Lassie
On their way to start a new life at a sheep farm in rural Virginia, the Turner family are halted by a wreck on the highway that has claimed the life of a truck driver. Spotting the trucker's now-abandoned collie on the side of the road, they take pity on the dog and adopt her. As the city family copes with the change to rural life, including a feud with a neighboring farm family who resent the city interlopers, the ever-loyal Lassie helps them adjust to their new surroundings.
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2005★ 6.4
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1943★ 6.7
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1993★ 6.6
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2023★ 6.2
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2022★ 7.2
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1996★ 6.6
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2019★ 7.0
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2017★ 7.6
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1993★ 7.0
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2006★ 6.0
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1981★ 7.2
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2025★ 6.8
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1994★ 6.7
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2018★ 7.5
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2004★ 6.7
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