20 best movies like Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)

List of the best movies like Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971): Stargate: Continuum, Meteor Apocalypse, Planet of the Apes, The Lost Future, Fantastic Four, The 5th Wave, Children of the Sun, The Final Countdown, Stargate, A Sound of Thunder.

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Markimdb: 7.5
Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, drama, adventure
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration01:38

Ba'al travels back in time and prevents the Stargate program from being started. SG-1 must somehow restore history.

Markimdb: 3
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration01:28

A gigantic meteors enters Earth's orbit and begins to disintegrate, showering the entire planet with debris.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration01:59

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.

Markimdb: 4.9
Genrefantastic, thriller, adventure
CountryGermany, South Africa, USA
Duration01:30

A group of post-apocalyptic survivors, struggle to survive in a world where jungles and forests and primeval wetlands and deserts have obliterated civilization. They staunchly face genetically mutating beasts and mysterious diseases in an attempt to re-establish the human race as masters of Earth.

Markimdb: 4.2
Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure
CountryUSA, Germany, United Kingdom
Duration02:40

Four young outsiders teleport to a dangerous universe, which alters their physical form in shocking ways. Their lives irrevocably upended, the team must learn to harness their daunting new abilities and work together to save Earth from a former friend turned enemy.

Markimdb: 5.2
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration02:30

16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone Age.

Markimdb: 4.7
Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration01:34

A story from the life in the beginning of XX century based on the theater play by Maxim Gorky.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrefantastic, action, military
CountryUSA
Duration01:43

During routine manoeuvres near Hawaii in 1980, the aircraft-carrier USS Nimitz is caught in a strange vortex-like storm, throwing the ship back in time to 1941—mere hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Markimdb: 7
Genrefantastic, action, adventure
CountryUSA, France
Duration02:10

An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.

Markimdb: 4.2
Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure
CountryUSA, Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Germany
Duration01:41

    When a hunter sent back to the prehistoric era runs off the path he must not leave, he causes a chain reaction that alters history in disastrous ways.

    Markimdb: 3
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA

    When miner Charley 'Boomer' Baxter sets off a series of massive mining detonations in West Virginia, a gigantic earthquake is soon rocking the North Atlantic, exposing a deep seismic fault that runs the length of the North American continent. Joining forces with government seismology expert Dr Amy Lane, Boomer must now race against time to stop the chasm that is threatening to tear America - and the entire world - in half.

    Markimdb: 8
    Genrefantastic, adventure
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Hungary, Jordan
    Duration03:34

    During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:56

    Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop of his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.

    Markimdb: 4.4
    Genrefantastic, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:28

    An astronaut doctor Ivan Hood and his fellow astronaut Kelly return from their mission in space to find the world has been taken over by aliens. Now Dr. Ivan Hood and Kelly must lead a revolution to free the human slaves from their alien masters.

    Markimdb: 3.9
    Genrefantastic, action, adventure
    CountryGermany

    The year is 2048, and global warming has flooded much of Earth's land areas. A father and his two sons try to salvage treasures from sunken buildings when they are given an important assignment by the New Vatican.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrefantastic, action, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:40

    In a post-apocalyptic world, a warrior wandering through the desert comes upon a group of settlers who are being menaced by a murderous gang that is after the water they control.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrefantastic, action, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:14

    In a futuristic world where the polar ice caps have melted and made Earth a liquid planet, a beautiful barmaid rescues a mutant seafarer from a floating island prison. They escape, along with her young charge, Enola, and sail off aboard his ship. But the trio soon becomes the target of a menacing pirate who covets the map to 'Dryland' – which is tattooed on Enola's back.

    Markimdb: 1.9
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:32

    In February 1942 Us forces engaged an unidentified flying object above Los Angeles. Now almost 70 years later, the alien invaders have returned.

    Markimdb: 3.1
    Genrefantastic, action, adventure
    CountrySingapore, USA
    Duration01:21

    A group of reporters are covering the unveiling of a new facility that is completely maintained by robot prototypes. When one of the robots goes haywire, the reporters find themselves not just reporting on the malfunction, but fighting for their lives.

    Markimdb: 4.6
    Genrefantastic, action, adventure
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada
    Duration01:30

    Earth has been conquered by robots from another galaxy and the human survivors must stay in their homes, or risk incineration.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, adventure, detective
    CountryUSA, China, Brazil
    Duration02:36

    An astronaut travels to the outer edges of the solar system to find his father and unravel a mystery that threatens the survival of our planet. He uncovers secrets which challenge the nature of human existence and our place in the cosmos.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure, detective
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:15

    This latest installment of Babylon 5 is in two parts: the first, is about an entity that has possessed a worker. It wants to be exorcised but Col. Lochley prevents the priest & sends it & the host both back to Earth. The second is about Galen trying to dupe President Sheridan into assassinating the future Centauri President to stop him possibly attacking Earth in 30 years time.

