Every Planet Of The Apes Movie Ranked Worst To Best

As it turned out, Rise was only the beginning. The first instalment set the bar unbelievably high, ending with a deadly pandemic that wipes out most of mankind and leaves apes as the planet's dominant species. The second film takes this new world and sprinkles in a brutal war for good measure, and War for the Planet of the Apes dials the whole thing up to eleven.

The most action-heavy and easily the darkest film of the entire franchise, War follows Caesar as he attempts to save his followers from the last remnants of the US military, whilst simultaneously dealing with a crippling personal tragedy.

A relentlessly action-packed drama that pits Caesar against his need for peace and his hopes for revenge against the humans who have continuously let him down, War makes for a frankly perfect ending to a trilogy that for years had defied every expectation.

Serkis has never been better, the stakes have never been higher, and the ending couldn't have been more affecting.

And that brings us to the best Apes movie of them all...