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1. Being John Malkovich (1999)

R | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A puppeteer discovers a portal that leads literally into the head of movie star John Malkovich.

Director: Spike Jonze | Stars: John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, John Malkovich

Votes: 353,438 | Gross: $22.86M

2. George of the Jungle (1997)

PG | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A man raised in the jungle by apes falls in love with a wealthy American heiress.

Director: Sam Weisman | Stars: Brendan Fraser, Leslie Mann, Thomas Haden Church, Richard Roundtree

Votes: 84,408 | Gross: $105.26M

3. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)

R | 104 min | Comedy

The comic "Bluntman and Chronic" is based on real-life stoners Jay and Silent Bob, so when they get no profit from a big-screen adaptation, they set out to wreck the movie.

Director: Kevin Smith | Stars: Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Amy Noble, Harley Quinn Smith

Votes: 161,097 | Gross: $30.09M

4. 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: 233,626 | Gross: $108.39M

5. Phenomena (1985)

R | 116 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

A young girl who has an amazing ability to communicate with insects is transferred to an exclusive Swiss boarding school, where her unusual capability might help solve a string of murders.

Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Jennifer Connelly, Donald Pleasence, Daria Nicolodi, Dalila Di Lazzaro

Votes: 30,067

6. The Jungle Book (1994)

PG | 111 min | Adventure, Family, Romance

Rudyard Kipling's classic tale of Mowgli, the orphaned jungle boy raised by wild animals, and how he becomes king of the jungle.

Director: Stephen Sommers | Stars: Jason Scott Lee, Cary Elwes, Lena Headey, Sam Neill

Votes: 18,948 | Gross: $44.34M

7. Every Which Way But Loose (1978)

PG | 114 min | Action, Comedy

The San Fernando Valley adventures of trucker turned prize-fighter Philo Beddoe and his pet orangutan Clyde.

Director: James Fargo | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Beverly D'Angelo

Votes: 30,053 | Gross: $106.00M

8. Doctor Dolittle (1998)

PG-13 | 85 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

A doctor discovers that he can communicate with animals.

Director: Betty Thomas | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Peter Boyle, Ossie Davis, Oliver Platt

Votes: 102,146 | Gross: $144.16M

9. Gorillas in the Mist (1988)

PG-13 | 129 min | Biography, Drama

The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them.

Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Bryan Brown, Julie Harris, John Omirah Miluwi

Votes: 29,201 | Gross: $24.72M

10. Tarzan (1966–1968)

60 min | Action, Adventure

Tarzan (Lord Greystoke), already well educated and fed up with civilization, returns to the jungle and, more or less assisted by chimpanzee Cheetah and orphan boy Jai, wages war against poachers and other bad guys.

Stars: Ron Ely, Manuel Padilla Jr., Virgil Richardson, Rockne Tarkington

Votes: 1,202

11. Any Which Way You Can (1980)

PG | 116 min | Action, Comedy

A trucker turned prize fighter, his brother and their pet orangutan have a series of misadventures involving the mob, corrupt cops, motorcycle gangs and pretty dames.

Director: Buddy Van Horn | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, William Smith

Votes: 20,983 | Gross: $70.69M

12. Babe: Pig in the City (1998)

PG | 97 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Babe, fresh from his victory in the sheepherding contest, returns to Farmer Hoggett's farm, but after Farmer Hoggett is injured and unable to work, Babe has to go to the big city to save the farm.

Director: George Miller | Stars: Magda Szubanski, Elizabeth Daily, Mickey Rooney, James Cromwell

Votes: 35,469 | Gross: $18.32M

13. Project X (1987)

PG | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi

An Air Force pilot joins a top secret military experiment involving chimps, but begins to suspect there might be something more to the mysterious "Project X".

Director: Jonathan Kaplan | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Helen Hunt, Willie, Okko

Votes: 12,848 | Gross: $18.53M

14. Love Potion No. 9 (1992)

PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Two scientists who are hopeless with the opposite sex experiment with a substance that makes them irresistible to anyone who hears them speak.

