Feature Films
Paramount Pictures has produced eleven Star Trek feature films, the most recent released in May 2009 with a twelfth in development, scheduled to be released in 2013. The first six films continue the adventures of the cast of The Original Series; the seventh film, Generations was designed as a transition from that cast to The Next Generation television series; the next three films, 8–10, focused completely on the Next Generation cast. Film titles of the North American and UK releases of the films no longer contained the number of the film following the sixth film (the sixth was Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country but the seventh was Star Trek:Generations). However, European releases continued using numbers in the film titles until Nemesis. The eleventh film, titled Star Trek, is a prequel/reboot of TOS set in an alternate timeline before James T. Kirk's graduation from Starfleet Academy and promotion to the rank of Captain. A twelfth film is currently in post-production.
| Number | Title | Release date | Director | Cast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Star Trek: The Motion Picture | December 7, 1979 | Robert Wise | The Original Series |
| 2 | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | June 4, 1982 | Nicholas Meyer | |
| 3 | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | June 1, 1984 | Leonard Nimoy | |
| 4 | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | November 26, 1986 | ||
| 5 | Star Trek V: The Final Frontier | June 9, 1989 | William Shatner | |
| 6 | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | December 6, 1991 | Nicholas Meyer | |
| 7 | Star Trek: Generations | November 18, 1994 | David Carson | The Next Generation |
| 8 | Star Trek: First Contact | November 22, 1996 | Jonathan Frakes | |
| 9 | Star Trek: Insurrection | December 11, 1998 | ||
| 10 | Star Trek: Nemesis | December 13, 2002 | Stuart Baird | |
| 11 | Star Trek | May 8, 2009 | J. J. Abrams | J.J. Abrams cast |
| 12 | Star Trek into Darkness | May 17, 2013 (expected) | ||
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