DogMan

Dogman is a 2023 action thriller film written and directed by Luc Besson, starring Caleb Landry Jones as Douglas "Doug" Munrow, a man who grew up in a violently dysfunctional family but finds salvation through his love of dogs. The film follows Doug's journey from his traumatic childhood to his later life as an adult, where he forms a deep bond with the dogs and trains them to carry out burglaries to survive on the margins of society. With its poetic darkness and somber storytelling, the film explores themes of abuse, trauma, identity reconstruction, and animal loyalty.