Director: Dale Launer | Stars: Tate Donovan, Sandra Bullock, Mary Mara, Dale Midkiff

Votes: 15,215 | Gross: $0.75M

15. Doctor Dolittle (1967)

Approved | 152 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

After the animal communicating veterinarian goes too far for his clientele, he and his friends escape their hometown to the sea in search of the Great Pink Sea Snail.

Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Rex Harrison, Samantha Eggar, Anthony Newley, Richard Attenborough

Votes: 10,267 | Gross: $13.52M

16. Link (1986)

R | 103 min | Horror

When a female zoology student is invited to a remote seaside mansion to assist a primatology professor with his experiments involving chimpanzees, dangerous events start to occur, all involving the intelligent 45-year-old chimp, Link.

Director: Richard Franklin | Stars: Terence Stamp, Elisabeth Shue, Steven Finch, Richard Garnett

Votes: 3,744 | Gross: $1.72M

17. Monkey Trouble (1994)

PG | 96 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

A young girl's life turns hairy when her new pet monkey turns out to be a trained pickpocket on the run from a scheming gypsy.

Director: Franco Amurri | Stars: Thora Birch, Harvey Keitel, Finster, Mimi Rogers

Votes: 7,237 | Gross: $16.34M

18. 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

19. Monkey Business (1952)

Approved | 97 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

A chemist finds his personal and professional life turned upside down when one of his chimpanzees finds the fountain of youth.

Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn

Votes: 15,577

20. Ed (1996)

PG | 94 min | Comedy, Family, Sport

A trained chimpanzee plays third base for a minor-league baseball team.

Director: Bill Couturié | Stars: Matt LeBlanc, Jayne Brook, Gene Ross, Paul Hewitt

Votes: 8,937 | Gross: $6.29M

21. Tarzán (1991–1995)

TV-14 | 30 min | Adventure

The legendary "Ape Man" and his scientist friends protect the jungle from environmental threats, in this updated version of the classic story.

Stars: Wolf Larson, Lydie Denier, Sean Roberge, Malick Bowens

Votes: 488

22. Buddy (1997)

PG | 84 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A depiction of the true life story of Gertrude Lintz, an eccentric 1920's socialite who tries to raise a gorilla, like many chimps before him, as part of her family.

Director: Caroline Thompson | Stars: Rene Russo, Robbie Coltrane, Alan Cumming, Irma P. Hall

Votes: 2,821 | Gross: $10.01M

23. Summer of the Monkeys (1998)

G | 101 min | Adventure, Drama

Summer Of The Monkeys (set in 1910 on the prairies of Canada) follows the story of a young boy, Jay, who dreams of getting enough money to buy his dream horse. One summer Jay finds four ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Michael Ontkean, Leslie Hope, Wilford Brimley, Corey Sevier

Votes: 620 | Gross: $0.02M

24. The Glass Slipper (1955)

Unrated | 93 min | Family, Fantasy, Musical

Tomboyish outcast "Cinder" Ella and the duke's charming son Charles fall in love in this comedic rendition of the classic fairy tale.

Director: Charles Walters | Stars: Leslie Caron, Michael Wilding, Keenan Wynn, Estelle Winwood

Votes: 1,591 | Gross: $2.97M

25. Bedtime for Bonzo (1951)

Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

A college professor attempts to salvage his personal and professional reputation by using a laboratory chimpanzee to prove that environment trumps heredity in behavioral development.

Director: Frederick De Cordova | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Diana Lynn, Walter Slezak, Lucille Barkley

Votes: 1,107

26. Tarzan in Manhattan (1989 TV Movie)

94 min | Action, Adventure

Tarzan goes to New York to rescue the chimp Cheetah, who has been captured by an evil animal experimenter. There, he teams up with Jane, a cab driver and daughter of an ex-cop private eye, who help Tarzan free Cheetah and his friends.

