Topic: Apes

Direction Orlando von Einsiedel

Synopsis In the forested depths of eastern Congo lies Virunga National Park, one of the most bio-diverse places in the world and home to the last of the mountain gorillas. In this wild, but enchanted environment, a small and embattled team...

Direction Giles Badger

Cast George McGavin

Synopsis Meet the primates - Your animal family as you've never seen it before.

Direction Franklin J. Schaffner

Cast Charlton Heston · Roddy McDowall · Kim Hunter · Maurice Evans

Synopsis Complex sociological themes run through this science-fiction classic, about three astronauts marooned on a futuristic planet where apes rule and humans are slaves... The stunned trio discovers that these highly intellectual simians can both walk upright and talk. They have...

Direction Brett Morgen

Synopsis Using a trove of unseen footage, the film tells the story of Jane Goodall's early explorations, focusing on her groundbreaking field work, her relationship with cameraman and husband Hugo van Lawick, and the chimpanzees that she studied.

Direction Merian C. Cooper · Ernest B. Schoedsack

Cast Fay Wray · Robert Armstrong · Bruce Cabot · Noble Johnson

Synopsis In King Kong (1933), a daring filmmaker leads an expedition to a mysterious island, where they discover a colossal ape worshipped by the natives. Captivated by the crew's leading lady, Kong is lured from his jungle domain and captured. Brought...

Direction Carlos Baeza

Synopsis In "Clown Without Pity", a Krusty the Clown doll goes berserk in the Simpson home. In "King Homer", Marge is wooed by a giant ape. And final story, In "Dial 'Z' for Zombies", Bart's attempt to bring back the family...

Direction Pablo de la Chica

Synopsis In a brutally dangerous landscape, sanctuary becomes the most valued commodity -- both to heal and be healed. Mama Zawadi and her “babies", orphaned baby chimpanzees traumatized by the violence threatening their extinction, find their own sanctuary together at the...

Direction Alastair Fothergill · Mark Linfield

Synopsis A nature documentary centered on a family of chimps living in the Ivory Coast and Ugandan rain forests.

Direction David Lickley

Synopsis "Born to be Wild 3D" is an inspiring story of love, dedication and the remarkable bond between humans and animals. This film documents orphaned orangutans and elephants and the extraordinary people who rescue and raise them - saving endangered species...

Direction James Marsh

Synopsis From the Oscar-winning team behind Man on Wire comes the story of Nim, the chimpanzee who, in the 1970s, became the focus of a landmark experiment that aimed to prove an ape—if raised and nurtured like a human child—could learn...

Direction Lorenz Knauer

Cast Jane Goodall

Synopsis More than 20 years ago, Dr. Jane Goodall, now 75, decided to give up her career as a primatologist, as well as her private life, in order to devote all her energy to saving our endangered planet. Since then she's...

Direction Huw Cordey

Cast David Attenborough

Direction Kevin Lima · Chris Buck

Synopsis Tarzan (1999) tells the story of a boy raised by gorillas in the African jungle after his parents are tragically killed by a leopard. As Tarzan grows, he struggles to find his place between the world of the gorillas and...

Direction Rupert Wyatt

Cast James Franco · Andy Serkis · Freida Pinto · Brian Cox

Synopsis An origin story set in present day San Francisco, where man's own experiments with genetic engineering lead to the development of intelligence in apes and the onset of a war for supremacy. Desperate to help his Alzheimer stricken father (John...

Direction Eric Goode

Synopsis Documentary (2024). 4 Episodes. Former nurse-turned-exotic animal broker Tonia Haddix, who refers to herself as the “Dolly Parton of chimps”, spends her days caring for animals in captivity. However, her limitless love for one chimpanzee in particular spins into a...

Direction Mark Linfield · Alastair Fothergill

Synopsis A nature documentary that follows a newborn monkey and its mother as they struggle to survive within the competitive social hierarchy of the Temple Troop, a dynamic group of monkeys who live in ancient ruins found deep in the storied...

Direction W.S. Van Dyke

Cast Johnny Weissmuller · Maureen O'Sullivan · Neil Hamilton · C. Aubrey Smith

Synopsis Tarzan, the Ape Man (1932) follows Jane Parker, who ventures into the African jungle with her father and his team in search of a legendary elephant graveyard. During their expedition, they encounter Tarzan, a man raised by apes, who lives...

Direction Michael Apted

Cast Sigourney Weaver · John Omirah Miluwi · Bryan Brown · Julie Harris

Synopsis Based on the true story of young anthropologist Dian Fossey (Sigourney Weaver) who travels to the African mountains to study the rare gorillas. In this incredible paradise which she describes as being "as close to God as you can get,"...

Direction Matt Reeves

Cast Jason Clarke · Gary Oldman · Andy Serkis · Keri Russell

Synopsis Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) is set a decade after a devastating virus has wiped out much of humanity. Caesar, the intelligent ape leader, has built a thriving community in the forests. When a small group of...

Direction Barbet Schroeder

Synopsis A documentary on the experience of psychology student Penny Patterson with Koko, a female gorilla at San Francisco Zoo with which she finally succeeded in communicating by means of sign language after several years of work.