Monkey Movies
motion pictures using non-human primates to brainwash you!!

This is it: The List, our fecal roster of monkey movies. Call some of the simian appearances coincidental if you wish, but note the recurring pattern of use in movies and media. Don't let Hollywood manipulate you!

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12 Monkeys (1995)
Brad Pitt and Bruce Willis star in this box office smash about a crazy dude. The movie's title is everything in Hollywood, and they knew how to market this one.

28 Days (2000)
Sandra Bullock is sent to an alcohol and drug recovery program for, you guessed it, 28 days. While she is there she has a roommate who is a heroin addict. On the roommates last day as she is leaving she is given a monkey doll. The stuffed monkey contains heroin and a needle with which the roommate promptly overdose's. I think the not so subtle role of the monkey as the harbinger of death is frightening. Long live the human race as the only pure species of bipeds! I'm out. 

28 Days Later (2003)
British horror monkeys everywhere! Do all movies containing the words "28 Days" require a simian? There's a spooky monkey/fertility cycle message in all this, I'm sure.

40 Days and 40 Nights (2002)

Poor Josh Hartnett must be celibate for a whole forty days. Whoopty freakin' doo. In the struggle against the forces of evil some of us are not afforded the luxury of erotic engagement. There are bigger issues at hand. If he really wanted to last that long he should join the fight and try to beat the monkey, a much worthier cause that would take his mind of his silly problems. Forty days, honestly. If sex were food and water, then I'm a camel and he's a hummingbird. Oh, did mention the proliferation of monkeys in this movie? --Andre

1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
Columbus discovers the unusual creatures of the new world (order). Monkeys galore in several scenes. Moxica states: "Savagery is what monkeys understand." Too true, my friend. Too true.

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
You can call them proto-humans if you like, but Kubrick's oeuvre rests on a simian foundation.

About a Boy (2002)
Explicit monkeys in a cage at the zoo function as background to a discussion about sex. Hugh Grant's production company is called Simian Films, by the way. Coincidence?

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
The origins of the "Rally Monkey" lie here: the video clip that will live in California Angels infamy . . . You're telling me Disney had nothing to do with that one?

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1996)
More of the same from Jim Carrey and co. Isn't that just so funny . . .

Adaptation (2002)
One of the precious flowers masks as a monkey.

Addicted to Love (1997)
A monkey squirts perfume on the virile French chef. This is a meta-organ grinder, i.e. an organ grinder monkey within a movie that uses the monkey to pull in the public. 

The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai (1984)
"Monkey boy"

Africa Express (1975)
John Baxter (Giuliano Gemma) is a freewheeling trader of goods in Africa with a pet chimp and one dream: to save enough money to buy his dream gas station in Detroit. Madeleine Cooper (Ursula Andress) is the lady of mystery he runs into as she flees from big game hunter Jack Palance.

Aladdin (1992)Abu and the jewel
Aladdin is a street-urchin who lives in a large and busy town with his faithful monkey friend Abu. When Princess Jasmine gets tired of being forced to remain in the palace that overlooks the city, she sneaks out to the marketplace, where she accidentally meets Aladdin. What would this movie be without the monkey?
Sequels:
The Return of Jafar (1993)

Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996)

Alakazam The Great (1961)
A Japanese-made animated children's film about the exploits of a magical monkey's adventures.

Amadeus (1984)
Milos Forman’s biography of Amadeus (“loved of God”) was loved of audiences and the Academy alike, no doubt do to monkey references, midgets, and, possibly, the beautiful score by some guy named Wolfgang.

American Wedding (2003)
Andre, who apparently has deep monkey issues, emailed us about this offender: "Last night I saw a clip from American Wedding: the girl that plays 'Willow' on 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' says, after observing some extremely awkward teen-courting behavior, 'It’s like watching monkeys use tools for the first time.' We all know monkeys can use tools--all too well. Yeah, tools. It starts with a bone used to kill a pig-thing and then next thing you know they’re scrubbing our minds with incredibly unsubtle ‘comedies’ like this one. If I were to infiltrate the Hollywood screenwriting syndicate I would write Andre the Monkey Slayer. First, Andre would use his special skills to slay Andy Garcia, not because he has much more to do with monkeys than the rest of Hollywood, but because, hero or villain, every character he plays licks. Then I would beat the hell out of Jerry Bruckheimer, because he sucks too. Most importantly, I would pull the handle off an organ-grinder, track down Vin Diesel, and RUIN HIS SH*T! I could go on (Kevin Costner, that punk ass Freddy Prinze, Jr., Justin Timberlake while I’m at it, and Tobey McGuire, naturally). They’re all guilty, so why not start with these? I would spare Matthew McConaughey so he can spend the rest of his life musing about how he ruined his career starring in drippy romantic comedies. Sean Connery would be left to think about his recent ‘extraordinary’ activity as well."

