Animal Farm | About animals on a farm who revolt against their human owner and end up with a tyranny, narrated by the dog. |
Jip | Irish Wolfhound | Dolittle | A loyal dog who wears glasses; about a veterinarian with the ability to communicate with animals; based on the book series by Hugh Lofting. |
Joey | Bloodhound | Fool's Parade | Captain "Doc" Council's dog; about three ex-convicts who hope to go straight and an evil prison official who wants to steal their money and kill them. |
Johnny One-Eye | mixed breed | Johnny One-Eye | Martin's dog; about a former gangster turned legitimate businessman who ends up in trouble. |
Jonnie | Brittany | Ring of Bright Water | Mary's dog; about a man with a pet otter who moves into a rustic cottage overlooking the sea in Scotland where he meets a woman and her dog. |
Junkyard | Boston Terrier | Race to Witch Mountain | The dog the kids befriend; about a Las Vegas cabbie who enlists the help of a UFO expert to protect two kids with paranormal powers from an evil organization. |
Katie | Dalmatian | What Dreams May Come | The Nielsen's dog; about a death in the family... in fact several. |
Kavik | German Shepherd | The Courage of Kavik the Wolf Dog | Andy's adopted dog; about the travails of a sled-dog (not really a wolf-dog) who finally finds a home. |
Khyi Yang Po | Bearded Collie | The Shaggy Dog | The dog that bites Dave, transforming him into a dog; about a deputy district attorney who changes into a dog when excited, then back again when calm. |
Kiki | German Shepherd | Kickboxer | Xian's loyal canine companion. |
Lady | Basenji | Goodbye My Lady | Skeeter's dog; about an old man and a young boy living in the Georgia swamps who are brought together by the love of a dog. |
Lassie | Rough Collie | Lassie Come Home | About a boy and his dog. |
Laughing Gravy | mixed breed | Laughing Gravy | Laurel and Hardy's dog; about two men who try to hide their pet dog from their mean-tempered landlord. |
Lenny | mixed breed | Lenny the Wonder Dog | A talking dog; about a mutt whose implanted microchip gives him special powers as he and a young boy go on a quest to save the world. |
Lester | German Shepherd | Halloween | The Lindsay family dog; about a killer who gets out of a sanitarium to pursue is life's work; a remake of the 1978 thriller. |
Lightning | Bloodhound | Racing Stripes | The Walsh family's bloodhound who is lazy and talks while sleeping. |
Lincoln | Portuguese Podengo | Soccer Dog-The Movie | Clay's dog; about an adopted boy whose dog has an uncanny ability to play soccer. |
Little Dipper | Dalmatian | 102 Dalmatians | |
Lloyd | Pug | Norbit | Mrs. Henderson's pet Pug dog; about a mild-mannered guy who is engaged to a monstrous woman and meets the woman of his dreams. |
Lou | Beagle | Cats & Dogs | The Brody family dog; about the top-secret high-tech espionage war going on between cats and dogs. |
Luath | Labrador Retriever | The Incredible Journey | About two dogs and a cat; based on the book Sheila Burnford. |
Lucky | mixed breed | Dr. Dolittle | The Doctor's dog; about a doctor who discovers he can talk to animals; based loosely on the children's book written by Hugh Lofting. |
Lucky | St. Bernard | You Lucky Dog | The heir to his deceased master's fortune; about a dog psychiatrist who is famous for literally being able to read dog's minds. |
Lucky | Border Collie | You Lucky Dog | Fashion designer Lisa's dog; about a sheep dog who helps rescue children trapped in a forest fire and brings them to safety. |
Lucy | Labrador Retriever | Wendy and Lucy | Wendy's dog; about a woman who not only is down on her luck, but she also loses her dog. |
Maggie | Labrador Retriever | The Wild River | The family dog; about a husband and wife and son on a white water rafting trip who encounter two men who turn out to be armed killers. |
Maggie | Australian Shepherd | Strays | A stray dog befriending the protagonist Reggie and helping him in his plan to get revenge on his owner. |
Marley | Labrador Retriever | Marley and Me | The Grogan family dog; about a man and his family's life during the thirteen years that they lived with their dog. |
