Balto (1995)

Balto is a true story, kind of: It’s the lightly fictionalized story of a half-wolf half-dog who carries an essential serum from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska at the height a 1925 diphtheria outbreak.

Balto is notable for the exceptional vocal talents of Kevin Bacon, Bridget Fonda, Bob Hoskins and Phil Collins (Hopkins plays a goose and Collins a pair of polar bears). It’s also intriguing to hear the voice of Winnie the Pooh, Jim Cummings, play way against type by voicing the vain and villainous Steele.

Balto II: Wolf Quest, in which Balto and Jenna’s daughter embarks on a vision quest, is one of the wildest movies we’ve ever seen in or out of the talking dog movie genre.