Star Trek is one of the greatest franchises of all-time. Unlike the fanboys who incessantly argue about which is better, Star Trek or Star Wars, I don’t waste my time with all that. They are both very different series, excluding the reboot film series by J.J. Abrams, which is more or less a dumbed down/action heavy version of Star Trek made by a guy who didn’t like Trek and wanted to make his own Star Wars film.
That is not a knock against Star Wars, it is just observing the fact that they are more of a set of films fueled by action, as Star Trek was a film series (and television series) that was a lot deeper philosophically. Again, the two series are two entirely different things where the only thing that they really have in common is that they are in space and both share the word “Star” in their titles.
When I was a kid, I liked both. However, I saw the intellectual edge that Star Trek had and grew a deep respect and love for it. My introduction to Star Trek was the films of the 1980s that featured the cast of the original television series. They were stellar films (most of them anyway).
This is a countdown where I rank each Star Trek film, whether it features the original cast, The Next Generation cast or the new reboot movies done by J.J. Abrams.
By the way, I do really like the cast in the Abrams film series, so no fault goes to them.
1. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
2. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
3. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
4. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
5. Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
6. Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
7. Star Trek Beyond (2016)
8. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
9. Star Trek: Generations (1994)
10. Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
11. Star Trek (2009)
12. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
13. Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
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