Six of the best Star Trek movies
The Wrath of the Khan (1982)
After the 2001-esque excesses of the original Motion Picture, this was an action-adventure to rival The Empire Strikes Back in its intensity, drama and gut-wrenching climax.
So good J J Abrams basically remade it as 2013’s Star Trek: Into Darkness.
The Search for Spock (1984)
Okay, so it’s basically a movie that seeks to undo everything that happens in Wrath of Khan, but there’s still plenty of action and another hissable villain in the form of Christopher Lloyd’s Kruge.
Plus, there’s a brilliant piece of audience misdirection that surely inspired Jonathan Demme’s Silence of the Lambs seven years later.
The Voyage Home (1986)
Injecting some much needed humour back into the franchise, this time-travelling tale saw the crew transported back to present day San Francisco in order to ‘‘save the whales’’.
The resulting film made pots of cash and was nominated for four Academy Awards.
The Undiscovered Country (1991)
Reflecting contemporary events that were taking place as the Cold War came to an end, this bold conceit sees the Klingons attempting to broker peace with the Federation.
Notable for its guest stars that included Iman, Christopher Plummer and Kim Cattrall.
First Contact (1996)
Generations might have had the long-awaited meeting between Picard and Kirk, but this had everybody’s favourite Next Generation baddie – The Borg.
Another tale involving timetravelling, it was also notable for guest starring James Cromwell.
Star Trek (2009)
J J Abrams did a fantastic job of melding the past and present in this ‘‘reboot’’.
Sure, like Kirk, they cheat a little – a touch of time travel explains away this altered reality from the original TV series – but this is still a Trek story where a Red Shirt dies, Kirk wrestles and seduces in equal measure, and Bones gets to say, ‘‘Are you out of your Vulcan mind?’’, while technological advances make everything that much more shiny and whizzy.