America's Sweethearts (2001)
“The monkey’s in day care.” Radio code talk. John Cusack (again), and Julia Roberts.

Anaconda (1997)
Monkey used to fish for big snake. Big snake eats monkey and the  Jon Voight. Big snake spits them both out at unwary characters. This brief narrative provides an excellent analogy of Hollywood practice of regurgitating both the Midnight Cowboy and the Monkey and spitting them at the public in mindless dribble.

The Animal (2001)
Rob Schneider is implanted with animal parts, some of them simian. Don't laugh, it could happen to you.

Animal Behavior (1989)
Monkey/Sex connection. The beautiful biologist
Alex Brisco develops a new method to communicate with chimpanzees: instead of machines she uses a simple sign language. Her research and competition with ignorant colleagues lets her overlook the amorous approaches of cellist Mark. She accepts his help, but no more, believing he's married.

Animals Are Beautiful People (1974)
Jamie Uys's documentary about the unusual behavior of wildlife in Africa's wilderness. Monkeys = People??? How insidious is that?

Anger Management (2003)
Adam Sandler's character tries to defuse his psychiatrist's suspicions by stating, "The anger monkey is off my back. I fed the anger monkey a banana."

Any Given Sunday (1999)
Fan in gorilla suit in stands. The sports connection is pretty obvious here. Phoenix Suns gorilla beware!

Any Which Way You Can (1980), etc.
Some might say Clint Eastwood's career survived these films. Others might say they made him a star.

A*P*E (1976)
In a plot reminiscent of "King Kong," a 36-foot gorilla winds up in Korea where he wreaks havoc while enamored with a visiting American actress.

The Ape (1940)
Dr. Bernard Adrian is a mad scientist who seeks to cure a young woman's polio. He needs spinal fluid from a human to complete the formula for his experimental serum. To accomplish this, Adrian sneaks through the night wearing the pelt of a missing circus ape.

The Ape Man (1943)
Conducting weird scientific experiments, crazed Dr. James Brewster, aided by his colleague Dr. Randall, has managed to transform himself into a hairy, stooped-over ape-man. Desperately seeking a cure,
Brewster believes only an injection of recently-drawn human spinal fluid will prove effective. With Randall refusing to help him, it falls to Brewster and his captive gorilla to find appropriate donors.

Armageddon (1998)
Two of the heroes are arguing which one of them is Han Solo and which is Chewbacca. Saving the world, man and space-ape! 

Apollo 13 (1995)
Stuffed monkey in Jim Lovel’s son’s room; Gorilla attacks suitcase on TV commercial. Looks like little Ronny Howard took some career tips from Don Knotts.

Apocalypse Now (1979)
Upon the arrival of what is left of
Capt. Willard’s crew at this cinematic Heart of Darkness and Kurtz’s prehistorical realm, a crazed Dennis Hopper warns them, “Don’t let the monkeys bite you.” There are some visual simian sightings as well. The Horror. The Horror.

At The Circus (1939)
A wealthy young man (
Kenny Baker II) forsakes the fortune of his rich aunt (Margaret Dumont) to run the circus in which his sweetheart (Florence Rice) & he perform. But when the evil owner (James Burke) steals the money to pay off the mortgage, the only people who can help are the strongman Goliath's assistant Punchy (Harpo Marx), circus hand Antonio Pirelli (Chico Marx), & Antonio's shyster friend, J. Cheever Loophole (Groucho Marx). Oh, and there's a gorilla named Gibraltar.

The Attic (1979)
A librarian devotes her life to caring for a wheelchair-bound tyrannical father after being stood up at the altar. She fantasizes about his death and finds joy only with her pet monkey. When the monkey disappears, a shocking past is revealed.

Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
Chimp drinks his own urine, “Monkey nuts,” and the obligatory midget.

Away All Boats (1956)
The ship's captain has a pet monkey.

