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10 Best Movies Like The Ape

If you loved The Ape, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Tingler

The Tingler

1959★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Ape for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A pathologist experiments with a deaf-mute woman who is unable to scream to prove that humans die of fright due to an organism he names The Tingler that lives within each person on...

#2
Mighty Joe Young

Mighty Joe Young

1998★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Ape for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

As a child living in Africa, Jill Young saw her mother killed while protecting wild gorillas from poachers led by Andrei Strasser. Now an adult, Jill cares for an orphaned gorilla ...

#3
Blood of the Vampire

Blood of the Vampire

1958★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Ape for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A man and wife are terrorized by Mad Scientist Dr. Callistratus who was executed but has returned to life with a heart transplant. Along with his crippled assistant Carl, the 'anem...

#4
Circle

Circle

2015★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Ape for fans of Horror & Mystery. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

In a massive, mysterious chamber, fifty strangers awaken to find themselves trapped with no memory of how they got there. Organized in an inward-facing circle and unable to move, ...

#5
Escape from the Planet of the Apes

Escape from the Planet of the Apes

1971★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Ape for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a spacecraft. Intrigued by their intelligence, humans use them for research - until...

#6
Tarantula

Tarantula

1955★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Ape for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A rogue scientist near a small desert town arouses the suspicion of the town's doctor when his lab assistant is found dead from a case of acromegaly, which took only four days to d...

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