Director: Michael Schultz | Stars: Joe Lara, Kim Crosby, James Medina, Jan-Michael Vincent

Votes: 549

27. The Barefoot Executive (1971)

G | 96 min | Comedy, Family

A mailroom clerk and a chimp team up to pick hit TV shows.

Director: Robert Butler | Stars: Kurt Russell, Joe Flynn, Harry Morgan, Wally Cox

Votes: 2,060

28. MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate (2001)

G | 87 min | Comedy, Family, Sport

It seems that Jack's hockey skills translate directly into tearing up the halfpenny and popping sick grinds. With his new buddy Ben by his side Jack takes off on a cross-country skateboard competition tour with hilarious results.

Director: Robert Vince | Stars: Cameron Bancroft, Bob Burnquist, Bernie, Louie

Votes: 1,372

29. MXP: Most Xtreme Primate (2003 Video)

G | 87 min | Comedy, Family, Sport

Jack's back and this time he is shredding up the slopes in his most Xtreme adventure yet. Jack meets up with Pete, a snowboarder, and his rocker brother Jay where they must outwit two crooks and win the boarder cross championships.

Director: Robert Vince | Stars: Robby Benson, Devin Douglas Drewitz, Trevor Wright, Ian Bagg

Votes: 981

30. Going Ape! (1981)

PG | 87 min | Comedy, Crime, Family

When 80-year-old Max Sabatini dies, he leaves his three prized orangutans in the care of his only son, Foster. To inherit his father's $5-million fortune, Foster must take care of the apes for the next five years.

Director: Jeremy Joe Kronsberg | Stars: Tony Danza, Jessica Walter, Stacey Nelkin, Danny DeVito

Votes: 975

31. The Monkey's Uncle (1965)

G | 91 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi

A student is able to save Midvale College's football reputation using his radical invention.

Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Tommy Kirk, Annette Funicello, Leon Ames, Arthur O'Connell

Votes: 998

32. Monkey Up (2016)

PG | 83 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

With their parents preoccupied with their new careers, a young girl and her brother befriend a talking monkey who is struggling to be taken seriously as an actor.

Director: Robert Vince | Stars: Larke Miller, Michael Teigen, Skylar Astin, David Milchard

Votes: 439

33. 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

34. The Chimp (1932)

Passed | 25 min | Short, Comedy

Two bumbling circus performers inadvertently help drive the circus into ruin and then end up in possession of a flea circus and an oversized chimp.

Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Bobby Burns, Baldwin Cooke

Votes: 1,504

35. Bonzo Goes to College (1952)

Approved | 80 min | Comedy

The educated chimp moves in with a college football coach's family.

Director: Frederick De Cordova | Stars: Maureen O'Sullivan, Edmund Gwenn, Charles Drake, Gigi Perreau

Votes: 163

36. Mr. Smith (1983)

30 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

An orangutan accidentally raised to genius human-level intelligence secretly works in Washington, D.C. as a political advisor.

Stars: Leonard Frey, Tim Dunigan, Terri Garber, Laura Jacoby

Votes: 61

37. Kung Fu Arts (1978)

88 min | Action

The emperor's right hand man frames the princess's fiancé, King Chi, who goes into hiding for ten years, vowing revenge. Meanwhile, the princess is married to King Chi's monkey.

Directors: Kuang Hui, Hsi-Chieh Lai, Ju-Shou Li | Stars: Carter Wong, Sing Chen, Chi-Min Chin, Chung-Kuei Chang

Votes: 137

38. Monkey Man: In the Covid World (2022)

6 min | Short, Comedy

A short mockumentary that explores the life of Monkey Man, a fish out of water who is forced to adapt to a new dark world.

Director: Manuel Alejandro Vargas | Stars: Mick Primmer, Manuel Alejandro Vargas, Laith Wallschleger

39. The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971)
Episode: Christmas at the Clampetts (1963)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Mr. Drysdale's idea for Christmas presents are ones only fit for coastal California, like diving suits and a boat, and a television set, which Granny thinks is some kind of fancy washing machine.

Director: Richard Whorf | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, Max Baer Jr.

Votes: 150