Marlowe | Husky | Cop Dog | Robby's dog; about a boy and his dad's dog who set out to solve the death of the young boy's father. |
Matisse (aka Mike) | Border Collie | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | The family dog; about a rich but dysfunctional couple who save the life of a suicidal bum. |
Max | Tibetan Mastiff | Man's Best Friend | The genetically altered dog; about a dog that turns from man's best friend into man's worst nightmare as he attacks everything that moves. |
Max | Rottweiler | Show Dogs | Max is the main character from the film who works as a K-9 police dog and has a human partner called Frank Nicholas. |
Max | Siberian Husky | Eight Below | One of Jerry Shepherd's dogs |
Max | Belgian Sheepdog | Max | Kyle's dog; about a dog whose handler, a U.S. Marine in Afghanistan, is killed, and who then is adopted by the soldier's family. |
Max | Belgian Shepherd | Max | About a military service dog returning from service in Afghanistan. |
Max | Mixed-Breed [2] | How The Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) | The canine companion to the Grinch: Live action adaptation of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas |
Maya | Siberian Husky | Eight Below | The only female dog of Jerry Shepherd's dogs |
Melba | Poodle (toy) | Five Golden Hours | Aldo Bondi's dog; about a petty crook who consoles wealthy widows until he falls in love with one of them. |
Mike | mixed breed | Bait | Ray's dog; about two men and a woman searching for gold in remote mountains. |
Milo | Jack Russell Terrier | The Mask | Stanley Ipkiss' dog; about a bank clerk who is transformed into a manic super-hero when he wears a mysterious mask |
Miss Agnes | Shih Tzu | Best in Show | Scott Donlan and Stefan Vanderhoof's dog; about five dogs and their owners at the Mayflower Kennel Club Dog Show held in Philadelphia.. |
Miss Skippy | Wire Fox Terrier | Midnight Alibi | The gift Vance gives Abigail (Old Doll); about a gambler who befriends an old lady who later supplies him with an alibi. |
Missy | St. Bernard | Beethoven's 2nd | Beethoven's female partner. |
Mogley | Border Collie mix | Dog Park | Andy's dog; about a guy who loses his dog when he loses his girl. |
Monty | mixed breed | The Hidden Room | Mrs. Riordan's dog; about a husband who plans a devilish revenge against his wife's lover. |
Mooch | Terrier | Mooch Goes To Hollywood | About an ambitious dog who attempts to become a canine star after befriending Zsa Zsa Gabor. |
Moreover, | German Wirehaired Pointer | The Biscuit Eater | About a dog who has a strong relationship with two twelve-year-old boys. |
Moses | unknown | Dogville | Chuck's dog; about a woman hiding from mobsters who arrives in the small town and is provided refuge in return for physical labor. |
Moses | Chihuahua | Meet the Fockers | The Focker's dog; about a couple who decide to meet each other's family. |
Mother Teresa | Newfoundland | Must Love Dogs | Sarah's brother's dog; about a teacher who looks in the personals ads for a change of pace and a relationship. |
Mr. Beefy | Bulldog | Little Nicky | About which of Satan's three sons will succeed their father as ruler of Hell. |
Mr. Jones | Small long-haired dog | The Long Voyage Home | Phyllis's dog; about a mysterious death and an amateur sleuth calling it murder |
Mr. Smith | Wire Fox Terrier | The Awful Truth | Lucy's dog; about a married couple dealing with unfounded suspicions and each other's attempts to find new romance |
Mr. Twixzle | Great Dane | Rent-a-Kid | The kids' dog; about a salesman who hatches a scheme to rent out the kids to prospective adoptive parents. |
Muffin | Pomeranian | Screwed | Miss Crock's dog; about a chauffeur who kidnaps his rich boss's dog to hold it for ransom, but the plan goes awry. |
Muffy | Cairn Terrier | Anatomy of a Murder | A beer-drinking dog; about a murder trial based on the novel by John D. Voelker under the pen name Robert Traver. |
Murphy | Doberman Pinscher | They Only Kill Their Masters | The victim's dog; about a small-town sheriff attempts to uncover facts behind the killing of a pregnant woman by her Doberman pinscher. |
