Films with theme "Films about apes", sorted by name

, 48minutes
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about animals, Films about apes, Mise en scène d'un mammifère

, 2h10
Directed by Hugh Hudson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Films about children, Le thème de l'enfant sauvage, Films about apes, L'enfance marginalisée, Tarzan films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Christophe Lambert, Andie MacDowell, Cheryl Campbell, Ian Holm, Ralph Richardson, Nigel Davenport

John, Lord Clayton (Paul Geoffrey), the heir to The 6th Earl of Greystoke, and his wife Alice (Cheryl Campbell) set sail and are quickly shipwrecked on the African coast. After John (or 'Jack') builds a home in the trees, Alice gives birth to a son. Soon after, Alice grows delirious and dies. When Lord Clayton finds her recently dead, the tree house is visited by curious gorillas, and John is killed by one of the apes. The female of the group, Kala, carries her dead infant, but upon hearing the cries of the infant human in his crib, she adopts the boy and raises him among the family of Mangani. The little human child thus grows up naked, wild, and free.

, 1h30
Directed by Frédéric Fougea
Origin France
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Films about religion, Films about apes, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Tabu, Robert Cavanah, Javed Jaffrey, Nithya Menen

Tom, un jeune Écossais, a passé une partie de son enfance dans le sud de l'Inde en compagnie de son père. Celui-ci, archéologue, avait découvert une statue du dieu hindou Hanuman. Des années plus tard, Tom retrouve par hasard cette statue mise aux enchères dans une vente à Londres. Comprenant que la statue et d'autres œuvres du même genre font l'objet d'un trafic, il décide de repartir en Inde du Sud pour lutter contre les trafiquants. Il y retrouve une femme, Anja, son premier amour, alors sur le point de se marier avec un Indien. Tom se trouve menacé par les trafiquants d'art qui tentent d'éliminer le gêneur ; entre alors en scène Hanou, un jeune macaque, qui sauve la vie à Tom et fait preuve d'une intelligence hors du commun.

Origin Inde
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films based on mythology, Films about religion, Films about apes, Mythologie hindoue, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Mukesh Khanna, Sushmita Mukherjee, Pinky Pal Rajput, Rajesh Jolly, Manoj Pandey

This animated movie depicts Hanuman's life from birth. The narrator is actor Mukesh Khanna. The movie relays how Hanuman was born to Anjani (a female Apsara) and Kesari, by the blessings of Vayu-Dev, the Wind God. Hanuman, who is the 11th rudra avatar of Shiva was blessed with supreme intelligence, strength and divine powers. As a baby, Hanuman was quite naughty and used his powers to pester the saints living in the nearby forest. Once when he was hungry, he leapt to catch the sun thinking it was a fruit.

, 1h26
Directed by Steve Martino, Jimmy Hayward
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Mise en scène d'un éléphant, Films about birds, Films about apes, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, Carol Burnett, Seth Rogen, Jesse McCartney, Will Arnett

A dust speck is dislodged from its obscure place and sent adrift through the Jungle of Nool. At the same time, Horton the elephant (Jim Carrey), the jungle's eccentric nature teacher, takes a dip in the pool. The dust speck floats past him in the air, and he hears a tiny yelp coming from it. Believing that an entire society of microscopic creatures are living on that speck, he places it atop a clover. Horton finds out the speck harbors the city of Whoville and its inhabitants, the Whos, led by Mayor Ned McDodd (Steve Carell). He has a wife, Sally (Amy Poehler), 96 daughters (whose names all begin with the letter H), and one teenage son named JoJo (Jesse McCartney). Despite being the oldest and next in line for the mayoral position, JoJo doesn't want to be mayor, and because he's so scared of disappointing his father, never speaks. Once Horton begins carrying the speck with him, the city starts experiencing strange phenomena (earthquakes and changes in the weather), and the Mayor finds his attempts to caution Whoville challenged by the Town Council, led by the opportunistic yet condescending Chairman (Dan Fogler).

, 1h37
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Horror
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Natural horror films, Films about apes
Actors John Rhys-Davies, Timothy Bottoms, Irene Miracle, Michele Carey, Calvin Jung

The film, based on a true story, shows the events of an incident that happened in Kenya in 1984. A severe drought happened, and 90,000 starving babboons went on a rampage, killing humans and animals in their way.

