Planet of the Apes (1968)

An astronaut crew crash-lands on a planet in the distant future where intelligent talking apes are the dominant species, and humans are the oppressed and enslaved.

About

Loosely based on the 1963 French novel La Planète des Singes, the film tells the story of an astronaut crew that finds themselves on a strange planet in the distant future where apes assumed the role of the dominant species. 

Trivia

The movie was the original of a series of five films made between 1968 and 1973. It was followed by two TV series also made in the '70s, a 2001 remake film of the same and a reboot series that began with Rise of the Planet of the Apes.