The Best Apes & Monkeys Documentaries

Nature & Wildlife - 81 free documentaries about apes & monkeys.

Start with Forest of the Golden Monkey (44 min, National Geographic), then Orphaned Orangutan in Need of New Mom (50 min, Love Nature). All 81 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on apes & monkeys is In the Shadow of Man by Jane Goodall.

• Forest of the Golden Monkey | The Hidden Kingdoms of China (44 min, National Geographic)
• Orphaned Orangutan in Need of New Mom | Becoming Orangutan 101 (50 min, Love Nature)
• Go Ape - The Fascinating World of Primates (48 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• Observing The Generations Of A Gorillas Family | Mountain Gorilla: A Shattered Kingdom (50 min, Real Wild)
• Rainforest Queens: Bonobo Survival | Queens (43 min, National Geographic)
• The Insane Biology of: The Gorilla (20 min, Real Science)
• Rare Encounter: Filming Cross River Gorillas In Their Natural Habitat (50 min, Real Wild)
• Are Orangutans The Most Intelligent Primate In The Animal Kingdom? | WILD ASIA (53 min, Real Wild)
• Do Monkeys Have a Moral Compass? (16 min, Real Science)
• Saving The Last Silverback Mountain Gorillas From Extinction | Gorilla Doctors (50 min, Real Wild)
• 30 Minutes of Incredible Primate Moments (33 min, BBC Earth)
• Babies Battle For A+ In Nest Building | Orangutan Jungle School 305 (51 min, Love Nature)
• Why Silverback Gorillas Are Finally Making a Comeback (51 min, Real Wild)
• Gorillas: The Gentle Giants (45 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• Young Orangutan Falls Victim to Malaria | Orangutan Jungle School 304 (50 min, Love Nature)
• New Friendship Blossoms For Lonely Male | Orangutan Jungle School 303 (50 min, Love Nature)
• Love Among Orangutans? | Becoming Orangutan 102 (50 min, Love Nature)
• 30 Minutes of Mischievous Monkeys Causing Mayhem (32 min, BBC Earth)
• Wildlife - Just Monkeys (52 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• Big Boy Beni Goes on a Diet | Becoming Orangutan 103 (50 min, Love Nature)
• Baby Capuchin Monkey Must Prove Himself to His Troop | New Kids in the Wild 104 (50 min, Love Nature)
• Orangutan on the Edge | Mission Critical (44 min, Nat Geo Animals)
• Inside A 15-Year Friendship Between Gorilla & Man (50 min, Real Wild)
• Macaques: Life Inside A Japanese Monkey Gang (54 min, Real Wild)
• Tracking Baboon Bandits:Car Break-ins and Restaurant Raids (52 min, Real Wild)
• Monkey Crime Scene: Inside the Wild World of Vervet Monkey Street Gangs (50 min, Real Wild)
• 10 Baby Orangutan Lessons That Went Awry 😆 Orangutan Jungle School (27 min, Smithsonian Channel)
• Can Beni Handle Jungle School? | Becoming Orangutan 103 (50 min, Love Nature)
• Orphaned Vervet Monkey Finds New Family | Wildlife Nannies (26 min, Real Wild)
• Gang of Monkeys Terrorize Neighborhood | Street Monkeys (50 min, Real Wild)
• Remarkable Monkey Moments (23 min, BBC Earth)
• Gorilla & Chimpanzee Power Struggles | Kingdom of the Apes (44 min, Nat Geo Animals)
• Silverback Gorillas: Kings of the Congo | Ultra HD (48 min, Real Wild)
• Meet The World’s Rarest Primate Infants (48 min, Real Wild)
• Tracking the Elusive Uakari Monkey in the Amazon Rainforest (49 min, Real Wild)
• South Africa - On the Cape of Wild Animals (48 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• Urban Warfare: Monkey Gangs, Turf Wars, And Power Trips | Macaque Island 102 (50 min, Love Nature)
• Goodbye Beni: Releasing Grads to the Wild | Orangutan Jungle School 305+306 (100 min, Love Nature)
• The Rarest Monkey You’ve Never Heard Of: 2,000 Left on Earth (50 min, Real Wild)
• The Primate That Looks Like An Alien: The Rare Aye-Aye (21 min, Real Wild)
• The Increasingly Rare Monkeys Of Bangladesh | Hoolock Gibbons Grasping The Last Branch (49 min, Real Wild)
