Everyone has heard about Alvin and the Chipmunks, the Black Stallion, Lassie and other animal superstars. But there are animal-themed films out there that have crawled, slithered or swam under everyone's pop-culture radar. Here's a list of some of those underrated movies that you may not already have gotten your hands (or hooves or paws) on.

The Cat From Outer Space (1978)
One of the many good-hearted, wacky, live-action Disney films from the 1970s, "The Cat from Outer Space" stars a tawny Abyssinian as the alien Zunar-J-5/9 Doric-4-7, who just happens to look like a cat. Ken Berry and Sandy Duncan adopt the cat (they call him Jake), and hijinks ensue when it turns out Jake needs gold to power his spaceship.