    Markimdb: 2.1
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:11

    When a discredited L.A. Seismologist warns of an impending 12.7 earthquake, no one takes her seriously. Now on her own, she races desperately to get her family to safety before the earthquake breaks Los Angeles apart from the mainland.

    Markimdb: 2.8
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
    CountryUSA

    Using breakthrough flesh-regeneration technology, a biotech firm creates a set of living dinosaurs. But when the creatures escape their museum exhibit and terrorize Los Angeles, a former firefighter must rescue his teenage daughter from the chaos brought on by the Age of Dinosaurs

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrefantastic, action, adventure
    CountryUSA, United Arab Emirates
    Duration01:36

    Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds humankind divided into two warring races.

    Markimdb: 1.9
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:25

    Massive earthquakes open the Arabian tectonic plate, resulting in unstable weather and freezing temperatures that will be unsurvivable by nightfall. Attempting to reach safety, a vacationing family in Egypt must battle the rapidly cooling temperatures that usher in a new Ice Age, covering the Sphinx, Pyramids, and Sahara Desert with mountains of snow.

    Markimdb: 4.8
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
    CountryUSA, Spain

    A former pilot rebels against his creator, teaming up with the scientist responsible for android technology, her pet robot Spot, a rough-and-tumble riverboat guide, and a martial arts warrior.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure, crime
    CountryUSA

    As two teen prodigies try to master the art of time travel, a tragic police shooting sends them on a series of dangerous trips to the past.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration01:41

    This time, a cataclysmic temblor hits Los Angeles, turning it into an island. The president views the quake as a sign from above, expels Los Angeles from the country and makes it a penal colony for those found guilty of moral crimes. When his daughter, part of a resistance movement, steals the control unit for a doomsday weapon, Snake again gets tapped to save the day.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrefantastic, action, adventure
    CountryUSA, Australia
    Duration01:43

      In a universe where human genetic material is the most precious commodity, an impoverished young Earth woman becomes the key to strategic maneuvers and internal strife within a powerful dynasty…

      Markimdb: 3.9
      Genrefantastic, action, adventure
      CountryUSA, Italy
      Duration01:34

      A pair of smugglers manage to pick up a castaway while running from the authorities, who turns out to be the only survivor from a secret mission to destroy a mysterious superweapon designed by the evil Count Zartharn. The smugglers are soon recruited by the Emperor to complete the mission, as well as to rescue the Emperor's son, who has gone missing.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
      CountryUSA, Israel
      Duration01:46

      The world of Eternia in the aftermath of Skeletor's war on Castle Grayskull, which he has won after seizing Grayskull and the surrounding city using a cosmic key developed by the locksmith Gwildor. The Sorceress is now Skeletor's prisoner and he begins to drain her life-force as he waits for the moon of Eternia to align with the Great Eye of the Universe that will bestow god-like power upon him.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:42

      On his latest expedition, Dr. Rick Marshall is sucked into a space-time vortex alongside his research assistant and a redneck survivalist. In this alternate universe, the trio make friends with a primate named Chaka, their only ally in a world full of dinosaurs and other fantastic creatures.

      Markimdb: 4.7
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure, detective
      CountrySpain, USA
      Duration01:22

      An experimental submarine, the "Siren II", with a very experienced crew is sent to find out what happened to the "Siren I" after it mysteriously dissapeared in a submarine rift. Things go awry when they begin to find things that shouldn't be there...

      Markimdb: 4.7
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:35

      An out-of-control robot is inadvertently set loose in a small community, and a crack squad of soldiers are sent to hunt it down. Gradually, the members of the squad begin to suspect that some of them are robots.

      Markimdb: 1.6
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
      CountryUSA

      A mother and a father search for their only child as a giant asteroid headed for Earth, triggering a series of apocalyptic events.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:57

      In 2013 there are no highways, no I-ways, no dreams of a better tomorrow, only scattered survivors across what was once the Unites States. Into this apocalyptic wasteland comes an enigmatic drifter with a mule, a knack for Shakespeare and something yet undiscovered: the power to inspire hope.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genrefantastic, action
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:34

      Only a few people still live in New York in 2015. 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.

