# Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)

> In a shattered future, Caesar struggles to preserve peace as ape factions and human survivors contest the shape of a new civilization.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/1140

## Facts

- Runtime: 93 min
- Genres: Action, Science Fiction
- Director: J. Lee Thompson
- Cast: Roddy McDowall, Natalie Trundy, Austin Stoker, Severn Darden, Claude Akins, Paul Williams, Richard Eastham, Lew Ayres
- TMDB rating: 5.7/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069768/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: foreboding, earnest, melancholic, classic science fiction marathon, franchise completion

## Movies like Battle for the Planet of the Apes

- [Meteor (1979)](https://ember.film/movie/25504)
- [Damnation Alley (1977)](https://ember.film/movie/15310)
- [Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)](https://ember.film/movie/141)
- [Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)](https://ember.film/movie/1126)
- [Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)](https://ember.film/movie/78466)
- [Julius Caesar (1953)](https://ember.film/movie/10830)
- [Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)](https://ember.film/movie/1124)
- [Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)](https://ember.film/movie/1127)
- [X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)](https://ember.film/movie/140632)
- [2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)](https://ember.film/movie/35)

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