My Little Darling | Cairn Terrier | Shall We Dance | Linda's dog; about a ballet dancer who chases after a tap dancer. |
Nacho | Alaskan Malamute | The Lost Boys | Sam's dog; about two Arizonan brothers who move to California and end up fighting a gang of teenage vampires. |
Nanook | Alaskan Malamute | The Lost Boys | Sam's dog; about two Arizonan brothers who move to California and end up fighting a gang of teenage vampires. |
Napoleon | Chihuahua | Nacho Chihuahua | Joe's dog; about a chihuahua who runs away from his owner to find his homeland. |
Ned | Bulldog (American) | The Number 23 | The dog that bit Walter's hand; about a man who becomes obsessed with a book that he believes was written about him. |
Nelson | German Shepherd | The Little Hut | Lady Ashlow's dog; about a husband and wife, along with her male friend and her protective dog, marooned on an island where they try to untangle a love triangle. |
Nerak | Scottish Terrier | The Watcher in the Woods | Ellie's puppy in the movie; about a family who moves to a country home where the young girls experience haunting events linked to the past. |
Nevins | Terrier mix | The Cat in the Hat | The Waldens' pet dog; about two bored kids whose life is turned up-side-down when a talking cat comes to visit them. |
Nikki | Malamute | Nikki, Wild Dog of the North | Andre's dog; about a dog separated from his owner in the rugged Canadian wilderness. |
Oddball | Dalmatian | 102 Dalmatians | A spotless Dalmatian puppy. |
Old Dan | Redbone Coonhound | Where the Red Fern Grows | One of Billy's dogs, (the other is Little Ann) about a boy and his quest for his own Redbone Coonhound hunting dogs. |
Old Drum | Golden Retriever | The Trial of Old Drum | Charlie's dog; about an orphan dog that becomes a boy's best friend and is then forced to stand trial for killing a neighbor's sheep. |
Old Yeller [1] [3] | Black Mouth Cur | Old Yeller | The family's dog who is bitten by a rabid wolf with a virus, before Travis forced himself to kill the dog. |
Ole Rex | mixed breed | Old Rex | A shaggy white dog; about a boy who nurses a stray dog back to health then runs away with him. |
Ollie | Australian Kelpie | The Sundowners | Sean's dog; about an Australian outback family. |
Otis | Pug | The Adventures of Milo and Otis | About the roving misadventures of a dog and a cat. |
Otis | Jack Russell Terrier | Son of the Mask | Tim's dog; about a man who finds himself in a predicament when his dog stumbles upon the mask of Loki. |
P. B. | Bull Terrier | Babe 2: Pig in the City | One of the talking animals. |
Papi | Chihuahua | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | Papi is a Chihuahua who has a crush on Chloe and has married her since Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 . |
Pard | mixed breed | High Sierra | Roy's dog; about an ex-con who is hired by his old boss to help a group of inexperienced criminals to carry out a robbery. |
Pard | mixed breed | I Died A Thousand Times | Roy's dog, a remake of the 1941 movie; about an ex-con who helps a group of inexperienced criminals to carry out a robbery. |
Patsy | Old English Sheepdog | Storm in a Teacup | Mrs. Hegarty's dog; about a politician whose disregard for a dog is publicized by a reporter. |
Peewee | Great Dane | Breakfast for Two | Mr. Blair's dog; about a Texas debutante who tries to reform a bankrupt playboy. |
Peek | Chinese Crested | Cats & Dogs | A dog agent. |
Pencil | Beagle | Year of the Dog | Peggy's first dog; about a secretary whose life changes in unexpected ways after her dog dies. |
Pete | Labrador Retriever | The Silent Call | Guy's dog; about a dog who is left behind and takes on 1,000-mile journey to rejoin the family in Los Angeles. |
Petey | Pit Bull | Our Gang | The kids' dog, a series of American comedy short films about a group of poor neighborhood children and the adventures. |
Philippe | Papillon | Show Dogs | Philippe is a Papillon who speaks with a French accent and asks Max for advice on how to win the contest so the latter one can rescue Ling-Li. |
