What is the best order to watch the Planet of the Apes movies?

The first Planet of the Apes film released 52 years ago. It's been a huge influence on popular culture and even spawned eight sequels, a few of which manage to rival the original in terms of critical and box office success. 

But with nine films all similarly named, it can get really confusing trying to figure out the best order to watch them all. You could go by theatrical release date, but we think it's more fun to watch the films chronologically, as you can watch the events unfold in a beginning-to-end timeline.

There's the first five Planet of the Apes films, which released between 1968 and 1973, and then the three modern films from the 2010s that star Andy Serkis as Caeser. The Serkis movies are connected to the original five (and we explain how below), but to make things complicated, there is a standalone Planet of the Apes movie, from 2001 starring Mark Whalberg, which is basically a remake.

Confused? No worries. We made sense of this jumbled timeline below. 

Planet of the Apes timeline: The chronological movie order

Follow our guide below, and you will watch the events in the Planet of the Apes movies as they happened. At the bottom, you'll find a spoiler-free, bulleted-list version of this guide, plus additional watch orders with absolutely no spoilers.

NOTE: THERE ARE SPOILERS BELOW.

Source : https://www.pocket-lint.com/tv/news/152430-planet-of-the-apes-movies-order-timeline-chronological