20 movies like Escape From the Planet of the Apes, ordered by similarity : Mysterious Island(1961), Beyond Skyline(2017), Adrift(2018), These Are the Damned(1962), Papillon(2017), Dante 01(2008), Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country(1991), Frenzy(1972), It! The Terror From Beyond Space(1958), Flight to Mars(1951), Alien(1979), The Fly(1958) ...
Sci-Fi
USA
1971
98 Minutes
Roddy McDowall Kim Hunter Bradford Dillman Natalie Trundy Eric Braeden William Windom Sal Mineo Albert Salmi Jason Evers John Randolph Harry Lauter
apes scientist astronaut dark suspenseful los angeles prison ship animal cruelty scientific experiments husband/wife relationship murder pregnancy escape 1970s
The world is shocked by the appearance of three 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.
Sci-Fi
UK
1961
101 Minutes
Michael Craig Joan Greenwood Herbert Lom Michael Callan Gary Merrill Beth Rogan Percy Herbert Dan Jackson Nigel Green
prisoner of war pirate scientist campy spectacular prison camp island pirate ship laboratory escape experiments monsters fantasy world escape adventure 1860s
During the Civil War a group of Union soldiers and two Confederates escape the stockade using a hot air balloon and end up on a strange Pacific island.
Sci-Fi, Action
USA|Canada|Indonesia|UK|China|Singapore
2017
106 Minutes
Frank Grillo Bojana Novakovic Jonny Weston Callan Mulvey Antonio Fargas Jacob Vargas Iko Uwais Yayan Ruhian
detective prisoner son alien thrilling suspenseful airy gory prison alien planet spaceship street kidnapping alien attack danger father/son relationship adventure rise fall rescue
A tough-as-nails detective embarks on a relentless pursuit to free his son from a nightmarish alien warship.
Romance, Adventure, Drama
Hong Kong|Iceland|USA
2018
120 Minutes
Shailene Woodley Sam Claflin Jeffrey Thomas Elizabeth Hawthorne Grace Palmer Marisiale Tunoka Kael Damlamian Neil Andrea Apakuki Nalawa Tim Solomon
sailor husband wife shipwreck survivor shipmate couple thrilling gripping frightening emotional incredible suspenseful boat ocean sea shipwreck ship pacific ocean shipwreck survival
A true story of survival, as a young couple's chance encounter leads them first to love, and then on the adventure of a lifetime as they face one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history.
Sci-Fi
1962
96 Minutes
Macdonald Carey Shirley Anne Field Viveca Lindfors Alexander Knox Oliver Reed Walter Gotell James Villiers Kenneth Cope Brian Oulton Barbara Everest James Maxwell
american man child scientist prisoner captor young woman bleak brooding dark disturbing gripping cave england coast military base experiments exploitation imprisonment radiation escape
An American man (Macdonald Carey) and an Englishwoman (Shirley Anne Field) discover genetically engineered children who can survive a nuclear war.
Adventure, History, Biography, Drama
USA|Czech Republic|Spain
2017
133 Minutes
Charlie Hunnam Rami Malek Roland Møller Nina Senicar Tommy J. Flanagan Eve Hewson Christopher Fairbank Brian Vernel
convict innocent man prison guard prisoner escape artist friend tense bleak thrilling suspenseful incredible intricate prison island prison cell paris french guiana apartment prison prison break
Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charriere forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
France
2008
88 Minutes
Lambert Wilson Linh Dan Pham Simona Maicanescu Dominique Pinon Bruno Lochet François Levantal Gérald Laroche Francois Hadji-Lazaro Lotfi Yahya-Jedidi Yann Collette Dominique Bettenfeld
prison guard prisoner doctor ship captain survivor scientist dark thrilling striking space station spacecraft prison outer space survival alien invasion superhuman abilities infectious disease psychiatry experiments discovery
A prisoner is brought to psychiatric detention space station orbiting a prison planet. He was exposed to aliens and gained healing power. A new doctor wants to experiment on the 7 prisoners/patients.
Sci-Fi
USA
1991
109 Minutes
William Shatner Leonard Nimoy DeForest Kelley James Doohan Walter Koenig Nichelle Nichols George Takei Kim Cattrall David Warner Christopher Plummer Mark Lenard
captain kirk spock dr. mccoy klingon general protégé engaging suspenseful amusing thrilling spaceship courtroom prison starship enterprise peace talks alien planet assassination peace treaty space travel battle
On the eve of retirement, Kirk and McCoy are charged with assassinating the Klingon High Chancellor and imprisoned. The Enterprise crew must help them escape to thwart a conspiracy aimed at sabotaging the last best hope for peace.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1972
116 Minutes
Jon Finch Barry Foster Barbara Leigh-Hunt Anna Massey Alec McCowen Vivien Merchant Billie Whitelaw Jean Marsh Bernard Cribbins Michael Bates Clive Swift
murderer suspect ex-wife inspector murder suspect murder victim dark gritty thrilling suspenseful london bar market river office restaurant framed for murder murder manhunt serial murders
A serial murderer is strangling women with a necktie. The London police have a suspect, but he is the wrong man.
Sci-Fi
USA
1958
69 Minutes
Marshall Thompson Shawn Smith Kim Spalding Ann Doran Dabbs Greer Paul Langton Robert Bice Richard Benedict Richard Hervey Thom Carney Ray Corrigan
astronaut commander crew member wife martian victim thrilling creepy suspenseful spacecraft outer space mars earth monsters space travel murder false accusations survival discovery escape
The first manned expedition to Mars is decimated by an unknown life form which stows away on the rescue ship.
