Movies like Fly Away Home: 20 to watch next
If you loved Fly Away Home (1996) — a adventure, drama and family film directed by Carroll Ballard — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Fly Away Home most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like rescue, daughter and canada. 9 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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The Wild Robot 2024★ 8.3
Shares: Family, Adventure
After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island's animals and cares for an orphaned baby goose.
Stream in India on JioHotstar, VI movies and tv
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Blue Miracle 2021★ 7.3
Shares: Adventure, Drama, Family
To save their cash-strapped orphanage, a guardian and his kids partner with a washed-up boat captain for a chance to win a lucrative fishing competition.
Stream in India on Netflix
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The Edge 1997★ 6.9
Shares: Adventure, Drama
The plane carrying wealthy Charles Morse crashes down in the Alaskan wilderness. Together with the two other passengers, photographer Robert and assistant Stephen, Charles devises a plan to help them reach civilization. However, his biggest obstacle might not be the elements, or even the Kodiak bear stalking them -- it could be Robert, whom Charles suspects is having an affair with his wife and would not mind seeing him dead.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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White Fang 1991★ 6.7
Shares: Adventure, Drama, Family
Jack London's classic adventure story about the friendship developed between a Yukon gold hunter and the mixed dog-wolf he rescues from the hands of a man who mistreats him.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Boy Who Could Fly 1986★ 6.3
Shares: Drama, Family
Milly and Louis, and their recently-widowed mom, Charlene, move to a new neighborhood. Once there, they all deal with a variety of personal problems, but Milly finds a friend in Eric, her autistic next door neighbor. Eric has a fascination with flight, and as the story progresses, he exerts an enthralling force of change on all those around him.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain 1995★ 6.2
Shares: Drama, Adventure, Family
Two teen girls, one from the city, one from the country, try to find the hidden gold of Bear Mountain learning about friendship, loyalty and courage on the way.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Lost on a Mountain in Maine 2024★ 7.1
Shares: Adventure, Drama, Family
When twelve-year-old Donn Fendler gets tired of waiting for his father and brothers to join him on the summit of Maine's highest peak, he decides to find his own way back to camp. But Donn doesn't count on a fast-moving fog that obscures the path. He doesn't count on falling down an embankment that hides him from sight. And he doesn't count on taking a turn that leaves him alone to wander aimlessly for nearly two weeks in the empty mountain wilderness.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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The Call of the Wild 2020★ 7.5
Shares: Adventure, Family, Drama
Buck is a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life is turned upside down when he is suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of the Yukon during the Gold Rush of the 1890s. As the newest rookie on a mail delivery dog sled team—and later its leader—Buck experiences the adventure of a lifetime, ultimately finding his true place in the world and becoming his own master.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Captains Courageous 1937★ 7.4
Shares: Adventure, Drama, Family
Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a transatlantic steamship and is rescued by a fishing vessel on the Grand Banks. Harvey fails to persuade them to take him ashore, nor convince the crew of his wealth. The captain offers him a low-paid job, until they return to port, as part of the crew that turns him into a mature, considerate young man.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Storm Boy 2019★ 7.1
Shares: Drama, Adventure, Family
Storm Boy lives a lonely life with his reclusive father on a desolate coastline, but when he forms a close bond with a pelican, Mr. Percival, his life takes a new and unexpected turn.
Stream in India on Plex
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Dog Gone 2023★ 6.2
Shares: Family, Adventure, Drama
When his beloved dog goes missing, a young man embarks on an incredible search with his parents to find him and give him life-saving medication.
Stream in India on Netflix
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My Penguin Friend 2024★ 7.4
Shares: Family, Adventure, Drama
A lost penguin rescued from an oil spill transforms the life of a heartbroken fisherman. They become unlikely friends, so bonded that even the vast ocean cannot divide them.
Stream in India on JioHotstar, VI movies and tv
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Escape to Witch Mountain 1975★ 6.4
Shares: Adventure, Family
Tia and Tony are two orphaned youngsters with extraordinary powers. Lucas Deranian poses as their uncle in order to get the kids into the clutches of Deranian's megalomaniacal boss, evil millionaire Aristotle Bolt, who wants to exploit them. Jason, a cynical widower, helps Tia and Tony escape to witch mountain, while at the same time Tia and Tony help Jason escape the pain of the loss of his wife.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Brothers of the Wind 2015★ 7.1
Shares: Adventure, Drama, Family
The way of the eagle is to raise two chicks. The stronger is destined always to throw the weaker from the nest. Man also has his ways, often to hurt those closest to him. Lukas suffers at the hands of a father who has withdrawn since the loss of his wife. Killed whilst rescuing the infant Lukas, the boy now carries the burden of her death. Our eagle’s story begins in the nest. The first-born chick pushes his weaker brother to a certain death on the forest floor. But fate intervenes and the chick is found by Lukas. Naming him Abel, Lukas cares for the creature in secret, finding a love and companionship denied to him at home. But when the day comes to release Abel back into the wild, will Lukas find his own release into a new life?
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982★ 7.5
Shares: Adventure, Family
An alien is left behind on Earth and saved by the 10-year-old Elliott who decides to keep him hidden in his home. While a task force hunts for the extra-terrestrial, Elliott, his brother, and his little sister Gertie form an emotional bond with their new friend, and try to help him find his way home.
Stream in India on JioHotstar, VI movies and tv
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The Land Before Time 1988★ 7.2
Shares: Family, Adventure, Drama
An orphaned brontosaurus named Littlefoot sets off in search of the legendary Great Valley. A land of lush vegetation where the dinosaurs can thrive and live in peace. Along the way he meets four other young dinosaurs, each one a different species, and they encounter several obstacles as they learn to work together in order to survive.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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One Week 2008★ 6.8
Shares: Adventure, Drama
Ben Tyler has been diagnosed with cancer. With a grim chance of survival in the best case scenario even if he immediately begins treatment, he instead decides to take a motorcycle trip from Toronto through the Canadian prairies to British Columbia.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Legend of Ochi 2025★ 6.1
Shares: Family, Adventure
In a remote village on the island of Carpathia, a shy farm girl named Yuri is raised to fear an elusive animal species known as ochi. But when Yuri discovers a wounded baby ochi has been left behind, she escapes on a quest to bring him home.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, JioHotstar
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The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon 1997★ 7.2
Shares: Adventure, Drama, Family
Jack London's classic story from 1903 about Buck, a dog kidnapped from his home in California and taken to the Yukon where he is mistreated until a prospector discovers him and relates to his situation. Although the two are bonded, Buck yearns to run free with the wild dogs in the wilderness.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Fluke 1995★ 7.0
Shares: Drama, Adventure, Family
Workaholic Thomas Johnson dies in an auto accident and reincarnates as a dog. Remembering some of his previous being, he returns to his wife and son to protect them from the man who caused his accident. But, as time goes by, his memories return, and Thomas realizes he wasn't such a good husband and father.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel