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Back to the Planet of the Apes (1980)
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Back to the Planet of the Apes (1980)
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 loved ones are long dead, where technological civilization has fallen, and where humanity is subjugated by intelligent, talking simians who live in jungle cities and preside over pastoral hinterlands. The two astronauts are captured by horse-riding gorillas (the ape army) and taken before an orangutan tribunal. They are deemed a threat to ape security and sentenced to death. The two condemned men are visited in their cell by a curious chimpanzee named Galen, who is fascinated by their accounts of an advanced human civilization centuries past. After Galen accidentally kills a gorilla and is charged with murder, Virdon, Burke, and Galen all escape the ape city and are fugitives hunted by a determined gorilla named Urko. Virdon manages to salvage...
Style: futuristic, psychotronic
Plot: planet of the apes, ape, time travel, post apocalypse, apocalypse, monkey, post-apocalyptic future, gorilla, astronaut, chase, chimpanzee, orangutan, simian fiction

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Most similar movies to Back to the Planet of the Apes

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychotronic, apocalyptic, suspenseful and futuristic films with plots about post apocalypse, apocalypse, time travel, imaginary, distopia, epidemic and danger mostly in Sci-Fi, Action and Adventure genres. Some movies like Back to the Planet of the Apes: Strange New World (1975), Shangri-La: Near Extinction (2018), Phoenix Point (2005), 10,000 Days (2014), Time Chasers (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Farewell to the Planet of the Apes (1980)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A television movie made from two segments of the TV Series Planet of the Apes (1974), Planet of the Apes: Tomorrow's Tide (1974) and Planet of the Apes: Up Above the World So High (1974).
Style: psychotronic
Plot: ape, planet of the apes, post apocalypse, apocalypse, monkey, ape man, astronaut, chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Planet of the Apes (1974)
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 ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, exciting, apocalyptic, futuristic ...
Plot: time travel, ape, planet of the apes, monkey, space travel, astronaut, danger, survival, dystopian future, escapades, on the run, chases and races ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes (1980)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A television movie made from two segments of the TV Series Planet of the Apes (1974), Planet of the Apes: The Horse Race (1974) and Planet of the Apes: The Tyrant (1974).
Plot: planet of the apes, ape, post apocalypse, post-apocalyptic future, astronaut, horse race, ape man
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The fifth and final episode in the Planet of the Apes series. After the collapse of human civilization, a community of intelligent apes led by Caesar lives in harmony with a group of humans. Gorilla General Aldo tries to cause an ape civil war and a ...
Style: apocalyptic, psychotronic, futuristic, space horror, saga ...
Audience: adult
Plot: post apocalypse, ape, planet of the apes, post apocalyptic, apocalypse, end of the world, revolution, gorilla, monkey, survival, rebellion, time dilation ...
Time: future, near future, 20th century, 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The world is shocked by the appearance of two talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a U.S. spacecraft. They become the toast of society; but one man believes them to be a threat to the human race.
Style: apocalyptic, futuristic, bleak, depressing, slasher ...
Audience: adult
Plot: post apocalypse, planet of the apes, ape, dystopia, time travel, gorilla, outer space, apocalypse, spacecraft, chimpanzee, creature, post apocalyptic ...
Time: future, 20th century, year 1973, 70s
Place: los angeles, california, usa, pacific ocean
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50%
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: In a futuristic world that has embraced ape slavery, Caesar, the son of the late simians Cornelius and Zira, surfaces after almost twenty years of hiding out from the authorities, and prepares for a slave revolt against humanity.
Style: apocalyptic, futuristic, depressing, social, classic horror ...
Audience: adult
Plot: post apocalypse, planet of the apes, ape, time travel, rebellion, revolution, apocalypse, post apocalyptic, monkey, survival, mutant, gorilla ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, near future, 80s, future ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Story: Several generations in the future following Caesar's reign, apes are now the dominant species and live harmoniously while humans have been reduced to living in the shadows. As a new tyrannical ape leader builds his empire, one young ape ...
Style: psychotronic
Plot: planet of the apes, ape, post-apocalyptic future, killer ape, monkey king, ape man, dark future, simian fiction
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Planet of the Apes (1968)
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 ...
Style: philosophical, twist ending, futuristic, suspense, mind blowing ...
Audience: kids, date night, adult
Plot: post apocalypse, astronaut, ape, planet of the apes, space and aliens, time travel, end of the world, trial, post apocalyptic, apocalypse, plot twist, survival ...
