Every Star Trek Movie Ranked | Tier List (The Motion Picture to Section 31)

[@joshuacohen7609]

Star Trek Into Darkness defender here! I don't disagree with a lot of your criticism, but I personally just find it highly entertaining.

[@cyberhoney4]

Agreed

[@slendertv3616]

Same

[@mugen9147]

Wrath of Khan is excellent indeed, one of the most underrated Sci-Fi films out there. Sad that both Star franchises in Trek and Wars are so mediocre and inconsistent today when they were both capable of incredible filmmaking.

[@larryreed8644]

I miss the good old days, they need to remove Kathleen Kennedy as head of the studio

[@IronThreads08]

The funniest scene in Galaxy Quest was when the captain gets kidnapped and Alan Rickman completely unsympathetically goes "oh yeah, it's all about YOU isn't it!"

[@MichaelTomsyck]

This is great, we get more Star Trek content from Sean! Please watch this video from beginning to end everyone!

[@ZenoScum]

I would love to see some more trek content

[@danielskinner4097]

Hey Michael, just FYI The Disney Nerd hasn’t seen a single Star Trek Movie

[@sergioliden5652]

Even if I’ve never seen Star Trek, I’m still watching this. Sean, whatever you’re passionate about, gush over it, even if it’s someone or something we have no idea about. Stuff like Star Trek is literally in your comfort zone!

[@Yoshi-h4b]

You’ve mentioned that Star Trek II Wrath of Khan is one of your favorite movies ever. Has that list ever updated since making your top 40 video?

[@TheFlaspideYT]

Excited for the new one!! Hope it doesn't disappoint!

[@SeanChandlerTalksAbout]

If you're excited for it....it will disappoint you

[@frankthepug9242]

Bad news...

[@billyddavis]

Woooo! Been looking forward to an updated list.

[@les4767]

Hi Sean. If you haven't seen it, you should check out the Director's Edition of "Star Trek The Motion Picture." It's edited to flow a lot better so the story moves faster and the effects are completed the way they'd meant to do, but ran out of time because of the deadline for screening.

[@Robalexe]

At least you may now do a 31 on 31 with Star Trek, Star Wars and Dune! That's the only positive to come out of Section 31.

[@Dinosreviews]

Good ranking list that I mostly agree with the exception of The Motion Picture. It’s a great Star Trek movie in my opinion. I actually saw the film when it came out. I was 8 years old and I was able to sit through the whole film and not be bored.

[@slendertv3616]

Undiscovered Country is my personal favorite

[@LTProductions335]

I disagree with you on the jj ones. They take place in a different universe that is changed. I dont really see the point in judging the movies for making characters different when they are vey open with the fact that they are very different characters.I think its unfair to judge a movie for it being different when its opening telling you "yeah this film is different"

[@JSPokemonYT]

My Star Trek Movie Ranking (Not including Galaxy Quest (1999)): 1. Star Trek (2009) 10/10 2. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) 10/10 3. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) 10/10 4. Star Trek Beyond (2016) 10/10 5. Star Trek: First Contact (1996) 10/10 6. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) 10/10 7. Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) 9/10 8. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) 8/10 9. Star Trek: Generations (1994) 8/10 10. Star Trek: Section 31 (2025) 3/10 11. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) 3/10 12. Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) 1/10 13. Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) 1/10 14. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) 1/10

[@oliverqueen9886]

Can you please do a tier ranking for all the star trek shows as well? You can do each show as a whole or each season of them

[@maingamer6846]

How I Would Rank All of the Star Trek Movies (+ Galaxy Quest): 1. Star Trek (2009) 2. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 3. Star Trek: First Contact 4. Star Trek Into Darkness 5. Galaxy Quest 6. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 7. Star Trek Beyond 8. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home 9. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock 10. Star Trek Generations 11. Star Trek: Insurrection 12. Star Trek: The Motion Picture 13. Star Trek: Nemesis 14. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier 15. Star Trek: Section 31

[@LTProductions335]

Thank God somebody's giving love to the jj ones.

[@johnnyaces4290]

I would 100% watch an episode by episode detailed discussion series about all the classic Star Trek series from this channel (particularly next generation as that's a favorite of mine but also Original Series, Voyager, DS9 etc)

[@deeesher]

I am pleasantly surprised at how much I agree! If I nitpick, I do genuinely love Search for Spock and would put it as classic Trek. But I can't argue with your placement. And I really want to dislike the Abrams movies, because they really aren't Trek. But the first and third arguably are kinda fun.

[@NinthShinigami]

Do I need to watch the shows to watch the films? Specifically up to the one that’s your favorite Sean?

