Gorilla movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant gorilla movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out psychotronic, serious, exciting, suspense, suspenseful and cult classic films and TV shows about / with gorilla, monkey, animal, danger, ape, catastrophe, transformation, survival, chase and giant ape plots mostly in Adventure, Action and Sci-Fi genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as gorilla: Mighty Joe Young (1998), The Erotic Ghost (2001), Gorillas in the Mist (1988), Rampage (2018), Buddy (1997), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), King Kong (2005), The Beast That Killed Women (1965), Congo (1995), King of Kong Island (1968).
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List of gorilla movies
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
As a child living in Africa, Jill Young saw her mother killed while protecting wild gorillas from poachers led by Andrei Strasser. Now an adult, Jill cares for an orphaned gorilla named Joe -- who, due to a genetic anomaly, is 15 feet tall. When ...
Style:
intense, tense, serious, touching, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, pre-teens, kids, girls' night ...
Plot:
jungle, chase, gorilla, animal, giant animal, beast, friendship, poacher, giant monster, kaiju, transformation, dangerous animal ...
Time:
90s, jurassic
Place:
africa, los angeles, california, uganda, usa ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
sensual, erotic, dark comedy, noir, sexploitation film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
seduction, ghost, eroticism, erotica, sexploitation, lesbian, lust, desire, supernatural, infidelity, sexual awakening, sexual frustration ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them.
Style:
sincere, touching, captivating, inspirational, bleak ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night
Plot:
animal, jungle, gorilla, environmental, forest, biopic, extinction, brutality, environmentalism, human spirit, nature, hunting ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1966
Place:
africa, south africa, congo, rwanda
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200K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Primatologist Davis Okoye shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent, silverback gorilla who has been in his care since birth. But a rogue genetic experiment gone awry mutates this gentle ape into a raging creature of ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, captivating, touching, action adventure ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
monster, gorilla, kaiju, giant monster, animal attack, creature, giant animal, animal human communication, rescue, giant lizard, rage, mutant animal ...
Time:
2010s, jurassic, 21st century
Place:
everglades, los angeles, illinois, missouri, colorado ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
An eccentric socialite raises a gorilla as her son.
Style:
light, semi serious, touching, realistic, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
gorilla, animal, socialite, zoo, camp, eccentric woman, friendship, unlikely friendships, adaptation, wilderness, family relations, kids and family ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 90s, year 1997, 80s
Place:
usa, chicago, new york, brooklyn new york city, philadelphia ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Scientist Will Rodman is determined to find a cure for Alzheimer's, the disease which has slowly consumed his father. Will feels certain he is close to a breakthrough and tests his latest serum on apes, noticing dramatic increases in ...
Style:
thought provoking, visually stunning, emotional, exciting, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, family friendly, adult
Plot:
gorilla, ape, planet of the apes, rebelliousness, chimpanzee, animal testing, virus, rebellion, experiment gone awry, animal experimentation, dystopia, animal ...
Time:
future, year 2011, jurassic, 2010s, near future ...
Place:
san francisco, bay area, california, usa, north america
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468K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance
Country: USA, New Zealand, Germany
Duration: 187 min.
Story:
In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with the leading lady.
Style:
sentimental, emotional, scenic, action adventure, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, manly, kids, girls' night, boys' night ...
Plot:
king kong, creature, jungle, dinosaur, giant animal, monster, gorilla, giant ape, beast, rescue, island, dangerous animal ...
Time:
1930s, year 2005, prehistoric times, jurassic, 20th century ...
Place:
new york, empire state building manhattan new york city, fictional island, usa, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
Panic and fear strike the hearts of the terrorised sun-kissed nudist girls of a once peaceful nudist resort in sun-bleached Miami, when a mysterious, yet menacing intruder manages to find his way in the camp.
Style:
psychotronic, independent film, weird
Plot:
nudist, nudism, gorilla, swimming pool, woods, blonde, female nudity, killed by an animal, monkey, hospital, nudist camp, ape ...
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52K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Eight people embark on an expedition into the Congo, a mysterious expanse of unexplored Africa where human greed and the laws of nature have gone berserk. When the thrill-seekers -- some with ulterior motives -- stumble across a race of killer apes.
Style:
exciting, melancholic, serious, suspenseful, horror comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, teens
Plot:
jungle, adventurer, gorilla, animal attack, treasure hunt, survival, fight scenes, monkey, ape, creature feature, dangerous animal, danger ...
Time:
20th century, jurassic, future, 90s
Place:
congo, africa, tanzania, houston texas
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Eve is a jungle girl brought up by apes. She is captured with a number of apes by a mad scientist, conducting mind control experiments on them. Eventually she is liberated by a young explorer.
