Giant ape movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant giant ape movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out psychotronic, exciting, suspenseful, serious, suspense and natural horror films and TV shows about / with giant ape, monkey, danger, ape, giant monster, gorilla, creature feature, creature, monster and animal plots mostly in Action, Adventure and Sci-Fi genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as giant ape: Godzilla vs. Kong (2021), King of the Lost World (2005), Ape vs. Mecha Ape (2023), Mighty Joe Young (1998), Rampage (2018), King Kong (2005), Queen Kong (1976), The Mighty Peking Man (1977), Ape vs. Monster (2021), Ape (1976).
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List of giant ape movies
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, Hong Kong
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In a time when monsters walk the Earth, humanity’s fight for its future sets Godzilla and Kong on a collision course that will see the two most powerful forces of nature on the planet clash in a spectacular battle for the ages. As Monarch embarks ...
Style:
suspense, tense, exciting, suspenseful, perverse ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
godzilla, giant monster, king kong, kaiju, giant ape, giant animal, creature, monster, monster versus monster, giant creature, dinosaur, giant lizard ...
Time:
jurassic, 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
hong kong, las vegas, usa, tokyo, japan ...
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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: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Recognizing the destructive power of its captive giant Ape, the military makes its own battle-ready A.I., Mecha Ape. But its first practical test goes horribly wrong, leaving the military no choice but to release the imprisoned giant ape to stop the ...
Style:
mecha, suspenseful, captivating, dread, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
giant ape, kaiju, giant robot, giant monster, monster, robot, monkey, androids and robots, killer robot, robot as menace, creature feature, demolished city ...
Place:
chicago
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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 ...
Is relevant?
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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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: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A female film crew journeys to Africa where a giant ape, Queen Kong, falls in love with the crew's male star.
Style:
parody, spoof, fast, not serious, humorous ...
Plot:
giant ape, kaiju, giant monster, king kong, monster, ape, monkey, reptiles, escapades, mummy, danger, clergy ...
Time:
70s
Place:
london, africa, england, europe
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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: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An ape crash-lands on Earth, which creates a sludge that makes him and a passing lizard grow to giant-size, resulting in a fight for dominance.
Style:
tense, mockbuster
Plot:
giant lizard, desert, monster, giant monster, enemy, monkey, fictional reality, fantasy world, animal attack, kaiju, ape, father daughter relationship ...
Place:
washington d.c., pentagon
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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: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 115 min.
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.
Style:
breathtaking, captivating, exciting, entertaining, intense ...
Plot:
giant monster, godzilla, giant creature, kaiju, king kong, monster versus monster, monster, mothra, giant ape, ancient civilization, lost world, epic battle ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
france, spain, cairo egypt, rio de janeiro, miami ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA, New Zealand, France, Canada, India
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A man-cub named Mowgli fostered by wolves. After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan, Mowgli is forced to flee the jungle, by which he embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of the panther, Bagheera and the free-spirited bear, Baloo.
Style:
visually stunning, entertaining, motion capture, scenic, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, teens
Plot:
jungle, animal, boy, human animal relationship, orphan, talking animal, tiger, wild animal, friendship, courage, greed, wolf ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, year 2015
Place:
india, asia
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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: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In metahistorical New York city electrotechnician Lafayette deals with a megalomaniac director of a wax museum of ancient Rome, an italian lonely anarchist, a group of feminist actresses - including Angelica who falls in love with him - and a small ...
Style:
independent film, experimental, neorealism, serious, disturbing ...
Plot:
surrealism, female nudity, monkey, pregnancy, absurd humor, rape, giant ape, kaiju, chimpanzee, post-apocalyptic future, dystopia, nude women ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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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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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
THE BLOODY APE is the most outrageous, drive-in movie take on Poe's "Murders in the Rue Morgue" ever committed to film. A carnival barker foolishly releases his 400 pound gorilla, who then literally goes bananas on a rampage of raw ...
Style:
grindhouse, splatter, controversial, brutal, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
rape, exploitation, slaughterhouse, sexual abuse, giant ape, camp, carnival, creature feature, sleaze, underground, body horror, interspecies sex ...
Place:
long island
Is relevant?
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?