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B. Monkey (1998)
Italian film. When you're trying to market a foreign film in the tough U.S. market, what's rule number one? Use the simian.

Babe: Pig in the City (1998)Babe: Pig in the City
Chimpanzees are among the animals staying at the animal hotel. The gratuitous monkey shots are unreal. Do they expect us to believe monkeys are city animals? Maybe they want us to believe so.

Bachelor Party (1984)
Monkey wrenches (and Hookers!)

Back to School (1986)
Rodney Dangerfield makes a quick monkey reference. The movie also features Kurt Vonnegut, author of the well known short story collection "Welcome to the Monkeyhouse."

Bad Boys (1995)
James Z. emailed us the following: "About 30 minutes in to 'Bad Boys,' the original, Will Smith and Martin Lawrence talk over how best to protect witness Tea Leone. Learning that Lawrence stashed her in Smith’s apartment, Smith says something to the effect of: 'You left two dogs and a hooker in my apartment. Why not just get some chimps in there too?' I’m sure you could give Smith a litany of reasons why not, but he’s obviously on the other side of the conflict."

Balaoo ou des Pas au Plafond [aka Balaoo the Demon Baboon] (1913)
An ape, turned near human by Dr. Coriolis and given the name 'Balaoo', is smitten by the beauty of Coriolis' niece, Madeleine. Being inquisitive, though, he runs off, getting into mischief, and falls in with a poacher who saves his life. Acting now as his slave Balaoo kills a man for the poacher, but balks on his orders to kidnap
Madeleine, deciding instead to set a trap for the poacher.

Bandwagon (1996)
They name the band Circus Monkeys and want to get famous and rich.

Bangkok Dangerous (1999)
A deaf and mute hetman takes his new girlfriend to an arcade with a menacing
King Kong figure. Not surprisingly, it is juxtaposed with shots of Godzilla. The dragon is still privileged in the Far East, but, as always, beware the simian!

Baraka (1992)
Opening scene. Japanese snow monkey in hot pot.

Barbarella (1968)
Amid the mild nudity and incoherency of Jane Fonda’s cult picture lies a hidden monkey in the George Seurat painting A Sunday on the Grande Jatte, the only real art in this campy classic. Ted Turner is further implicated in conspiracy, having married this space-traveling, clothes-shedding vixen.

The Barefoot Executive (1971)
Classic Disney offender. This is an early version of the "bread and butter"
Disney monkey movie. TV network executives discover that a chimpanzee can accurately predict which TV programs will be ratings winners in this Disney comedy.

The Beach (2000)

Beast of Borneo (1934)
A mad scientist named
Boris Borodoff conducts experiments using man and ape. He and his beautiful assistant go deep into the jungle to round up a live ape for further experiments.

The Beast That Killed Women (1965)
Sex/Monkey connection. A gorilla terrorizes a nudist camp.
 

Beavis and Butthead Do America (1996)
The general silliness of this movie includes a King Kong parody and, not surprisingly, other references.

Bedtime For Bonzo (1951)
It made a President and thus gave us ___doo economics? Anyone? Voodoo economics.
Professor Peter Boyd's engagement to the Dean's daughter is upset by the revelation that his father was a habitual convict. To prove the Dean's genetic theory of inherited traits as wrong, Boyd starts a 'secret' experiment. He borrows the science department's chimpanzee with the goal of showing that it is one's environment that affects your reaction to right and wrong.

Being John Malkovich (1999)
"You're lucky you're a monkey, because consciousness is a curse." Cameron Diaz has a pet chimpanzee named Elijah that suffers from ulcers. The chimp later rescues Diaz after she is tied up by her husband. We actually approve of this movie. It seems to be a sharp satire of the normal "monkey function" in other Hollywood exploits. Good on you, Spike Jonze.

Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (1952)
Two entertainers parachute onto a Pacific island where they encounter natives, evil scientist
Bela Lugosi and a gorilla.

Best of Times (1986)
(Robin Williams and Kurt Russell) Gorilla neon sign outside favored bar.

The Best Man (1999)
Someone says "monkey ass."

Better Luck Tomorrow (2003)
Red monkey on
Virgil's shirt.

Big (1988)
Stuffed monkeys behind Tom Hanks in toy store

Big Daddy (1999)
Adam Sandler 

Big Top Pee Wee (1988)

Bikini Beach (1964)
A millionaire sets out to prove that his pet chimpanzee is as intelligent as the teenagers who hang out on the local beach, where he is intending to build a retirement home and throw the kids off.