[@SeanChandlerTalksAbout]

This is my video answer kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqvHo6tjga6bhJI

[@NinthShinigami]

@ gotcha thx Sean

[@aidanlastname0187]

You need to at least watch The Best of Both Worlds two part episode in TNG before First Contact. You should also watch Space Seed episode from TOS before Wrath of Khan. Other than that, you’re good I think

[@yopedraza]

Personally, I've only watched the Chris Pine movies, Next Generation, Discovery and Strange New Worlds. And I absolutely loooove Star Trek Beyond, it's I my top 20 movies of all time

[@reallywish212]

I could care less about Star Trek, but love the video Sean!

[@patrickgarrett1439]

Into Darkness is my favorite Stark Trek movie. I think it takes every part of wrath of Khan and revamps it. More emotional and more exciting.

[@DavidDorton]

TMP should be higher and Generations could be lower. Section 31 doesnt deserve to be on a list alongside the theatrical releases. Other than that a reasonable list. Mostly.

[@mjmjr91]

As a lifelong Trekkie, Star Trek The Motion Picture is a guilty pleasure movie. It felt like the kind of story Gene wanted to tell. Not a dumbed down story about revenge or a super weapon. But a story of space exploration and of self discovery Is it flawed? Absolutely. But I've always been a big fan Undiscovered Country is still my favorite though. Search for Spock is a great movie that has the misfortune of being sandwiched between Wrath of Khan and Voyage Home

[@mxn4719]

Would you ever want to rank the star trek shows?

[@rileylallier429]

1. Star Trek 2 The Wrath Of Khan 5/5 2. Star Trek First Contact 5/5 3. Star Trek 4 The Voyage Home 4.5/5 4. Star Trek The Motion Picture 4/5 - This one has grown one me big time over the years. It's just such a fascinating sci fi premise and I love Spocks journey 5. Star Trek 6 The Undiscovered Country 4/5 6. Star Trek 3 The Search For Spock 4/5 7. Star Trek 2009 3.5/5 - I've always felt like the JJ movies are more of 21st century action movies rather than true Star trek stories thus I've never liked them as much as I wish I did 8. Star Trek Beyond 3/5 9. Star Trek Insurrection 2.5/5 10. Star Trek Into Darkness 2/5 11. Star Trek 5 The Final Frontier 1.5/5 12. Star Trek Generations 1.5/5 13. Star Trek Nemesis 1.5/5 Haven't seen the new one and probably won't

[@samuelflores-king5914]

Love all your videos Sean, been watching since 2020, I haven’t really watched star trek before what would be the right order to watch the series?

[@johnm.2633]

Try the original series. If you love it, stay with it. If it’s too dated for you, jump to TNG. TNG starts poorly, though, so wait until season 2eps 8 and 9 before you pass judgement.

[@oliverqueen9886]

Im curious Sean what your ranking would be of all the star trek shows from least favorite to most favorite for you

[@alexmueller828]

The interesting thing to me about Nemesis (Stuart Baird) is that it if you look at this IMDb page, you will see that he is not really a director at all, he was an editor. In fact, he was the editor for some great movies, like Superman the Movie, some of the Daniel Craig Bond films. (And funny enough Demolition Man, which if I remember right is a movie Sean likes). So I'm sure he's good at that job. But he is NOT cut out to be a director.

[@cyberhoney4]

My Tier List: *Have not seen Section 31, was going to then I saw your reaction video. A- Voyage Home, First Contact, Galaxy Quest, Into Darkness *Just going to touch on a few points. I will always defend Into Darkness because I do see payoffs. I always appreciated the mentoring Pike would give Kirk. To me, that's an interesting concept. That opening sequence was set up to have that argument with Pike and Kirk and also to evolve the relationship with Kirk and Spock. The other payoff is when Khan mocks Spock with him being a Vulcan and that he can't even think break a rule and thinks he can't break bone. Sets up a great fight sequence between the two of them. B- Wrath of Khan, Undiscovered County, Generations, Nemesis, Beyond * Soran is very underrated villian. It's an interesting concept to reach a realm where you can have everything you want but at the cost of so much destruction. That's an interesting to me. I like this film. I was satisfied with the plot points. *Even though Data dies, I still enjoy Nemesis. I guess it's because it's the Trek I grew up with. So I'm a more forgiving audience. *Beyond- one thing I really appreciated in this film is the banter between Bones and Spock because we didn't see that too much in the other Kelvin films. C- The Search for Spock, I love the first half of the movie where the characters are dealing with the loss of Spock and Bones psychotic break and they still the Excelsior. D- The Final Frontier, 2009 *I really enjoy the beginning of this film between the Big Three but other than that the whole premise of this film is off. We find out Spock has a brother who we never knew about to this point. And then this idea of reaching the center of the universe so we don't feel pain seems off to me. E- Motion Picture, Insurrection *When I first saw Insurrection in theatres, I really enjoyed it. But, when I rewatched it, the whole romantic notion that Picard was having with the Baku lady but she was married and had a child and yet he somehow was trying to get involved with her, I mean....litterally shrugging my shoulders in disbelief. Everything esle about this film I enjoy. The comedy, Data learning to be a kid with Mike Welch, I mean that was cool but Picard....smh.

