Top 10 Dog Movies

In honor of the latest hound flick to grace the holiday silver screen — Marley & Me, based on the bestselling memoir by John Grogan, opens Christmas Day — TIME takes a look back at film history's most memorable dog adventures

101 Dalmatians (1961)

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If she doesn't scare you, no evil thing will. One of the most villainous cretans in movie history, Cruella De Vil scoops up English dalmatian puppies, and intends to skin them for fur coats. Thankfully, the stolen puppies are recovered, Cruella is left in ruins, and the puppies live out their days on a country estate. Proof positive that anything cute is cuter times 100. (The 1996 remake, starring Glenn Close as Cruella, however, was proof positive that what appears frightening in animated form comes off as just plain silly when converted to live action.)

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