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Planet of the Apes (1968)

4.00 Stars

Adventure, Sci-fi

An astronaut crew crash-lands on a planet in the distant future where intelligent talking apes are the dominant species, and humans are the oppressed and enslaved.

Astronaut, Caught In A Net, Future, Lobotomy, Man Forced To Strip

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)

3.00 Stars

Action, Adventure, Sci-fi

The sole survivor of an interplanetary rescue mission searches for the only survivor of the previous expedition. He discovers a planet ruled by apes and an underground city run by telepathic humans.

Similarity: 14.09 (Very Similar)

Ape, Astronaut, Planet, Planet Of The Apes, Rescue

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)

3.15 Stars

Action, Sci-fi

The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a U.S. spacecraft. They become the toast of society, but one man believes them to be a threat to the human race.

Similarity: 9.63 (Very Similar)

Ape, Fear, Future, Planet Of The Apes, Spaceship

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

Escape from Planet Earth (2013)

2.95 Stars

Adventure, Animation, Comedy

Astronaut Scorch Supernova finds himself caught in a trap when he responds to an SOS from a notoriously dangerous alien planet.

Similarity: 5.18 (Similar)

Astronaut, Astronomical Object In Title, B Movie, Movie Flop, Psychotronic Film

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

Back to the Future (1985)

4.30 Stars

Adventure, Comedy, Sci-fi

Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent thirty years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the eccentric scientist Doc Brown.

Similarity: 5.15 (Similar)

Delorean, Future, Time Machine, Time Travel, Time Travel Comedy

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

Kaijû daisensô (1965)

3.10 Stars

Action, Adventure, Sci-fi

Astronauts investigate Planet X and encounter the Xiliens, who ask Earth's people to help save their world from "Monster Zero". As one astronaut forms a romance with a mysterious woman, he uncovers the Xilien's true intentions.

Similarity: 5.15 (Similar)

Alien, Astronaut, Outer Space, Planet X, Unknown Planet

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

The Martian (2015)

4.00 Stars

Adventure, Drama, Sci-fi

An astronaut becomes stranded on Mars after his team assume him dead, and must rely on his ingenuity to find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive and can survive until a potential rescue.

Similarity: 5.07 (Similar)

Astronaut, Left For Dead, Nasa, Presumed Dead, Space Habitat

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

The Fifth Element (1997)

3.85 Stars

Action, Adventure, Sci-fi

In the colorful future, a cab driver unwittingly becomes the central figure in the search for a legendary cosmic weapon to keep Evil and Mr. Zorg at bay.

Similarity: 5.01 (Similar)

Alien, Future, Futuristic City, Race Against Time, Taxi Driver

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

Marooned (1970)

2.90 Stars

Adventure, Drama, Sci-fi

Three American astronauts are stranded in space when their retros won't fire. Can they be rescued before their oxygen runs out?

Similarity: 4.68 (Slightly Similar)

Astronaut, Cosmonaut, Marooned, Outer Space, Rescue

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

Armageddon (1998)

3.35 Stars

Action, Adventure, Sci-fi

After discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas is going to impact Earth in less than a month, NASA recruits a misfit team of deep-core drillers to save the planet.

Similarity: 4.67 (Slightly Similar)

Asteroid, Astronaut, Bomb, Cranberry, Outer Space, Meteorite

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

After Earth (2013)

2.40 Stars

Action, Adventure, Sci-fi

A crash landing leaves Kitai Raige and his father Cypher stranded on Earth, a millennium after events forced humanity's escape. With Cypher injured, Kitai must embark on a perilous journey to signal for help.

Similarity: 4.65 (Slightly Similar)

Chick, Father Son Team, Post Apocalypse, Race Against Time, Real Life Father And Son Playing Father And Son, Fear, Future, Space Voyage

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

Interstellar (2014)

4.35 Stars

Adventure, Drama, Sci-fi

A team of explorers travel through a wormhole in space in an attempt to ensure humanity's survival.

Similarity: 4.62 (Slightly Similar)

Astronaut, Gravity, Nasa, Relativity, Saving The World, Wormhole

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

The Time Machine (1960)

3.75 Stars

Adventure, Romance, Sci-fi

A man's vision for a utopian society is disillusioned when travelling forward into time reveals a dark and dangerous society.

