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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Where is the mention of the series involved with Star Trek? If we are going to compare these two series, we most certainly should include all of the different incarnations of these series (books, television shows, etc) so as to truly see the effects they’ve had. Only by seeing all sides can we truly become aware of the issue.
This was looking only at the performances of the movies at the theater. Star Trek’s nearly 800 shows on tv were not considered….but I do know they were extremely popular
Again, another great page where math seems to show which franchise is better than the other. Out of curiosity though if the “star wars” films are re-re-released in 3-D like Lucas wants, will the box office stats for those movies be factored into this hub later on? Anyways, thanks again for writing this, as I really enjoyed reading it.
Hey Stevennix, I know that movies that got re-released, like Gone With the Wind, they just kept adding to the 1939 total….however I notice that Toy Story/Toy Story 2 3D, have totals that do not go into the old totals of Toy Story and Toy Story 2, but I am willing to bet that they will eventually be added in together….plus I am sure George Lucas wants them added up together so the movies look even more impressive…. thanks for reading and commenting
The first Star Wars movie (1977) is by far my favourite of the series, saw it many times at the cinema as a kid. And it still works as a stand-alone bonafide SF classic.
And I’ve been a Trekkie since childhood, my favourite tv series of them all is still the 60’s Star Trek with the original crew. Plus I own all the various Trek series on DVD.
But lets be realistic here Star Wars is geared towards a much younger audience than Star Trek, especially the prequels.
Good points Steve Lensman….thanks for the thoughts.
Nice page, I know statiscal Star Wars is better, but with quality it is easily Trek
Thanks for the nice words Kirk 4 Ever
Star Wars is for kids. Star Trek is for grown ups
Good point Bob….I actually think the new Star Wars movies are for toddlers….lol.