      Markimdb: 8.1
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
      CountryAustralia, South Africa
      Duration02:30

      An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order. There's Max, a man of action and a man of few words, who seeks peace of mind following the loss of his wife and child in the aftermath of the chaos. And Furiosa, a woman of action and a woman who believes her path to survival may be achieved if she can make it across the desert back to her childhood homeland.

      Markimdb: 4.1
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure, detective
      CountryCanada
      Duration01:29

      A secret government research project tries reviving the World War II "Philadelphia Experiment," which was an attempt to create a cloaking device to render warships invisible. When the experiment succeeds, it brings back the original ship (the Eldridge) that disappeared during the first test in 1943 - which brings death and destruction to the 21st century. It's up to the sole survivor of the first experiment and his granddaughter to stop it.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:14

      After spending several months in an orbiting lab, three astronauts prepare to return to Earth only to find their de-orbit thrusters won't activate. After initially thinking they might have to abandon them in orbit, NASA decides to launch a daring rescue. Their plans are complicated by a Hurricane headed towards the launch site—and a shrinking air supply in the astronauts' capsule.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrefantastic, comedy, adventure
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration01:44

      For the past 60 years, a space-traveling smart-ass named Paul has been locked up in a top-secret military base, advising world leaders about his kind. But when he worries he’s outlived his usefulness and the dissection table is drawing uncomfortably close, Paul escapes on the first RV that passes by his compound in Area 51. Fortunately, it contains the two earthlings who are most likely to rescue and harbor an alien on the run.

      Markimdb: 5.5
      Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:39

      When successful businessman Sam Treadwell finds that his android wife, Cherry model 2000 has blown a fuse, he hires sexy renegade tracker E. Johnson to find her exact duplicate. But as their journey to replace his perfect mate leads them into the treacherous and lawless region of 'The Zone', Treadwell learns the hard way that the perfect woman is made not of computer chips and diodes.

      Markimdb: 2.1
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
      CountryUSA

      Aliens invade, this time delivering a clear ultimatum. The fate of humanity hangs in the balance as the U.S. President and citizens decide if these aliens are to be trusted… or feared.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genrefantastic, thriller, adventure
      CountryUSA, Canada, France
      Duration01:54

      When contact is lost with the crew of the first Mars expedition, a rescue mission is launched to discover their fate.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genrefantastic, comedy, adventure, family
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:30

      This 1986 Disney adventure tells the story of 12-year-old David who lives with his family in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. When he awakens from being accidentally knocked out in the forest near his home, he finds that eight years have passed. His family is overjoyed to have him back, but just as perplexed as he is by the fact that he hasn't aged. When a NASA scientist discovers a UFO nearby, David gets the chance to unravel the mystery and recover the life he lost.

      Markimdb: 3.1
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure
      CountryUSA, Japan
      Duration01:20

      On a lush tropical island, working under a secret government charter, Martin Drake has not only grown sprawling acres of giant vegetables, but inadvertently spawned two mammoth reptiles as well. Now they've broken free of their enclosures, and Drake has only one option: kill the creatures before word gets back to Washington and they close him down. When Drake's first team of well-armed mercenaries gets wiped out within hours of setting down in the jungle, he turns to one lone hunter, The Cajun, to go in single-handedly. But will The Cajun be cunning enough to find the creatures and destroy them before they turn the blue waters red with the blood of tourists. The only hope is to bring the monsters together and make them fight. When one emerges victorious, that will be the time to strike and kill the other. It's a risky plan, but ultimately the only one that may work. One of David Carradine's last movies.

      Markimdb: 4.3
      Genrefantastic, action, adventure
      CountryUSA, Luxembourg
      Duration01:40

      The Hollywood version of the popular video game series "Wing Commander". Unlike other video games to feature film transitions, series creator Chris Roberts was heavily involved in the film's creation. This is the story of Christopher Blair and Todd "Maniac" Marshall as they arrive at the Tiger Claw and are soon forced to stop a Kilrathi fleet heading towards Earth.

      Markimdb: 8.3
      Genrefantastic, action, adventure, family, cartoon
      CountryUSA

      Taking place some time between 'Tron' and 'Tron: Legacy', 'Tron: Uprising' tells the story of Beck, a young program who becomes the skillful leader of a revolution inside the computer world of The Grid.

      Markimdb: 3.5
      Genrefantastic, action, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:34

      An underground city is built to save a cross-section of humanity as a comet hurtles toward Earth.




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