Similarity: 4.61 (Slightly Similar)

Distant Future, Dystopia, Future, Morlock, Post Apocalypse

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

Terminator Genisys (2015)

3.15 Stars

Action, Adventure, Sci-fi

When John Connor, leader of the human resistance, sends Sgt. Kyle Reese back to 1984 to protect Sarah Connor and safeguard the future, an unexpected turn of events creates a fractured timeline.

Similarity: 4.58 (Slightly Similar)

Cyborg, Future, Human Versus Cyborg, Human Versus Robot, Time Machine, Sarah Connor

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

The Last Days on Mars (2013)

2.75 Stars

Adventure, Horror, Sci-fi

A group of astronaut explorers succumb one by one to a mysterious and terrifying force while collecting specimens on Mars.

Similarity: 4.56 (Slightly Similar)

Alien Infection, Alien Life Form, Astronaut, Vertical Take Off And Landing Aircraft, Zombie

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

The Midnight Sky (2020)

2.80 Stars

Drama, Fantasy, Sci-fi, Adventure

This post-apocalyptic tale follows Augustine, a lonely scientist in the Arctic, as he races to stop Sully and her fellow astronauts from returning home to a mysterious global catastrophe.

Similarity: 4.44 (Slightly Similar)

Astronaut, Old Man, Scientist, Spaceship, Survival

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

Aditya 369 (1991)

4.30 Stars

Adventure, Comedy, Sci-fi

A group of children use a time machine to investigate a robbery. The protagonist couple, in their attempt to rescue the kids, get stuck in the machine and travel all the way back to the period of the ruler Krishnadevaraya (1500 A.D.)

Similarity: 4.44 (Slightly Similar)

Dual Role, Future, Post Apocalypse, Robbery, Time Machine

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

Ender's Game (2013)

3.30 Stars

Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-fi

Young Ender Wiggin is recruited by the International Military to lead the fight against the Formics, an insectoid alien race who had previously tried to invade Earth and had inflicted heavy losses on humankind.

Similarity: 4.37 (Slightly Similar)

Alien, Future, Leadership, Manipulation, Training

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

Moonraker (1979)

3.15 Stars

Action, Adventure, Sci-fi

James Bond investigates the mid-air theft of a space shuttle, and discovers a plot to commit global genocide.

Similarity: 4.28 (Slightly Similar)

Astronaut, Bad Guy Turns Good, Official James Bond Series, Space Shuttle, Space Station

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

Mission to Mars (2000)

2.80 Stars

Adventure, Sci-fi, Thriller

When the first manned mission to Mars meets with a catastrophic and mysterious disaster after reporting an unidentified structure, a rescue mission is launched to investigate the tragedy and bring back any survivors.

Similarity: 4.20 (Slightly Similar)

Astronaut, Based On Theme Park Ride, Human In Outer Space, Human On Mars, Reference To Constantin Brancusi

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

Abaddon (2021)

2.35 Stars

Action, Adventure, Sci-fi

A sassy bounty hunter and her convict boyfriend free a society from the clutches of a repressive theocratic police state.

Similarity: 4.06 (Slightly Similar)

Future, Gauge, House, Police State, Valve

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

Sunshine (2007)

3.60 Stars

Sci-fi, Thriller

A team of international astronauts are sent on a dangerous mission to reignite the dying Sun with a nuclear fission bomb in 2057.

Similarity: 3.95 (Slightly Similar)

Astronaut, Mission, Spacecraft, Spaceship, Sun, Sabotage

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

Red Sun

Action, Adventure, Sci-fi

In the not-too-distant future humanity's catastrophic attempts to harness energy from the sun have caused it to turn red and begin to slowly grow.

Similarity: 3.88 (Slightly Similar)

Future

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

The Adam Project (2022)

3.35 Stars

Action, Adventure, Sci-fi, Comedy

After accidentally crash-landing in 2022, time-traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed teams up with his 12-year-old self for a mission to save the future.

Similarity: 3.75 (Slightly Similar)

Netflix Original, Science Fiction, Travel, Child, Father, Explore, Future, Future Self Meets Past Self, Time Travel

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

Immortel (ad vitam) (2004)

2.95 Stars

Action, Animation, Crime, Drama, Sci-fi

In the distant future, Earth is occupied by ancient gods and genetically altered humans. When a god is sentenced to death he seeks a new human host and a woman to bear his child.

