
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.
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If Beneath the Planet of the Apes hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Planet of the Apes (1968) Β· Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)

Both are built on the same subject: dystopia
The difference: Reviewed even better

The same mix in both: scale, then ideas
The difference: Lighter on bleakness

Both keep coming back to the same thing: dystopia
The difference: Not nearly as twisty

Common ground: astronaut

Both land bleakness and awe at once
The difference: Leans further into animation

The same preoccupation in both: ape
The difference: Played as thriller first

One thread runs through both: mutant
The difference: Made in the 1990s, in a different era of the craft

Both are built on the same subject: distant future

A 2020s answer to the same itch

Cerebral science fiction in both cases

A 1970s answer to the same itch

Adventure built on bleakness, twice over
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