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Monkey Business: Exploring the Best Movies and TV Shows Featuring Our Primate Friends

Get ready to go bananas as we delve into the world of movies and TV shows that feature our furry, intelligent, and charismatic friends - monkeys! From heartwarming dramas to action-packed adventures, we've got you covered with the best films and series that showcase the majesty and mischief of our primate pals.

Cast

Stephen Chow

Richard Ng Man-Tat

Athena Chu Yan

Ada Choi Siu-Fan

A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella (1995)

7.7 268 votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy

Country: Hong Kong, China

Duration: 99 min.

Story: This sequel to "Pandora's Box" continues director Jeffrey Lau's adaptation of the Buddhism saga "Journey to the West". Stranded five centuries in the past, Joker Monkey King must battle a variety of monsters, seductive women and super-powered villains to save the dying Pak Jing-Jing.

Plot: martial arts, based on novel or book, monk, sequel, king, monkey, journey, monkey king

Cast

Scott Weinger

Robin Williams

Linda Larkin

Jonathan Freeman

Aladdin (1992)

7.7 12.1K votes

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Family

Country: United States of America

Duration: 91 min.

Audience: G

Story: In the boorish city of Agrabah, kind-hearted street urchin Aladdin and Princess Jasmine fall in love, although she can only marry a prince. He and power-hungry Grand Vizier Jafar vie for a magic lamp that can fulfill their wishes.

Plot: princess, magic, tiger, cartoon, villain, parrot, sultan, flying carpet, ...

Cast

Robbie Williams

Jonno Davies

Steve Pemberton

Alison Steadman

Better Man (2024)

7.6 871 votes

Genre: Drama, Music

Country: Australia, United Kingdom

Duration: 135 min.

Audience: R

Story: Follow Robbie Williams' journey from childhood, to being the youngest member of chart-topping boyband Take That, through to his unparalleled achievements as a record-breaking solo artist – all the while confronting the challenges that stratospheric fame and success can bring.

Plot: depression, drug addiction, musical, biography, based on true story, family abandonment, drugs, monkey, ...

Time: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

7.6 6.2K votes

Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 102 min.

Audience: G

Story: Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the things they miss most in their lives. The Wicked Witch of the West is the only thing that could stop them.

Plot: witch, adolescence, dreams, secret identity, lion, tornado, twister, scarecrow, ...

A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box

Cast

Stephen Chow

Richard Ng Man-Tat

Law Kar-Ying

Yammie Lam Kit-Ying

A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box (1995)

7.5 315 votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy

Country: Hong Kong, China

Duration: 88 min.

Story: When the Goddess of Happiness tosses the Longevity Monk and his disciples out of heaven (because the Monkey King tried to attain immortality), the Monkey King is reincarnated as the Joker. He now spends his time chasing two jealous women. When one of them is dying, the Joker goes back in time in an attempt to save her.

Plot: martial arts, based on novel or book, monk, time travel, reincarnation, goddess, king, monkey, ...

Cast

Katsuji Mori

Teiji u014cmiya

Ryoko Kinomiya

Kei Tomiyama

Speed Racer (1967) TV Show

7.5 138 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Comedy

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 52

Audience: TV-Y7

Story: Speed Racer is a teenage driver who races around the world in his super-technological car, the Mach 5, created by his father, a former racer. The car has several special features that help Speed tackle difficult terrain and get rid of dishonest opponents—which happens frequently. He experiences these adventures alongside his girlfriend Trixie, his younger brother Spridle, and his pet monkey, Chim-Chim. Together, they face thrilling challenges and show that courage and fair play make all the difference.

Plot: car race, racing, based on manga, monkey, shounen, anime, dramatic, amused, ...

Cast

Timothy Balme

Diana Peu00f1alver

Elizabeth Moody

Ian Watkin

Braindead (1992)

7.4 1.9K votes

Genre: Comedy, Horror

Country: New Zealand

Duration: 103 min.

Audience: R

Story: When a Sumatran rat-monkey bites Lionel Cosgrove's mother, she's transformed into a zombie and begins killing (and transforming) the entire town while Lionel races to keep things under control.

Plot: infidelity, poison, affectation, reanimation, zombie, back from the dead, monkey, attempted rape, ...

Place: new zealand

Cast

Harrison Ford

Kate Capshaw

Ke Huy Quan

Amrish Puri

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

7.3 10.2K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure

Country: United States of America

Duration: 118 min.

Audience: PG

Story: After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees – and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacombs of an ancient palace.

Plot: treasure, skeleton, wind, elephant, heart, riddle, crocodile, bridge, ...

Time: 1930s

Place: india

Cast

Greg Cipes

Kevin Michael Richardson

Corey Feldman

Mark Hamill

Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! (2004) TV Show

7.3 53 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Comedy

Country: Japan, United States of America

Seasons: 4

Episodes: 52

Audience: TV-Y7

Story: Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! is an American/Japanese animated television series, and was created by Ciro Nieli, one of the directors of Teen Titans, with animation being done by a Japanese studio known as The Answer Studio. Set mainly on the fictional planet of Shuggazoom, the series follows the adventures of five cyborg monkeys and a human boy named Chiro as they struggle to protect their planet - and the rest of the universe - from the forces of evil.As is obvious from the visual appearance of the show, there is a significant anime influence present, despite being produced for American television. It was also influenced by Star Trek, Super Sentai, Voltron, and Star Wars. The show also contains various references to pop culture, a notable example being the episode "Season of the Skull", which is a parody of the 1970s thriller The Wicker Man.

