Chimp Empire (Season 1)

Chimp Empire (2023) is a Netflix nature docuseries you can watch online on iFILM. Deep in the Ngogo forest of western Uganda lives the largest chimpanzee society science has ever recorded.

Across weeks of filming, the cameras track the group from the inside — alliances and betrayals, border patrols, splits over territory, the scramble for status, the raising of the young. Think political thriller, except every player is an ape. When a neighbouring faction breaks away, a fragile peace gives out and the stakes turn lethal.

It was directed by James Reed, who landed an Oscar for My Octopus Teacher, and narrated by two-time Academy Award winner Mahershala Ali. The result isn't dry natural history but a character drama with real consequences — ideal if you love Attenborough's wildlife films but want something more intimate and tense. Stream every episode of Chimp Empire online on iFILM.