
Movies that feel likePlanet of the Apes (1968)
If you loved Planet of the Apes, the closest films we have are Silent Running (1972), Total Recall (1990) and The Fifth Element (1997). All three share Planet of the Apes' cerebral and epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Patton (1970).
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If Planet of the Apes hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) Β· Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)

The same two preoccupations: dystopia, and space travel
The difference: Takes it somewhere less kinetic than Planet of the Apes does

Both keep coming back to the same thing: dystopia
The difference: Made in the 1990s, in a different era of the craft

The same preoccupation in both: space travel

The same hand behind both of them: Franklin J. Schaffner
The difference: Leans harder into war than Planet of the Apes does

Cerebral where it counts, epic underneath

Kinetic and bleak in the same breath

Two things both keep coming back to: space marine and gorilla
The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

One thread runs through both: space marine

Awestruck science fiction, and it commits to that

Common ground in both: chimpanzee and distant future

Drama built on stillness, twice over

Adventure with a pulse of ideas, in both cases
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