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What is the best Star Trek movie of all time?

By YPB Team

Six decades of voyages, from the slow and cerebral to the loud and rebooted, with a couple of entries the fandom would rather forget. Which one holds up best?

  1. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan — ranked #11
    Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
    The 1982 sequel pitting Kirk against a vengeful Khan, widely called the franchise's finest film.
    1000pts
  2. Star Trek: First Contact — ranked #22
    Star Trek: First Contact
    The 1996 Borg thriller, the best-reviewed of the Next Generation films.
    943pts
  3. Star Trek Generations — ranked #33
    Star Trek Generations
    The 1994 handover film in which Kirk and Picard finally share the screen.
    800pts
  4. Star Trek: Insurrection — ranked #44
    Star Trek: Insurrection
    The 1998 entry sending the Enterprise crew to defend a peaceful colony world.
    771pts
  5. Star Trek (2009) — ranked #55
    Star Trek (2009)
    J.J. Abrams' 2009 reboot that recast the original crew in an alternate timeline.
    600pts
  6. Star Trek Into Darkness — ranked #66
    Star Trek Into Darkness
    The 2013 sequel with Benedict Cumberbatch as a reimagined Khan.
    600pts
  7. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home — ranked #77
    Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
    The 1986 time-travel comedy that sent the crew to 1980s San Francisco to save the whales.
    600pts
  8. Star Trek: Nemesis — ranked #88
    Star Trek: Nemesis
    The 2002 film that flopped at the box office and ended the Next Generation movie run.
    491pts
  9. Star Trek: The Motion Picture — ranked #99
    Star Trek: The Motion Picture
    The 1979 big-screen debut, a slow, cerebral spectacle scored by Jerry Goldsmith.
    360pts
  10. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock — ranked #1010
    Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
    The 1984 follow-up in which the crew steals the Enterprise to recover their lost friend.
    360pts
  11. Star Trek Beyond — ranked #1111
    Star Trek Beyond
    The 2016 entry directed by Justin Lin, the most recent Star Trek feature film.
    360pts
  12. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier — ranked #1212
    Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
    William Shatner's 1989 directorial outing, the series' most widely panned entry.
    0pts
  13. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country — ranked #1313
    Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
    The 1991 Cold War allegory that gave the original crew a graceful send-off.
    0pts

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Comments

Thirteen films across three casts, from December 1979 to July 2016, and only the two made after the recast cleared $200 million: https://youpick.best/articles/star-trek-ranked-many-ways

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·Aug 21·