Monkey Movies

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

The proboscis monkey is one of Borneo's most threatened species. This program is about the behaviour of the proboscis monkey, the habitat in which it...

A little monkey fakes death to evade the law.

When a circus trio have a particularly disastrous show, Mandy the Acrobat must decide whether to run away from the circus, or to stay and help her...

A pioneering effort in bringing shadow puppetry to the cinema.

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...

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...

Her name is Green, she is alone in a world that doesn't belong to her. She is a female orangutan, victim of deforestation and resource exploitation....

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

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

The oldest surviving animated film from Brazil. The only animal in a zoo, a monkey, escapes its cage, causing a lot of trouble.

Hindu legend tells of white warrior monkeys fighting to rescue the god Hanuman from evil demons. Centuries later in Jodhpur, India, the Hanuman...

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...

Another of the "Variety Views" continuing adventures with Shorty the Chimp getting loose and running amok. Tired of waiting at the fire house for a...

This very brief cartoon from Japan whose title translated means "The Monkey Fleet" and runs little more than a minute has the Asian monkeys battling...

David Attenborough's entertaining romp through the world of monkeys has a serious side: for when we look at monkeys we can see ourselves. From memory...

A monkey and a swallow cross paths in the lush jungle and trade kung fu skills.

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

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

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