Biloxi Blues (1988)
In what seems to be a mandatory boot camp topos, Sergeant Toomey (Christopher Walken) refers to his recruits as “a bunch of gorillas.”

The Birdcage (1996)
Nathan Lane character calls man who assaulted Robin William a "Big Gorilla." There may very well be more monkeys scattered among all the paraphernalia in the house, but do we really want to examine that stuff too closely?

Black Rain (1989)
"Who's the monkey?"

A Blind Bargain (1922)
Lon Chaney does double duty as an experimenting scientist and the scientist's apelike assistant created by a monkey gland transplant.

Boiler Room (2000)
"He's a chimp..."

The Bone Collector (1999)
Monkey hanging from dashboard movie (in the trailer). There may be more, but it was there to get you into the theater.

Bonzo Goes To College (1952)
Bonzo runs away from a carnival sideshow, landing in the college town of Pawlton where he is adopted by the granddaughter of the college football coach.

Born To Be Wild [aka Katie] (1995)
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. When the owner of the gorilla takes her back to become a flea market freak Rick takes it upon himself to break Katie out and take her on an adventurous journey to get her out of the country.

Brain Dead (1992)
In 1957 a zoologist traps a rare rat monkey on Skull Island and brings it back to New Zealand with the local aborigines hot on his trail. Later, a young man falls in love and takes the young woman to the zoo. His overbearing and disapproving mother follows them and gets bitten by the rat monkey. The monkey's bite turns her into a zombie, and her doting son has to keep her (and the others she's bitten) tranquilized in the basement while trying to preserve his love life.

Breakfast Club (1995)
80s monkeys.
There is simian representation in the "Breakfast Club". At one point, Anthony Michael Hall says to the others, "Hey you guys, quit monkeying around!". -RP MR

Breathless (1961)
Frenchman plays with a monkey toy. We should expect better from Godard.

The Bride and the Beast (1957)
Laura was the Queen of the Gorillas in a previous incarnation.

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Garnering several Academy Awards, this film adaptation of the novel by Pierre Boulle (author of Planet of the Apes [La planete des Singes 1963]) contains, naturally, a monkey. 

Bride of the Gorilla (1951)
Raymond Burr is the subject of a voodoo curse that turns him into a gorilla -- or is it only in his mind?

Bring It On! (2000)
Cheerleaders, cleavage, and an obvious monkey reference. As
Kirsten Dunst has "cheer-sex" with a male admirer watching her from the stands, he raises the book "The Naked Ape" to hide his face.

Bringing Out the Dead (2000)
UB40's version of Red, Red Wine (...the monkey get choked...). Nice try Marty, but this is not your first offence, and I doubt it will be your last.

Bruce Almighty (2003)
Talk about a monkey reference.
Jenny F sent in this email adroitly summarizing the offending scene: "Yes, we know that Jim Carrey movies are one of the many masterminds behind this out of control monkey craze. The scene goes as follows: Jim (Bruce), follows these gangstas down an alley way because a few days earlier he saw them harassing a poor old homeless man. The gangsta boys threaten to beat Bruce up if he doesn't leave, but Bruce retaliates by saying that he wants a piece of them instead and he will beat them up. The main gangsta says  something to the effect of 'Oh yeah, I'll believe that when a monkey crawls out of my butt.'  And then you have it....a monkey crawls out of his butt." Yeah, and then it's forced back in. Think about that one. Ahh, the allegory of it all.

Buddy (1997)
Rene Russo plays a socialite who raises a gorilla as a family member. Wouldn't every guy love to be that monkey. Typical monkey-envy manipulation movie.
Related link: Buddy (Sony Pictures)

A Business Affair (1993)
In this French film, a man buys a monkey for his wife after she loses a baby. How much more subversive can a movie be? They'd love you to replace your children with the monsters!

Bye Bye Monkey/Ciao maschio (1977)
Sardonic, bleak comedy about a group of misfits in a decrepit area of Manhattan where rats seem about to displace humanity in all the buildings. Depardieu, irresistible to women as always, prefers the company of a chimpanzee.
Related link: DVD cover

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Cabin Boy (1994)
"
Gosh you're cute. Wanna buy a monkey?" As a matter of fact, no we don't.