, 1h53
Directed by George A. Romero
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Medical-themed films, Natural horror films, Films about apes, Films about disabilities, Comedy horror films
Actors Jason Beghe, John Pankow, Kate McNeil, Joyce Van Patten, Stephen Root, Stanley Tucci

Monkey Shines tells the story of an athlete, Allan Mann (Jason Beghe), who is rendered quadriplegic when struck by a truck. Mann fails to adjust to his condition, becoming suicidal and despondent. When Geoffrey, a scientist friend of his (John Pankow), who has been experimenting with the injection of human brain tissue into monkeys, learns this, he is prompted to supply one of the experimental monkeys, named "Ella" (played by Boo, whose vocal effects are provided by Frank Welker), to Allan as a helper.

, 2h6
Directed by Jon Turteltaub
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films about animals, Medical-themed films, Prison films, Psychologie, Films about apes, Films about psychiatry, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Anthony Hopkins, Cuba Gooding Jr., Donald Sutherland, Maura Lynn Tierney, George Dzundza, John Ashton

The film examines the mind of anthropologist Ethan Powell (Hopkins) who has been missing for a few years, living in the jungle with gorillas. He had been convicted of killing and injuring several supposed Wilderness Park Rangers in Africa, and is sent to prison. A bright young psychiatrist (Gooding) tries to find out why he killed them, but becomes entangled in a quest to learn the true history and nature of humankind. Eventually it is revealed that during the course of his stay with the gorillas, the animals accepted Powell as part of their group and that he was attempting to protect his gorilla family when the rangers arrived and started shooting them. He gets a hearing to reveal the truth, but an attack by a vicious guard causes Powell to stop talking again. At the end of the film, Powell escapes from prison, using a pen to dig out the lock on a window and heads back to Africa.

, 1h30
Directed by Robert Young, Robert Malcolm Young
Origin Thailande
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Natural horror films, Films about apes, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors F. Murray Abraham, Matt Ryan, Amy Manson, Matt Reeves, Laura Aikman, Sebastian Armesto

Anthropological professor Conrad Hamilton attempts to study a new species of primate, possibly the missing link between humanity and the great ape, found in a hidden valley deep within the jungles of Thailand. Hamilton's initial research team tries to capture one of these new (and very large) primates, but fail and are all killed. Hamilton and his assistant Chenne, who survive because they are away from the camp site, scour the area looking for clues and remains of their team.

, 1h27
Directed by Robert Vince
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about apes, Children's films
Actors Richard Karn, Cameron Bancroft, Jane Sowerby, David Kaye, Tony Alcantar, Ray Galletti

MVP 2 opens with the lovable Jack being invited to play for the Seattle Simians hockey team, but when the Los Angeles Carjackers team sets Jack up by making it look like he bit one of the players, Jack leaves while other Simians players look for him. Jack meets Ben, a runaway homeless skater boy, who lives in a shack at an old pool. Over time, the two become best friends, but when a police officer finds out where Jack and Ben live, they have to leave the pool. When leaving the pool, Ben breaks his board but was going to enter a skating competition and get sponsored. Jack goes to Oliver plant's garbage can full of old skateboard stuff but Oliver finds Ben who tells him about his board and the competition so Oliver gives him a board to use. They stay with Oliver overnight with him not knowing about the pool incident, but when Oliver says "good night, Ben," Ben suspects him of knowing that he was a runaway. Jack asks him to stay since there is no other place to sleep, Ben agrees. Earlier in the story, Oliver gets a visit from someone who deals with children like Ben so that night Oliver calls her and says he found Ben. The next day they go to the competition and when it's Ben's turn, he says he can't do it, but Jack realizes he has the uncanny ability to skateboard. He says he would ride with Ben, so Ben decides to do it. Ben wins the competition and gets sponsored by Bob Burnquist and Oliver adopts Ben. Meanwhile, Louie, Jack's little brother, gets a ride to Seattle and pretends to be Jack, being terrible at hockey. But Jack shows up and wins ZHL cup for the Simians. After the Simians win and Jack and Louie decide to go back home, Ben gives Louie a skate board so Jack can teach him. In the last part of the movie, Louie rides down a ramp back at their home.

