A Street Cat Named Bob

A Street Cat Named Bob (2016) is a true-story drama you can watch online on iFILM. James Bowen busks for coins on London pavements and fights to stay clean on a methadone program, until a skinny ginger tom turns up outside his temporary flat and refuses to leave.

Bob rides through the city on James's shoulder, and that odd pair starts to pull in everything the musician had lost: passers-by who stop, a few extra pounds, a reason not to relapse. The film comes from the real Bowen's bestselling memoir. Luke Treadaway plays James, and in several shots the ginger cat is played by the actual Bob.

Director Roger Spottiswoode keeps the sweetness in check, showing how one stubborn animal hauls a man out of addiction and loneliness. It isn't a rescue fairytale so much as a quiet record of a second chance. Stream A Street Cat Named Bob (2016) online on iFILM.