Style:
suspense, natural horror, sexy, serious, offbeat
Plot:
mad scientist, erotica, gorilla, king kong, kidnapping, giant monster, monkey, jungle adventure, bare breasts, female nudity, dancing, killer animal ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Is relevant?
35K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
In a prison for the criminally insane, deranged anthropologist Ethan Powell is set to be examined by a bright young psychiatrist, Theo Caulder. Driven by ambition and a hunger for the truth, Caulder will eventually risk everything -- even put his ...
Style:
philosophical, emotional, psychological, suspense, touching ...
Plot:
prison, estrangement, violence, murder, redemption, jungle, greed, survival, human animal relationship, corruption, psychologist, doctors and patients ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, africa, florida, rwanda, cuba
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Word of a monster ape ten stories tall living in the Himalayas reaches fortune hunters in Hong Kong. They travel to India to capture it, but wild animals and quicksand dissuade all but Johnny, an adventurer with a broken heart. He finds the monster ...
Style:
daikaiju, prehistoric, horror comedy, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, boys' night
Plot:
jungle, tragedy, blonde, interracial romance, giant ape, monster, expedition, woman in jeopardy, evil man, heroine, crooked businessman, king kong ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
hong kong, himalaya, india, new jersey, japan ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Ivan is a 400-pound silverback gorilla who shares a communal habitat in a suburban shopping mall with Stella the elephant, Bob the dog, and various other animals. He has few memories of the jungle where he was captured, but when a baby elephant ...
Style:
sweet, sincere, touching, visually appealing, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
circus, talking animal, human animal relationship, gorilla, animal rights, friendship, animal that acts human, animal life, affection, talent, unlikely friendships, animal ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Rick Heller is a juvenile delinquent who keeps getting himself into trouble. To keep him out of trouble his mother puts him to work cleaning the cage of a gorilla named Katie which she is teaching to communicate through the use of sign language. ...
Style:
crying, semi serious, realistic, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing, girls' night, teens ...
Plot:
sign language, on the run, on the road, teen angst, single mother, animal, gorilla, youth, friendship, pets, lawyer, van ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hawaii, africa, seattle
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's action-adventure classic, four plane crash survivors encounter danger in a world that time forgot.
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, exciting, mockbuster ...
Plot:
lost world, giant ape, parallel world, save the world, obsessive quest, adventurer, danger, supernatural, giant monster, kaiju, creature, monkey ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A surgeon transplants the heart of an ape into his ailing son with horrific results.
Style:
psychotronic, grindhouse, natural horror, cult classic, terrifying ...
Plot:
rape, wrestling, female wrestler, female nudity, mad scientist, decapitation, monster, monkey, heart transplant, exploitation, hospital, bare chested male ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, China, Vietnam
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Explore the mysterious and dangerous home of the king of the apes as a team of explorers ventures deep inside the treacherous, primordial island.
Style:
suspense, intense, scenic, harsh, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens
Plot:
monster, king kong, giant monster, creature, giant animal, island, survival, giant creature, monster versus monster, chase, expedition, jungle ...
Time:
70s, 1940s, year 2017, 2010s, year 1944 ...
Place:
vietnam, fictional island, washington d.c., pacific ocean, thailand ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
An U.S. Spaceship lands on a desolate planet, stranding astronaut Taylor in a world dominated by apes, 2000 years into the future, who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his ...
Style:
philosophical, visually stunning, twist ending, surprise ending, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
kids, date night, adult
Plot:
ape, astronaut, post apocalypse, planet of the apes, dystopia, gorilla, space and aliens, space exploration, trial, time travel, plot twist, desert ...
Time:
future, distant future, year 1968, near future, 20th century ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
It starts off seriously enough, with three thugs robbing an innocent young woman at night in the city, but then switches to Vin Saxon and Carolyn Brandt doing a goofy Elvis-like rock 'n roll number (very charming though). The next day the thugs ...
Style:
psychotronic, slapstick comedy, spoof, independent film, fast ...
Plot:
superhero, superhero spoof, underground, hippie, gorilla, motorcycle, kidnapping, fighting crime, danger, escapades, buddies, daring rescue ...
Time:
60s
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Australia, Philippines, Switzerland, Denmark, Zambia, Spain
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Experience the beginning of the legend with Disney's Tarzan Ⅱ, a hilarious, all-new, animated motion picture loaded with laughs, irresistible new songs by Phil Collins, and the inspired voice talent of Glenn Close, George Carlin, and Emmy ...
Style:
humorous, light, colorful, feel good, romantic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
tarzan, jungle, gorilla, boy, adoptive mother adopted son relationship, self discovery, young heroes, good versus evil, mischievous children, explorer, batman, lost world ...
