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My Life as a Dog

1985Age guide: All ages

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  • United StatesCriterion Channel · HBO Max
  • CanadaCriterion Channel
  • SpainAcontra Plus · Tivify
28 more countries
  • SwedenNetflix · Cineasterna · TV4 Play
  • BrazilAmazon Prime Video · Looke · NetMovies
  • MexicoMercado Play
  • ArgentinaAmazon Prime Video · MovistarTV · Mercado Play
  • BelizeAmazon Prime Video
  • BoliviaAmazon Prime Video
  • ChileAmazon Prime Video · MovistarTV · Mercado Play
  • ColombiaAmazon Prime Video · MovistarTV · Mercado Play
  • Costa RicaAmazon Prime Video
  • DenmarkNetflix · TV 2 · Filmstriben
  • Dominican RepublicAmazon Prime Video
  • EcuadorAmazon Prime Video · MovistarTV · Mercado Play
  • El SalvadorAmazon Prime Video
  • FinlandNetflix · MTV Katsomo
  • GuatemalaAmazon Prime Video
  • HondurasAmazon Prime Video
  • NicaraguaAmazon Prime Video
  • NorwayNetflix · TV 2 Play · Filmoteket
  • PanamaAmazon Prime Video
  • ParaguayAmazon Prime Video
  • PeruAmazon Prime Video · Mercado Play
  • UruguayAmazon Prime Video · Mercado Play
  • VenezuelaAmazon Prime Video
  • United KingdomRent or buy
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  • TaiwanRent or buy

Checked 11 Nov 2026 · Data: JustWatch

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A boy, obsessed with comparing himself with those less fortunate, experiences a different life at the home of his aunt and uncle in 1959 Sweden.

★ 7.3/10 · 305 TMDB audience ratings

Starring

  • Anton GlanzeliusIngemar Johansson
  • Tomas von BrömssenIngemar's Uncle Gunnar
  • Anki LidénIngemar's Mother
  • Melinda KinnamanSaga
  • Kicki RundgrenGunnar's Wife Ulla
  • Lennart HjulströmThe Artist
  • Ing-Marie CarlssonBerit
  • Leif EricsonUncle Sandberg

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Audience reviews from TMDB · may contain spoilers

Filipe Manuel Neto: An exceptionally well-made film about an ordinary boy experiencing things common to almost all boys his age. I don't have much experience with… Read full review

Harry_Gill: The film's title translates a Swedish idiom for rotten luck. That tells you everything about how 12-year-old Ingemar processes the world. He doesn't… Read full review

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