De film draait om de hond Bailey. Bailey zijn leven wordt van geboorte tot de dood, door verschillende reïncarnaties heen, gevolgd. Hij zit elke keer in een nieuw lichaam en op deze manier is hij in staat om meerdere baasjes te helpen en hoopt hij erachter te komen wat zijn doel precies is.
Ja! de film A Dog's Purpose is nu beschikbaar om te kijken op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Lasse Hallström | Director |
| Writing | W. Bruce Cameron | Novel |
| Writing | Cathryn Michon | Screenplay |
| Production | Mark Sourian | Executive Producer |
| Production | Lauren Pfeiffer | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Rachel Portman | Music |
| Writing | Maya Forbes | Screenplay |
| Production | Alan C. Blomquist | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Terry Stacey | Director of Photography |
| Writing | W. Bruce Cameron | Screenplay |
| Writing | Audrey Wells | Screenplay |
| Production | Gavin Polone | Producer |
| Editing | Robert Leighton | Editor |
| Art | Craig Sandells | Set Decoration |
| Camera | Paul Suderman | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Lawrence Zipf | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Editing | Tim Stipan | Digital Intermediate |
| Art | Larry Spittle | Art Direction |
| Production | Bruce Winant | ADR Voice Casting |
| Sound | Goro Koyama | Foley |
| Editing | Lidia Tamplenizza | Dialogue Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Patricia J. Henderson | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Production | Deanna Brigidi | Casting Associate |
| Lighting | James M. McClure | Gaffer |
| Visual Effects | Peter Denomme | Visual Effects Producer |
| Sound | Michael Barry | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art | Alexis Labra | Property Master |
| Editing | Corinne Villa | First Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Pina Robinson | Hair Department Head |
| Camera | Parris Mayhew | Steadicam Operator |
| Visual Effects | Jon Campfens | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Crew | Tim Freestone | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Philip Edward Alexy | Lead Animator |
| Sound | Andy Malcolm | Foley |
| Production | Kim Winther | Casting Assistant |
| Visual Effects | Jamie Tracey | VFX Editor |
| Visual Effects | Jack Eatok | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Crew | Corinne Villa | Visual Effects Editor |
| Visual Effects | Brendan Taylor | Visual Effects Producer |
| Art | Khali Wenaus | Art Department Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Shay Cunliffe | Costume Design |
| Camera | Keith Eidse | Camera Operator |
| Lighting | John Clarke | Gaffer |
| Visual Effects | Dominic Cheung | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Mel Martin | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Sound | Sacha Rosen | Boom Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Doug Morrow | Makeup Department Head |
| Sound | Mariusz Glabinski | Sound Designer |
| Art | Michael Carlin | Production Design |
| Art | Réjean Labrie | Art Direction |
| Camera | Joseph Lederer | Still Photographer |
| Visual Effects | Emily Jerome | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Sound | Eliza Paley | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Production | John Papsidera | Casting |
| Camera | Pascal Boisvert | Underwater Camera |
| Visual Effects | Ralph Ortega | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Camera | Robby Baumgartner | Additional Photography |
| Visual Effects | Bruno Tacchino | Animation |
| Editing | Philippe Majdalani | Digital Intermediate |
| Visual Effects | Jasmine Scott | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Greg Behrens | Visual Effects Producer |
| Writing | Wallace Wolodarsky | Screenplay |
| Crew | Connor Peterson | Stand In |
| Sound | Michael Feuser | Sound Editor |
| Production | Mylan Stepanovich | Production Manager |
| Production | Holly Bario | Co-Producer |
| Production | Lesley Oswald | Co-Producer |
| Production | Kim Todd | Co-Producer |
| Camera | Bill Mills | Key Grip |
| Sound | Skip Lievsay | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crew | Marny Eng | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Kristen Sawatzky | Stunts |
| Crew | Dan Skene | Stunt Driver |
| Crew | Rick Skene | Stunt Driver |
| Crew | Sean Skene | Stunt Driver |
| Crew | Naomi Frenette | Stunts |
| Crew | Byron Brisco | Stunts |
| Crew | Garth Merkeley | Stunts |
| Crew | Shannon Guile | Stunts |
| Crew | Anders Strome | Stunts |
| Crew | Darren Ross | Stunts |
