Planet of the Apes is a legendary media series that started in the 1960s and has given us nine incredible films. All the films in the franchise have received accolades for their incredible VFX, emotional aspect and gripping storyline. If you're new to the Planet of the Apes movies, here are all the movies you need to watch before Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes hits theaters this week.

Even though the franchise started way back in 1968, it rebooted in 2011. So if you're wondering if you have to go through the older movies to see Ape Kingdom, you don't. Nevertheless, if you want to revisit the older movies, here is the list of all Planet of the Apes movies in order of release date.

We've listed the movies in chronological order, so that's the order you have to follow when watching the Planet of the Apes movies.

The first element that makes Rise of the Planet of the Apes worth watching is the impeccable VFX. To be honest, there are very few movies/TV series that can make every viewer a fan of their VFX, and this movie is one of them. The story revolves around a chimpanzee named Caeser, who has been brought home by a scientist who conducted an experiment on his mother to find the cure for Alzheimer's. The drug made Caeser's mother extraordinarily intelligent, and it somehow became the cause of her death. Well, Caeser inherits the intelligence from his mother, and he never fails to surprise us throughout the series. Apart from the CGI, the connection between the humans and the apes has been the highlight of the film from the beginning.