
Movies that feel likeWar for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
If you loved War for the Planet of the Apes, the closest films we have are A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), Cloud Atlas (2012) and Looper (2012). All three share War for the Planet of the Apes' cerebral and bleak feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Advantageous (2015).
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If War for the Planet of the Apes hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) · Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) · Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)

The same preoccupation in both: dystopia
The difference: Played as adventure first

Civilizations rising and falling on cruelty and solidarity
The difference: Six interwoven stories — grand but unwieldy

One thread runs through both: suicide
The difference: Less contemplative, more its own thing

Quiet sci-fi about sacrificing yourself for the next generation
The difference: Tiny indie scale — ideas carry it, not spectacle

Both keep coming back to the same thing: suicide
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Contemplative and bleak in the same breath
The difference: Lighter on ideas

Common ground: dystopia
The difference: 20 years apart, and the 1990s show

Melancholy drama, and it commits to that
The difference: Leans further into thriller

A frozen world where oppression finally breeds revolt
The difference: Pulpy and stylized — allegory over sober gravity

Contemplative war in both cases

Both are built on the same subject: mutation

A being caught between what it was made for and what it is
The difference: Glossy cyberpunk surfaces — the soul goes missing
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