[@noahstegall1213]

First one on. You the man Sean!

[@christianmanka3884]

My biggest hot take is that STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS is one of the most entertaining movies in the franchise but also most of the movies are fine at best. I adore Star Trek but the tv shows have always been better than the films. Other than maybe Wrath Of Khan, First Contact and possibly the first Kelvin reboot.

[@1dantown]

You forgot the best Trek movie: Robert Burnett's "Free Enterprise" with Eric McCormack, Audie England and "Bill" Shatner.

[@TiciaM]

Interesting, I have an early memory of watching Star Trek 2 and being freaked out by the worms. To this day I still have a hard time with the movie because of it.

[@wingman772]

2 has the best villain, but 6 (to me) is the overall best movie.

[@christopherferrarelli2262]

I’m curious to know if you were rating the theatrical release of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, or were you rating the recent release of its Directors Edition in 4K?

[@aidanlastname0187]

I’ve only seen the first 8 so far so here’s my ranking. 1. Wrath of Khan 4.5/5 2. First Contact 4/5 3. The Voyage Home 4/5 4. The Undiscovered Country 4/5 5. Search for Spock 3.5/5 6. Generations 3.5/5 7. Motion Picture 3.5/5 8. Final Frontier 3/5 I’ve enjoyed all of these. Final Frontier is kinda meh, but everything else I’ve really enjoyed in some way.

[@jason666king]

Rob Myer Burnett just called. I think you know what he said.

[@robertallen7995]

Haven’t seen any Star Trek content from you in a while, do you still keep up with the shows? I feel like it has gotten a bit crowded in the paramount plus era, and I haven’t seen anything since Picard season 3 (which was fantastic)

[@GregsGameRoom]

TWOK is definitely the best, but it did ruin all future Star Trek movies (except for TVH.) Because now every movie has to include some big-bad villain usually out for revenge. This is why I hold TMP in such high regard because it explores deeper themes.

[@adamherne2348]

As much as Star Trek 2 is most peoples favorite Star Trek movie, 6 was always my favorite

[@Deepthoughtsabound]

I'm at 6-2-4-3 although 3 is SO much better than people give it credit. The good of the one!! These characters are family, not just crew.

[@2hoots1cup]

Sean will you be at Megacon this year?

[@averytameburrito3101]

It would have been great bait to have nemesis at the top in the thumbnail 😅

[@DannerBanks]

Never really liked star trek but I watched 1 and 2 on a whim and my goodness Wrath of Khan is not just a good Trek movie, it's a fantastic movie. I think everyone should watch it

[@MensGroomingAdvice]

When I saw Wrath of Khan with my then girlfriend, she cried when Spock died, and I really took the p out of her for that. A couple of years later for Search for Spock and I cried when they blew up the Enterprise! She never let me forget that lol.

[@callum1327]

My top 3: Wrath of Khan First contact Voyage home

[@ethanunderwood1071]

As a 99 kid who didn’t have any relatives who were big Trekkies it might break your heart to hear that I kind of grew up on the Chris Pine trilogy and for me that is Star Trek. Should I ever go back and watch the originals I feel that I will view them as inferior just because my Star Trek are these sci fi summer blockbuster type films.

[@The_Fanatical_Centrist]

First contact is the best Star Trek movie. Or at least top three with wraith of Kahn and journey home.

[@alexmueller828]

One of my favorite KZbinrs releases a video about one of my favorite franchises = I click in 0.032 seconds (My ranking more or less in order) S Tier Undiscovered Country Wrath of Kahn The Voyage Home A Tier First Contact Star Trek 2009 Search for Spock B Tier Insurrection Star Trek Beyond The Motion Picture C Tier Generations D Tier Into Darkness (I would probably be okay with this in low C tier) Final Frontier F Tier Nemesis I appreciate TMP, Insurrection, and Generations more than most, but they're still mid-tier.