Pijo | Bichon | Doggie B | Dances throughout the film and, with the help of special effects, successfully completes multiple flips on-screen. |
Pip | Beagle | Spooky Buddies | A beagle puppy who is Joseph's dog and became a ghost when he was turned to stone by the Halloween Hound. |
Pilot | Golden Retriever | The Retrievers | The Lowry family dog; about a dog who tries to retrieve her puppies that were given away at birth. |
Plugger | Border Collie mix | A Million Ways to Die in the West | Anna's companion in a rambling comedy in the American West. |
Pluto | Dalmatian | The Truman Show | Truman's neighbor Spencer's dog. |
Poe | Pit Bull Terrier, American | Wonder Boys | The Gaskill's dog; about an English Professor who tries to deal with the various problems that his friends and associates involve him in. |
Pongo and Perdy | Dalmatians | 101 Dalmatians | The Dearly's dogs; about two Dalmatians and their 15 puppies. |
Popper | Maltese | The Goldfinch | Dog initially belonging to Xandra, but later taken by Theodore Decker. Often referred to as Popchik or Popcyk. |
Poppy | Chihuahua | Mars Attacks! | Nathalie Lake's dog; about Martians who surround the planet with an armada of flying saucers. |
Poppy | Chihuahua | Easy Virtue | The family's annoying, barking dog; about a glamorous American widow trying to fit in with her husband's old English manored family. |
Porthos | Great Pyrenees | Finding Neverland | Sir James Matthew Barrie's dog; about J.M. Barrie's friendship with a family who inspired him to create Peter Pan. |
Precious | Poodle | The Silence of the Lambs | Jame Gumb's dog; about an FBI agent hunting a serial killer. |
Prince | German Shepherd | The Case of the Howling Dog | Clinton Foley's dog; about lawyer Perry Mason who is hired to make a will but ends up solving a murder. |
Prince Dansker | Great Dane | Death of a Champion | The champion; about an effort by detectives to discover who killed a famous show dog. |
Prince Terrien | Terrier mix | Bridge to Terabithia | The dog that Jess gave Leslie; about a young boy whose life is changed after meeting a new friend. |
Puffy | Border Terrier | Something About Mary | Magda's dog; about a guy who meets a girl from high school where his prior date with her was an embarrassing disaster. |
Puppy Paws | Golden Retriever | Santa Buddies | Son of Santa Paws. |
Quark | Jack Russell Terrier | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | Wayne's dog; about an inventor who accidentally shrinks and his neighbor's kids whose voices can only be heard by the dog. |
Quigley | Pomeranian | Quigley | The reincarnation of Archie; about a guy who dies and comes back as a dog to make up for his mistakes. |
Ragsy | Terrier mix | Fog Over Frisco | Val's dog; about two half-sisters from a respected San Francisco family whose life styles diverge. |
Rainy | German Shepherd | Cool Dog | Jimmy's pet, bout a dog who is left behind when a family moves, then finds his way home in New York City. |
Rambo | English Bulldog | Mannequin | Captain Maxwell's dog; about an underemployed artist who gets a job as a department-store window dresser and falls in love with a mannequin that comes to life. |
Red | unknown | Red | Avery's dog; about one man's revenge after his beloved dog dies in an attempted robbery. |
Red Dog | Australian Kelpie | Red Dog | The dog who unites the people of Dampier, Western Australia. |
Reggie | Border Terrier | Strays | The protagonist who wants revenge after being abandoned by his owner |
Rembrandt | Border Collie | Woman on the Run | Eleanor's dog; about a woman who eludes police while searching for her husband, a witness to a murder. |
Reno | Briard | Top Dog | Jake's partner; about a cop and his dog who go after a Neo-Nazi group. |
Rex | Golden Retriever | Cybermutt | Nino's dog; about a dog that is badly injured during his act of heroism rebuilt with super powers. |
Rhapsody in White | Poodle | Best in Show | Sherri Ann and Leslie Ward Cabot's dog; about five dogs and their owners at the Mayflower Kennel Club Dog Show held in Philadelphia. |
Rimshot | Jack Russell Terrier | Ernest Scared Stupid | Ernest's dog; a horror comedy about a screwball who unleashes an ugly troll that plots to turn children into wooden dolls. |
