Movies Like Star Trek: The Motion Picture

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

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 & Leonard Nimoy6 shared themes: starship, self sacrifice, teleportation...

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

1986·1h 58m·★ 7.3·Leonard Nimoy

Star Trek: The Original Series Collection8 shared cast incl. William Shatner & Leonard Nimoy10 shared themes: didactic, sentimental, sympathetic...

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

1991·1h 50m·★ 7.3·Nicholas Meyer

Star Trek: The Original Series Collection7 shared cast incl. William Shatner & Leonard Nimoy5 shared themes: starship, teleportation, outer space...

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

1984·1h 45m·★ 6.7·Leonard Nimoy

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 Collection7 shared cast incl. William Shatner & Leonard Nimoy6 shared themes: starship, self sacrifice, teleportation...

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

2009·2h 7m·★ 7.9·J.J. Abrams

4 shared themes: san francisco, california, teleportation, spacecraft...Fans also likedStarring Leonard Nimoy

Star Trek: First Contact

1996·1h 51m·★ 7.6·Jonathan Frakes

5 shared themes: starship, teleportation, outer space...TMDB recommendsScience Fiction & Adventure

Star Trek: Insurrection

1998·1h 43m·★ 6.4·Jonathan Frakes

5 shared themes: starship, teleportation, outer space...TMDB recommendsScience Fiction & Adventure

Star Trek: Nemesis

2002·1h 56m·★ 6.4·Stuart Baird

6 shared themes: starship, self sacrifice, teleportation...TMDB recommendsScience Fiction & Adventure

2001: A Space Odyssey

1968·2h 29m·★ 8.3·Stanley Kubrick

Themes: man vs machine, artificial intelligence (a.i.), space operaTMDB recommendsScience Fiction & Mystery & Adventure

The Matrix

1999·2h 16m·★ 8.7·Lana Wachowski

Themes: man vs machine, self sacrifice, artificial intelligence (a.i.)TMDB recommends

The Terminator

1984·1h 48m·★ 8.1·James Cameron

Themes: man vs machine, artificial intelligence (a.i.)TMDB recommends

The Electric State

2025·2h 5m·★ 5.9·Joe Russo

Themes: man vs machine, artificial intelligence (a.i.)Fans also likedScience Fiction & Adventure

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

2023·2h 30m·★ 7.9·James Gunn

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

How to Train Your Dragon

2010·1h 38m·★ 8.1·Chris Sanders

Themes: sentimental, sympathetic, lighthearted

Interstellar

2014·2h 49m·★ 8.7·Christopher Nolan

Themes: artificial intelligence (a.i.), spacecraftFans also likedAdventure & Science Fiction

Star Trek Into Darkness

2013·2h 12m·★ 7.7·J.J. Abrams

Themes: spacecraft, space operaFans also likedAdventure & Science Fiction

Star Trek Beyond

2016·2h 2m·★ 7.0·Justin Lin

Themes: spacecraft, space operaFans also likedAdventure & Science Fiction

Fireheart

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

Themes: sentimental, sympatheticStarring William Shatner

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