Movies Like Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog

If you liked Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog (1995), a action and adventure movie directed by Phillip Borsos, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Dog Gone (2023)
★ 6.2/10Also family and adventure
When his beloved dog goes missing, a young man embarks on an incredible search with his parents to find him and give him life-saving medication.
2
Old Yeller (1957)
★ 6.9/10Also adventure and drama
Young Travis Coates is left to take care of the family ranch with his mother and younger brother while his father goes off on a cattle drive in the 1860s. When a yellow mongrel comes for an uninvited stay with the…
3
A Dog's Way Home (2019)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and adventure
The adventure of Bella, a dog who embarks on an epic 400-mile journey home after she is separated from her beloved human.
4
Balto (1995)
★ 7.3/10Also adventure and drama
An outcast half-wolf risks his life to prevent a deadly epidemic from ravaging Nome, Alaska.
5
Max (2015)
★ 7.2/10Also adventure and drama
A dog that helped soldiers in Afghanistan returns to the U.S. and is adopted by his handler's family after suffering a traumatic experience.
6
Once Upon a Forest (1993)
★ 6.5/10Also family and adventure
A young mouse, mole and hedgehog risk their lives to find a cure for their badger friend, who's been poisoned by men.
7
The Call of the Wild (1972)
★ 6.1/10Also adventure and drama
John Thornton, is a fearless man who's after more than gold; he wants to do what's right. Thornton works for the U.S. mail and is the only person daring and smart enough to figure out how to travel the deadly 600 miles…
8
White Fang (1991)
★ 6.7/10Also action and adventure
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.
9
Shiloh (1996)
★ 6/10Also drama and family
An abused beagle runs away from his owner. On the road, he meets young Marty Preston and follows him home. The boy immediately forms a bond with the dog and names him Shiloh. His stern father won't let him keep the dog…
10
PAW Patrol: Mighty Pups (2018)
★ 7.5/10Also adventure and family
When their latest scheme goes awry, Mayor Humdinger and his nephew Harold accidentally divert a meteor towards Adventure Bay. The meteor's golden energy grants the PAW Patrol superpowers. The heroic Mighty Pups are on…
11
Lassie (1994)
★ 6.1/10Also family and adventure
On their way to start a new life at a sheep farm in rural Virginia, the Turner family are halted by a wreck on the highway that has claimed the life of a truck driver. Spotting the trucker's now-abandoned collie on the…
12
White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf (1994)
★ 6.9/10Also adventure and family
A boy and his dog, White Fang, must try to save the noble Haida tribe from evil white men in turn-of-the-century Alaska.
13
The Adventures of the Wilderness Family (1975)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and family
The story of a modern family bored with the hassles of the city life in Los Angeles. They head for the wilderness never to return.
14
Alabama Moon (2009)
★ 6.6/10Also adventure and drama
After the unexpected death of his survivalist father, an eleven year old boy raised in the Alabama wilderness must learn how to make a home in the modern world.
15
The Fox and the Hound (1981)
★ 7.2/10Also adventure and drama
When a feisty little fox named Tod is adopted into a farm family, he quickly becomes friends with a fun and adorable hound puppy named Copper. Life is full of hilarious adventures until Copper is expected to take on…
16
Eight Below (2006)
★ 7/10Also adventure and drama
In the Antarctic, after an expedition with Dr. Davis McClaren, the sled dog trainer Jerry Shepherd has to leave the polar base with his colleagues due to the proximity of a heavy snow storm. He ties his dogs to be…
17
Balto III: Wings of Change (2004)
★ 6.7/10Also family and adventure
Balto and the other sled dogs are feeling dejected because the mail that used to be delivered by dogsled is now being delivered by airplanes. But when a mail plane crashes in the mountains, the dogs come to the rescue.
18
A Dog's Purpose (2017)
★ 7.6/10Also adventure and family
A dog goes on quest to discover his purpose in life over the course of several lifetimes with multiple owners.
19
I Am David (2003)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and adventure
A 12-year-old boy manages to flee a Communist concentration camp on his own, through sheer will and determination. All he has in his possession is a loaf of bread, a letter to deliver to someone in Denmark, and a…
20
The Incredible Journey (1963)
★ 6.7/10Also adventure and family
The story of three pets, a cat and two dogs, who lose their owners when they are all on vacation. Can they find their way home?