Caddyshack (1980)
Carl Spackler: Oh Mrs. Crane, you're a little monkey woman. Yeah, you're lean, mean, and I bet you're not too far in between, are ya? How'd you like to wrap your spikes around my -

Captive Wild Woman (1943)
Early monkey/sex connection movie. A mad scientist turns an orangutan into
Paula, a beautiful woman.
Sequels:
Jungle Woman (1944)
Shot after killing her creator in "Captive Wild Woman,"
Paula the ape is turned into a woman once again.
Jungle Captive (1945)
Dr.
Stendhal retrieves Paula's corpse and revives her. Mentally subnormal, she reverts to ape form to save a girl's brain from the scalpel.

Carry On Up The Jungle (1970)
A comedic takeoff on Tarzan by the "Carry On" cast.

Cats and Dogs (2001)
An unimaginative movie targeted at an age group difficult to determine, this film features a talking pet accusing another of driving "like a chimpanzee."

Chang (1927)

Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936)
When a circus co-owner is found dead with a broken neck in a locked wagon, the circus ape, Caesar, is suspected of killing him.

Chasing Amy (1997)
Holden: "That chick could be a bigger disease carrier than the monkey in outbreak."

Chicago (2002)
Six Oscars, including Best Picture. Roxie's diary refers to her husband as a "baboon." While it's not clear if this passage has been altered by her lawyer for theatrical effect in the courtroom, it is clear that the line was added by the screenwriter for greater appeal, as if burlesque women in prison weren't enough. 

The Chill Factor [aka A Cold Day's Night] (1972 TV-movie)
Two scientists working with primates in a polar research station discover they may not be alone.

The Chimp (1922 short)
In lieu of back wages, the defunct circus that
Laurel and Hardy have been working for provides them with a flea circus and a trained chimpanzee named Ethel. Unfortunately, that's also the name of their landlord's wife, and after the boys sneak the ape into their room, the jealous man draws some unfortunate conclusions when he overhears Hardy ordering Ethel to "come to bed."

Christmas Vacation (1989)
During Clark Griswold's rant after receiving the "Jelly of the Month" (or the "Gift that keeps on giving" according to cousin Eddie) he says, "Hey! If any of you are looking for any last-minute gift ideas for me, I have one. I'd like Frank Shirley, my boss, right here tonight. I want him brought from his happy holiday slumber over there on Melody Lane with all the other rich people and I want him brought right here, with a big ribbon on his head, and I want to look him straight in the eye and I want to tell him what a cheap, lying, no-good, rotten, four-flushing, low-life, snake-licking, dirt-eating, inbred, overstuffed, ignorant, blood-sucking, dog-kissing, brainless, dickless, hopeless, heartless, fat-ass, bug-eyed, stiff-legged, spotty-lipped, worm-headed sack of monkey sh** he is! Hallelujah!

Citizen Kane (1941)
#1 on the American Film Institute's 100 movies. Just before the opening "Rosebud" scene, there is a vivid shot of two monkeys on the steps of the gate to Xanadu. The scene could be read parabolically as suggesting that the necessary initiation into the Hollywood wonderland of fame and fortune is mediated by the gate-keeping simian. Ironically, Welles's use of the simian did not save him from being blacklisted by the monkey-infested Hollywood juggernaut that would later claim his film as America's greatest cinematic influence. 

Clerks (1994)
"doing a job a monkey wouldn't want" = The nuance that would explode into full-blown manipulAPEtion in "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back."

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Spielberg throws a gorilla toy into his sci-fi classic. Even the best often prostitute themselves early in their careers.

Cobra Woman (1944)
The hapless
Jon Hall keeps getting captured by natures. It's Coco the chimpanzee to the rescue!

Coming to America (1988)

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One of the movies that tipped us off to the conspiracy. A megalomaniacal C.E.O. sends his son into the dangerous African Congo on a quest for a source of diamonds large enough and pure enough to function as powerful laser communications transmitters (or is it laser weapons?). They find talking monkeys, white monkeys, all manner of monkeys. No major stars, thin plot, and lame special effects, BUT a huge summer blockbuster that year. How was the financial success possible? Need you ask?

Cow Monkey (2001)
Roy and Gil are pretty sure that Big Foot killed their dog Wanda II. They want revenge. Sydney, an anthropology student, wants to teach it sign language. And a hirsute local named Grover spotted one last week, just over that ridge . . . Guess what it looks like?

