The Best Monkey & Ape Movies
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1. The Monkey's Uncle (1965)
G | 91 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
A student is able to save Midvale College's football reputation using his radical invention.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Tommy Kirk, Annette Funicello, Leon Ames, Arthur O'Connell
Votes: 997
2. The Barefoot Executive (1971)
G | 96 min | Comedy, Family
A mailroom clerk and a chimp team up to pick hit TV shows.
Director: Robert Butler | Stars: Kurt Russell, Joe Flynn, Harry Morgan, Wally Cox
Votes: 2,057
3. Schimpo, was macht ein Aff' in Afrika? (1979)
90 min
Director: Karin Fischer | Stars: Willy Kübler, Georg Thomalla
4. Mein Vater, der Affe und ich (1971)
88 min
The monkey researcher Dr. Felix has made it his mission to publish a "monkey-German" dictionary. His subject of study and constant companion is Jimmy, a chimpanzee who loves drinking.
Director: Franz Antel | Stars: Gerhart Lippert, Mascha Gonska, Paul Löwinger, Beppo Brem
Votes: 30
5. Funky Monkey (2004)
PG | 94 min | Comedy, Family
Boy genius Michael Dean (Adkins) teams up with a super-talented chimpanzee and his caretaker (Modine) to take down an animal testing lab. In exchange the scientist gives the boy some pointers on the girl of his dreams.
Directors: Harry Basil, Gene Quintano | Stars: Seth Adkins, Matthew Modine, Roma Downey, Alexandre Aubry
Votes: 851
6. Bingo Bongo (1982)
106 min | Comedy, Family
A monkey like man found in the jungles of Congo is brought to Milan, Italy and is called Bingo Bongo. Only Laura, an anthropologist, believes in his human qualities.
Director: Pasquale Festa Campanile | Stars: Adriano Celentano, Carole Bouquet, Felice Andreasi, Enzo Robutti
Votes: 2,230
7. Spymate (2003)
PG | 81 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Funny spy chimp teams with spy friend's smart daughter to stop the bad guy from using a superweapon.
Director: Robert Vince | Stars: Barry Bostwick, Jay Brazeau, Richard Kind, Kathryn Kirkpatrick
Votes: 1,421
8. MVP: Most Valuable Primate (2000)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Family, Sport
When Jack, a sign-language-speaking chimp, makes a break for freedom, his talent for ice skating soon turns him into the local hockey team's secret weapon. But the lab officials are closing in.
Director: Robert Vince | Stars: Bernie, Louie, Mac, Russell Ferrier
Votes: 2,750 | Gross: $1.25M
9. MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate (2001)
G | 87 min | Comedy, Family, Sport
It seems that Jack's hockey skills translate directly into tearing up the halfpenny and popping sick grinds. With his new buddy Ben by his side Jack takes off on a cross-country skateboard competition tour with hilarious results.
Director: Robert Vince | Stars: Cameron Bancroft, Bob Burnquist, Bernie, Louie
Votes: 1,372
10. Russell Madness (2015)
PG | 92 min | Family, Sport
When a man inherits his grandfather's arena, he and his family try to restore the family wrestling business with the help of a talking monkey, and their star attraction, a wrestling dog.
Director: Robert Vince | Stars: Sean Giambrone, David Milchard, Steve Richmond, Jesse Reid
Votes: 718
11. Gibby (2016)
Not Rated | 87 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A capuchin monkey helps Katie, a young teenager, overcome her depression after her mother dies.
Director: Phil Gorn | Stars: Crystal the Monkey, Shannon Elizabeth, Peyton Meyer, Shelby Lyon
Votes: 321
12. Wir haun die Pauker in die Pfanne - Die Lümmel von der ersten Bank, V. Teil (1970)
84 min | Comedy
Pepe Nietnagel meets Gotthold Emanuel Taft, the twin brother of director Gottlieb Taft, who emigrated to Africa years ago.
