My Dog Skip

1h 35m · 2000 · Directed by Jay Russell · 3.2 / 5 on Letterboxd

My Dog Skip (2000) runs 1h 35m, directed by Jay Russell. It is one of 3,647 films in the 100 Minute Movies catalog — every one rated 3.0 or higher by Letterboxd members and short enough to finish in an evening.

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. Based on the best-selling Mississippi memoir by the late Willie Morris.

Genres: Family, Comedy, Drama

No US streaming listed when we last checked (9 July 2026). Availability changes often.