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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I`ve been trying to tell one of my friends star trek is better than star wars and i even tell him about the Undine aka species8472 by the way i play star trek online and he plays star wars online
Hey Adam…the disagreement between Star Wars fans and Star Trek fans will continue for a very look time…thanks for the comment and for visiting my movie page.
Star wars beats Star Trek hands down. I do have to admit that the last Star Trek movie was pretty awesome though
Hey daskittlez…..thanks for visiting one of my oldest hubs….I think the new Star Trek movies could end up being very highly rated on these charts….but I agree with you that Star Wars beats Star Trek hands down….thanks for the visit and the comment.
I’m not going to lie, I was never into Star Wars. The movies were so long that I never felt like watching them at all. But I did know Star Trek better since it aired in new episodes and in syndication. And I did see the 2009 movie. But I still don’t understand what it all means. I guess I need to study some cling-on blogs!
Hey Alecia….thanks for checking out this remodeled hub…..especially since you are not much of a Star Wars fan…..I loved parts 1 and 2 but really did not like the rest of the series…..although part 6 was not too bad. As for StarTrek…..Captain Kirk has been a presence in my house for a very longtime….my mom used to date Shatner back in the early 1950s in Montreal….so she has been a fan of his for many many moons. I love the last line in your comment…..the Trekkies will be upset though….lol.
Excellent work Bruce, the eternal question for all geeks, Star Trek or Star Wars? Can’t we like both? I’ve seen them all and I own them all and I’ve written hubs on each movie.
I’ve always been a Trekkie at heart but I prefer the first Star Wars movie (1977) to any of the Star Trek movies.
I’m glad the Cogerson Movie Score lists Star Wars at no.1 and it’s great to see the Star Trek reboot at no.3 I really enjoyed it.
The Original Star Trek TV series of the 1960’s remains my no.1 favourite TV show.
So you see I enjoy both sci-fi universes. I win! 🙂
Hey Steve….I like both of them…..I think they should do one together….imagine Han Solo and Mr. Spock arguing …..and Han fighting over Leia with Captain Kirk……lots of great possibilities…..Darth Vadar and Khan plotting to take out both groups….it would be like The Avengers 2……lol.
Glad you are sort of on board with the rankings….I included adjusted worldwide box office grosses for the first time….Star Wars has been one incredible money making machine.
Thanks for the re-visit and the votes….I am really glad I decided to remodel this hub versus deleting this page.
For my money, it’s Star Wars. That may be unfair, because SW had *all* the cool special effects, and you could practically see the Enterprise being pulled along by a string in the ST TV series. Plus, by the tims SW came along, the original ST cast was showing its age. But I liked that SW had a mystical element — ST didn’t explore that aspect of life.
Hey mollymeadows…..thanks for visiting my Star Wars/Trek hub. I agree with almost everything in your comment. Without the success of Star Wars….Star Trek movies might not even existed. I am not a fan(like almost everybody else) of the 2nd Star Wars trilogy…but I have high hopes for the upcoming J.J. Abraham Star Wars movies