Never kiss and tell...
6. Gorillas in the Mist (1988)
Nominated for five Academy Awards, this tear-jerker of an adventure biopic story focuses itself on anthropologist Dian Fossey (Sigourney Weaver)--a private obsessive, romantic figure, who became an expert in her field--and centers around the extensive work she accomplished with a band of fearsome gorillas, until her murder in Rwanda in 1985. It's a story of poacher vs. nature, and the nurturer who did her best to reverse the equation.
Why It Ruled: Aww. Is it just us, or is there something eerily uncanny about the similarity of hairdos in this picture--perhaps underlying that we're not all that different from our furry friends. That's exactly the point of bringing to the spotlight these misty gorillas.
Monkeymeter: 4 out of 5 stars