Movies like Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)
The best movies like Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973) are The Omega Man (1971), Planet Earth (1974) and Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972). If Battle for the Planet of the Apes hooked you with its action and science fiction, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedPlanet of the Apes (1968)7.7/10 from 4,193 votes
- NewestKingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)Released 2024
- Same seriesConquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)Planet of the Apes (Original)
The Omega Man (1971)
Due to an experimental vaccine, Dr. Robert Neville is the only human survivor of an apocalyptic war waged with biological weapons. Besides him, only a few hundred deformed, nocturnal people remain; sensitive to light, and homicidally psychotic.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPlanet Earth (1974)
The time: the 22nd century. The place: the Confederacy, a matriarchy where men are enslaved and impotent. The hero: Dylan Hunt, a handsome, vigorous 20th-century scientist awakened from suspended animation - just the "breeder" a Confederacy dominatrix has been waiting for! Can Hunt defy the Confederacy and free his downtrodden fellow males, or is he doomed to slavery on Planet Earth? A sequel to Gene Roddenberry's Genesis II.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
In a futuristic world that has embraced ape slavery, a chimpanzee named Caesar resurfaces after almost twenty years of hiding from the authorities, and prepares for a revolt against humanity.
Why it matches: Same series: Planet of the Apes (Original) · both action & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBack to the Planet of the Apes (1980)
Astronauts Pete Burke and Allan Virdon crash on Earth in the far future and are captured by the apes. The men befriend a chimp named Galen who helps them to escape. In the hopes of finding a way to get back to their own time, the astronauts search for a computer in an earthquake-threatened city, with which they will be able to access their flight records. [The first of five telefilms edited from episodes of the 1974 TV series; this film combines the episodes "Escape from Tomorrow" and "The Trap"]
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & science fiction
Logan's Run (1976)
In the 23rd century, inhabitants of a domed city freely experience all of life's pleasures — 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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLife, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes (1980)
When fugitive human astronaut Virdon is shot, his chimp companion Galen must charm an old flame into accepting that a book on human surgery is no hoax. Meanwhile, their friend Burke is captured by the ape authorities and is to be brainwashed by a brilliant ape scientist named Wanda. [The fourth of five telefilms edited from episodes of the 1974 TV series; this film combines the episodes "The Surgeon" and "The Interrogation"]
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction
Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a spacecraft. Intrigued by their intelligence, humans use them for research - until the apes attempt to escape.
Why it matches: Same series: Planet of the Apes (Original) · both action & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)
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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Noah (1975)
Noah, the sole remaining survivor on our planet after a nuclear holocaust, finds himself unable to to accept his unique predicament. To cope with his loneliness, he creates an imaginary companion, then a companion for his companion and finally an entire civilization - a world of illusion in which there is no reality but Noah, no rules but those of the extinct world of his memory - our world.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & science fiction
Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
The sole survivor of an interplanetary rescue mission lands on the planet of the apes, and uncovers a horrible secret beneath the surface.
Why it matches: Same series: Planet of the Apes (Original) · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPlanet of the Apes (2001)
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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & action
SnoozefestMovies like thisTreachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes (1980)
The fugitives Burke, Virdon and Galen try to save the life of a human blacksmith and his son, whom gorilla leader Urko has threatened with death should his horse lose another race. The trio also attempt to expose a crooked gorilla by framing him in a plot to kill Urko. [The third of five telefilms edited from episodes of the 1974 TV series; this film combines the episodes "The Horse Race" and "The Tyrant"]
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
A highly intelligent chimpanzee named Caesar has been living a peaceful suburban life ever since he was born. But when he gets taken to a cruel primate facility, Caesar decides to revolt against those who have harmed him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & science fiction
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGenesis II (1973)
A scientist who has been preserved in suspended animation wakes up to find himself in a primitive society in the future.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction
Doomsday (2008)
The lethal Reaper virus spreads throughout Britain—infecting millions and killing hundreds of thousands. Authorities brutally and successfully quarantine the country but, three decades later, the virus resurfaces in a major city. An elite group of specialists is urgently dispatched into the still-quarantined country to retrieve a cure by any means necessary. Shut off from the rest of the world, the unit must battle through a landscape that has become a waking nightmare.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisPlanet of the Apes (1968)
Astronaut Taylor crash lands on a distant planet ruled by apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist.