Sci-Fi
USA
1951
72 Minutes
Marguerite Chapman Cameron Mitchell Arthur Franz Virginia Huston John Litel Richard Gaines
astronaut scientist alien thrilling suspenseful melodramatic spaceship mars underground alien/human relationship space exploration discovery adventure love escape 21st century
Five astronauts successfully fly to Mars where they encounter seemingly friendly and advanced inhabitants who harbor covert plans to use their ship to invade Earth.
Sci-Fi, Horror
UK|USA
1979
117 Minutes
Tom Skerritt Sigourney Weaver John Hurt Veronica Cartwright Harry Dean Stanton Ian Holm Yaphet Kotto Helen Horton
explorer android alien chilling dark suspenseful thrilling space station spaceship planet lv-426 aliens corporate espionage scientific experiments escape 22nd century
After a space merchant vessel receives an unknown transmission as a distress call, one of the crew is attacked by a mysterious life form and they soon realize that its life cycle has merely begun.
Horror, Sci-Fi
USA
1958
94 Minutes
Al Hedison Patricia Owens Vincent Price Herbert Marshall Kathleen Freeman Betty Lou Gerson Charles Herbert Eugene Borden Torben Meyer Harry Carter Charles Tannen
scientist wife brother son mutant inspector dark shocking canada laboratory household factory teleportation experiments family death housefly quest metamorphosis sacrifice
A scientist has a horrific accident when he tries to use his newly invented teleportation device.
Sci-Fi
USA
1964
109 Minutes
astronaut space traveler alien slave monkey commander chilling creative dark engaging tense suspenseful mars mars stranded alien attack human-animal friendship survival space exploration quest
Stranded on Mars with only a monkey as a companion, an astronaut must figure out how to find oxygen, water, and food on the lifeless planet.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2019
91 Minutes
Omar Epps Kate Walsh Miranda Cosgrove Enver Gjokaj Haaz Sleiman Angus Macfadyen Jorjan Fox
astronaut doctor engineer bleak brooding dark disheartening gripping gutsy intense melodramatic melancholy somber suspenseful tense spaceship space space travel astronauts survival
A group of astronauts living in the haunting emptiness of deep space awake to find earth has suffered an extinction level event.
Sci-Fi, Horror
USA|UK
1992
115 Minutes
Sigourney Weaver Charles S. Dutton Charles Dance Paul McGann Brian Glover Ralph Brown Danny Webb Christopher John Fields Holt McCallany Lance Henriksen
survivor marine creature criminal prisoner alien frightening dark outer space spaceship prison confinement battle redemption survival murder violence discovery escape rescue
After her last encounter, Ellen Ripley crash-lands on Fiorina 161, a maximum security prison. When a series of strange and deadly events occur shortly after her arrival, Ripley realizes that she has brought along an unwelcome visitor.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1982
122 Minutes
Harrison Ford Rutger Hauer Sean Young Edward James Olmos M. Emmet Walsh Daryl Hannah William Sanderson Brion James Joe Turkel Joanna Cassidy James Hong
android police officer hunter love interest tycoon creative dark gritty los angeles street outer space apartment escape showdown murder slavery meaning of life dystopia escape pursuit
A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space, and have returned to Earth to find their creator.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi, Horror
USA
2014
82 Minutes
Danielle Lozeau Andrea Monier Anthony Fanelli Bill Oberst Jr. Robin Steffen Caryn Richman Brandon Despain Myles Cranford Justin Ferrari
serial killer vampire young woman filmmaker camera operator brutal creepy dark gory suspenseful thrilling united states small town countryside village forest serial murders vampires murder murder investigation
A documentary film crew investigates a series of brutal killings known as the Black Water murders. As they delve deeper into the story they stumble upon a horrifying secret, one that they may not survive.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
2013
97 Minutes
Keri Russell Josh Hamilton Dakota Goyo Kadan Rockett J.K. Simmons LJ Benet Rich Hutchman Myndy Crist Annie Thurman Jake Washburn Ron Ostrow
husband wife son young boy neighbor expert frightening disturbing suspenseful household suburb strange behavior alien invasion family relationships conspiracy pursuit escape 2010s
As the Barrett family's peaceful suburban life is rocked by an escalating series of disturbing events, they come to learn that a terrifying and deadly force is after them, one which may have arrived from beyond the stars.
Sci-Fi
USA
1969
133 Minutes
Gregory Peck Richard Crenna James Franciscus David Janssen Gene Hackman Lee Grant Nancy Kovack Mariette Hartley Scott Brady Craig Huebing
astronaut rescue worker wife nasa director friend frightful suspenseful thrilling florida spaceship nasa facility space travel accident dangerous assignment fear nasa rescue adventure escape 1960s
Three American astronauts are stranded in space when their retros won't fire. Can they be rescued before their oxygen runs out?
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure
France|UK|Germany|Poland|USA
2018
113 Minutes
Robert Pattinson Juliette Binoche André Benjamin Mia Goth Lars Eidinger Agata Buzek Ewan Mitchell Scarlett Lindsey Jessie Ross
convict daughter father astronaut scientist friend brash brutal dark disturbing gripping shocking space spacecraft room garden black hole experiments exploitation sex
A father and his daughter struggle to survive in deep space where they live in isolation.