Every Tim Burton Film Ranked From Worst To Best

20. Planet Of The Apes

Every person involved in this film has discussed how much of a failure it was. Even Burton himself said he "would rather jump out of a window than direct a sequel". This is quite understandable, as not only is it an incredibly awful film, but it almost killed the Planet of the Apes property. Thank heaven that the motion-capture series came along, because had it not then this would have been the lasting legacy of the classic.

This re-imagining of the Planet of the Apes tells the tale of Captain Leo Davidson after he crashes on a mysterious planet run by talking apes. Tim Roth plays a decent villain, and the action scenes are quite fun, but otherwise it's a mess of storytelling and horrible visuals.

The physical suits they employ to create the apes are incredibly uncanny, which worked for the original as they had this transparent non-human barrier. But in this film, the costume department makes them look just a little too real for it to be comfortable.

Poor writing, an awful aesthetic, and the world's most baffling plot twist make this easily Burton's worst film.