Movies and TV shows like Planet of the Apes 1974
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Planet of the Apes (1974)
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Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
Two astronauts and a sympathetic chimp friend are fugitives in a future Earth dominated by a civilization of humanoid apes.
Based on the 1968 Planet of the Apes film and its sequels, which were inspired by the novel of the same name by Pierre Boulle.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, futuristic, stylized, bleak
Plot:
time travel, future dystopia, space travel, monkey, astronaut, survival, escapades, on the run, life is a bitch, society, switching roles, apocalypse, gorilla, chimpanzee, friendship, heroes, space and aliens, end of the world, alien, magic, distopia, space opera, surprise twist, nasa, space adventure ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, futuristic and exciting films and TV series with plots about danger, escapades, distopia, space and aliens, heroes, survival and post apocalypse mostly in Sci-Fi, Adventure and Action genres. Some movies like Planet of the Apes: Logan's Run (1977), Halo: Nightfall (2014), Earth 2 (1994), Space: 1999 (1975), Dark Matter (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
In a futuristic society where reaching the age of 30 is a death sentence, a rebellious law enforcement agent goes on the run in search of Sanctuary.
Style:
captivating, serious, exciting, suspenseful, futuristic
Plot:
future dystopia, chase, track down, androids and robots, escapades, on the run, secret place, chaos, distopia, post apocalypse, survivor, hiding place ...
Time:
future, 23rd century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Buck Rogers in the 25th Century is an American science fiction adventure television series produced by Universal Studios. The series ran for two seasons between 1979–1981, and the feature-length pilot episode for the series was released as a ...
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suspenseful, exciting, semi serious, touching, tense ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, boys' night, teens
Plot:
time travel, space and aliens, space opera, good versus evil, astronaut, space travel, adventurer, save the world, a.i., fighting crime, survival, future dystopia ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
An U.S. Spaceship lands on a desolate planet, stranding astronaut Taylor in a world dominated by apes, 2000 years into the future, who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his ...
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twist ending, philosophical, futuristic, apocalyptic, mind bending ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
astronaut, post apocalypse, plot twist, time travel, space and aliens, end of the world, apocalypse, survival, monkey, suspense, twists and turns, slavery ...
Time:
future, near future, stone age
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100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi, War
Duration: 30 min.
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Taking place between the events of Halo 4 and Halo 5: Guardians, Halo: Nightfall follows the origin story of legendary manhunter Jameson Locke (Mike Colter) and his team as they are caught in a horrific terrorist attack while investigating terrorist ...
Style:
serious, exciting, stylized, suspenseful, futuristic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military, distant planet, evil alien, investigation, leadership, survival, terrorist attack, battles, insubordination, terrorism, superhero, space opera ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Three twentieth century astronauts travel through a time warp and crash on Earth in 3085 A.D.. One of the astronauts is killed in the impact, and the two survivors, Alan Virdon and Pete Burke, find that they have returned to an Earth where their ...
Style:
futuristic, psychotronic
Plot:
time travel, monkey, post apocalypse, apocalypse, post-apocalyptic future, orangutan, chimpanzee, gorilla, astronaut, chase, simian fiction
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Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Earth 2 is an American science fiction television series which aired on NBC from November 6, 1994 to June 4, 1995. The show was canceled after one season of 22 episodes. It follows the journey and settlement of a small expeditionary group called the ...
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futuristic, apocalyptic, exciting, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
space colony, space, apocalypse, post apocalypse, space and aliens, space opera, distopia, alien planet, post-apocalyptic future, chaos, battles, space travel ...
Time:
future, 90s
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50%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The crew of Moonbase Alpha must struggle to survive when a massive explosion throws the Moon from orbit into deep space.
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exciting, serious, suspenseful, futuristic, spooky ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
space and aliens, moon, space travel, astronaut, moon base, space exploration, ufo, space, survival, man versus machine, save the world, heroic mission ...
Time:
future, year 1999, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
The six-person crew of a derelict spaceship awakens from stasis in the farthest reaches of space. Their memories wiped clean, they have no recollection of who they are or how they got on board. The only clue to their identities is a cargo bay full ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, semi serious, ambiguous ending, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
space travel, space, memory loss, space and aliens, space wars, time travel, distant planet, amnesia, survival, androids, spacecraft, friendship ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Earth has been ravaged by a nuclear war, and a feminist warrior is forced to join up with a soldier of fortune in her journey to find a rumored "paradise" as they battle gangs of rampaging bandits.
