Star Trek Films

Guide Note

Star Trek made the move from the small screen to the big one in 1979, and films from the franchise have continued to rack up box office receipts. The eleventh film in the franchise will premiere close to 30 years after the first one, and is slated for May 8, 2009.

Fast Facts

  1. Released: 10 films
  2. Star Trek XI: May 8, 2009
  3. Director: J.J. Abrams
  4. First seven films: Original series cast
  5. Series actors that have directed a film: Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner or Jonathan Frakes
  6. Star Trek: Generations: Only crossover between first and second TV series
  7. Star Trek Curse: Theory that the even-numbered entries are superior
  8. Both parents in TV series Seventh Heaven appeared in Star Trek films (The Motion Picture and The Voyage Home)

Star Trek: The Motion Picture
  1. Premiere: December 7, 1979
  2. Director: Robert Wise
  3. Soundtrack: Jerry Goldsmith
  4. Notable actor appearance: Stephen Collins (Seventh Heaven)

The Enterprise is sent to investigate a mysterious alien entity known as V'ger that is on its way to Earth, destroying everything in its path.

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
  1. Premiere: June 4, 1982
  2. Director: Nicholas Meyer
  3. Notable actor appearance: Ricardo Montalban, Kirstie Alley

While out on a training mission, the crew of the Enterprise comes across an old nemesis of Captain Kirk's, Khan Noonien Singh, who is bent on revenge.

Star Trek III: The Search For Spock
  1. Premiere: June 1, 1984
  2. Director: Leonard Nimoy
  3. Notable actor appearance: Christopher Lloyd, John Larroquette

Captain Kirk and crew steal the Enterprise on the eve of its decommissioning to rescue Mr. Spock and defeat a crew of Klingons seeking to steal terraforming technology to use as a weapon.

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
  1. Premiere: November 26, 1986
  2. Director: Leonard Nimoy
  3. Notable actor appearance: Catherine Hicks (Seventh Heaven)

A spaceship is threatening to destroy the Earth, and the crew must go back in time to bring back a breeding pair of humpback whales.

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
  1. Premiere: June 9, 1989
  2. Director: William Shatner
  3. Music by: Jerry Goldsmith

The Enterprise must venture to a mysterious region of space to investigate an entity that claims it is God.

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
  1. Premiere: December 6, 1991
  2. Director: Nicholas Meyer
  3. Notable actor appearance: Michael Dorn (Star Trek: The Next Generation), Kim Cattrall (Sex and the City), Christopher Plummer (The Sound of Music), Kurtwood Smith (That 70s Show), Iman

After Klingon's moon explodes, the crew of the Enterprise must prevent intergalactic war.

Star Trek: Generations
  1. Premiere: November 18, 1994
  2. Director: David Carson
  3. Notable actor appearance: Malcolm McDowell (Heroes) Alan Ruck (Ferris Bueller's Day Off), Tim Russ (Star Trek: Voyager)

The first film to feature the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Captain Kirk and Captain Picard must join forces to defeat an evil scientist.

Star Trek: First Contact
  1. Premiere: November 22, 1996
  2. Director: Jonathan Frakes
  3. Notable actor appearance: James Cromwell, Alfre Woodard, Alice Krige

The Enterprise-D must go back in time to prevent the Borg from stopping humanity's space exploration before it began.

Star Trek: Insurrection
  1. Premiere: December 11, 1998
  2. Director: Jonathan Frakes
  3. Notable actor appearance: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine)

The Enterprise-D must prevent a group from breaking the Prime Directive as they search for the Fountain of Youth.

Star Trek Nemesis
  1. Premiere: December 13, 2002
  2. Director: Stuart Baird
  3. Notable actor appearance: Dina Meyer (Saw), Ron Perlman (Hellboy)

The crew must protect the Romulan Empire from destruction from within.

The Mahalo Top 7

  1. StarTrek.com: Series and Movies
  2. Wikipedia: Star Trek Films and Star Trek 2008 film
  3. Blog: TrekMovie.com: Trek Franchise category
  4. BBC: Star Trek films index
  5. Cracked.com: The Best (and Worst) Star Trek Movies of All Time
  6. Memory Alpha wiki: Star Trek Films
  7. Amazon.com: The Star Trek Films Series

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Star Trek: The Motion Picture

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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

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Star Trek: Generations

Star Trek: First Contact

Star Trek: Insurrection

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