Want to know the best Star Trek movies? How about the worst Star Trek movies? Curious about the Star Trek Movies box office grosses or which Star Trek movies picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Star Trek movies got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
This page was originally written as a Star Trek vs Star Wars comparison. Well Star Wars pretty much kicked Star Trek’s butt …… so I figured I would separate these two movie franchises into two pages. This page ranks the 13 Star Trek Movies from Best to Worst. The rankings were determined by looking at box office grosses, critic reviews, audience voting and award recognition. I am also including a second table that looks at all 21 Star Trek/Star Wars movies.
Star Trek Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Star Trek movies by the Captain of the Enterprise
- Sort Star Trek movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost
- Sort Star Trek movies by adjusted worldwide box office grosses using current movie ticket cost
- Sort Star Trek movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Star Trekmovie received.
- Sort Star Trek movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| CreditRank | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Review % | Oscar Nom / Win | S | UMR Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CreditRank | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review % | Oscar Nom / Win | S | UMR Score |
| 1 | Star Trek (2009) | Chris Pine & Leonard Nimoy |
257.70 | 370.4 | 554.4 | 7 | 89 | 04 / 01 | 99.1 | |
| 2 | Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013) | Chris Pine & Zoe Saladna |
226.20 | 300.0 | 597.8 | 11 | 84 | 01 / 00 | 98.2 | |
| 5 | First Contact (1996) | Patrick Stewart | 92.00 | 224.4 | 365.9 | 17 | 83 | 01 / 00 | 98.1 | |
| 3 | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) | DeForest Kelly & William Shatner |
78.90 | 289.3 | 355.7 | 6 | 82 | 00 / 00 | 97.9 | |
| 5 | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) | William Shatner & Leonard Nimoy |
109.70 | 318.8 | 386.5 | 6 | 77 | 04 / 00 | 97.6 | |
| 6 | Star Trek: Beyond (2016) | Simon Pegg & Anton Yelchin |
158.80 | 198.0 | 428.0 | 16 | 80 | 01 / 00 | 97.5 | |
| 8 | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) | William Shatner & Christopher Plummer |
74.90 | 191.8 | 248.1 | 15 | 76 | 02 / 00 | 96.4 | |
| 7 | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) | Leonard Nimoy & William Shatner |
76.50 | 245.3 | 279.4 | 9 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 95.4 | |
| 9 | Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) | William Shatner & Leonard Nimoy |
82.30 | 353.3 | 596.8 | 6 | 54 | 03 / 00 | 91.4 | |
| 10 | Star Trek: Generations (1994) | William Shatner & Patrick Stewart |
75.70 | 199.9 | 317.0 | 15 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 91.3 | |
| 11 | Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) | Patrick Stewart | 70.20 | 161.3 | 273.7 | 27 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 89.5 | |
| 12 | Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) | William Shatner & Leonard Nimoy |
52.20 | 141.8 | 190.6 | 25 | 40 | 00 / 00 | 73.3 | |
| 13 | Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) | Patrick Stewart & Tom Hardy |
43.30 | 80.4 | 125.4 | 55 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 65.1 |
Star Trek movies have grossed 2.40 BILLION when looking at adjusted domestic box office…they grossed $3.70 BILLION when looking at adjusted worldwide box office.
Star Trek Movies Versus Star Wars Movies Can Be Sorted 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Star Trek/Star Wars movies by the star of the movie
- Sort Star Trek/Star Wars movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost
- Sort Star Trek/Star Wars movies by adjusted worldwide box office grosses using current movie ticket cost
- Sort Star Trek/Star Wars movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Star Trek/Star Wars movie received.
