Lad: a Dog (1962)
Due to the length and complexity of listing Rough Collie movies, you’ll find the most famous Collie movie stars separated on their own pages.
NOTE: That means you won’t see Lassie films below! You will find such exceptional Collie films as Lad: a Dog and Driftwood, but, for the most famous Collies of Reel Dogdom please visit their individual pages on this site:
Blair: the first canine movie star.
Jean: the Vitagraph Dog.
Shep: the Thanhouser Dog. (under construction)
Pal and the Lassie films. (under construction)
NOTE: That means you won’t see Lassie films below! You will find such exceptional Collie films as Lad: a Dog and Driftwood, but, for the most famous Collies of Reel Dogdom please visit their individual pages on this site:
Blair: the first canine movie star.
Jean: the Vitagraph Dog.
Shep: the Thanhouser Dog. (under construction)
Pal and the Lassie films. (under construction)
Air Bud: World Pup
Year: 2000
Country: Canada/USA
Collie content: ✯
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All in One
Year: 1938
Country: USA
Collie content: ✯
A promotional short film comparing cars to dogs.
All in One
Year: 1938
Country: USA
Collie content: ✯
A promotional short film comparing cars to dogs.
All Roads Lead Home
Year: 2008
Country: USA
Collie content: ✯
Just a glimpse in the final scene. The main dog is a Border Collie.
Azit, the Paratrooper Dog
AKA: Azit Hakalba Hatzanhanit / Azit: Canine Paratrooper
Year: 1973
Country: Israel
Collie content: ✯
Seen training to be a military K-9. The star is a German Shepherd Dog.
Badlands
Year: 1973
Country: USA
Collie content: ✯
Not a film Collie lovers should rush off to see. The Collie is a corpse and another dog in the film doesn’t fare any better.
The Beast of Yucca Flats
Year: 1961
Country: USA
Collie content: ✯
At the service station. Also a captive coyote.
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva La Fiesta!
Year: 2012
Country: USA
Collie content: ✯
Big Jake
Year: 1971
Country: USA
Collie content: ✯ ✯
The Collies in this and Hondo were Weatherwax trained Collies from the Lassie lines, leading to the myth that the dogs were played by Lassie. They were not—only extended family.
Bingo
Year: 1991
Country: USA
Collie content: ✯
“Bingo” is a Border Collie mix played by a mother and son team, but a sable Collie is seen late in the film.
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Call Of The West
Year: 1925?
Country: USA
A short film in which the famed Bobbie, or “Silverton Bobbie”, plays himself. Bobbie was reportedly an English Shepherd/Scotch Collie mix with a bobbed tail. You can see a part of the film presevred by the Oregon Historical Society here.
Call Of The West
Year: 1925?
Country: USA
A short film in which the famed Bobbie, or “Silverton Bobbie”, plays himself. Bobbie was reportedly an English Shepherd/Scotch Collie mix with a bobbed tail. You can see a part of the film presevred by the Oregon Historical Society here.
Call of the Yukon
Year: 1939
Country: USA
Collie content: ✯ ✯ ✯
Female Collie “Firefly” plays a main role symbolizing civilization and domestic life in contrast with a “wolf-dog” (German Shepherd Dog).
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Clancy’s Kosher Wedding
Year: 1927
Country: USA
Clancy’s Kosher Wedding
Year: 1927
Country: USA
A Country Wedding
Year: 2015
Country: USA
Collie content: ✯
With a few dogs, including a blue merle Rough Collie.
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Day lapu, drug!
AKA: Дай лапу, Друг!
Year: 1967
Country: Soviet Union
Collie content: ✯
This film has never been released in English but the title translates roughly to “Give me your paw, my friend!” and stars an East European Shepherd. (Not to be confused with a Russian novel called Boevoy drug. Day lapu mne!)
Day lapu, drug!
AKA: Дай лапу, Друг!
Year: 1967
Country: Soviet Union
Collie content: ✯
This film has never been released in English but the title translates roughly to “Give me your paw, my friend!” and stars an East European Shepherd. (Not to be confused with a Russian novel called Boevoy drug. Day lapu mne!)
Driftwood
Year: 1947
Country: USA
Collie content: ✯ ✯ ✯
Excellent old Collie movie about a girl and dog.
The Final Countdown
Year: 1980
Country: USA
Garfield
AKA: Garfield: The Movie
Year: 2004
Country: USA
Collie content: ✯
The Goodbye Bird
AKA: The Miracle of St. Francis
Year: 1993
Country: USA
Collie content: ✯
With several dogs.
Gun Crazy
Year: 1950
Country: USA
Unconfirmed sighting.
Harley’s Hill
Year: 2011
Country: USA
Collie content: ✯
Old, skinny, shaved tri-colored Rough Collie seen at one point.
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
Year: 1962
Country: USA
Collie content: ✯
The dog rushing out to bite the pant-leg looks like an English Shepherd, but is very hard to tell in the wide shot. Might be a sable Collie.
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His Dog
Year: 1927
Country: USA
With a mostly white Collie. Based on Albert Payson Terhune’s novel.
His Dog
Year: 1927
Country: USA
With a mostly white Collie. Based on Albert Payson Terhune’s novel.
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
Year: 1996
Country: USA
Collie content: ✯
Hondo
Year: 1953
Country: USA
Collie content: ✯ ✯
The Collies in this and Big Jake were Weatherwax dogs from the Lassie lines, leading to the myth that the dogs were played by Lassie. They were not—only extended family.