• Vervet Monkey Troupe Erupts Into Civil War | Street Monkeys (50 min, Real Wild)
• Crowned Lemurs And Their Strange Habits (48 min, Real Wild)
• Chen Chen's Wildest Moments From Season 2 | Orangutan Island (24 min, Animal Planet)
• Trouble in Paradise - The Last Lemurs of Madagascar (49 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• Brawl Erupts Between Monkey Troops | Macaque Island 103 (50 min, Love Nature)
• EMERGENCY! Orphan Baby Mysteriously Disappears | Orangutan Jungle School 304+305 (100 min, Love Nature)
• Orangutan Baby Gathers Fruit For The First Time | Islands: Nature's Wild Laboratories 104 (44 min, Love Nature)
• Baby Monkey Finds Her Place Among Peers | New Kids In The Wild 203 (50 min, Love Nature)
• Orangutans: The World’s Most Intelligent Ape? (23 min, Real Wild)
• Unveil The Mysteries of the Monkey | Amazing Animals (21 min, Real Wild)
• Is It Too Late To Save Orangutan's? | 1,000 Days For The Planet (81 min, Real Wild)
• The Lemurs Of Madagascar (Wildlife Documentary) | Going Wild (23 min, Real Wild)
• Getting Up To Monkey Business (Wildlife Documentary) | Amazing Animals (27 min, Real Wild)
• 8 Baby Orangutans Who Love Mischief (20 min, Smithsonian Channel)
• Wild Winners | Episode 3: Planet of the Primates (50 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• Orangutan Orphans Learn to Survive Without Their Mother | Becoming Orangutan (50 min, Love Nature)
• Ethiopia’s Extreme Wildlife: Primates vs Predators | Wildlife Icons 107+108 (46 min, Love Nature)
• Fossa Lurks At Drinking Hole For Prey | Dawn to Dusk 107 (50 min, Love Nature)
• “Brady Bunch” Vervet Monkeys Prepare for Life in the Wild (18 min, Love Nature)
• WILD KINGDOMS | The Last 800 Mountain Gorillas | 4K (45 min, Real Wild)
• Baby Orangutan's Blood Test Reveals Life Threatening Diagnosis | Orangutan Jungle School (100 min, Love Nature)
• Golden Snub-Nosed Monkeys Brawl in the Snow | Battle of the Alphas 207 (25 min, Love Nature)
• Cute Baby Monkeys Playing with Relaxing Music (52 min, Love Nature)
• 85 Million Years of Evolution: The Incredible World Of Monkeys (48 min, Real Wild)
• Madagascar: Land of The Lemurs | 4K (46 min, Real Wild)
• The Monkey Turf Wars On Our Streets | Street Monkeys (50 min, Real Wild)
• Stalking the Giant Lemur | Land of Gremlins 101 (46 min, Love Nature)
• Spider Monkey Finds Her Place In The World | New Kids In The Wild 203+204 (100 min, Love Nature)
• Gorilla Wrestling is No Joke | Battle of the Alphas 208 (25 min, Love Nature)
• Mountain Gorillas of Virunga and Their Fight with Humanity (101 min, Real Wild)
• Feeding Time On Chimp Island | Zoo Days S2 EP7 (22 min, Real Wild)
• Most Watched Orangutan Jungle School Videos 🥺 Smithsonian Channel (46 min, Smithsonian Channel)
• Mountain Life: Monkeys, Lemurs & Survival | Secrets of the Enchanted Forest 104 (50 min, Love Nature)
• Baboon Clans Go to War Over Territory | Wildlife Icons 107 (46 min, Love Nature)
• Spoiled Baby Orangutan Learns To Adapt To Life In The Wild | Orangutan Jungle School (100 min, Love Nature)
• Pythons, Pangolins & Vervet Monkeys | Malawi Wildlife Rescue 203 (50 min, Love Nature)
• Exiled Langur Monkeys Fight to Overthrow King | Battle of the Alphas 104 (25 min, Love Nature)
• Hamadryas Baboon Clans Battle Over Territory | Wildlife Icons Ep107 (46 min, Love Nature)
• Exiled Langur Monkeys Fight in Preparation to Overthrow King | Battle of the Alphas 104 (25 min, Love Nature)

Top-Rated Books About Apes & Monkeys

1. In the Shadow of Man by Jane Goodall - View on Amazon
2. Gorillas in the Mist by Dian Fossey - View on Amazon
3. Chimpanzee Politics by Frans de Waal - View on Amazon
4. A Primate's Memoir by Robert M. Sapolsky - View on Amazon