As a lifelong dog lover, I'm a real softie when it comes to movies about canines. My Dog Skip, Turner & Hooch, Marley & Me all got to me but the absolute worst or best -- depending on the Kleenex count -- is Hachi. Based on a true story about a Japanese professor and his beloved Akita, the American-made version starring Richard Gere left me emotionally drained for hours.

I'm old, sentimental but not usually vulnerable to tears but I have to say that Hachi, of all movies I've ever seen, was the most gut-wrenching of all.

For more insight into the Akita breed read "The Dog Man" by Martha Sherrill. For a dog book to make a grown man cry try "Merle's Door" by Ted Kerasote, a great read.
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I cried once during "This dog is chewing my leg off"...but it wasn't a movie.

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Thirty characters. Exactly...

I don't know if I could handle the movie...I choked up just hearing about Hachi on Dogs 101!

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Lounge Lizard Extraordinaire

I'm not over "Old Yeller", and it has been 56 years since I saw it!

Another good movie is "Smitty".

I do love Old Yeller!
But you guys should consider backing off on them Richard Gere movies.

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NRA LIFE MEMBER

For the thirty years I didn't have a dog (lived places where it was not permitted or feasible) I could watch those flicks and maybe choke up a little. The last three, since my little rescue rat terrier Moose adopted me, I couldn't handle them at all. It breaks my heart to read posts here from people who have lost or are losing beloved pets.

Talk about getting softhearted in old age!

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Oh well, what the hell.

Those movies choke me up, but after Boo and I watch them together she just mopes around the house for days.

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paws for friendship

I have to save my tears and emotions for my own dogs. Hard enough dealing with that let alone watch someone else get torn up about it. I don't even like watching the commercials about saving the dogs and cats on tv. I already know and do all I can.

Years back went to see "Eight Below" a Disney retell of a true story of sled dogs that had to be abandoned in the Antarctic and how some survived ...and some didn't.

There was a big guy a few rows ahead of us crying like a baby at the ending which was a tear jerker. When the lights came on and the guy turned around he was a HUGE biker guy, Harley t-Shirt, vest with "extenders", etc.

Anyway....as a Siberian and Malamute owner/lover...the movie got to me too.