Movies and TvShows featuring "cornelius-character" theme.

In a post-apocalyptic future, Caesar leads a battle against humans to establish peace between the two species.

In Escape from the Planet of the Apes, a group of intelligent chimpanzees escapes the Earth's destruction and travels back in time to 1973. As they try to fit into society, they face a dystopian future and must confront xenophobia and fear. The CIA tries to capture them, leading to a tragic event. With the help of a sympathetic scientist, they try to survive and find a way to go back to the past.

In the sequel to Planet of the Apes, an astronaut crash-lands on a planet ruled by intelligent apes. He discovers a hidden underground city inhabited by mutant humans who worship a nuclear bomb. As tensions rise between the apes and the mutants, a battle for the future of Earth ensues.