Rin Tin Tin | German Shepherd | Frozen River (and many others) | Always comes to the rescue. (See Rin Tin Tin) |
Rocco | Pit Bull | The Drop | Bob's adopted dog; about a bartender who finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry. |
Rocks | Mixed breed | Look Who's Talking Now | One of the talking dogs; about a street-wise cross breed and a spoiled pedegree poodle who have to deal with human problems. |
Rodney | Doberman Pinscher | It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog | Julia's well-trained dog; about a reporter whose life becomes complicated when he meets up with a woman in a tavern. |
Rontu | mixed breed | Island of the Blue Dolphins | Karana's adopted dog; about a young Native American girl who swims back to her abandoned home island to be with her brother. |
Rover | Collie | Rescued by Rover | The dog who leads its master to his kidnapped baby; a British silent short. |
Rowdy | mixed breed | Summer of the Monkeys | Jay's companion; about a boy who hopes to buy a horse with the reward for returning lost circus chimps. |
Ruff | Briard | Dennis the Menace | The family dog; about a boy who causes problems for everyone. |
Rufus | St. Bernard | Fluke | Fluke's friend; about a workaholic who dies in an auto accident and comes back to life as a dog. |
Rusty | German Shepherd | For the Love of Rusty | Danny's companion, the third of eight movies about a dog and his young companion. |
Rusty | Beagle | Rusty: The Great Rescue | The family dog; about a courageous canine who protects his family from bad guys. |
Sadie | Border Collie | The Conjuring | Sadie was the Perron family's dog who detected the presence of evil in the family's new home. |
Sam | Parson Russell Terrier Rough | It Happened on Fifth Avenue | Mr. McKeever's dog; about a homeless man who lives in a mansion while the owner has gone south for the winter. |
Sam | Old English Sheepdog | Cats & Dogs | A dog agent. |
Sam | Rough Collie | Hondo | Hondo's dog; about a U.S. cavalry scout who comes to the aid a woman and her son living in the midst of warring Apaches. |
Sam Jr. | Beagle | Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency | Sam's dog; about a young boy who forms his own private detective agency to emulate his father. |
Samantha | German Shepherd | I am Legend | A post-apocalyptic science fiction story with Will Smith as the lead. |
Sammy Davis Jr. Jr. | Border Collie | Everything Is Illuminated | A seeing-eye dog; about a Jewish American who tries to find the woman who saved his grandfather during World War II. |
Sandy | Airedale terrier | Annie (1976, 1977, 1982, 2014) | Annie's dog; about an orphan girl taken in by a billionaire. |
Santa Paws | Golden Retriever | Santa Buddies | Santa's dog in the fourth installment of the Air Buddies spin-off series. |
Savage Sam | Bluetick Coonhound | Savage Sam | Old Yeller's son; about the hound helping find children who were snatched by a band Apache. |
Saxon | German Shepherd | Hot Fuzz | A police dog in the Sanford Police Service, works alongside PC Bob Walker in the movie (the second in the Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy). |
Scoot | German Shepherd | Scoot & Kassie's Christmas Adventure | Kassie's dog; about friends and a dog who organize a holiday fundraiser but must protect the cash from crooks. |
Scraps | mixed breed | A Dog's Life | Charlie Chalin's dog; about a dog who helps a tramp and a dance hall singer survive in the city. |
Scraps | Airedale Terrier | Airplane II: The Sequel | Jimmy Wilson's dog that boards a shuttle to the Moon. |
Scud | Bull Terrier | Toy Story | Sid Phillips' dog |
Shadow | Golden Retriever | Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey | Jamie's dog, a remake of the 1963 movie based on the book by Sheila Burnford. |
Shane | German Shepherd | Radio Flyer | The family dog; about two brothers who imagine that their Radio Flyer wagon can fly and that in it they can escape their tormenting stepfather. |
