Marley & Me

2008 · 1h55 · Film

Directed by David Frankel

Starring Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston, Eric Dane, Kathleen Turner, Alan Arkin, Nathan Gamble, Haley Bennett, Haley Higgins, Ann Dowd, Clarke Peters

Ideal when you feel… Bored Stressed Happy

A newly married couple, in the process of starting a family, learn many of life's important lessons from their trouble-loving retriever, Marley. Packed with plenty of laughs to lighten the load, the film explores the highs and lows of marriage, maturity and confronting one's own mortality, as seen through the lens of family life with a dog.

Original language

English

Screenplay

Scott Frank, Don Roos, Tracey Wilson

Music

Theodore Shapiro

Cinematography

Florian Ballhaus

Cast

Kathleen Turner, Alan Arkin, Nathan Gamble, Haley Bennett, Haley Higgins, Ann Dowd, Clarke Peters, Finley Jacobsen, Lucy Merriam

Updated July 22, 2026

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