Movies like Air Bud (1997)
The best movies like Air Bud (1997) are Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch (2002), Air Bud: Golden Receiver (1998) and The Air Up There (1994). If Air Bud hooked you with its comedy and family, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Sandlot (1993)7.6/10 from 1,402 votes
- NewestMarmaduke (2010)Released 2010
- Same seriesAir Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch (2002)Air Bud
Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch (2002)
Josh is off to his first year of college and Buddy has stayed behind with Josh’s little sister Andrea and the rest of the family. Andrea, attempting to fit in with her Jr. High classmates, decides to join the baseball team and along the way discovers that Buddy is a talented baseball player.
Why it matches: Same series: Air Bud · both comedy & family
SnoozefestMovies like thisAir Bud: Golden Receiver (1998)
Josh and Buddy move from basketball to football in this first of several sequels to the original Air Bud.
Why it matches: Same series: Air Bud · both comedy & family
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Air Up There (1994)
Jimmy Dolan is a college basketball coach who wants a big promotion. To get it, he needs to make a dramatic find. He ends up deep in Africa, hoping to recruit Saleh, a huge basketball prodigy Jimmy glimpsed in a home movie. But Saleh is the chief's son and has responsibilities at home, since the tribe's land is threatened by a mining company with its own hotshot basketball team.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMy Dog Skip (2000)
A shy boy is unable to make friends in Yazoo City, Mississippi in 1942, until his parents give him a terrier puppy for his ninth birthday. The dog, which he names Skip, becomes well known and loved throughout the community and enriches the life of the boy, Willie, as he grows into manhood.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAir Bud: World Pup (2001)
In this second heartwarming and hilarious sequel to the popular favorite, Air Bud masters two new starring roles: soccer player and fatherhood. Loaded with laughs and cool soccer action, Buddy teams up alongside U.S. women's soccer greats.
Why it matches: Same series: Air Bud · both comedy & family
SnoozefestMovies like thisBingo (1991)
A dog named Bingo escapes a circus and befriends a young boy named Chuckie. When Chuckie’s family moves away and leaves Bingo behind, the brave canine sets off on a perilous cross-country trek to reunite with his friend, overcoming countless obstacles—including dangerous criminals and his own fear of fire.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
SnoozefestMovies like thisFirehouse Dog (2007)
Rexxx, Hollywood's top canine star, gets lost and is adopted into a shabby firehouse. He teams up with a young kid to get the station back on its feet.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBeethoven (1992)
The Newton family live in their comfortable home, but there seems to something missing. This "hole" is filled by a small puppy, who walks into their home and their lives. Beethoven, as he is named, grows into a giant of a dog... a St Bernard. Doctor Varnick, the local vet has a secret and horrible sideline, which requires lots of dogs for experiments. Beethoven is on the bad doctor's list.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisAir Bud: Spikes Back (2003)
Air Bud finds that he has the uncanny ability to play volleyball.
Why it matches: Same series: Air Bud · both comedy & family
SnoozefestMovies like thisBecause of Winn-Dixie (2005)
A girl, abandoned by her mother when she was three, moves to a small town in Florida with her father. There, she adopts an orphaned dog she names Winn-Dixie. The bond between the girl and her special companion brings together the people in a small Florida town and heals her own troubled relationship with her father.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Sandlot (1993)
During a summer of friendship and adventure, one boy becomes a part of the gang, nine boys become a team and their leader becomes a legend by confronting the terrifying mystery beyond the right field wall.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLike Mike 2: Streetball (2006)
Another young boy with 'hoop dreams' finds an old pair of Michael Jordan's sneakers and can suddenly play ball like the greatest player in the world.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisRookie of the Year (1993)
When the cast comes off his once broken arm, a 12-year-old boy can throw a 100-mile-an-hour fastball, and the Chicago Cubs want him as their new pitcher.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBeethoven's 3rd (2000)
Everyone's favorite St. Bernard returns in this family film about man's best friend. Richard Newton, his wife Beth and kids Brennan and Sara shove off in their camper for a road trip. Along the way, they gain a new passenger: slobbery Beethoven. The Newtons plan to return Beethoven to his owner -- but not before he turns hero when a pair of thieves enter the picture.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisHomeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (1996)
When the pets accidentally get separated from their vacationing owners, Chance, Shadow, and Sassy navigate the mean streets of San Francisco, trying to find their home across the Golden Gate Bridge. But the road is blocked by a series of hazards, both man and beast.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHotel for Dogs (2009)
Placed in a foster home that doesn't allow pets, 16-year-old Andi and her younger brother, Bruce, turn an abandoned hotel into a home for their dog. Soon other strays arrive, and the hotel becomes a haven for every orphaned canine in town. But the kids have to do some quick thinking to keep the cops off their tails.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like this101 Dalmatians (1996)