[@zackarydecicco3919]

1. Star Trek (2009) 2. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 3. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock 4. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home 5. Star Trek: Into Darkness 6. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 7. Star Trek: First Contact 8. Star Trek: Beyond 9. Star Trek: Generations 10. Star Trek: Insurrection 11. Star Trek: The Motion Picture 12. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier 13. Star Trek: Nemesis

[@spacemanspiff3052]

Hey Sean, I love your videos and always watch because I respect your perspective on films though our tastes don’t always match up. However, in this case, regarding Star Trek movies, I am in lockstep with all your rankings. Even Star Trek V, which I remember seeing in theater . . . knowing William Shatner directed so adjusting my expectations . . . and still leaving the theater pissed off. Yet, with time and the TNG movie misfires (except “First Contact”), J.J. Abrams’ fun but soulless caricatures of Trek (granted “Into Darkness” was totally out of bounds), and Paramount’s nearly 7 year mission to suck the wonder and hopefulness out of the Star Trek TV universe (with the exception of “Strange New Worlds” which is making an effort) I think Star Trek V now is a mediocre, messy production that has some nugget of story merit and decent character interaction. It’s like the franchise’s Warp engine just ran out of gas because the dilithium crystals all cracked. So, I have no interest in seeing “Section 31” at all. Thank you for your big role in waving me off from watching. You did me a solid! 😉

[@rockabye274]

It's great to hear Sean talking about Star Trek, something he obviously enjoys. I hope he doesn't have to mention the Sony Spider-Man adjacent movies, the Razzies or Emilia Perez again anytime soon. I agree with nearly everything he said about the ST movies. TWOK is occasionally re-released in theaters and it makes an unforgettable impression. It captures the feeling of being in space as well as any sci-fi movie that I can remember. Nick Meyer should have earned a best director nom. I like Generations more than Sean because the actors (most notably McDowell and Goldberg) sold me on the concept of the Nexus. Into Darkness is probably the worst movie rip-off I've ever seen. The homage to TWOK lacks authenticity and any depth of emotion. It is all surface level.

[@AlexTechVideo]

I did watch the turd that dropped over the weekend but luckily it got me to watch some better movies.

[@IanCantrill-s5k]

Star Trek NG did Great Tv Series but come Film they struggle apart from Star Trek First Contact there best film .

[@williamjackson6705]

I was 9 years old when T.O.S. premiered. I been a fan since then. Except for Star Trek 5 ,I've liked all of those films. The TNG films I've liked except for the first half of Nemesis. The Kelvin-verse films while not perfect were an entertaining variant . What I can't abide is Alex Kurtzman's Discovery verse. With the exception of Picard season 3, which was done by Terry Matalas, everything that he's done is dreadful with Section 31 being the absolute worst. I'm hoping that they will sack him soon and replace him with someone who actually loves and has knowledge of what Trek is.

[@NeoConnor1]

14.Star Trek: Section 31 13.Star Trek 5: The Final Frontier 12.Star Trek: The Motion Picture 11.Star Trek: Insurrection 10.Star Trek Generations 9.Star Trek: Nemesis 8.Star Trek Beyond 7.Star Trek 3: The Search for Spock 6.Star Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country 5.Star Trek: First Contact 4.Star Trek (2009) 3.Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home 2.Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan 1.Star Trek Into Darkness I enjoy Galaxy Quest a lot, but it's a parody of Star Trek. You wouldn't include Spaceballs with a Star Wars ranking. I will never understand why Into Darkness gets so much hate. It's a film about Kirk gaining humility, a film where his arrogance almost cost him the lives of his crew. It's not mean spirited, and it's not ripping off Wrath of Khan. The themes are different. Khan is about mortality. Into Darkness completes Kirk's arc from the 2009 film and explains why Kirk is more mature in Beyond.

[@TristanYurty]

Why is Star Trek so long 😭😭😭😭 I know it’s been going for years, but still!!

[@peterjohnson1091]

ST Insurrection was far inferior to the TNG episode Who Watches the Watchers.

[@randomreviews4278]

I thought section 31 was a tv show

[@Maddestmartigan]

Im not Trekie mostly only seen Next Gen and Strange New Worlds with others sprinkled in but watched Section 31. It was atrocious.

[@rylan_reviews6493]

Into Darkness isn’t a good Star Trek movie, but I always have such a great time with it.

[@name-yb4hh]

Now rank all the shows

[@SeanChandlerTalksAbout]

Can't. I don't rank shows based on old memories. So I'd have to rewatch all of them. To state the obvious, that would be time consuming.

