Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "primate"

1. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

PG-13 | 105 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

A substance designed to help the brain repair itself gives advanced intelligence to a chimpanzee who leads an ape uprising.

Director: Rupert Wyatt | Stars: James Franco, Andy Serkis, Freida Pinto, Karin Konoval

Votes: 558,696 | Gross: $176.76M

2. The Hangover Part II (2011)

R | 102 min | Comedy

Two years after the bachelor party in Las Vegas, Phil, Stu, Alan, and Doug jet to Thailand for Stu's wedding. Stu's plan for a subdued pre-wedding brunch, however, goes seriously awry.

Director: Todd Phillips | Stars: Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms, Justin Bartha

Votes: 534,513 | Gross: $254.46M

3. Evolution (2001)

PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

A fire-fighting cadet, two college professors, and a geeky but sexy government scientist work against an alien organism that has been rapidly evolving since its arrival on Earth inside a meteor.

Director: Ivan Reitman | Stars: David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Julianne Moore, Seann William Scott

Votes: 136,231 | Gross: $38.35M

4. Rampage (2018)

PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

When three different animals become infected with a dangerous pathogen, a primatologist and a geneticist team up to stop them from destroying Chicago.

Director: Brad Peyton | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Naomie Harris, Malin Akerman, Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Votes: 184,852 | Gross: $101.03M

5. Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part Two (2024)

PG-13 | 94 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The Anti-Monitor (the Monitor's evil counterpart) is released into the DC Multiverse and begins to destroy the different Earths that compose it. The Monitor attempts to recruit heroes from across the Multiverse to fight back.

Director: Jeff Wamester | Stars: Darren Criss, Meg Donnelly, Jonathan Adams, Gideon Adlon

Votes: 519

6. Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)

PG-13 | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Ace Ventura, Pet Detective, returns from a spiritual quest to investigate the disappearance of a rare white bat, the sacred animal of a tribe in Africa.

Director: Steve Oedekerk | Stars: Jim Carrey, Ian McNeice, Simon Callow, Maynard Eziashi

Votes: 233,475 | Gross: $108.39M

7. History of the World: Part I (1981)

R | 92 min | Comedy, History, Musical

Mel Brooks brings his one-of-a-kind comic touch to the history of mankind covering events from the Old Testament to the French Revolution in a series of episodic comedy vignettes.

Director: Mel Brooks | Stars: Mel Brooks, Gregory Hines, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn

Votes: 55,217 | Gross: $31.67M

8. Land of the Lost (2009)

PG-13 | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A space-time vortex sucks scientist Rick Marshall, his assistant Holly and a survivalist Will into a world populated by dinosaurs and painfully slow creatures called Sleestaks.

Director: Brad Silberling | Stars: Will Ferrell, Danny McBride, Anna Friel, Jorma Taccone

Votes: 75,287 | Gross: $49.44M

9. Hit-Monkey (2021–2024)

TV-MA | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

It tells the tale of a wronged Japanese snow monkey, mentored by the ghost of an American assassin, as he cuts a wide swath through the Tokyo underworld.

Stars: Fred Tatasciore, Jason Sudeikis, Olivia Munn, George Takei

Votes: 8,748

10. The Hot Zone (2019–2021)

TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, History, Sci-Fi

The frightening spread of the Ebolavirus (season 1) and anthrax (season 2).

Stars: Julianna Margulies, Tony Goldwyn, Noah Emmerich, Daniel Dae Kim

Votes: 9,693

11. Zoboomafoo (1999–2001)

TV-Y | 29 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

Chris and Martin Kratt bring their enthusiasm for animals to the pre-school set.

Stars: Martin Kratt, Chris Kratt, Gord Robertson, Samantha Tolkacz

Votes: 3,681

12. What Did Jack Do? (2017)

TV-14 | 17 min | Short, Comedy, Crime

In a locked down train station, a homicide detective conducts an interview with a tormented monkey.

Director: David Lynch | Stars: Jack Cruz, David Lynch, Toototabon, Emily Stofle

Votes: 14,840

13. 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: 2,749 | Gross: $1.25M

14. Jane (II) (2017)

PG | 90 min | Documentary, Biography

The life and work of the renowned primatology scientist, Jane Goodall, especially on her research about chimpanzees.

Director: Brett Morgen | Stars: Jane Goodall, Hugo Van Lawick, Hugo Eric Louis van Lawick

Votes: 5,661 | Gross: $1.72M

15. Monkey Life (2007– )

Documentary

Monkey Life is a television documentary series about the work of Dr. Alison Cronin, Jeremy Keeling and their team at Monkey World, "the largest monkey and ape rescue centre on the planet" (the programme's tag line), near Wool in Dorset.