Shasta | Siberian Husky | Snow Buddies | Adam's sled dog; about young pups who accidentally get shipped to Alaska in an ice-cream truck. |
Shadow | Alaskan Malamute | Eight Below | One of Jerry Shepherd's dogs. |
Shelly | Dachshund | Wiener Dog Nationals | The family dog, a family who adopts a runt of a dachshund from a shelter enters it in the nation's greatest wiener dog race. |
Shep | German Shepherd | My Dog Shep | Danny's dog; about an unwanted orphan who decides to run away with his dog. |
Shep | Rough Collie | The Painted Hills | Prospector Jonathan's faithful companion; about a guy who strikes gold and whose greedy partner attempts to lay claim on the find |
Shep | Golden Retriever | Airplane! | Rex Kramer's welcoming committee. |
Sherlock | mixed breed | Sherlock: Undercover Dog | Billy's talking dog; about a boy and his detective dog who rescue a kidnapped detective and catch the bad guys. |
Shiloh | Beagle | Shiloh and its sequels | Marty's dog; about the adventures of a boy and his dog. |
Shorty | Siberian Husky | Eight Below | One of Jerry Shepherd's dogs. |
Skeletor | Greyhound | 50/50 | Adam's dog; about a young journalist's struggle with a rare cancer. |
Skip | Jack Russell Terrier | My Dog Skip | Willie's childhood dog; about a boy and his dog in a small sleepy Southern town. |
Skipper | Welsh Corgi | Robinson Crusoe | The captain's dog in a loose adaptation of Daniel Defoe's classic novel. |
Sniffer | Bloodhound | Air Buddies | Sheriff Dan's dog who lost his sense of smell years ago. He later regains it after getting sprayed by a skunk. |
Snookums | Yorkshire Terrier | The Muppets Take Manhattan | Owned by Mr. Skeffington and Rowlf's pet Yorkshire Terrier dog, adopted at a pet shop in New York City, in the dog aisle. She prefers the rubber Wall Street Journal than the rubber New York Daily News. |
Snots | Rottweiler | National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | Rocky and Ruby Sue's dog; about a family Christmas get-together that turns into a disaster. |
Snowdogs | Siberian Husky | Snow Dogs | Dr. Brooks' dogs; about a dentist who inherits a team of sled dogs and has to learn the sled-trade or lose his pack to a crusty mountain man. |
Snuffy | Cairn Terrier | Pal Joey | Joey's dog, a gift from Linda; about a second-rate, womanizing singer who meets a naive chorus girl. |
Sonny | French Bulldog | Due Date | Ethan's dog; about a high-strung father-to-be who is forced to hitch a ride with an aspiring actor and his dog so he can see his child's birth. |
Sonny | Bulldog | The Dogfather | An adopted dog who swallows a mafia don's ring and his best soldiers try and retrieve it. |
Sounder | Redbone Hound | Sounder | The family dog, a coming-of-age story of a boy living in the Depression Era of the South. |
Sparky | Bull Terrier | Frankenweenie | Victor's dog; about a boy who creates a machines that revives his dead dog. |
Sparky | Jack Russell Terrier | Michael | Frank's dog; about three tabloid reporters who find out the Archangel Michael is on vacation living with an old woman. |
Spike | Rottweiler | Alien 3 | Thomas Murphy's dog who is a Xenomorph host. |
Spike | English Bulldog | The Game Plan | Kingman's dog; about football player living the bachelor lifestyle who discovers that he has an 8-year-old daughter. |
Sprinkles | Pug | Show Dogs | Sprinkles is a pug who is the biggest fan of Max. He is voiced by Gabriel Iglesias. |
Spot | Bullmastiff | See Spot Run | about a mailman who takes in a stray only to learn that it is a trained FBI dog that has escaped from a witness protection program. |
Spot | Africanis | Shaft in Africa | A dog that Shaft befriends trying to stop a human trafficking ring in Africa while. |
Strongheart | German Shepherd | The Love Master , for example | Dog actor playing himself in many adventures. |
Stoutheart | Saint Bernard | Snowball Express (Disney film 1970) , | Cowardly & Clutzzy family dog moves with family to Colorado to open a ski resort! |
Sucker | mixed breed | They Shall Have Music | Frankie's companion; about a run-away boy who ends up at a music school for poor children. |
