Where to Watch Back to the Planet of the Apes (1980)

Need to watch 'Back to the Planet of the Apes' in the comfort of your own home? Searching for a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the Arnold Laven-directed movie via subscription can be confusing, so we here at Moviefone want to do the heavy lifting.

We've listed a number of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription choices - along with the availability of 'Back to the Planet of the Apes' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the fundamentals of how you can watch 'Back to the Planet of the Apes' right now, here are some particulars about the 20th Century Fox Television adventure flick.

Released November 17th, 1980, 'Back to the Planet of the Apes' stars Ron Harper, James Naughton, Roddy McDowall, Royal Dano The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 32 min, and received a user score of 53 (out of 100) on TMDb, which assembled reviews from 19 knowledgeable users.

Want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "Astronauts Pete Burke and Allan Virdon crash on Earth in the far future and are captured by the apes. The men befriend a chimp named Galen who helps them to escape. In the hopes of finding a way to get back to their own time, the astronauts search for a computer in an earthquake-threatened city, with which they will be able to access their flight records. [The first of five telefilms edited from episodes of the 1974 TV series; this film combines the episodes "Escape from Tomorrow" and "The Trap"]" .