Stars: Alison Cronin, Ralf Little, Jeremy Keeling, John Lewis

Votes: 158

16. Vixen: The Movie (2017 Video)

Not Rated | 75 min | Animation, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Mari McCabe, an orphan who inherited her family Anansi totem, which allows her to have the speed and strength of any animal, must protect her totem, and 4 other elemental totems just like it, from her sister and others who try to take them

Directors: Curt Geda, James Tucker | Stars: Megalyn Echikunwoke, Stephen Amell, Katie Cassidy, Franz Drameh

Votes: 1,994

17. History of the World in 2 Hours (2011 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 120 min | Documentary, History

A rapid-fire history of our world, from the beginning of time as we know it to present day. This two-hour CGI-driven special delves into the key turning points: the formation of earth, ... See full summary »

Director: Douglas Cohen | Stars: Corey Burton, Alex Filippenko, Peter Ward, Clifford V. Johnson

Votes: 1,043

18. 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

19. Primates (2020)

58 min | Documentary

Natural history documentary series filmed over two years, revealing the strategies monkeys, apes and lemurs use to survive in the most unexpected places.

Star: Chris Packham

Votes: 142

20. Sexocracy: The man of Bunga Bunga (2012)

76 min | Documentary, Biography, News

First decade of 2000. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi holds lavish parties at his residence in Milan. The political opposition starts speculating that unrestrained sex parties are taking place.

Director: Ruben Maria Soriquez | Stars: Cristiano Angelucci, Valentina Artoni, Silvio Berlusconi, Paolo Binelli

Votes: 220

21. Behind the Mask (2006)

Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary

Behind the Mask: The Story Of The People Who Risk Everything To Save Animals is a 2006 documentary film about the Animal Liberation Front. It took three years of filming, interviewing, and editing to complete.

Director: Shannon Keith | Stars: Shannon Keith, Keith Mann, Kevin Kjonaas, Rod Coronado

Votes: 199

22. Jane Goodall: Beauty and the Beasts (2010 TV Movie)

59 min | Documentary

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Director: Jeremy Bristow | Stars: Jane Goodall, Neil Stuke

23. Hollywood Burn (2006)

52 min | Action, Comedy, History

Popular culture references are marshalled in a critique of copyright.

Director: Soda Jerk | Stars: Dan Aykroyd, Bette Davis, Mark Hamill, Daryl Hannah

Votes: 45

24. The Wild Thornberrys: Animal Adventures (2000 Video Game)

E | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Explore various regions to do various mini-games as Eliza Thornberry.

Director: Phil Trumbo | Stars: Jodi Carlisle, Lacey Chabert, Tim Curry, Flea

25. Eternal Champions (1993 Video Game)

M | Action, Sci-Fi

The Eternal Champion gathers nine key individuals from different time periods who have died trying to change the future for the greater good. He arranges a contest for these nine ... See full summary »

Stars: Jeffrye Tveraas, David Delia, Carolyn des Pres

Votes: 163

26. Monkey Melodies (1930)

7 min | Family, Musical, Animation

The monkeys are swinging; their song and dance routine has other jungle creatures joining in. And two monkeys in love chase and kiss. But the hungry crocodiles lie in wait (and dance the soft shoe)...

Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner, George Magrill, Purv Pullen

Votes: 332

27. Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (2004 Video Game)

E10+ | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Use the official Donkey Kong Jungle Beat bongo drums to cross 40 areas and rid the island of evil kongs.

Director: Yoshiaki Koizumi | Stars: Takashi Nagasako, Katsumi Suzuki, Hironori Miyata, Hideaki Nonaka

Votes: 118

28. 10 Years of Monkey Business (2007– )

23 min | Documentary

A farewell series of 3 programmes celebrating the last 10 years of the phenomenally successful 'Monkey Business'. The series has followed the day -to -day lives of apes and monkeys at one ... See full summary »

29. The Drill Project (2014)

120 min | Documentary, Adventure, History

The Drill Project is a conservation initiative focused primarily on producing a wildlife documentary on an endangered species of primate, The Drill. These animals are in critical danger of ... See full summary »

Stars: Justin Jay, Adam Spencer

30. Goa Goals (2013)

8 min | Documentary

The series "Goa Goals" is a documentary series about unique international individuals living in the unconventional seaside state of Goa, India.

Stars: Ashyar, Kimberly Campetti, Daniel, Nirmal

31. Prymas. Trzy lata z tysiaca (2000)

103 min | Drama

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Director: Teresa Kotlarczyk | Stars: Andrzej Seweryn, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Maja Ostaszewska, Grzegorz Sikora

Votes: 253

32. Le peuple singe (1989)

PG | 85 min | Documentary, Family

Filmed over a period of five years, this is a documentary about monkeys, and how their world is not too different from our own. They share with man concerns for the search for affection, the care of children, and the struggle for power.

Director: Gérard Vienne | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Susan Sarandon

Votes: 95

33. Keepers of the Wild (1992 TV Movie)

55 min | Documentary

National Geographic TV special follows elephant keeper Charlie Gray in Canada, bat keeper Sue Barnard in Georgia, big cat keeper Jack Castor in California, former zookeeper Margaret Cook ... See full summary »

Director: Allison Argo | Star: Glenn Close

34. De verloren kolonie (2008)

70 min | Documentary

Will the once famous Sukhumi Primate Center survive?