Time: future, stone age, 20th century, distant future, year 1968 ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Strange New World (1975)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In the near future, a group of scientists living in a space ship wake up from a hibernation state and come back to an apocalyptic Earth.
Style: apocalyptic, psychotronic
Plot: post apocalypse, snake, dystopia, epidemic, distopia, catastrophe, end of the world, apocalypse, post apocalyptic, cataclysm, anarchist, wasteland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Astronaut Brent is sent to rescue Taylor but crash lands on the Planet of the Apes, just like Taylor did in the original film. Taylor has disappeared into the Forbidden Zone so Brent and Nova try to follow and find him. He discovers a cult of humans ...
Style: apocalyptic, futuristic, depressing, allegory, psychotronic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: apocalypse, post apocalypse, ape, planet of the apes, dystopia, post apocalyptic, time travel, space and aliens, gorilla, space travel, astronaut, monkey ...
Time: future, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, grand central station manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Return to the Planet of the Apes (1975)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Return to the Planet of the Apes is a short-lived animated series, by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises in association with 20th Century Fox Television, based upon Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle. Boulle's novel had previously inspired five films ...
Style: apocalyptic
Audience: kids
Plot: ape, planet of the apes, time travel, apocalypse, post apocalypse, end of the world, dystopia, astronaut, monkey, space adventure, chimpanzee, gorilla ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Shangri-La: Near Extinction (2018)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Mankind is nearly extinct in this post-apocalyptic creature thriller. Most humans died from a deadly plague and the ice age they manufactured to eradicate it. A man named Vargas leads a group of survivors on a quest to reach Shangri-La, the last ...
Style: disturbing, bleak, captivating, suspenseful, serious
Plot: monster, post apocalypse, apocalypse, mutant, cold, ice age, mutation, struggle for survival, survival, post-apocalyptic future, epidemic, snow ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Journey to the Center of Time (1967)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Scientists must prove their time travel experiments can produce results, so their funding won't be cut off. They push their equipment, and travel 5000 years into the future, where they encounter aliens who are looking for a planet to colonize.
Style: futuristic, apocalyptic, independent film, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: post apocalypse, dinosaur, time loop, apocalypse, epidemic, time machine, disorder, experiment gone awry, heroic mission, inventions and discoveries, space travel, alien encounter ...
Time: year 1967, future, prehistory
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Phoenix Point (2005)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: When the apocalypse arrives, it takes the form of a biochemical virus. All social structures break down and a new world order emerges from the heart of the desert. As chaos sets in, we follow the adventures of some unlikely survivors, all searching ...
Style: tense, captivating, independent film, psychotronic
Plot: desert, virus, post apocalypse, survival, lifestyle, social problems, post apocalyptic, apocalypse, sex, science, destruction
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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10,000 Days (2014)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: 10,000 Days ago, Comet 23 struck Earth with the magnitude of all the nuclear weapons in the world sending the planet into a deep freeze. Now, 27 years in the future, those who survived are locked in an epic battle of life or death.
Style: exciting, suspense, futuristic, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot: disaster, winter, heroic mission, survival, science, post apocalypse, fear, courage, astronaut, death, planet earth, self sacrifice ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Time Chasers (1994)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: An inventor comes up with a time machine, but must prevent its abuse at the hands of an evil C.E.O.
Style: grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot: time travel, time machine, sent to the past, aviation, evil corporation, save the day, chase, chases and races, danger, escapades, imaginary, heroes ...
Time: future, 20th century, 90s, 1950s, 2040s
Place: usa, vermont
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Planet of the Apes (2001)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: futuristic, bad ending, intense, suspense, exciting ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: post apocalypse, ape, astronaut, dystopia, planet of the apes, space travel, genetics, dystopian future, survival, time travel, stranded, space adventure ...
Time: future, year 2001, 20th century, near future, 2020s ...
Place: washington d.c., north america
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26%
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A.P.E.X. (1994)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A time-travel experiment in which a robot probe is sent from the year 2073 to the year 1973 goes terribly wrong thrusting one of the project scientists,into a plague ravaged alternate time-line whose war weary inhabitants are locked in a constant ...
Style: futuristic, psychotronic, tech noir, independent film, serious
Plot: time travel, robot, post apocalypse, cyborgs, terminator, apocalypse, androids and robots, dystopian future, distopia, alien, cyberpunk, post apocalyptic ...
Time: future, year 1973
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26%
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The Last Man (2008)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Based on a novel by Mary Shelley
Style: apocalyptic, suspense, suspenseful, unusual plot structure
Plot: post apocalypse, pandemic, epidemic, disease, virus, apocalypse, bio weapon, survival, cannibalism, isolation, plague, nuclear ...