[@IanCantrill-s5k]

Star Trek The Wrath of Khan the greatest Star Trek film ever

[@alexpletcher4365]

I had no idea this new movie came out till I saw your Letterboxd review and had to check it out out of morbidity curiosity and wow yeah bar none the absolute worst thing to ever come out of this franchise. A failure in every stage of the game Great: 1. III- Search for Spock 2. II- Wrath of Khan 3. VI- Undiscovered Country 4. IV- Voyage Home Good: 5. Into Darkness 6. 2009 7. Galaxy Quest 8. Beyond Solid: 9. The Motion Picture 10. V- Final Frontier Bad: 11. First Contact 12. Generations 13. Resurrections Awful: 14. Nemesis 15. Section-31

[@capitalcitygoofball1987]

Can we not call Section 31 a movie? I know ST has had a few stinkers, but this spinoff streaming turd doesn't belong. imo

[@paulroberts2563]

I grew up with the original series, being a Star Trek fan all my life. I do enjoy modern Trek for the most part. This abomination of a movie we're looking at you Section 31 was a real kick in the guts. I was so mad that l wouldn't watch it in its entirety. What a waste of Michelle Yeoh's takent. It's the worst Star Trek movie ever .

[@kunserndsittizen2655]

I don’t think FIRST CONTACT is a good STAR TREK movie because it goes against TOS lore. Cochrane was originally the DISCOVERER of the space warp. The first anywhere. FC just ruins the beginnings of STAR TREK. Making mankind backward and stupid. Which led to the horrible ENTERPRISE.

[@EnterpriseGeek]

Into Darkness was the most successful Trek of the new 3...i dont think its a bad movie as our cinema was full and atmossphere was amazing!

[@cganimefan1267]

My ranking: 14. The Motion Picture 13. Into Darkness 12. The Undiscovered Country 11. The Final Frontier 10. Star Trek 9. Beyond 8. The Search for Spock 7. The Voyage Home 6. The Wrath of Khan 5. Section 31 4. Nemesis 3. Generations 2. First Contact 1. Insurrection

[@sergioliden5652]

Oooh, hot takes I see, I likey!! I actually haven’t seen a single Star Trek film, but I know the general consensus on which ones people like and dislike and I don’t remember seeing anyone that liked Insurrection (maybe it has its fans) and Wrath of Kahn only in 6th place? Star Trek fans are gonna getchu😅

[@cganimefan1267]

@@sergioliden5652 I tend to have unpopular opinions, but I like being honest about how I feel.

[@sergioliden5652]

@@cganimefan1267 I absolutely respect that! I get so tired of people following trends for not only movies, but just whatever’s trending like “if you don’t think this way, you’re a loser and you’re wrong.” What most people try to do is fit in, but it’s even cooler if you simply have your own thoughts. If you think Saving Private Ryan is a terrible movie if that’s how you feel, that’s more respect from me than if you were to say it’s good just because it’s widely regarded as one of Spielberg’s best. If you have an opinion that happens to match other people’s opinions, that’s cool too. One of the big many reasons why I love watching the 31 on 31 debriefs is because that’s a reminder to us that we’re all our own person.

[@cganimefan1267]

@@sergioliden5652 I appreciate how respectful and open-minded you are.

[@IanCantrill-s5k]

Star Trek NG First Contact best film . Nemesis nearly Killed Star Trek off

[@joshhickeysmoviereviews]

Besides Galaxy Quest, I think Trek 2009 is the best one!

[@damienwilliams2947]

The TOS Star Trek movies basically have the exact same arc of flaws and good movies as the first 6 Friday the 13th movies. Bad and slow, fantastic, okay but flawed, the most broadly appealing one, the one that is entertaining but objectively terrible and then the one that blends genre and is equal to the best they did.

[@EdwardBox]

Spot on about Into Darkness. Greta in the theatre but then when you have a good think about it. The reverse appropriation of the single greatest moment in all TREK is unforgivable. On balance, JJ is a bit crap!

[@johnm.2633]

Using the traditional tiers: TMP: C Khan: S Spock: B Whales: A Frontier: D Country: A Generations: B Contact: A Insurrection: D Nemesis: E 2009: A Darkness: E Beyond: B

[@connieoliver7369]

I remember watching the original series on TV back in the 60s. Mainly because my younger brother loved it. I went to the first ones. Other than Wrath of Kahn . They weren't that good. The actors never impressed me at all. The others meh. I didn't bother going any of the Next Generation movies. Have watched them on TV wasn't too impressed. Now, the last 3 that you don't like. I really enjoyed it. Better actors. Grant it, I'm not a trecky .

[@BobroBobrodobro]

Kurtzman's Trek is not cannon and should be forgotten