Plot: hero, giant robot, piloted robot, monkey, super robot, anime inspired

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Cast

Johnny Depp

Geoffrey Rush

Orlando Bloom

Keira Knightley

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)

7.3 15.6K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 169 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: After losing Captain Jack Sparrow to the locker of Davy Jones, Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann, and Captain Barbossa journey to the ends of the earth to rescue him. And as the East India Trading Company tightens its grip on the seas under Lord Cutler Beckett—now in control of Davy Jones—the fate of piracy hangs by a thread. Now, they must unite the pirate lords for one final stand. But as loyalties are tested and alliances shift, each must ultimately choose where they stand in the battle for freedom on the high seas.

Style: whimsical

Plot: exotic island, strong woman, love of one's life, afterlife, traitor, shipwreck, sequel, sword fight, ...

Place: singapore

Bad Monkey (2024) TV Show

7.2 206 votes

Genre: Comedy, Crime

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 10

Audience: TV-MA

Story: A detective turned restaurant inspector in Southern Florida is pulled into a world of greed and corruption after a tourist finds a severed arm while fishing. And yes, there's a monkey.

Plot: miami, florida, detective, based on novel or book, narration, bahamas, murder, monkey, ...

Cast

Will Smith

Mena Massoud

Naomi Scott

Marwan Kenzari

Aladdin (2019)

7.1 10.7K votes

Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 127 min.

Audience: PG

Story: A kindhearted street urchin named Aladdin embarks on a magical adventure after finding a lamp that releases a wisecracking genie while a power-hungry Grand Vizier vies for the same lamp that has the power to make their deepest wishes come true.

Plot: princess, hero, hustler, palace, sultan, flying carpet, musical, rags to riches, ...

Cast

Rebecca Hall

Brian Tyree Henry

Dan Stevens

Kaylee Hottle

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)

7.0 4.7K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 115 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Following their explosive showdown, Godzilla and Kong must reunite against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence – and our own.

Plot: giant monster, sequel, dinosaur, monkey, kaiju, fantasy world, giant ape, godzilla, ...

Cast

Jessica Chastain

Jason Clarke

Kyle Chandler

Jennifer Ehle

Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

7.0 4.9K votes

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 157 min.

Audience: R

Story: A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.

Style: intense

Plot: hotel, van, mossad, central intelligence agency (cia), assassination, prisoner, car dealer, f word, ...

Place: iraq, pakistan, islamabad

Cast

Denis Lavant

u00c9dith Scob

Eva Mendes

Kylie Minogue

Holy Motors (2012)

7.0 1.3K votes

Genre: Drama, Fantasy

Country: Germany, France

Duration: 116 min.

Audience: NR

Story: We follow 24 hours in the life of a being moving from life to life like a cold and solitary assassin moving from hit to hit. In each of these interwoven lives, the being possesses an entirely distinct identity: sometimes a man, sometimes a woman, sometimes youthful, sometimes old. By turns murderer, beggar, company chairman, monstrous creature, worker, family man.

Plot: daughter, work, businessman, photographer, kidnapping, cemetery, accordion, knife, ...

The Fountain (2006)

6.9 3.1K votes

Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 96 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Spanning over one thousand years, and three parallel stories, The Fountain is a story of love, death, spirituality, and the fragility of our existence in this world.

Plot: dying and death, operation, love of one's life, immortality, brain tumor, maya civilization, tree, queen, ...

Cast

Neel Sethi

Bill Murray

Ben Kingsley

Idris Elba

The Jungle Book (2016)

6.9 8.5K votes

Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 106 min.

Audience: PG

Story: After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan, Mowgli, a man-cub fostered by wolves, is forced to flee the jungle, and he embarks on a journey of self-discovery with the help of the panther, Bagheera, and the free-spirited bear, Baloo.

Plot: based on novel or book, snake, elephant, wolf, tiger, feral child, anthropomorphism, remake, ...

Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019)

6.6 1.8K votes

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family

Country: United States of America

Duration: 102 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Dora, a girl who has spent most of her life exploring the jungle with her parents, now must navigate her most dangerous adventure yet: high school. Always the explorer, Dora quickly finds herself leading Boots (her best friend, a monkey), Diego, and a rag tag group of teens on an adventure to save her parents and solve the impossible mystery behind a lost Inca civilization.

Plot: museum, fox, based on cartoon, jungle, lost city, quicksand, monkey, lost civilization, ...

Place: peru

Cast

Johnny Sequoyah

Jessica Alexander

Troy Kotsur

Victoria Wyant

Primate (2026)

6.5 725 votes

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 89 min.

Audience: R

Story: College student Lucy and her friends spend their vacation at her family's home in Hawaii, which includes her pet chimpanzee, Ben. However, when Ben contracts rabies after being bitten by a rabid animal, the group must fight for their lives in order to avoid the now-violent chimp.

Plot: pet, chimpanzee, animal attack, gore, survival, monkey, survival horror, rabies, ...

Place: hawaii