Return to the Planet of the Apes

Series Similar to Return to the Planet of the Apes

If you enjoyed Return to the Planet of the Apes, these series share similar themes, tone, and quality. Each recommendation is scored on genre overlap, tonal match, and critical acclaim.

1. Exosquad

   1993 · Drama, Action, Science-Fiction · ended91% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Science-Fiction profile, highly rated (8).

   A future without hunger or need is torn to pieces, when the genetically engineered servant race, the Neo-Sapiens, restart a 50 year old war of independence as a war of conquest, seizing control of the Earth and the Venus colony. Now the humans' only hope of freedom lies with the remains of the Exofleet, and their top unit - Able Squad.

2. Watchmen: The Motion Comic

   2008 · Drama, Action, Science-Fiction · ended90% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Science-Fiction profile.

   An outlaw superhero's investigation of a possible conspiracy against his colleagues changes all their lives even as evidence builds toward a horrific conclusion.

3. Scavengers Reign

   2023 · Drama, Action, Science-Fiction · ended89% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Science-Fiction profile.

   When a deep space freighter is damaged by a solar flare its surviving crew are stranded on a beautiful and unforgiving planet. They begin to learn the true nature of this planet as they try to survive long enough to escape or be rescued.

4. Marvel's Spider-Man

   2017 · Drama, Action, Science-Fiction · ended88% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Science-Fiction profile.

   Marvel's Spider-Man tells the story of an unsure (but courageous) teen who has to figure out how to be a super hero from the very beginning.

5. Aquaman

   2006 · Drama, Action, Science-Fiction · ended88% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Science-Fiction profile, hidden gem.

   Years ago, self-assured dive shop owner Arthur "A.C." Curry lost his mother in the mysterious Bermuda Triangle, and now he is honing his amazing aquatic abilities under the tutelage of a cryptic lighthouse keeper. A.C. knows that he must risk everything to protect the world's vast oceans, even if it brings him into conflict with alluring Navy pilot Rachel Torres. As he trains with his haunted mentor and relies on his close confidant Eva, A.C. grows to embrace an even bigger mission: an ominous, invisible war between the world A.C. inhabits and the one that bore him. This grounded, contemporary reinterpretation of DC Comics' Aquaman mythology comes from the acclaimed writing/producing team of Alfred Gough and Miles Millar.

6. Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome

   2012 · Drama, Action, Science-Fiction · ended88% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Science-Fiction profile, highly rated (8).

   Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome (a prequel to the critically acclaimed hit series, Battlestar Galactica) takes place in the midst of the First Cylon war. As the battle between humans and their creation, the sentient robotic Cylons, rages across the 12 colonial worlds, a young, talented fighter pilot, William Adama, finds himself assigned to one of the most powerful battlestars in the Colonial fleet: the Galactica. Full of ambition and in pursuit of the intense action that the Cylon war promises, Adama quickly finds himself at odds with his co-pilot, the battle-weary officer Coker. With only 47 days left in his tour of duty, Coker desires an end to battle just as much as Adama craves the start of it. Though they clash at first, the two men forge an unlikely bond when a routine escort mission with an enigmatic passenger turns dangerous and becomes a pivotal one for the desperate fleet.

7. Defiance: The Lost Ones

   2014 · Drama, Action, Science-Fiction · ended87% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Science-Fiction profile, hidden gem.

   Picking up where the first season left off, Nolan faces unexpected danger as he searches for a missing Irisa. Hidden facets of Nolan and Irisa's past are revealed as he races against a ticking clock to find his daughter.

8. 86

   2021 · Drama, Action, Anime, Science-Fiction · ended86% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Science-Fiction profile.

   The Republic of San Magnolia. For a long time, this country has been besieged by its neighbor, the Empire, which created a series of unmanned military vehicles called the Legion. In response to the threat, the Republic successfully completes the development of similar technology and fights off the enemy's attack, having managed to do so without casualties. But this is the official version. In fact, there were victims. Outside of 85 districts of the Republic, there was actually another one—"the non-existent 86th district." It was there that day and night continued the battles in which young men and women, known as Eighty-Sixers, participated—they fought in drones... Shinn directs the actions of a detachment of young Eighty-Sixers while on the battlefield. Lena is a "handler" who commands the detachment from the remote rear with the help of special communication. The tragic struggle of these two begins!

9. Star Trek: Short Treks

   2018 · Drama, Action, Science-Fiction · ended86% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Science-Fiction profile.

   Star Trek: Short Treks are short stories that allow fans to dive deeper into the key themes and characters that fit into Star Trek: Discovery and the expanding Star Trek universe.

10. Legend of the Galactic Heroes

    1988 · Drama, Science-Fiction · ended86% match

    Recommended for similar Science-Fiction profile, highly rated (8.3).

    A classic Space Opera, where 2 major empires fight between them with their own beliefs and ideals. On the imperial side, Reinhard Von Lohengram, a military genius and somehow different to make the change on the core of the corrupt noble elite. On the other side in the free Planets coalition, Yang Wen-Li, a well known tactician.