Why it matches: Same series: Planet of the Apes (Original) · both science fiction & action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Ultimate Warrior (1975)
Only a few people still live in New York in 2012. They are organized in gangs with their own turf. One of them is led by Baron, another one by Carrot, and they are constantly at war with each other.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisDawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
A group of scientists in San Francisco struggle to stay alive in the aftermath of a plague that is wiping out humanity, while Caesar tries to maintain dominance over his community of intelligent apes.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisA Boy and His Dog (1975)
Set in the year 2024 in post-apocalyptic America, 18-year old Vic and his telepathic dog, Blood, are scavengers in the desolate wilderness ravaged by World War IV, where survivors must battle for food and shelter in the desert-like wasteland. Vic and Blood eke out a meager existence, foraging for food and fighting gangs of cutthroats.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDaybreak (1993)
When a substantial portion of the nation's populace falls victim to a deadly plague, the tyrannical government quarantines them in camps, offering no alternative except death. But a gutsy rebel named Torch sets out to help the afflicted by leading an underground effort to spirit the victims to humane sanctuary.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like this2019: After the Fall of New York (1983)
After a nuclear war society breaks down into two groups, the evil Euraks, and the rebel Federation. A mercenary named Parsifal is hired by the Federation to infiltrate New York City, which is controlled by the Euraks, to rescue the only fertile woman left on Earth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisAfter Earth (2013)
One thousand years after cataclysmic events forced humanity's escape from Earth, Nova Prime has become mankind's new home. Legendary General Cypher Raige returns from an extended tour of duty to his estranged family, ready to be a father to his 13-year-old son, Kitai. When an asteroid storm damages Cypher and Kitai's craft, they crash-land on a now unfamiliar and dangerous Earth. As his father lies dying in the cockpit, Kitai must trek across the hostile terrain to recover their rescue beacon. His whole life, Kitai has wanted nothing more than to be a soldier like his father. Today, he gets his chance.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & action
SnoozefestMovies like thisNo Blade of Grass (1970)
A strange new virus has appeared, which only attacks strains of grasses such as wheat and rice, and the world is descending into famine and chaos. Architect John, along with his family and friends, is making his way from London to his brother's farm in northern England where there will hopefully be food and safety for all of them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & action
SnoozefestMovies like thisTerminator Salvation (2009)
All grown up in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor must lead the resistance of humans against the increasingly dominating militaristic robots. But when Marcus Wright appears, his existence confuses the mission as Connor tries to determine whether Wright has come from the future or the past -- and whether he's friend or foe.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOn the Beach (1959)
In 1964, atomic war wipes out humanity in the northern hemisphere; one American submarine finds temporary safe haven in Australia, where life-as-usual covers growing despair. In denial about the loss of his wife and children in the holocaust, American Captain Towers meets careworn but gorgeous Moira Davidson, who begins to fall for him. The sub returns after reconnaissance a month (or less) before the end; will Towers and Moira find comfort with each other?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisZardoz (1974)
In the far future, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisRollerball (1975)
In a corporate-controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of its powerful athletes is out to defy those who want him out of the game.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDamnation Alley (1977)
Following World War III, four survivors at a desert military installation attempt to drive across the desolate wasteland of America to Albany, where they hope more survivors are living, using a specially built vehicles to protect themselves against the freakish weather, mutated plant and animal life, and other dangers encountered along the way.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisDeath Race 2000 (1975)
In a boorish future, the government sponsors a popular, but bloody, cross-country race in which points are scored by mowing down pedestrians. Five teams, each comprised of a male and female, compete using cars equipped with deadly weapons. Frankenstein, the mysterious returning champion, has become America's hero, but this time he has a passenger from the underground resistance.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSoylent Green (1973)
In the year 2022, overcrowding, pollution, and resource depletion have reduced society’s leaders to finding food for the teeming masses. The answer is Soylent Green.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Battle for the Planet of the Apes?
The closest matches to Battle for the Planet of the Apes are The Omega Man (1971), Planet Earth (1974) and Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Battle for the Planet of the Apes?
People who watched Battle for the Planet of the Apes most often go on to The Omega Man (1971), Planet Earth (1974) and Back to the Planet of the Apes (1980).
What is the highest-rated movie like Battle for the Planet of the Apes?
Planet of the Apes (1968), rated 7.7/10 by 4,193 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Battle for the Planet of the Apes?
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Is Battle for the Planet of the Apes part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to Planet of the Apes (Original), which includes Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972), Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971), Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) and Planet of the Apes (1968).
Are there English movies like Battle for the Planet of the Apes?
Yes: The Omega Man (1971), Planet Earth (1974) and Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972).
How are movies similar to Battle for the Planet of the Apes chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Battle for the Planet of the Apes, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.