Each Apes film is radically different from the previous one, and it’s safe to say no other sci-fi franchise has taken swings as wild as the Apes movies. The Planet of the Apes release order looks like this:Planet of the Apes (1968)Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)Planet of the Apes TV series (1974)Planet of the Apes (reboot, 2001)Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)Planet of the Apes, First TimelineZira and Cornelius on present-day Earth. Those first four films tell a complete story, and the watch order would look like this:Planet of the Apes (1968)Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)Why omit the fifth and final of the classic films, Battle for the Planet of the Apes, from this watch order? So that watch order would look like this:Planet of the Apes (1968)Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)Planet of the Apes, Time Travel Watch OrderJust before the rise of apes in Conquest of the Planet of the Apes. Here’s what that watch order looks like, complete with the newest film, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, a sideways sequel to War for the Planet of the Apes:Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)One interesting note here.