Sweetie | Labradoodle | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days | The family dog, based on the popular illustrated children's book series Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days . |
Teddy | Great Dane | The Extra Girl | Sue's dog; about a small town girl who goes to Hollywood to escape marriage expecting to greeted with open arms but finds disappointment. |
The Doberman Gang | Doberman Pinscher | The Doberman Gang | Robber dogs; about an ex-con and his friends who train dobermans to rob a bank. |
The Dog | German Shepherd Dog | Where the North Begins | A wild wolf-dog is domesticated and becomes a hero |
The Mighty Celt | Greyhound | The Mighty Celt | Donal's favorite dog; about a 14-year-old boy who works in a greyhound racing kennel, hoping to own one of the dogs. |
Thor | German Shepherd | Bad Moon | The family dog; about a man dealing with a werewolf curse. |
Timmy | Australian Shepherd | Famous Five | A stray dog adopted by George and the fifth detective of the Famous Five |
Toto | Cairn Terrier | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Dorothy's dog; about a girl from Kansas and her dog who are off to see the wizard |
Truman | Siberian Husky | Eight Below | Dewey's twin brother. |
Tyko | Labrador Retriever | Life is Ruff | Calvin's dog; about a 13-year-old boy who adopts and trains a dog that proves to be more than anybody can handle. |
Underdog | Beagle | Underdog | About a hound named Shoeshine who accidentally gains superpowers. |
Valentine | German Shepherd | Year of the Dog | Peggy's second dog; about a secretary whose life changes in unexpected ways after her dog dies. |
Verdell | Brussels Griffon | As good as it gets | Simon's dog; about a single mother, a misanthropic author, and a gay artist who form an unlikely friendship. |
Wag | Welsh Springer Spaniel | Dean Spanley | Dean's being before being reincarnated; about a man who can't come to grips with the loss of his son. |
Wellington | Poodle | The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time | Dog which dies immediately, which sets up the plot of the entire play. |
White Dog | German Shepherd | White Dog | The dog Julie adopts; about a woman who finds out the dog has been trained to attack black people. |
White Dog | Australian Shepherd | To Dance with the White Dog | Sam's dog; about an old widower whose wife returns as stray dog so she can keep an eye on him. |
White Fang | Wolf-dog Hybrid | White Fang | A wolf-dog during the Klondike Gold Rush at the end of the 19th century in the book. |
Whitey | Black Terrier | Boston Blackie | The flippant detective's dog; about a reformed jewel thief who solves crimes. |
Wilby Daniels | Old English Sheepdog | The Return of the Shaggy Dog | About a magical ring that turns a man into a sheepdog. |
Wildfire | Bull Terrier | It's a Dog's Life | The narrator is the dog telling his life story from the streets of the Bowery to a life of luxury. |
Winky | Norwich Terrier | Best in Show | Gerry and Cookie Fleck's dog; about five dogs and their owners at the Mayflower Kennel Club Dog Show held in Philadelphia. |
Winn-Dixie | Picardy Shepherd | Because of Winn-Dixie | Opal's canine friend; about a mischievous dog who befriends a lonely young girl in a new town and helps her make new friends. |
Wolf | German Shepherd | My Pal Wolf | A young girl finds an AWOL army dog and goes to Washington to see if you she can keep it. |
Won Ton Ton | German Shepherd | Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood | The ersatz Rin Tin Tin; about a woman who goes to Hollywood in 1924 to become an actress but the dog that followed her becomes the star. |
Woofer | mixed breed | The Adventures of Ociee Nash | Ociee's dog; about a 9-year-old girl whose father sends her to live with her straight-laced Aunt Mamie in North Carolina. |
Yellow | Golden Labrador | Far From Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog | Angus' dog; about a boy and his dog who become stranded when turbulent waters capsize their boat. |
Zowie | Husky mix | Pet Sematary Two | Drew's dog; about a young family with a terrible secret in the backyard. |
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