Movies Like Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

1986·1h 58m·★ 7.3·Leonard Nimoy

Star Trek: The Original Series Collection7 shared cast incl. William Shatner & DeForest Kelley8 shared themes: compassionate, appreciative, sentimental...

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

1982·1h 53m·★ 7.7·Nicholas Meyer

Star Trek: The Original Series Collection7 shared cast incl. William Shatner & DeForest Kelley8 shared themes: genesis, disheartening, macabre...

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

1991·1h 50m·★ 7.3·Nicholas Meyer

Star Trek: The Original Series Collection7 shared cast incl. William Shatner & DeForest Kelley5 shared themes: starship, teleportation, outer space...

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

1979·2h 11m·★ 6.4·Robert Wise

Star Trek: The Original Series Collection6 shared cast incl. William Shatner & DeForest Kelley6 shared themes: sentimental, starship, teleportation...

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

1989·1h 46m·★ 5.5·William Shatner

Star Trek: The Original Series Collection6 shared cast incl. William Shatner & DeForest Kelley5 shared themes: starship, teleportation, outer space...

Star Trek: Generations

1994·1h 58m·★ 6.6·David Carson

5 shared themes: starship, teleportation, outer space...TMDB recommendsBoth star William Shatner & James Doohan

Star Trek: Insurrection

1998·1h 43m·★ 6.4·Jonathan Frakes

5 shared themes: starship, teleportation, outer space...Fans also likedScience Fiction & Action & Adventure & Thriller

Star Trek: Nemesis

2002·1h 56m·★ 6.4·Stuart Baird

5 shared themes: starship, teleportation, outer space...Fans also likedScience Fiction & Action & Adventure & Thriller

Mission to Mars

2000·1h 54m·★ 5.7·Brian De Palma

Themes: appreciative, affectation, spacecraftFans also likedScience Fiction & Adventure

Star Trek

2009·2h 7m·★ 7.9·J.J. Abrams

Themes: teleportation, spacecraft, space operaFans also likedScience Fiction & Action & Adventure

Fireheart

2022·1h 32m·★ 6.2·Theodore Anthony Lee Ty

Themes: appreciative, sentimental, affectationStarring William Shatner

Edge of Tomorrow

2014·1h 54m·★ 7.9·Doug Liman

Themes: sentimental, affectationFans also likedAction & Science Fiction

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

2023·2h 30m·★ 7.9·James Gunn

Themes: sentimental, outer space, space operaScience Fiction & Adventure & Action

Home

2015·1h 34m·★ 6.5·Tim Johnson

Themes: alien friendship, spacecraftFans also liked

Return of the Jedi

1983·2h 12m·★ 8.3·Richard Marquand

Themes: spacecraft, space operaFans also likedAdventure & Action & Science Fiction

Star Trek Into Darkness

2013·2h 12m·★ 7.7·J.J. Abrams

Themes: spacecraft, space operaFans also likedAction & Adventure & Science Fiction

Star Trek Beyond

2016·2h 2m·★ 7.0·Justin Lin

Themes: spacecraft, space operaFans also likedAction & Adventure & Science Fiction

Psycho Killer

2026·1h 31m·★ 4.7·Gavin Polone

Themes: frustrated, macabre

How to Train Your Dragon

2010·1h 38m·★ 8.1·Chris Sanders

Themes: compassionate, sentimental

Apocalypto

2006·2h 18m·★ 7.9·Mel Gibson

Themes: baffled, affectation

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