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Movies that feel like Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)

If you loved Beneath the Planet of the Apes, the closest films we have are Silent Running (1972), Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) and Tron (1982). All three share Beneath the Planet of the Apes' epic and cerebral feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Hulu and others, checked against today's data.

The sole survivor of an interplanetary rescue mission lands on the planet of the apes, and uncovers a horrible secret beneath the surface.

πŸ… 37% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Ted Postepiccerebraltwistybleakawe

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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Planet of the Apes (1968) Β· Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)

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Silent Running
1972 Β· dir. Douglas Trumbull
πŸ… 71%β˜… 6.6adventure Β· science fiction Β· drama

Both are built on the same subject: dystopia

The difference: Reviewed even better

After the entire flora goes extinct, ecologist Lowell maintains a greenhouse aboard a space station for the future with his android companions. However, he rebels after being ordered to destroy the greenhouse in favor of carrying cargo, a decision that puts him at odds with everyone but his mechanical companions.

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Star Trek: The Motion Picture
1979 Β· dir. Robert Wise
πŸ… 51%β˜… 6.4science fiction Β· adventure Β· mystery

The same mix in both: scale, then ideas

The difference: Lighter on bleakness

When an unidentified alien destroys three powerful Klingon cruisers, Captain James T. Kirk returns to the newly transformed U.S.S. Enterprise to take command.

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Tron
1982 Β· dir. Steven Lisberger
πŸ… 60%β˜… 6.7science fiction Β· action Β· adventure

Both keep coming back to the same thing: dystopia

The difference: Not nearly as twisty

When brilliant video game maker Flynn hacks the mainframe of his ex-employer, he is beamed inside an astonishing digital world and becomes part of the very game he is designing. In his mission through cyberspace, Flynn matches wits with a maniacal Master Control Program and teams up with Tron, a security measure created to bring balance to the digital environment.

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2001: A Space Odyssey
1968 Β· dir. Stanley Kubrick
πŸ… 90%β˜… 8.3science fiction Β· mystery Β· adventure

Common ground: astronaut

Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.

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Fantastic Planet
1973 Β· dir. RenΓ© Laloux
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.7animation Β· science fiction

Both land bleakness and awe at once

The difference: Leans further into animation

On the planet Ygam, the Draags, extremely technologically and spiritually advanced blue humanoids, consider the tiny Oms, human beings descendants of Terra's inhabitants, as ignorant animals. Those who live in slavery are treated as simple pets and used to entertain Draag children; those who live hidden in the hostile wilderness of the planet are periodically hunted and ruthlessly slaughtered as if they were vermin.

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Planet of the Apes
2001 Β· dir. Tim Burton
πŸ… 42%β˜… 5.7thriller Β· science fiction Β· action

The same preoccupation in both: ape

The difference: Played as thriller first

After a spectacular crash-landing on an uncharted planet, brash astronaut Leo Davidson finds himself trapped in a savage world where talking apes dominate the human race. Desperate to find a way home, Leo must evade the invincible gorilla army led by Ruthless General Thade.

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Total Recall
1990 Β· dir. Paul Verhoeven
πŸ… 80%β˜… 7.5action Β· adventure Β· science fiction

One thread runs through both: mutant

The difference: Made in the 1990s, in a different era of the craft

Construction worker Douglas Quaid's obsession with the planet Mars leads him to visit Rekall, a virtual vacation company that manufactures memories. When something goes wrong during Quaid's memory implant procedure, his life turns upside down, leading him to question what is reality and what isn't.

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Barbarella
1968 Β· dir. Roger Vadim
πŸ… 64%β˜… 5.9science fiction Β· adventure Β· comedy

Both are built on the same subject: distant future

In the far future, a highly sexual woman is tasked with finding and stopping the evil Durand-Durand. Along the way she encounters various unusual people.

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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
2024 Β· dir. Wes Ball
πŸ… 80%β˜… 6.8science fiction Β· adventure Β· action

A 2020s answer to the same itch

Several generations following Caesar's reign, apes – now the dominant species – live harmoniously while humans have been reduced to living in the shadows. As a new tyrannical ape leader builds his empire, one young ape undertakes a harrowing journey that will cause him to question all he's known about the past and to make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike.

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Logan's Run
1976 Β· dir. Michael Anderson
πŸ… 58%β˜… 6.8action Β· science fiction

Cerebral science fiction in both cases

In the 23rd century, inhabitants of a domed city freely experience all of life's pleasures β€” but no one is allowed to live past 30. Citizens can try for a chance at being "renewed" in a civic ceremony on their 30th birthday. Escape is the only other option.

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Solaris
1972 Β· dir. Andrei Tarkovsky
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.9drama Β· science fiction Β· mystery

A 1970s answer to the same itch

A psychologist is sent to a space station orbiting a planet called Solaris to investigate the death of a doctor and the mental problems of cosmonauts on the station. He soon discovers that the water on the planet is a type of brain which brings out repressed memories and obsessions.

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The War of the Worlds
1953 Β· dir. Byron Haskin
β˜… 7science fiction Β· action

Adventure built on bleakness, twice over

The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing an army of invaders invincible to any man-made weapon, even the atomic bomb.

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