6 Best Sled Dog and Arctic Adventure Movies

By Vlad Zakh · June 7, 2026

Sled dogs and the frozen wilderness make for heartwarming, thrilling adventures. Togo has an aging sled dog leading the longest leg of a serum run, Balto has a wolf-dog outcast racing through a blizzard with medicine, and Eight Below has dogs surviving alone in Antarctica. The Call of the Wild, Iron Will and White Fang round out the six.

The Call of the Wild (2020)

IMDb ★ 6.7 RT 62% Metacritic 48

A pampered house dog is thrown into the brutal, transformative wilderness of the Yukon.

Directed by Chris Sanders · 1h 40m · Rated PG

1 win & 8 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Disney Plus, fuboTV · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Togo (2019)

TMDB ★ 7.6

A musher and his lead sled dog race through a deadly Alaskan blizzard to deliver life-saving medicine.

Directed by Ericson Core · 1h 53m · Rated PG

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Eight Below (2006)

IMDb ★ 7.3 RT 73% Metacritic 64

A team of sled dogs is left behind in Antarctica and fights to survive on its own.

Directed by Frank Marshall · 2h 00m · Rated PG

2 wins & 2 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Disney Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Balto (1995)

TMDB ★ 7.0

A wolf-dog outcast races through a brutal blizzard to deliver life-saving medicine to a sick town.

Directed by Simon Wells · 1h 18m · Rated G

Where to watch

Stream: Wonder Project Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Iron Will (1994)

TMDB ★ 6.6

A determined teenager enters a gruelling 500-mile dogsled race to save his family's farm.

Directed by Charles Haid · 1h 48m · Rated PG

Where to watch

Stream: Disney Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home

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White Fang (1991)

TMDB ★ 6.8

A gold prospector in the Yukon forms an unlikely bond with a wild, half-wolf dog.

Directed by Randal Kleiser · 1h 47m · Rated PG

Where to watch

Stream: Disney Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

6 Best Sled Dog and Arctic Adventure Movies

The Call of the Wild (2020)

Togo (2019)

Eight Below (2006)

Balto (1995)

Iron Will (1994)

White Fang (1991)

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