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10 Best Movies Like Star Trek: The Motion Picture

If you loved Star Trek: The Motion Picture, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Star Trek

Star Trek

2009★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Star Trek: The Motion Picture for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

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 ...

#2
2001: A Space Odyssey

2001: A Space Odyssey

1968★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Star Trek: The Motion Picture for fans of Adventure & Mystery. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer....

#3
Star Trek: Insurrection

Star Trek: Insurrection

1998★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Star Trek: The Motion Picture for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

When an alien race and factions within Starfleet attempt to take over a planet that has "regenerative" properties, it falls upon Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise to de...

#4
The Creator

The Creator

2023★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Star Trek: The Motion Picture for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Amid a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife, is recruited to hunt ...

#5
Star Trek Into Darkness

Star Trek Into Darkness

2013★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Star Trek: The Motion Picture for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

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 fo...

#6
Mission to Mars

Mission to Mars

2000★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Star Trek: The Motion Picture for fans of Adventure & Mystery. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

When the first manned mission to Mars meets with a catastrophic and mysterious disaster after reporting an unidentified structure, a rescue mission is launched to investigate the t...

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