Best in show: Dogs at the movies

Best attack on a postman ... Marley in Marley & Me (2009) Photograph: PR

Best instant signifier of a neurotic gay owner ... Verdell in As Good as It Gets (1997) Photograph: PR

Least successfully spayed dog ... Pongo in 101 Dalmatians (1996) Photograph: The Kobal Collection

Best rabid homicidal psycho dog ... Cujo in Cujo (1983) Photograph: The Kobal Collection

Best house training ... Hotel for Dogs (2009) Photograph: Jaimie Trueblood/Paramount Pictures

Best Tom Hanks co-star (with apologies to Meg Ryan, Audrey Tautou and Daryl Hannah) ... Hooch in Turner and Hooch (1989) Photograph: The Kobal Collection

Best James Belushi co-star (with apologies to Arnie, Tupac, and that "lovable tyke" from Curly Sue) ... K-9 in K-9 (1989) Photograph: Public Domain

Best Will Smith co-star (with apologies to, erm, Martin Lawrence) ... Samantha in I Am Legend (2007) Photograph: PR

Best employer of Charles Grodin ... Beethoven in the Beethoven series Photograph: The Kobal Collection

Best embodiment of suppressed guilt ... The dog pack from Waltz With Bashir (2008) Photograph: The Kobal Collection

Bounciest dog ... Lucy in Wendy and Lucy Photograph: PR

Best impersonation of a vampire mutt clearly more interested in off-screen biscuits than chomping people's throats ... Zoltan in Zoltan, Hound of Dracula (1978) Photograph: The Kobal Collection

Best ensemble ... Best In Show (2000) Photograph: PR