Style:
futuristic, apocalyptic, exciting, serious, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, woman fights a man, female warrior, renegade, desert, biker, distopia, post-apocalyptic future, battles, chaos, future dystopia, plague ...
Time:
future, near future
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Jack Slade was born during a solar eclipse in the year 1980. 18 years later, he finds out he has the ability to travel into the future. He projects himself into the year 2035, where society has been destroyed by a fascist regiment of psychopathic ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, scary, futuristic
Plot:
time travel, apocalypse, changing the past or future, survival, save the world, chaos, heroes, mutant, post apocalypse, space and aliens, distopia, future dystopia ...
Time:
future, year 1998
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Odyssey 5 is a Canadian science fiction series that first ran in 2002 on Showtime in the United States and on Space in Canada.
Odyssey 5 is the brainchild of Manny Coto, who served as a script-writer and executive producer during the series run. ...
Style:
atmospheric, exciting, suspenseful, serious
Audience:
boys' night
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time travel, changing the past or future, astronaut, save the world, nasa, space and aliens, technology, race against time, heroes, heroic mission, conspiracy, post apocalypse ...
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40%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
A group of convicts and outcasts fight a guerrilla war against the totalitarian Terran Federation from a highly advanced alien spaceship.
Style:
futuristic, serious, suspenseful, stylized
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
space, spacecraft, space opera, artificial intelligence, magic, space adventure, totalitarianism, good versus evil, fighting the system, rebellion, space travel, convict ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Machines have taken over, but left humans thinking that they are still the ones in charge. The androids need humans because of the human brain fluid; without it the android brains can't work. Until the mad scientist finds out how to make this ...
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serious, suspenseful, futuristic, bleak, epic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, chaos, future dystopia, technology gone awry, race against time, a.i., man versus machine, survival, androids and robots, save the world, escapades, experiment gone awry ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Space: Above and Beyond is a short-lived mid-1990s American science fiction television show on the FOX Network, created and written by Glen Morgan and James Wong. Originally planned for five seasons, it ran only for the single 1995–1996 season. It ...
Style:
apocalyptic, atmospheric, exciting, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
space wars, space and aliens, evil alien, alien, space travel, marines, save the world, space, military, alien race, post apocalypse, alien invasion ...
Time:
future, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Capt. William "Buck" Rogers is a jovial space cowboy who is accidentally time-warped from 1987 to 2491. Earth is engaged in interplanetary war following a global holocaust, and Buck's piloting skills make him an ideal starfighter ...
Style:
psychotronic, futuristic, exciting, serious, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
space adventure, time travel, space opera, space, astronaut, distopia, women, superhero, space wars, technology gone awry, future dystopia, heroic mission ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Planet Earth is a devastated wasteland, and what's left of humanity has colonized the Moon in domed cities. Humanity's continued survival depends on an anti-radiation drug only available on planet Delta Three, which has been taken over by ...
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psychotronic, apocalyptic, serious, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
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apocalypse, disaster, robot, space travel, space, time dilation, scientist, distopia, time travel, spacecraft, natural disaster, radiation ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 5 min.
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H+: The Digital Series is a web series produced by Bryan Singer and created by John Cabrera and Cosimo De Tommaso. The series, which touches on the subject of transhumanism, premiered on August 8, 2012 on YouTube with two episodes. Two new episodes ...
Style:
suspenseful, stylized, serious, futuristic
Plot:
future dystopia, computer virus, nanotechnology, deadly virus, apocalypse, chaos, technophobia, survival, human existence, society, chaos and mayhem, computers and web ...
Time:
future, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Galactica 1980 is a science fiction television series, and a spin-off from the original Battlestar Galactica television series. It was first broadcast on the ABC network in the United States from January 27 to May 4, 1980. It was later shown in ...
Style:
epic, saga, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
time travel, space and aliens, androids and robots, space, time dilation, alien invasion, distopia, alien, star wars, peril, military, girl ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
When the 12 Colonies of Man are wiped out by a cybernetic race called the Cylons, Commander Adama and the crew of the battlestar Galactica lead a ragtag fleet of human survivors in search of a "mythical planet" called Earth.