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, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Astronaut Brent is sent to rescue Taylor but crash lands on the Planet of the Apes, just like Taylor did in the original film. Taylor has disappeared into the Forbidden Zone so Brent and Nova try to follow and find him. He discovers a cult of humans ...
Style:
apocalyptic, saga, futuristic, depressing, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
post apocalypse, ape, astronaut, planet of the apes, apocalypse, dystopia, space and aliens, time travel, desert, gorilla, monkey, outer space ...
Time:
future, 20th century, distant future, 70s
Place:
new york, usa, grand central station manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, tokyo
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In a futuristic world that has embraced ape slavery, Caesar, the son of the late simians Cornelius and Zira, surfaces after almost twenty years of hiding out from the authorities, and prepares for a slave revolt against humanity.
Style:
apocalyptic, saga, social, slasher, depressing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
post apocalypse, planet of the apes, ape, rebellion, slavery, time travel, revolution, monkey, apocalypse, mutant, survival, gorilla ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, near future, 80s, future ...
Place:
usa, los angeles, tokyo
Is relevant?
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
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
After a spectacular crash-landing on an uncharted planet, brash astronaut Leo Davidson finds himself trapped in a savage world where talking apes dominate the human race. Desperate to find a way home, Leo must evade the invincible gorilla army led ...
Style:
futuristic, twist ending, bad ending, suspense, saga ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
post apocalypse, dystopia, ape, survival, astronaut, space adventure, genetics, dystopian future, alien planet, space travel, planet of the apes, distopia ...
Time:
future, year 2001, near future, 20th century, 2020s ...
Place:
washington d.c., north america
Is relevant?
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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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, psychotronic, futuristic, intense ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
post apocalypse, ape, gorilla, talking animal, planet of the apes, future war, chimpanzee, revenge, near death experience, journey, animal, killer animal ...
Time:
2010s, near future, future, 2040s, year 2017
Place:
north america
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A circus owner and a lady trapper trek into the African jungle to capture a giant gorilla for his circus.
Style:
natural horror, psychotronic, independent film, weird
Plot:
kaiju, giant monster, king kong, dinosaur, jungle adventure, monkey, macabre, giant ape, skeleton, jungle, witch doctor, gorilla ...
Is relevant?
38K
Genre: Adventure, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
In this remake of the 1933 classic about the giant ape, an oil company expedition disturbs the peace of Kong and brings him back to New York to exploit him. Even though a woman somewhat tames Kong, he finally breaks loose and terrorizes the city, ...
Style:
suspense, daikaiju, natural horror, funny, fairy tale ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, date night
Plot:
king kong, monster, kaiju, beast, gorilla, giant ape, giant monster, giant snake, island, woman in jeopardy, full moon, world trade center manhattan new york city ...
Time:
70s, year 1976, jurassic, prehistoric times, 20th century ...
Place:
new york, fictional island, manhattan new york city, usa, asia ...
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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 ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Denmark, Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In the irreverent spirit of fun that made “The Lego Movie” a worldwide phenomenon, the self-described leading man of that ensemble—Lego Batman—stars in his own big-screen adventure. But there are big changes brewing in Gotham, and if he ...
Style:
parody, computer animated, stylized, humorous, 3d animation ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, toddlers, preschool
Plot:
lego, batman, superhero, orphan, adopted son, redemption, loner, justice league, justice, superheroine, dinosaur, alter ego ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017, year 2016, year 1997, year 2008 ...
Place:
fictional island
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
The Saiyajin named Turlus has come to Earth in order to plant a tree that will both destroy the planet and give him infinite strength. Son Goku and the Z Warriors cannot let this happen and duke it out with the invaders for the sake of the planet.
Style:
anime, slapstick, exciting, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
dragon ball, dragon ball z, villain, making a wish, tree, camping, superpower, battles, silly humor, rivalry, danger, superhero ...
Time:
future, 90s
Place:
asia, japan
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Mexico, Hong Kong
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The young warrior Son Goku sets out on a quest, racing against time and the vengeful King Piccolo, to collect a set of seven magical orbs that will grant their wielder unlimited power.
Style:
feel good, suspenseful, captivating, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, boys' night
Plot:
dragon, bullying, superhuman powers, school, dragon ball, alien invasion, revenge, good versus evil, martial arts, save the world, danger, superhero ...
Time:
future, year 2009
Place:
china
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