Time:
turn of the century, 1900s, 1890s, 20th century, 19th century
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41K
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Charlie and Dan have been best friends and business partners for thirty years; their Manhattan public relations firm is on the verge of a huge business deal with a Japanese company. With two weeks to sew up the contract, Dan gets a surprise: a woman ...
Style:
hilarious, humorous, feel good, melancholic, not serious ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot:
father son relationship, childhood, fish out of water, bachelor, friendship between men, business partner, zoo, gorilla, father daughter relationship, family relations, competition, best friend ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
miami, tokyo, north america, vermont, new york
Is relevant?
146K
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Cocky researcher, Sebastian Caine is working on a project to make living creatures invisible and he's so confident he's found the right formula that he tests it on himself and soon begins to vanish. The only problem is – no-one can ...
Style:
sexy, medical horror, suspenseful, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, teens, adult
Plot:
invisible man, mad scientist, invisibility, psychopath, insanity, rape, experiment, sexualized violence, murder, animal experimentation, violence, voyeurism ...
Time:
20th century, year 2000, 2000s, y2k, future ...
Place:
washington d.c., pentagon, usa
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan, Canada
TV show
Story:
Set in 2050, Kong becomes a wanted fugitive after wrecking havoc at Alcatraz Island’s Natural History and Marine Preserve. What most humans on the hunt for the formidable animal don’t realize, though, is that Kong was framed by an evil genius ...
Style:
serious, scary, exciting, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
king kong, giant ape, beast, gorilla, giant monster, dangerous animal, chaos, danger, escapades, rage, survival, monster ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
california
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 150 min.
TV show
Story:
Edward Forester is a scientist with a godlike mission to improve the human race - but now desperately needs to undo his own creation.
Style:
emotional, psychological thriller, suspense, tense, bleak
Plot:
gorilla, genetic engineering, experiment gone awry, ethical dilemma, monkey, family drama, outcast, humanity, taboo, revelation, tragedy, mad scientist ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Several generations in the future following Caesar's reign, apes are now the dominant species and live harmoniously while humans have been reduced to living in the shadows. As a new tyrannical ape leader builds his empire, one young ape ...
Style:
psychotronic, entertaining, thrilling, tense, exciting ...
Plot:
ape, planet of the apes, post apocalypse, eagle, chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, planet earth, humanity, ape man, apocalypse, dark future ...
Time:
distant future, future
Place:
north america
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, France, South Korea, Germany
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Kong: The Animated Series is an American television series for children that follows King Kong, the monster of the 1933 film of the same name. Kong was created to compete with Godzilla: The Series, and first aired on BKN in 2000. In May 2001, Fox ...
Style:
serious, tense, captivating, exciting, psychotronic
Audience:
kids
Plot:
king kong, mythical creature, scientist, human animal relationship, cloning, good versus evil, experiment, gorilla, shaman, island, kaiju, godzilla ...
Place:
fictional island
Is relevant?
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Abe has secretly been living in his woodland home, which he shields by scaring off ids, happily together with Bruno, a mountain gorilla he saved from zoo captivity. When Abe gets cardiac problems, Bruno seeks help in town, but scares the hell out of ...
Style:
feel good, heartfelt, comedy drama, emotional, tear jerker ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
gorilla, friendship, loyalty, rescue, small town, escape, misunderstanding, rescue mission, pursuit, outcast, animal rights, redemption ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Magilla Gorilla is a fictional gorilla and the star of The Magilla Gorilla Show by Hanna-Barbera that aired from 1964 to 1967.
Style:
retro, anthropomorphic, lighthearted, sitcom, slapstick ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
gorilla, children, innocent, storekeeper, talking animal, small business, misadventure, comic book, monkey, cartoon mouse, talking mouse, urban ...
Time:
60s
Is relevant?
2K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: South Korea, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A newly discovered 36-foot gorilla escapes from a freighter off the coast of Korea. At the same time an American actress is filming a movie in the country. Chaos ensues as the ape kidnaps her and rampages through Seoul.
Style:
psychotronic, natural horror, cult classic, grindhouse, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
gorilla, shark, giant monster, abduction, newspaper reporter, military, actress, giant ape, monster terrorizes city, american abroad, woman in jeopardy, blonde ...
Time:
70s
Place:
south korea, korea, seoul, asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 20 min.
TV show
Story:
Shipwrecked in the South Pacific, a group of explorers encounter a menagerie of fearsome creatures — including the giant ape who rules the island: Kong.
Style:
captivating, sinister, suspenseful, intense, action adventure ...
Plot:
king kong, shipwreck, monster, godzilla, giant, gorilla, giant ape, ship, adventurer, struggle for survival, remote island, man versus nature ...
Place:
pacific ocean
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