, 1h33
Directed by Robert Vince
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Ice hockey films, Films about apes, Children's films
Actors Kevin Zegers, Jamie Renée Smith, Rick Ducommun, Jane Sowerby, Jay Brazeau, Oliver Muirhead

The plot revolves around an ape playing sports. Jack is a three-year-old chimpanzee who is the subject of an experiment involving sign language that is performed by Dr. Kendall. However, Dr. Kendall loses funding for his research and Kendall's boss, Mr. Peabody, sells Jack to a medical research lab, much to Dr. Kendall's dismay. Unfortunately, Dr. Kendall dies (off screen) from a heart attack. Kendall had set up Jack to be taken away from the lab, but Jack was sent to Canada by mistake. In Canada, Jack finds shelter in a tree house but a young deaf girl named Tara enters the tree house and Jack surprises her causing her to faint; when Tara wakes up she learns he can use sign language, she attempts to hide Jack from her parents and brother Steven but is unsuccessful . Steven soon discovers that Jack has an uncanny ability to play the sport of ice hockey and Jack joins Steven's junior league hockey team when it is discovered that there is no rule that chimpanzees can't play hockey. However, just before the championship, Dr. Peabody returns to reclaim Jack.

, 1h44
Directed by Joe Johnston
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes L'adolescence, Films about animals, Films about education, Films about children, Pregnancy films, Jeu, Films about magic and magicians, Christmas films, Time travel films, Mise en scène d'un éléphant, Films about insects, Films about lions, Films about birds, Films about apes, L'enfance marginalisée, Comedy horror films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Reptile, Films about school violence, Mise en scène d'une plante
Actors Robin Williams, Kirsten Dunst, Bradley Pierce, David Alan Grier, Bonnie Hunt, Jonathan Hyde

In 1869, two brothers bury a mysterious chest from which the sound of drumbeats can be heard. A century later, 12-year-old Alan Parrish escapes from a group of bullies to a shoe factory owned by his father, Samuel Parrish. When Alan accidentally damages a machine, Carl Bentley, an employee at the factory and Alan's friend, is blamed and dismissed. The bullies attack Alan and steal his bicycle. Alan follows the sound of tribal drumbeats to a construction site, where he finds a chest containing a board game called Jumanji, and takes the game home.

, 1h1
Directed by Reginald Le Borg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about apes
Actors Evelyn Ankers, J. Carrol Naish, Samuel S. Hinds, Lois Collier, Milburn Stone, Douglass Dumbrille

The film begins with shadowy images on a wall showing a man being attacked by what appears to be a woman. He produces a needle from his pocket and administers its contents to his assailant. She falls to the ground, apparently dead.

, 2h14
Directed by John Guillermin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, La préhistoire, Transport films, Animaux préhistoriques, Natural horror films, Films about apes, King Kong films, Giant monster films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Disaster films
Actors Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, Jessica Lange, René Auberjonois, Jack O'Halloran, Ed Lauter

Fred Wilson (Charles Grodin), an executive of the Petrox Oil Company, forms an expedition based on infrared imagery which reveals a previously undiscovered Indian Ocean island hidden by a permanent cloud bank. Wilson believes the island has a huge deposit of oil. Jack Prescott (Jeff Bridges), a primate paleontologist who wants to see the island for himself, stows away on the expedition's vessel. Prescott reveals himself when he warns the crew the cloud bank may be caused by an unknown beast. Wilson orders Prescott locked up, claiming that he is really a spy from a rival oil company. While escorted to lock-up, Prescott spots a life raft which carries the beautiful and unconscious Dwan (Jessica Lange). Wilson conducts a thorough background check on Prescott and realizes he is telling the truth. He appoints Prescott the expedition's official photographer and requests that he be present when Dwan revives because of his medical background. Upon waking, Dwan says she is an aspiring actress who was aboard a director's yacht which suddenly exploded.

, 3h7
Directed by Peter Jackson
Origin Nouvelle zelande
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, La préhistoire, Transport films, Animaux préhistoriques, Films about apes, King Kong films, Giant monster films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Disaster films
Actors Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Colin Hanks, Jamie Bell

In 1933, at the height of the Great Depression, New York City vaudeville actress Ann Darrow has lost her job and is hired by financially troubled filmmaker Carl Denham to star in his new film. Ann signs on when she learns her favorite playwright, Jack Driscoll, is the screenwriter. As their tramp steamer, the SS Venture, makes the lengthy journey to the remote and mysterious Skull Island, Ann and Jack fall in love. Captain Englehorn begins having second thoughts about the voyage, prompted by crew speculation of trouble ahead.