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exciting, serious, atmospheric, stylized, epic ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
space, space opera, space travel, ambition, rivalry, survival, man versus machine, space wars, heroic mission, against the odds, post apocalypse, battles ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
2068, the ozone layer is gone and the world is a wasteland. A band of mercenaries attempt to break into a Estate that is guarded by a automated defence system called "Encrypt" in order to steal priceless artwork.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, futuristic, tech noir
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, survival, rivalry, future dystopia, life is a bitch, chaos, androids and robots, escapades, soldier, man versus machine, society, space travel ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Planet Earth is a sequel to Gene Roddenberry's Genesis II (1973) made-for-TV movie, in which a NASA scientist, Dylan Hunt, is revived from suspended animation in the post-nuclear war United States. In Planet Earth, Dylan is now a sworn member ...
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exciting, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, matriarchy, distopia, suspended animation, failed pilot, utopia, apocalypse, end of the world, sorority, post-apocalyptic future, heroes, space and aliens ...
Time:
future, 22nd century
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A crew of young researchers escape into the future to avoid the shutdown of their project. They find that some type of 'eco-crisis' disaster has de-populated the area around their lab (in rural Idaho) and, by implication, the nation or ...
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post apocalypse, teenager, time travel, apocalypse, distopia, erotica, end of the world, secret experiment, save the planet, environmentalism, chaos, time machine ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Firefly is set in the year 2517, after the arrival of humans in a new star system and follows the adventures of the renegade crew of Serenity, a "Firefly-class" spaceship. The ensemble cast portrays the nine characters who live on Serenity.
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exciting, captivating, witty, futuristic, clever ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
space, friendship, spacecraft, space travel, preacher, space opera, escapades, survival, space and aliens, captain, smuggling, space wars ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Hundreds of massive intergalactic robots appear in all of the world's major capitals with an ultimatum: Prove the value of human civilization or be destroyed.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, bleak, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
future dystopia, androids and robots, apocalypse, evil alien, space travel, save the world, a.i., man versus machine, alien, giant monster, extraterrestrial, alien invasion ...
Time:
50s
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Peru, USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
After the nuclear holocaust, one man rises from the ashes to become the leader of a ragged gang of survivors. They soon discover that their greatest challenge is yet to come; they must fight a battle for the ages against the evil minions of The ...
Style:
tense, serious, bleak, futuristic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, sword, distopia, post-apocalyptic future, post nuclear, superhero, good versus evil, space and aliens, rivalry, survival, life is a bitch, escapades ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Flash Gordon is an American science fiction television series that debuted on Sci Fi in the United States on August 10, 2007 and continued airing new episodes through February 8, 2008. It has also appeared on the United Kingdom Sci Fi Channel and ...
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stylized, suspenseful, serious, exciting, epic ...
Audience:
teens
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space opera, space, heroes, good versus evil, rivalry, save the world, partners, space travel, distant planet, escapades, state affairs, bounty hunter ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa, maryland
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, Canada, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
When contact is lost with the crew of the first Mars expedition, a rescue mission is launched to discover their fate.
Style:
futuristic, serious, atmospheric, sentimental, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mars, space travel, astronaut, alien, suspense, space station, space, spacecraft, mysterious planet, trapped in space, alien encounter, space and aliens ...
Time:
future, 21st century
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35%
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A female scientist and two children are accidentally transported into a future dominated by primates.
Style:
scary, bleak, serious, experimental, offbeat
Audience:
teens
Plot:
time travel, monkey, disaster, catastrophe, chaos, disorder, heroes, rescue, society, survival, gays and lesbians, save the world ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the near future, everything has changed. Basic human rights have become the rarest of luxuries. No one knows when this started but everyone knows how. The VXII, the deadliest virus ever created, spread like wildfire and decimated the majority of ...
Style:
serious, rough, futuristic, suspenseful, exciting
Audience:
boys' night
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Time:
future, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
In a white hot flash of light, and with no warning, one minute our moon is there, the next it's gone. Then, a second flash. And that's the last thing anyone on Earth can remember. 11 months later, it's not post- apocalyptic; it's ...
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tense, exciting, bleak, disturbing, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night
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Time:
future
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