- Sort Star Trek/Star Wars movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| CreditRank | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Review % | Oscar Nom / Win | S | UMR Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CreditRank | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review % | Oscar Nom / Win | S | UMR Score |
| 1 | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) AA Best Picture Nom |
Harrison Ford & Alec Guiness |
398.00 | 1,924.0 | 3,443.8 | 1 | 94 | 10 / 06 | 99.8 | |
| 2 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) | Harrison Ford & Mark Hamill |
255.30 | 1,058.4 | 2,086.2 | 1 | 92 | 03 / 02 | 99.4 | |
| 3 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) | Harrison Ford & Carrie Fisher |
910.70 | 1,164.5 | 2,611.5 | 1 | 90 | 05 / 00 | 99.1 | |
| 4 | Star Trek (2009) | Chris Pine & Leonard Nimoy |
257.70 | 370.4 | 554.4 | 7 | 89 | 04 / 01 | 99.1 | |
| 5 | Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013) | Chris Pine & Leonard Nimoy |
226.20 | 300.0 | 597.8 | 11 | 84 | 01 / 00 | 98.2 | |
| 6 | First Contact (1996) | Patrick Stewart & Jonathan Frakes |
92.00 | 224.4 | 365.9 | 17 | 83 | 01 / 00 | 98.1 | |
| 6 | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) | DeForest Kelly & William Shatner |
78.90 | 289.3 | 355.7 | 6 | 82 | 00 / 00 | 97.9 | |
| 7 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) | Harrison Ford & Carrie Fisher |
296.30 | 1,014.0 | 1,581.4 | 1 | 78 | 04 / 00 | 97.7 | |
| 9 | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) | Leonard Nimoy & Walter Koenig |
109.70 | 318.8 | 386.5 | 6 | 77 | 04 / 00 | 97.6 | |
| 12 | Star Trek: Beyond (2016) | Chris Pine & Anton Yelchin |
158.80 | 198.0 | 428.0 | 16 | 80 | 01 / 00 | 97.5 | |
| 9 | Rogue One (2016) | Felecity Jones | 522.20 | 650.8 | 1,303.6 | 1 | 78 | 02 / 00 | 97.4 | |
| 11 | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) | Ewan McGregor & Natalie Portman |
380.30 | 640.5 | 1,429.6 | 1 | 77 | 01 / 00 | 97.1 | |
| 15 | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) | Leonard Nimoy & James Doohan |
74.90 | 191.8 | 248.1 | 15 | 76 | 02 / 00 | 96.4 | |
| 12 | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) | William Shatner & Christopher Lloyd |
76.50 | 245.3 | 279.4 | 9 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 95.4 | |
| 14 | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) | Ewan McGregor & Samuel L. Jackson |
308.20 | 572.8 | 1,202.9 | 3 | 65 | 01 / 00 | 94.2 | |
| 16 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) | Liam Neeson & Ewan McGregor |
457.10 | 973.8 | 2,150.9 | 1 | 61 | 03 / 00 | 93.5 | |
| 17 | Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) | William Shatner & Leonard Nimoy |
82.30 | 353.3 | 596.8 | 6 | 54 | 03 / 00 | 91.4 | |
| 18 | Star Trek: Generations (1994) | Patrick Stewart & William Shatner |
75.70 | 199.9 | 317.0 | 15 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 91.3 | |
| 19 | Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) | Brent Spiner & Michael Dorn |
70.20 | 161.3 | 273.7 | 27 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 89.5 | |
| 20 | Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) | William Shatner & Nichelle Nichols |
52.20 | 141.8 | 190.6 | 25 | 40 | 00 / 00 | 73.3 | |
| 21 | Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) | Patrick Stewart & Tom Hardy |
43.30 | 80.4 | 125.4 | 55 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 65.1 | |
| 22 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) | Matt Lanter | 35.20 | 52.8 | 102.5 | 81 | 38 | 00 / 00 | 19.2 |
Star Trek was created by Gene Roddenberry, as a science fiction television series. The original series ran for three years from 1966-1969. Since then there have been 11 Star Trek movies made, and 5 more Star Trek television series. The most famous character to come out of the Star Trek universe are Captain James T. Kirk and Mr. Spock.
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Happy 88th birthday to William Shatner!
HI STEVE
Thanks for that information.
I am not a great All Seeing One like Joel Hirschhorn but I assume it’s safe to guess that you are talking about the 32 year old grandson of the Greg that Flora and I both admire. Bound to be a very talented boy!
Greg is my 2nd favourite actor after Widmark and I believe that Greg may be even Flora’s No 1 However as Wayne said in Rio Bravo”Sure wouldn’t like to live on the difference” of my love for each of those actors though Jimmy Stewart is a close 3rd in my esteem Bet you thought all my faves would be “dry goods” unknown art house actors!
It all moves on as the saying goes. I remember waiting in the Classic foyer in 1956 to get in to see The Ten Commandments and reading a wall synopsis that told me that baby Fraser Clarke Heston was playing the infant Moses in that movie. Fraser now a man of 63 is a multi talented actor, producer, director and writer in films
Not all the children/grand children of my idols have been as successful as Ethan Peck and Fraser Heston though Most tragically Marlon Brando’s son Christian was jailed for shooting the boyfriend of his own half-sister Cheyenne. Christian died young at 49 and Cheyenne Brando hung herself at the age of 25.
PS Ethan’s full tame is Ethan Gregory Peck.
Hey Steve, nice find. Bet that makes grandpa happy. It might be the best news for Trekkies, especially since their last news was losing their Captain Kirk.
I can see Paramount not wanting to pay the Chrises 15 million each to be in the new Trek movie. They are popular but have yet to prove they can carry a movie on their name only. I say give them a nice raise, so they can save face and get the movie done.
Bruce, Bob, Flora, some interesting news over at Hollywood Reporter, Ethan Peck has been cast as young Spock in the TV series Star Trek Discovery. I’ve never heard of him but he does have a famous grandfather, any guesses? 🙂
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/star-trek-discovery-casts-spock-ethan-peck-1134570
Steve: Thanks for this interesting news about Gregory Peck’s grandson Ethan. I have looked up his imdb page before, but I have never seen him in anything. I will have to check this out.