Director: Astrid Bussink

Votes: 23

35. Lethal Medicine (1997 Video)

56 min | Documentary

The documentary exposes the fundamental medical and scientific flaws in using the animal model to search for cures for human diseases. It highlights the subsequent failures of scientists ... See full summary »

Directors: Javier Burgos, Hoorik Davoudian | Stars: Christopher Anderegg, David H. Jaggar, Andre Menache, Robert S. Mendelsohn

36. Next of Kin (2006 Video)

13 min | Documentary, Short

The BUAV's Next of Kin charts the lives of monkeys living freely in their rich forest homes in Asia through their journey to Europe to end up being used as tools for the animal research industry.

Star: Alexei Sayle

37. Monkey Business: Jim's Legacy (2008– )

23 min | Documentary

Two special programmes set at Monkey World in Dorset - a farewell tribute to Jim Cronin, founder of one of the largest ape and monkey rescue centres in the world. We look back at Jim's ... See full summary »

Stars: Alison Cronin, Jeremy Keeling, Mike Colbourne, John Lewis

38. The Trade in Primates for Research (2009 Video)

7 min | Documentary, Short

A short film by the BUAV organization depicts the fate of macaques in the Cambodian jungle, which are captured for breeding farms, from where they are sold to vivisection laboratories.

39. Nature Capital: Conservation, Tourism and the Primate's Place (2008 Video)

18 min | Short

In Costa Rica's Manual Antonio National Park the appeal of vibrant wildlife and luscious jungle have made it a hot spot for tourism and, consequently, a sore spot for conservationists and ... See full summary »

Directors: Adam Boyette, Jeff Boyette

40. Misao (1978 TV Movie)

79 min | Drama

In 1902 in St. Petersburg, Russia, loner scientist Anton Kerzhentsevi studies primates. He's attracted to Tatyana, his friend Alexis' wife. As Anton slowly goes mad, he starts planning on how to kill his friend and get away with it.

Director: Ljubomir Draskic | Stars: Nikola Simic, Svetlana Bojkovic, Irfan Mensur, Branko Cvejic

41. Hell's Valley (2015)

9 min | Documentary, Short, Family

Taking a close up look at Japan's Snow Monkeys, exploring their mysterious world and how they have learned to fight the cold.

Director: William Allum | Star: William Allum

Votes: 6

42. Access Denied (II) (1996)

8 min | Documentary, Short

The National Anti-Vivisection Society entered London's Institute of Neurology, Westminster, and Charing Cross medical schools, capturing brutal footage of animal suffering.

Director: Tim Phillips | Star: Vincent Brimble

Votes: 9

43. Shamrock: A Primates Nightmare (1993)

30 min | Documentary, Short

Shamrock Farm was Europe's largest import and quarantine center, supplying primates to vivisection laboratories, including Huntingdon Life Sciences. It was the target of massive protests by... See full summary »

44. Save the Primates (2009)

20 min | Documentary, Short

A short film about the work of the Lord Dowding Fund (LDF), which aims to stop animal testing and support science and medical research that does not involve animals.

Directors: Jan Creamer, Tim Phillips | Star: Bob Kingsley

45. Man of the Forest: Orangutan (2008)

26 min | Short

Orangutans of the Borneo tropical rain forests.

Director: Fred Heiman | Star: Peggy Heiman

46. The Incredible Hulk (1978–1982)
Episode: The Beast Within (1978)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

David 'Bradburn' is researching control methods for animal aggression with a female doctor at a zoo. She gets into trouble when new animals keep dying from a mysterious illness.

Director: Kenneth Gilbert | Stars: Bill Bixby, Jack Colvin, Lou Ferrigno, Caroline McWilliams

Votes: 310

47. Jonathan Creek (1997–2016)
Episode: The House of Monkeys (1997)

TV-PG | 59 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A scientist is stabbed in the back with a Samurai sword. He is found in a locked room. Creek is called in to solve the problem

Director: Sandy Johnson | Stars: Charles Kay, Annette Crosbie, Sara Markland, Simon Day

Votes: 417

48. Lost in Space (1965–1968)
Episode: Return from Outer Space (1965)

Not Rated | 50 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

Using a matter transfer device left behind by the Taurons, Will beams himself back to Earth. He arrives safely in the small town of Hatfield Four Corners, Vermont, but his pleas for help are considered the fantasies of a runaway boy.

Director: Nathan Juran | Stars: Guy Williams, June Lockhart, Mark Goddard, Marta Kristen

Votes: 361

49. Lost in Space (1965–1968)
Episode: The Magic Mirror (1966)

Not Rated | 50 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

Penny stumbles into an alien mirror and finds a universe occupied by one very lonely boy.

Director: Nathan Juran | Stars: Guy Williams, June Lockhart, Mark Goddard, Marta Kristen

Votes: 284

50. Lost in Space (1965–1968)
Episode: The Oasis (1965)

Not Rated | 50 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

Smith eats some fruit that turns him into a paranoid giant.

Director: Sutton Roley | Stars: Guy Williams, June Lockhart, Mark Goddard, Marta Kristen

Votes: 267