Cradle 2 the Grave (2003) 

Jet Li beats up a cage full of Ultimate Championship Fighters with a midget.

Crazy/Beautiful (2001)
Kirsten Dunst plays a troubled teen with a big rack, a substance-abuse problem, and a senator for a father. Her liberal dad's office is decorated with a poster that features a chimp and reads "Eventually, everyone needs the ACLU." Freedom of speech for apes? Ha. Freedom to silence the monkeys! Join the rebellion.

Crocodile Dundee in L.A. (2001)
Aussie hero played by actor in desperate need of work exercises his special control of animals on a simian in Southern California. Damn that's good cinema!

Crooklyn (1994)
A Spike Lee joint with monkey references.

Cure (2001)
Japanese thriller. Mesmerism, murder, and monkeys. Note the clever alliteration of the preceding abbreviated summary.

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Days of Thunder (1990)
That grumpy old southern Senator that played in Hunt for Red October ?) is the head of professional racing and is chewing out Tom Cruise and his meat head competitor for their childish antics on the track. He tells them..." If you wanna (drive crazy) on some greasy Georgia back roads, fine. But you two monkeys ain’t gonna do it on my race track."-RP

Deep Rising (1998)
(Fortunately I didn’t have to watch the movie to see the monkey. I happened to turn it on as one of the brutish rogues was saying ...) Movie quote: “...I want to eat a cup of greasy pig with pickled monkey brains...”--RP

Deuce Bigelow: Male Gigolo (1999)
"...he-monkey..."

Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
Denzel Washington says "monkey ass."

Diamonds are Forever (1971)
James Bond sees a Gorilla at a circus. Other monkey references and some disturbing villains complete the show.

Die Hard (1988)
John McClane: Just a fly in the ointment, Hans. The monkey in the wrench. The pain in the ass.

Dinosaur (2000)
Typical Disney offender. A dinosaur is raised by a family of lemurs. #1 at the box office. I guess the dinosaurs wouldn't be extinct if every one of them had a family of monkeys to teach them the value of team work. What kind of propaganda do they want us to swallow? The name itself is evidence of deceit. The movie was really about monkeys. As always
Disney’s gravy train. More monkey than lizard.
Related link: Walt Disney Pictures presents Dinosaur

Doc Hollywood (1991)
M
ayor (David Ogden Steirs of M*A*S*H fame) says monkey.

Doctor Dolittle (1998)
Eddie Murphy stars as a veterinarian who discovers he can talk to his animal patients.
Related link: Movie poster (in German)

The Doctor's Experiment; or Reversing Darwin's Theory (1908)
The doctor turns his victims into apes. Upon discovering he can't change them back, he puts them on display. Hey, doesn't this sound like a real life plan?

Dr. Jekyll & Ms. Hyde (1995)
"Monkey man wants to play"

Dr. Renault's Secret (1942)
A sound remake of the silent "Balaoo." A young man visits his fiancé in a remote French villa where her scientist father (
George Zucco) resides. There he meets Noel (J. Carrol Naish), Dr. Renault's mysterious assistant, who has a strange attraction to Renault's daughter. Soon he learns Noel's true identity: he is an ape that was turned into a man by Renault's bizarre experiments!

Dr. Strangelove (1963)
Kubrick offended again with a character named Major TJ “King” Kong.

La Donna Scimmia [aka The Ape Woman] (1963)

Don't Lie (1942)
A big monkey has escaped from the circus, and Buckwheat sees it enter the neighborhood "haunted house." Buckwheat tries to tell his friends, but they don't believe him because he has been fibbing lately. To teach him a lesson, the gang dress Froggy up in a monkey suit and have him posted inside the "haunted house." They take Buckwheat inside, but the joke backfires when the Our Gang are pursued by the real monkey...

Don’t Say a Word (2001)
Girl likes two words: ‘Sally’ and ‘monkey’. Naturally.

Double Take (2001)
Orlando Jones. "monkey"

Drive Me Crazy (1999)
Monkey video clips shown in school.

Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)
For her talent in a beauty contest, a cheerleader shouts “Go Monkeys!” to cheer on two boys wrestle on a mat in front of her. Some girls will do anything to win.
UPDATE: 
Kathleen emailed us the following: “She doesn't say ‘go monkeys’, she says ‘go muskees!’  Just thought you might wanna take that one off.”  Very astute, Kathleen, but we’ll leave it on simply because the subliminal effect of the cheer remains.

