Monkey Movies

Directed by Ben F. Wilson and Duke Worne.

Violence against long-tailed monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) is on the rise during the COVID-19 pandemic. Animal lovers from various organizations are...

Chris Klemmer, Nick Turani, and Kyle Bauer uncover The World Famous Monkey Boy.

Dr. Dolittle has arrived in the land of monkeys, where gorillas, orangutans, baboons and spiders await medical attention. But how can one do it...

An abused chimpanzee escapes from a zoo. On the run, he meets Farina, running away from home and his battling parents. The two become friends and...

The fakir with his trick monkey is seated on the pavement in a street in Cairo. He plays a tom-tom, while the monkey dances the couchee-couchee. The...

The image of “snow monkeys” submerged in a hot spring as snow falls around them is iconic. These are Japanese macaques, the northernmost...

Three hitchhiking, hobo chimpanzees, followers of the open road and work-dodgers are put to work on Oswald Rabbit's farm in payment for pies stolen...

A scenes from a tour of Manipur State and a women's bazaar in Imphal.

A man tries to sell peanuts at the Zoo but is harassed by an elephant and various animals, so he asks a singer for help.(Note: not to be confused...

A pioneering effort in bringing shadow puppetry to the cinema.

The Farmer is abducted by a capering Jungle Goddess. As pre-Code as a Terrytoon ever got. Most animation is by Frank Moser; with him are Art Babbitt,...

A beloved Italian organ grinder plays his music and sings his song through an immigrant-filled ghetto neighborhood, where hard-scrabble kids and...

Dude goes bananas, crazy shit.

Story of a little Javanese boy who adopts a monkey.

Pétronille the kitchen maid is engaged to a marine who brings her a monkey named Joko from an exotic, unspecified country as a present....

Rhesus Monkeys of Santiago Island, Puerto Rico" (1966) is an in-depth documentary that explores the establishment and subsequent study of a rhesus...

When a monkey is resting peacefully on his hoard of papayas, he is rudely awakened by a falling fruit on his head. Noticing a gorilla in the tree...

Explore one of the most ancient forests on Earth through the eyes of its youngest inhabitants. Follow a baby proboscis monkey, translucent...

Six sketches, featuring off-screen human voices and on-screen chimpanzees in men's clothing, illustrating six aspects of movie making: script...