If you loved Black Beauty, try Buddy
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Buddy has roughly 4.5× fewer votes than Black Beauty — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Caroline Thompson, and they sit in Adventure / Drama / Family territory. If that's the register that drew you to Black Beauty, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Buddy is
Here's a film that asks if interspecies friendship can work, but only answers it in the most literal way possible. Set in the 1920s, a wealthy woman adopts a baby gorilla from Africa and raises him in her home. It's hard to fault a movie that earnestly tries to make a good ape movie.
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