An evil, high-fashion designer plots to steal Dalmatian puppies in order to make an extravagant fur coat, but instead creates an extravagant mess.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisHomeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993)
Before the Seavers leave for a family vacation to San Francisco, they drop off their pets -- Chance, an adventurous American bulldog; Shadow, a wise golden retriever; and Sassy, a cautious cat -- at a friend's ranch. But when the animals start to worry that they've been left for good, the three embark together on a treacherous and thrilling journey to find their way back home through the California wilderness.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBeethoven's Big Break (2008)
Eddie, a struggling animal trainer and single dad suddenly finds himself the personal wrangler for a large and lovable St. Bernard whose fabulous movie "audition" catapults the dog to stardom. However, a trio of unscrupulous ne'er-do-wells have plans to kidnap the famous dog and hold him for ransom.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisMarmaduke (2010)
When Phil and Debbie Winslow relocate from their native Kansas to the sunny climes of Orange County, their big-hearted, havoc-wreaking Great Dane gets a taste of the dog's life, California-style.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisChestnut: Hero of Central Park (2004)
Ray and Sal, two orphaned sisters, adopt and hide a Great Dane puppy from their two adopted parents living in a luxury downtown New York apartment that expressely forbids dogs.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMVP: Most Valuable Primate (2000)
Jack is a three-year-old chimpanzee who has been the subject of a long-term experiment by Dr. Kendall, a researcher who been teaching Jack to communicate through sign language. Jack scrambles onto the ice in the midst of practice for Steven's junior league hockey team, and he and his teammates discover the monkey has a natural talent for the game.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
SnoozefestMovies like thisLike Mike (2002)
Calvin and his friends, who all live in an orphanage, find old shoes with the faded letters MJ connected to a powerline. One stormy night, they go to get the shoes when Calvin and the shoes are struck by lightning. Calvin now has unbelievable basketball powers and has the chance to play for the NBA.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977)
A troubled, rebellious teen drives his rambunctious baseball team out to Houston where they play an exhibition game and the boy meets his estranged father, and hires him as the teams coach.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
SnoozefestMovies like thisAir Buddies (2006)
The offspring of sportsman canine Air Bud: B-Dawg, Mudbud, Budderball, Buddha, and Rosebud, uncover a kidnapping plot motivated by a little rich boy's desire to have the world's most athletic dog as a pet.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
SnoozefestMovies like thisLittle Big League (1994)
When the owner of the Minnesota Twins passes away, he bequeaths the team to his preteen grandson. The newly minted head honcho quickly appoints himself manager, causing unrest in an organization that struggles to take orders from a 12-year-old.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Shaggy Dog (2006)
The tale of a workaholic dad-turned-dog who finds that being man's best friend shows him the most important job - being a great dad.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Big Green (1995)
In a depressed Texas town, British foreign exchange teacher Anna attempts to inject some life into her hopeless kids by introducing them to soccer. They're terrible at first, but Anna and her football-hero assistant whip them into shape. As they work overtime, the pair help kids build their self-esteem and also get involved in solving family squabbles.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisMarley & Me (2008)
A newly married couple, in the process of starting a family, learn many of life's important lessons from their trouble-loving retriever, Marley. Packed with plenty of laughs to lighten the load, the film explores the highs and lows of marriage, maturity and confronting one's own mortality, as seen through the lens of family life with a dog.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBeethoven's 4th (2001)
The family is pleasantly surprised and puzzled when Beethoven suddenly becomes obedient. Turns out it's a prince and the pauper scenario, with the real Beethoven now living with a pompous rich family.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Air Bud?
The closest matches to Air Bud are Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch (2002), Air Bud: Golden Receiver (1998) and The Air Up There (1994). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Air Bud?
People who watched Air Bud most often go on to The Air Up There (1994), My Dog Skip (2000) and Bingo (1991).
What is the highest-rated movie like Air Bud?
The Sandlot (1993), rated 7.6/10 by 1,402 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Air Bud?
Marmaduke (2010) is the most recent release on this list.
Is Air Bud part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to Air Bud, which includes Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch (2002), Air Bud: Golden Receiver (1998), Air Bud: World Pup (2001) and Air Bud: Spikes Back (2003).
Are there English movies like Air Bud?
Yes: Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch (2002), Air Bud: Golden Receiver (1998) and The Air Up There (1994).
How are movies similar to Air Bud chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Air Bud, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.