Director: Harald Reinl | Stars: Uschi Glas, Hans Kraus, Fritz Wepper, Rudolf Schündler
Votes: 420
13. Bedtime for Bonzo (1951)
Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
A college professor attempts to salvage his personal and professional reputation by using a laboratory chimpanzee to prove that environment trumps heredity in behavioral development.
Director: Frederick De Cordova | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Diana Lynn, Walter Slezak, Lucille Barkley
Votes: 1,105
14. Ed (1996)
PG | 94 min | Comedy, Family, Sport
A trained chimpanzee plays third base for a minor-league baseball team.
Director: Bill Couturié | Stars: Matt LeBlanc, Jayne Brook, Gene Ross, Paul Hewitt
Votes: 8,937 | Gross: $6.29M
15. Monkey Trouble (1994)
PG | 96 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A young girl's life turns hairy when her new pet monkey turns out to be a trained pickpocket on the run from a scheming gypsy.
Director: Franco Amurri | Stars: Thora Birch, Harvey Keitel, Finster, Mimi Rogers
Votes: 7,233 | Gross: $16.34M
16. Dunston Checks In (1996)
PG | 88 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A young boy befriends a larcenous orangutan in a luxury hotel.
Director: Ken Kwapis | Stars: Jason Alexander, Faye Dunaway, Eric Lloyd, Rupert Everett
Votes: 13,404 | Gross: $9.87M
17. MXP: Most Xtreme Primate (2003 Video)
G | 87 min | Comedy, Family, Sport
Jack's back and this time he is shredding up the slopes in his most Xtreme adventure yet. Jack meets up with Pete, a snowboarder, and his rocker brother Jay where they must outwit two crooks and win the boarder cross championships.
Director: Robert Vince | Stars: Robby Benson, Devin Douglas Drewitz, Trevor Wright, Ian Bagg
Votes: 981
18. Bonzo Goes to College (1952)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy
The educated chimp moves in with a college football coach's family.
Director: Frederick De Cordova | Stars: Maureen O'Sullivan, Edmund Gwenn, Charles Drake, Gigi Perreau
Votes: 162
19. Animal Behavior (1989)
PG | 85 min | Comedy, Romance
A sign language scholar's romance is disrupted by a chimp.
Directors: Jenny Bowen, Kjehl Rasmussen | Stars: Karen Allen, Armand Assante, Josh Mostel, Holly Hunter
Votes: 255 | Gross: $0.04M
20. Summer of the Monkeys (1998)
G | 101 min | Adventure, Drama
Summer Of The Monkeys (set in 1910 on the prairies of Canada) follows the story of a young boy, Jay, who dreams of getting enough money to buy his dream horse. One summer Jay finds four ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Michael Ontkean, Leslie Hope, Wilford Brimley, Corey Sevier
Votes: 619 | Gross: $0.02M
21. Going Ape! (1981)
PG | 87 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
When 80-year-old Max Sabatini dies, he leaves his three prized orangutans in the care of his only son, Foster. To inherit his father's $5-million fortune, Foster must take care of the apes for the next five years.
Director: Jeremy Joe Kronsberg | Stars: Tony Danza, Jessica Walter, Stacey Nelkin, Danny DeVito
Votes: 975
22. Monkeys, Go Home! (1967)
Passed | 101 min | Comedy, Family
A young American inherits an olive farm in France and decides to use four chimpanzees to harvest the fruit when he finds the price of the local labor to be too costly.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Maurice Chevalier, Dean Jones, Yvette Mimieux, Bernard Woringer
Votes: 585
23. Our Charly (1995–2012)
45 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Charlie, a small African chimpanzee, ends up in the home of the Martin family and turns their quiet life upside down.
Stars: Regina Lemnitz, Ralf Lindermann, Brigitte Böttrich, Aurelio Malfa
Votes: 442
24. Carnival Magic (1983)
G | 86 min | Drama, Fantasy
A carnival magician with actual magic powers works with a talking chimp. The magician and the chimp soon become the stars of the carnival, drawing in big crowds. However, the wild-animal trainer decides to kidnap Alex and sell him.
Director: Al Adamson | Stars: Don Stewart, Jennifer Houlton, Howard Segal, Regina Carrol
Votes: 844
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