Drunken Monkey (1979)
Jackie Chan

Dumb and Dumber (1994)
"...hey they have the Monkees!" 

Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003)
The lunch lady (
Cheri Oteri) calls her lover, the school principal (Eugene Levy), her "monkey." Also, Lloyd tells Harry that a hot girl will be "all over [him] like a barrel of monkeys." You could see the typical monkey/sex innuendo coming from a mile away. The only things more predictable in this movie were the rehashed plot and telegraphed jokes.

Dumbo (1941)
Monkeys are Disney's gravy train. Always have been, and I don't foresee any change.

Dunston Checks In (1996)
In this slapstick adventure, a jewel-thief orangutan named Dunston causes chaos as he makes his way through a swanky Manhattan hotel to rob the guests. Dunston's master is the film's meanie, so the ape befriends the two young sons of the hotel's manager. The human is the monster.
Related link:20th Century Fox: Dunston Checks In

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Ed (1996)
A chimpanzee, billed as his minor league baseball's team's mascot, turns out to be the best third baseman since
Brooks Robinson. Consigned as his roomie is pathetic pitcher Matt LeBlanc. Note the gratuitous 20 minute set up for a simple spank the monkey joke. Also note the LeBlanc involvement: first Friends, which featured Marcel the monkey, now this. He's in up to his eyeballs!

Emperor's New Groove (2000)
Disney again. David Spade supplies the sarcastic voice of Cuzco, emperor of the Incan empire. At one point during the movie, a chimp appears out of nowhere and eats a bug. The narrative voice of Cuzco asks why a random monkey eating a bug just appeared on screen. We all know the answer: monkeys = $$$ and mind control.

The End (1999)
Skateboarding film featuring the Birdhouse skate team (Tony Hawk's company). A young skater gets intoxicated with an orangutan, which ultimately becomes violent and breaks beer bottles over the skater's head. Watch out, my friend. It could happen to you. Tony Hawk + monkey = most recognized name in action sports.

Entrapment (1999)
Ricky: one monkey mask front and center please!

E.T. (1982)
"
Maybe he's some animal that wasn't supposed to live. Could be a monkey or an orangutan." One of the top grossing films of all time. Spielberg all but tells you he based the character on a monkey.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

There’s hardly a Jim Carrey movie not on the List. Look for the monkey next to Clementine on the couch.

Every Which Way But Loose (1978)
The travails of a bare-knuckle boxer (
Clint Eastwood) and his traveling companion, an orangutan named Clyde.
Sequel: Any Which Way You Can (1980)

Evolution (2001)
In what may have been one of the dumbest movies I have ever seen, a simple reference in the form of the insult “monkey turd” only foreshadowed the evolution of a menacing race of alien simians toward the end of the film. It took much less time to realize that the movie had evolved into the other half of the insult.

The Eye (2003)
A wooden monkey appears on a wall in Thailand hospital. This movie, similar to, but a little deeper and more disturbing than, The Sixth Sense, reveals the fact that ghosts are all around us, causing mischief and evil. So are cinematic monkeys. Truth is spooky.

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The Fakir's Spell (1914)

Falling Down (1992)
"Take out a jumbo jet with one of these monkeys" (this was the TV version so the monkeys may be substituting for F-bomb) Also, wife of Robert Duvall says Mr. Peepers (?--a little ahead of her time I guess).

Farewell My Concubine (1993)
Monkey character in opera. Oscar winner for Best Foreign Film. Of course, in China, it’s just considered a film.

Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Golde: "A poor girl without a dowry can't be so particular. You want hair, marry a monkey."

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
Jesse sent this one in via email.  He didn’t include content, however.  While this one goes unverified, we’ll include because it should be obvious that a drug induced frenzy would only conjure visions of the wicked monkey.

Fierce Creatures (1997)
Film sequel to "A Fish Called Wanda." Features ring-tailed lemurs.
Related link: Fierce Creatures Matinee Room

The Fifth Monkey (1980) AKA "O Quinto Macaco"
A Brazilian snake hunter, trying to make enough money to marry the woman he loves, finds four mysterious chimpanzees. He embarks upon a journey to sell them in the big city, and learns about himself and the world around him on the way there.