It’s a Dog’s Life
AKA: Wildfire / Bar Sinister
Year: 1955
Country: USA
Collie content: ✯
Collie in the background during the dog show scene in this unique film. Finally released on DVD after decades of obscurity.
Kill the Irishman
AKA: Bulletproof Gangster
Year: 2011
Country: USA
Unconfirmed sighting. Either a Collie or Sheltie played by Forrest.
My Face Red in the Sunset
AKA: Yûhi ni akai ore no kao / Killers on Parade
Year: 1961
Country: Japan
Lad: A Dog
Year: 1962
Country: USA
Collie content: ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯
Not only “Lad”, played by Lord Byron, this classic film finally released on DVD is full of Rough Collies start to finish.
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Less Than Kin
Year: 1918
Country: USA
Less Than Kin
Year: 1918
Country: USA
Lethal Weapon
Year: 1985
Country: USA
Currently researching. Unsure if Sam was played by a Sheltie, Collie, or mixed breed. The original script called for a Collie.
Love Affair
Year: 1939
Country: USA
Collie in at least one scene, possibly more.
Man in the Attic
Year: 1953
Country: USA
Collie content: ✯
Man’s Best Friend
Year: 1993
Country: USA
Collie content: ✯
Main dog is a Tibetan Mastiff.
Marley & Me
Year: 2008
Country: USA
Collie content: ✯
Marmaduke
Year: 2010
Country: USA
Collie content: ✯ ✯
With “Jezebel”, who had fast food toys made in her image.
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Mid Road Gang
AKA: Ma mha 4 khaa khrap
Year: 2007
Country: Thailand
Collie content: ✯ ✯
Mid Road Gang
AKA: Ma mha 4 khaa khrap
Year: 2007
Country: Thailand
Collie content: ✯ ✯
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Mid Road Gang 2
AKA: Ma mha 2
Year: 2012
Country: Thailand
Unsure if this film also has a collie as the first one does.
Mid Road Gang 2
AKA: Ma mha 2
Year: 2012
Country: Thailand
Unsure if this film also has a collie as the first one does.
The Monster of Mangatiti
Year: 2015
Country: USA
Collie content: ✯
Only one of several background dogs, mostly Border Collies and Kelpies.
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Mr Horatio Knibbles
Year: 1971
Country: UK
Collie content: ✯ ✯
A little sable Collie named “Tess” can see the invisible man-rabbit, Mr. Knibbles when others cannot.
Mr Horatio Knibbles
Year: 1971
Country: UK
Collie content: ✯ ✯
A little sable Collie named “Tess” can see the invisible man-rabbit, Mr. Knibbles when others cannot.
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Na privyazi u vzlyotnoy polosy
AKA: На привязи у взлетной полосы
Year: 1989
Country: Soviet Union
Collie content: ✯
An old Russian film about a German Shepherd Dog who is inadvertently abandoned at an airport and waits there for her people. The title roughly translates to Tethered to the Runway, though never released in English. Scene with a Collie as well.
Na privyazi u vzlyotnoy polosy
AKA: На привязи у взлетной полосы
Year: 1989
Country: Soviet Union
Collie content: ✯
An old Russian film about a German Shepherd Dog who is inadvertently abandoned at an airport and waits there for her people. The title roughly translates to Tethered to the Runway, though never released in English. Scene with a Collie as well.
Phantasm IV: Oblivion
Year: 1998
Country: USA
Possibly a tri-color Collie.
Premature Burial
Year: 1962
Country: USA
Collie content: ✯
The Producers
Year: 2005
Country: USA
Unconfirmed sighting.
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A Singular Cynic
Year: 1914
Country: USA
A mostly white collie, looks like the dog in His Dog, but the timing is off.
A Singular Cynic
Year: 1914
Country: USA
A mostly white collie, looks like the dog in His Dog, but the timing is off.
Step Brothers
Year: 2008
Country: USA
There’s a scene late in the film with several dogs. One appears to be a rough Collie.
Summer of the Colt
AKA: El verano del potro
Year: 1989
Country: Argentina/Canada
Collie content: ✯
Horses are abused and treated brutally on screen in this film, particularly in one scene, so not recommended. But there’s a Border Collie puppy off and on and a couple shots of Collies or English Shepherds around the corrals.
Supernatural
Year: 1933
Country: USA
Collie content: ✯
Another white Collie.
Sweet Temptation
Year: 1996
Country: USA
A made-for-TV movie.
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The Timber Queen
Year: 1922
Country: USA
A serial possibly featuring a Collie.
The Timber Queen
Year: 1922
Country: USA
A serial possibly featuring a Collie.
Turner and Hooch
Year: 1989
Country: USA
Collie content: ✯ ✯
War Dogs
AKA Unsung Heroes / Pride of the Army
Year: 1943
Country: USA
Collie content: ✯
Seen at the Dogs for Defense kennels. The star is famed acting German Shepherd Dog of the late 1930s and early 1940s, Ace.
Wagging Tails
Year: 1996
Country: USA
Does anyone have more information about this production?
Wayne’s World
Year: 1992
Country: USA
White Horses of Summer
AKA: Bianchi cavalli d’Agosto
Year: 1975
Country: Italy
Collie content: ✯ ✯ ✯
An Italian Collie hero worthy of Lassie. Note: the link is only for a soundtrack, with no DVD available in English.
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