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26%
The Time Travelers (1964)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A time travel experiment that was supposed to produce a window into time turns out to be a portal instead. One of the experimenters steps through into a not-too-distant-future world that has been destroyed by nuclear war. Some of the others follow, ...
Style: apocalyptic, mysterious, classic horror, grindhouse, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: time travel, post apocalypse, mutant, apocalypse, time, dystopia, time loop, portal, exploitation, monster, nuclear holocaust, machine ...
Time: 60s, future
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Idaho Transfer (1973)
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 ...
Style: apocalyptic, independent film, exciting, serious, futuristic ...
Plot: post apocalypse, bare breasts, teenager, time travel, end of the world, dystopian future, apocalypse, erotica, unhappy ending, epidemic, distopia, wasteland ...
Time: future
Place: idaho, usa
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25%
Running Against Time (1990)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Hoping to prevent his brother's Vietnam death and to prevent the JFK assassination, a time-traveling college professor goes back to the '60s but can't find his way out. Trapped in a time warp, he can't effect a change because he ...
Style: psychotronic, suspenseful, serious, exciting
Plot: time travel, time machine, changing the past or future, vietnam war, president, kennedy family, race against time, imaginary, chases and races, heroes, assassination, state affairs ...
Place: vietnam, asia, dallas texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
The Yesterday Machine (1965)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A Nazi scientist invents a time machine enabling him to go back to alter the events of WWII.
Style: independent film, psychotronic, bizarre
Plot: time travel, time machine, nazi occultism, time loop, holocaust, sexy woman, lecture, police detective, nightclub singer, newspaper reporter, nazi, mad scientist ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Empire of Danger (2004)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A newly designed spacecraft capable of going through time is sent to Mars to rescue a crew previously lost on Mars. The ship is sent through the past but to the wrong time, years later than the first crew. Once they land on Mars, the crew finds that ...
Style: thought provoking, captivating, exciting
Plot: space travel, tomb, spacecraft, astronaut, time travel, princess, outer space, space, mars, alien planet, time warp
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Phoenix (1995)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When a mining colony is taken over by genetically altered androids, an elite attack team is sent in to take down the android leader.
Style: futuristic, tech noir, independent film, serious, psychotronic
Plot: apocalypse, androids and robots, military, space opera, society, heroes, escapades, imaginary, space and aliens, rivalry, danger, arm wrestling ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Warriors of the Apocalypse (1984)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: After a nuclear war with civilization's death as a result leads an adventurer, a group of hikers on their search for the Mountain of Life. On their way they meet pygmy tribes, brutal gangs and amazon women.
Style: apocalyptic, futuristic
Plot: post apocalypse, wasteland, apocalypse, nuclear holocaust, post nuclear, woman with a gun, female warrior, amazon, post-apocalyptic future, bare chested male, immortality, bare breasts ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Time of the Apes (1985)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror, 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: experimental, scary, bleak, offbeat, serious
Audience: teens
Plot: time travel, ape, monkey, planet of the apes, mutant, disaster, dystopian future, disorder, chaos, save the world, gays and lesbians, escapades ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
The Creation of the Humanoids (1962)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Many years after a nuclear war destroyed much of human kind, the survivors have created a new society where much of the work done by artificial beings referred to derisively by humans as "clickers". Humans are producing fewer and fewer ...
Style: apocalyptic, intelligent, suspense, grindhouse, futuristic ...
Plot: robot, post apocalypse, cyberpunk, artificial intelligence, apocalypse, post apocalyptic, distopia, monster, cognitive science, machine, philosophy, dystopia ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Play-Mate of the Apes (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Three sexy astronauts crash land on a planet where apes rule. They attract the attention of human-friendly scientist Dr Kweera and the wild woman Uvala and soon unbridled female lust threatens ape society.
Style: parody, humorous, not serious, captivating, melancholic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: sexual relations, monkey, space and aliens, lesbian sex, silly humor, imaginary, distant planet, strong sexual content, space travel, ape, nudity, erotica ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Beyond the End of the World (1978)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story: After spending three months doing experiments in space, scientists Antón and Daniel return to civilization. They're astounded to discover that the Earth has undergone an enormous cataclysm and the law of the gravity has even been altered in ...
Style: surprise ending
Plot: end of the world, cave, alien attack, post-apocalyptic future, last man on earth, alien, female nudity, dog, brother brother relationship, bee, sibling rivalry, chimpanzee ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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