Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

Boarding the sleekly updated NCC-1701 starship, Admiral Kirk (William Shatner), Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy), and the rest of the Enterprise crew are reunited to stop an immense, destructive alien construct before it reaches Earth. "The human adventure is just beginning" in this epic relaunch of the ’60s TV sci-fi classic brought to the big screen by director Robert Wise. DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, Persis Khambatta co-star. Theatrical version; 131 min./Director’s cut; 145 min. C/Rtg: NR

Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan (1982)

A terraforming project code-named Genesis becomes the key to revenge for Kirk’s old nemesis--the genetically engineered Khan--who hatches a plot to get even with the admiral for marooning him 15 years earlier. The big-screen follow-up to the classic TV episode "Space Seed" also features the emotional (and permanent?) death of a crew member. William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Kirstie Alley, and Ricardo Montalban star. Theatrical version; 112 min./Director’s cut; 117 min. C/Rtg: PG

Star Trek III: The Search For Spock (1984)

Kirk (William Shatner), McCoy (DeForest Kelley), and crew return to the Genesis Planet to learn the truth of Spock’s (Leonard Nimoy) death, but a ruthless Klingon commander (Christopher Lloyd) wants the Genesis secrets. Exciting sci-fi adventure, directed by Nimoy, resolves whether or not the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few...or the one. With James Doohan, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, Robin Curtis, and Merritt Butrick. 105 min. C/Rtg: PG

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)

On their way home to face a host of criminal charges, the former Enterprise crew learns that a mysterious space probe is threatening Earth with certain destruction. Now, Kirk and company must travel back in time to the 1980s to bring a pair of humpback whales to the 23rd century in the hopes they’ll be able to communicate with the probe and save the planet. William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy (who also directed), DeForest Kelley, Catherine Hicks star. 118 min. C/Rtg: PG

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)

William Shatner shuttles between captain’s console and director’s chair for this fifth entry in the long-running series, as Spock (Leonard Nimoy) finds his loyalties tested when his rebel half-brother (Laurence Luckinbill) hijacks the Enterprise and her crew for their most dangerous voyage yet...to the heart of creation itself. Find out what God needs with a starship in this charming, exciting 23rd-century outer space epic! DeForest Kelley, David Warner co-star. 106 min. C/Rtg: PG

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)

Detente comes to outer space, as the Enterprise is assigned to escort a Klingon ambassador to a peace conference with the Federation. But when the Klingon ship is inexplicably attacked, Captain Kirk and Dr. McCoy are charged with murder and hauled off to a remote alien gulag while Spock must find out who is risking the start of interplanetary war. William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Kim Cattrall, and Christopher Plummer star. Theatrical version; 110 min./Director's cut; 113 min. C/Rtg: PG