War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
For freedom. For family. For the planet.
Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet.
In War for the Planet of the Apes, consciousness is carried by animals — a plane of “ape-war”. The story fights on E6/E11 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing species, war, survival, leadership, family.
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Starship Troopers: Invasion (2012)E6/E11 · rare rung · survival, war
One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)E6 · rare rung · family
Deep Blue Sea (1999)E6 · rare rung · survival
Mimic (1997)E6 · rare rung · survival
George of the Jungle 2 (2003)E6 · rare rung · family
Free Birds (2013)E6 · rare rung · survivalSame subject, different rung
The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.
Balto: Wolf Quest (2002)E7/E8/E9 · rare rung · leadership, survival
The Red Turtle (2016)E7/E8 · rare rung · family, survival
The Land Before Time (1988)E7/E8 · rare rung · family, survival
A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures (2010)E7/E8 · rare rung · family, survival
The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze (2001)E7/E8 · rare rung · family, survival
Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)E13/E14 · rare rung · survival, warAlso bends a rule of reality
Other films that change a standing rule of their world — ranked first by those bending it at the same rung.
Survival of the Dead (2010)alters at E6 · same rung · loose
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)alters at E6 · same rung · loose
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)alters at E6 · same rung · rigorous
Priest (2011)alters at E6 · same rung · rigorous
Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)alters at E6 · same rung · loose
Final Destination Bloodlines (2025)alters at E6 · same rung · looseAlso hides consciousness here
Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.
Walking with Dinosaurs (2013)consciousness in animals · dinosaur herd
Ooops! Noah Is Gone... (2015)consciousness in animals · anthropomorphic flood ark
The Bear (1988)consciousness in animals · bear wilderness
2012: Ice Age (2011)consciousness in animals · anthropomorphic ice age
TMNT (2007)consciousness in animals · mutant turtle metropolis
Madagascar (2005)consciousness in animals · anthropomorphic animal worldSame subject, different mask
The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.
The New Daughter (2009)consciousness in monsters · family, survival
Species III (2005)consciousness in aliens · species, survival
The Transformers: The Movie (1986)consciousness in machines · leadership, survival
Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds (2010)consciousness in aliens · war
Evil Dead II (1987)consciousness in monsters · survival
Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler (1992)consciousness in machines · survival
