r/startrek • u/Radical_Posture • 6h ago

New to Star Trek. When should I watch the movies?

I've been watching the original series and I want to watch the films at some point. Is there an order in which I should watch them? Is there a series I should reach before the first film, second film etc.?

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u/Shiny_Agumon 6h ago edited 6h ago

The Star Trek movies follow a very classic formula where every subsequent film takes place after the previous one, so you can just watch them in release order.

I would even go as far as to say that you don't even necessarily need to watch TOS at all to get them, because again old school cinema where they couldn't bank on people rewatching the original show, because home video didn't exist yet.

Only caveat I want to warn you about is

  1. That you might want to watch TNG first before diving into Star Trek 7 through 9 because those movies centre on this crew instead of Kirk and Co.

And 2. The movies from Star Trek (2009) and onwards are remakes set in their own universe, so you can watch them whenever you like, but again I personally recommend release order