Similarity: 3.71 (Slightly Similar)

Cgi, Death, Deity, Future, Possession

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

A Clockwork Orange (1972)

4.15 Stars

Crime, Drama, Sci-fi

In the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn't go as planned.

Similarity: 3.67 (Slightly Similar)

Beating, Dystopia, Future, Gang, Unprovoked Violence

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

Cosmic Sin (2021)

1.25 Stars

Action, Adventure, Sci-fi

Seven rogue soldiers launch a preemptive strike against a newly discovered alien civilization in the hopes of ending an interstellar war before it starts.

Similarity: 3.65 (Slightly Similar)

Alien, Battle, Future, Injuries, Year 2524

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

The Avengers (2012)

4.05 Stars

Action, Adventure, Sci-fi

Earth's mightiest heroes must come together and learn to fight as a team if they are going to stop the mischievous Loki and his alien army from enslaving humanity.

Similarity: 3.63 (Slightly Similar)

Alien Invasion, Final Battle, Marvel Cinematic Universe, S.h.i.e.l.d., Superhero, Avengers

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

The Wild Blue Yonder (2007)

3.10 Stars

Sci-fi

An alien narrates the story of his dying planet, his and his people's visits to Earth and Earth's man-made demise, while human astronauts attempt to find an alternate planet for surviving humans to live on.

Similarity: 3.63 (Slightly Similar)

Alien, Astronaut, Global Change, Science, Wormhole

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

Dune: Part One (2021)

4.05 Stars

Action, Adventure, Drama

A noble family becomes embroiled in a war for control over the galaxy's most valuable asset while its heir becomes troubled by visions of a dark future.

Similarity: 3.57 (Slightly Similar)

Adaptation, Based On Novel, Desert, Dune, Feudalism, Sand, Chosen One, Doctor, Empire, Future, Prescience, Sandworm, Mind Control

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

Sputnik planety Uran

Sci-fi

Similarity: 3.52 (Slightly Similar)

Astronaut, Fugitive, India, Levitation, Schoolteacher

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

Alien: Covenant (2017)

3.20 Stars

Horror, Sci-fi, Thriller

The crew of a colony ship, bound for a remote planet, discover an uncharted paradise with a threat beyond their imagination, and must attempt a harrowing escape.

Similarity: 3.50 (Slightly Similar)

Alien, Android, Future, Stasis, Xenomorph

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

The Right Stuff (1983)

3.90 Stars

Adventure, Biography, Drama

The U.S. space program's development from the breaking of the sound barrier to selection of the Mercury 7 astronauts, from a group of test pilots with a more seat-of-the-pants approach than the program's more cautious engineers prefe

Similarity: 3.34 (Slightly Similar)

Astronaut, Nasa, Project Mercury, Ticker Tape Parade, U.s. Space Program

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

The Astronaut's Wife (1999)

2.70 Stars

Drama, Sci-fi, Thriller

After an explosion in space and subsequent two-minute radio-out period, two astronauts return home to their wives. Slightly it's revealed that they're not the same as they were.

Similarity: 3.34 (Slightly Similar)

Astronaut, Electrocuted In Bathtub, Mission, Pilot, Sister

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

T2 3-D: Battle Across Time (1996)

3.85 Stars

Action, Sci-fi, Short

Three freedom fighters attack a large corporation to prevent a future apocalypse.

Similarity: 3.34 (Slightly Similar)

Film Footage, Future, Police Officer, Tough Woman, Warrioress

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

Cloud Atlas (2012)

3.70 Stars

Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-fi

An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution.

Similarity: 3.33 (Slightly Similar)

Clone, Dystopia, Future, Futuristic City, Reincarnation

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

Her (2014)

4.00 Stars

Drama, Romance, Sci-fi

In a near future, a lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with an operating system designed to meet his every need.

Similarity: 3.32 (Slightly Similar)

Artificial Intelligence, Divorce, Future, Loneliness, Romance With Artificial Intelligence

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

Event Horizon (1997)

3.30 Stars

Horror, Sci-fi, Thriller

A rescue crew investigates a spaceship that disappeared into a black hole and has now returned...with someone or something new on-board.

