Star Trek - Watch Order: Kelvin Timeline

2009 - 20163 Films6h 21m4.2 Average

This modern Star Trek trilogy was designed as a fresh entry point for new audiences, requiring no prior franchise knowledge. The 2009 reboot uses time travel to create an alternate timeline, allowing familiar characters to be reimagined with contemporary filmmaking.

The three films form a complete story arc featuring younger versions of the classic crew. The trilogy successfully balances nostalgic elements with modern action cinema, making it accessible to both longtime fans and newcomers.

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Star Trek

20092h 7m4.4
Director: J.J. Abrams
Cast: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Leonard Nimoy, Eric Bana, Bruce Greenwood

The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James Kirk, is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock, a Vulcan, was raised in a logic-based society that rejects all emotion. As fiery instinct clashes with calm reason, their unlikely but powerful partnership is the only thing capable of leading their crew through unimaginable danger, boldly going where no one has gone before. The human adventure has begun again.

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Star Trek Into Darkness

20132h 12m4.3
Director: J.J. Abrams
Cast: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldaña, Benedict Cumberbatch, Karl Urban

When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction. As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew.

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Star Trek Beyond

20162h 2m3.9
Director: Justin Lin
Cast: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldaña, Simon Pegg

The USS Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a mysterious new enemy who puts them and everything the Federation stands for to the test.

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