Similarity: 3.32 (Slightly Similar)

Astronaut, Black Hole, Female Astronaut, Hell, Spaceship

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

After Exodus (2014)

2.80 Stars

Drama, Sci-fi, Thriller

In the distant future a refugee lives in peace on an uninhabited island. A surprise arrival by those he left behind and a simple mistake compromise his situation, sending him into a nightmarish struggle to survive and keep his freedo

Similarity: 3.32 (Slightly Similar)

Future

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

Barbarella (1968)

2.95 Stars

Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Barbarella, an astronaut from the 41st century, sets out to find and stop the evil scientist Durand Durand, whose Positronic Ray threatens to bring evil back into the galaxy.

Similarity: 3.30 (Slightly Similar)

Angel, Future, Queen, Sexy Suit, Space Opera

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The 6th Day (2000)

2.95 Stars

Action, Mystery, Sci-fi

A man meets a clone of himself and stumbles into a grand conspiracy about clones taking over the world.

Similarity: 3.29 (Slightly Similar)

Clone, Cloning, Evil Man, Future, Laser Gun

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

Robot Jox (1990)

2.70 Stars

Action, Sci-fi, Thriller

In the distant future, mankind has forsaken global wars for battles of single combat. The world has been divided into two opposing super powers, with each side represented by trained champions.

Similarity: 3.28 (Slightly Similar)

Fictitious Sport, Future, Giant Robot, Post Apocalypse, Robot

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

Apollo 13 (1995)

3.85 Stars

Adventure, Drama, History

NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage putting the lives of the three astronauts on board in jeopardy.

Similarity: 3.27 (Slightly Similar)

1970s, Astronaut, Rescue, Space Mission, Survival

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

The American Astronaut (2001)

3.45 Stars

Comedy, Musical, Sci-fi

Samuel Curtis, an interplanetary trader, sets forth through a rustic and remote solar system, unaware that his old friend Professor Hess is trying to kill him.

Similarity: 3.26 (Slightly Similar)

American, Astronaut, Interplanetary Trader, Planet, Trader

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

Gravity (2013)

3.85 Stars

Adventure, Drama, Sci-fi, Action, Thriller

Two astronauts work together to survive after an accident leaves them stranded in space.

Similarity: 3.25 (Slightly Similar)

Female Protagonist, Long Take, Self Sacrifice, Sole Survivor, Space Station, Despair

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

Atrapa la bandera (2015)

2.90 Stars

Adventure, Animation, Comedy

A young surfer rallies his friends to stop a billionaire from rewriting history as a way to hoard Helium 3, the clean energy of the future.

Similarity: 3.25 (Slightly Similar)

2010s, Apollo Program, Astronaut, Moon, Nasa

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

Gin-iro no kami no Agito (2006)

3.20 Stars

Adventure, Animation, Drama

It is 300 years into the future. Earth's environment had been devastated by mankind's own foolish plans and humankind is beleaguered by the sentient forests which they have awoken. The world balance is tipped when a young boy named A

Similarity: 3.24 (Slightly Similar)

24th Century, Environmental, Forest, Future, Post Apocalypse

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

Golem (1980)

3.35 Stars

Sci-fi

The film is set in a terrorizing world of the future, where technology commands the movements of individuals, supervised by the doctors, carrying out a program to improve the human race. Thus, instead of doctors creating a monster, t

Similarity: 3.24 (Slightly Similar)

Doctor, Future, Golem, Post Punk, Psychotronic Film

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

Wonderful Days (2003)

3.35 Stars

Action, Adventure, Animation

2142: Pollution and climate change wiped out most of Earth's population. Ecoban city is built to withstand this. Suppression results in revolt. A childhood couple find each other as adults on opposing sides.

Similarity: 3.23 (Slightly Similar)

Anime, Dark Future, Doomed Civilization, Future, Pollution

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

Anukul (2017)

3.80 Stars

Drama, Sci-fi, Short

Robots are fast replacing Humans in Kolkata. Interesting take on how are different humans dealing with this change.

Similarity: 3.22 (Slightly Similar)

Artificial Intelligence, Family Dispute, Future, Inheritance, Labor Rights

Similar to Planet of the Apes (1968)

Ad Astra (2019)

3.25 Stars

Adventure, Drama, Mystery

Astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across an unforgiving solar system to uncover the truth about his missing father and his doomed expedition that now, 30 years later, threatens the universe.

Similarity: 3.21 (Slightly Similar)

Astronaut, Father Son Relationship, Missing Father, Moon, Outer Space, Obsession