Top 800 Star Trek Inspired Films/TV Shows
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1. The Orville (2017–2022)
TV-14 | 44 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Set 400 years in the future, the crew of the U.S.S. Orville continue their mission of exploration, navigating both the mysteries of the universe, and the complexities of their own interpersonal relationships.
Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Adrianne Palicki, Penny Johnson Jerald, Scott Grimes
Votes: 99,835
2. Babylon 5 (1993–1998)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the mid 23rd century, the Earth Alliance space station Babylon 5, located in neutral territory, is a major focal point for political intrigue, racial tensions and various wars over the course of five years.
Stars: Mira Furlan, Richard Biggs, Stephen Furst, Andreas Katsulas
Votes: 34,634
3. Odyssey 5 (2002–2004)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After witnessing the sudden implosion of Earth from orbit, a group of five Odyssey astronauts is sent five years back in time by an alien force to find the cause and prevent the disaster. A vast conspiracy stands in their way.
Stars: Peter Weller, Sebastian Roché, Christopher Gorham, Leslie Silva
Votes: 3,160
4. The Expanse (2015–2022)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
The disappearance of rich-girl-turned-political-activist links the lives of Ceres detective, accidental ship captain and U.N. politician. Amidst political tension between Earth, Mars and the Belt, they unravel the greatest conspiracy.
Stars: Steven Strait, Dominique Tipper, Wes Chatham, Shohreh Aghdashloo
Votes: 172,458
5. Andromeda (2000–2005)
TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Captain Dylan Hunt and the crew of the Andromeda Ascendant set out on a mission to rebuild the Systems Commonwealth 300 years after its fall.
Stars: Kevin Sorbo, Lisa Ryder, Laura Bertram, Gordon Michael Woolvett
Votes: 14,832
6. Earth: Final Conflict (1997–2002)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
When an alien species comes to Earth bearing gifts for humanity, a few suspicious humans seek to discover and resist the newcomers' true designs.
Stars: Von Flores, Leni Parker, Anita La Selva, Richard Chevolleau
Votes: 4,791
7. Crusade (1999)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Set right after the events of Babylon 5: A Call to Arms (1999), a team of soldiers and scientists led by Capt. Matthew Gideon have five years to find a cure for an alien plague decimating Earth.
Stars: Gary Cole, Tracy Scoggins, Daniel Dae Kim, David Allen Brooks
Votes: 5,454
8. Farscape (1999–2003)
TV-14 | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Thrown into a distant part of the universe, an Earth astronaut finds himself part of a fugitive alien starship crew.
Stars: Ben Browder, Claudia Black, Anthony Simcoe, Lani John Tupu
Votes: 40,307
9. The Questor Tapes (1974 TV Movie)
96 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Project Questor is the brainchild of the genius Dr. Vaslovik, who developed plans to build an android super-human. Although he has disappeared and half of the programming tape was erased in... See full summary »
Director: Richard A. Colla | Stars: Robert Foxworth, Mike Farrell, John Vernon, Lew Ayres
Votes: 839
10. The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
R | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The wanted criminal Richard Bruno Riddick arrives on a planet called Helion Prime and finds himself up against an invading empire called the Necromongers, an army that plans to convert or kill all humans in the universe.
Director: David Twohy | Stars: Vin Diesel, Judi Dench, Colm Feore, Thandiwe Newton
Votes: 241,918 | Gross: $57.76M
11. Phoenix (I) (1995)
90 min | Sci-Fi
A group of elite space marines are sent to a mining colony in order to eliminate an android rebellion.
Director: Troy Cook | Stars: Stephen Nichols, Brad Dourif, Billy Drago, Denice Duff
Votes: 225
12. Trapped in Space (1994 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 87 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
After an accident during a routine trip to Venus, a spaceship has only enough oxygen left for three people... out of five on board.
Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman | Stars: Jack Wagner, Jack Coleman, Craig Wasson, Sigrid Thornton
Votes: 514
13. Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009)
TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When an old enemy, the Cylons, resurface and obliterate the 12 colonies, the crew of the aged Galactica protect a small civilian fleet - the last of humanity - as they journey toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth.
Stars: Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Jamie Bamber, James Callis
Votes: 175,662
14. Stargate: Atlantis (2004–2009)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An international team of scientists and military personnel discover a Stargate network in the Pegasus Galaxy and come face-to-face with a new, powerful enemy: The Wraith.
Stars: Joe Flanigan, Rachel Luttrell, David Hewlett, Jason Momoa
Votes: 71,739
15. Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
TV-14 | 50 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
The crew of Moonbase Alpha must struggle to survive when a massive explosion throws the Moon from Earths orbit and into deep space.
Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Nick Tate, Zienia Merton
Votes: 9,445
16. Dark Matter (2015–2017)
TV-14 | 42 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
In the dystopian 27th century, six people wake up on a deserted spaceship with no memory of who they are or what they're doing there. They reluctantly team up and set off to find answers with the help of a female android.
Stars: Melissa O'Neil, Anthony Lemke, Alex Mallari Jr., Jodelle Ferland
Votes: 45,027
17. SeaQuest 2032 (1993–1996)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Family
In the early 21st century, mankind has colonized the oceans. The United Earth Oceans Organization enlists Captain Nathan Bridger and the submarine seaQuest DSV to keep the peace and explore the last frontier on Earth.
Stars: Jonathan Brandis, Don Franklin, Ted Raimi, Darwin
Votes: 7,785
18. Beyond the Trek (2017)
89 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A deep space mining vessel has been adrift for two years. It is suspected the crew brutally killed each other, but the reason for the bloodbath is unknown. A rescue crew is sent to find if there are any survivors, what happened and why.
Director: Ian Truitner | Stars: Sunny Mabrey, Lance Broadway, T.J. Hoban, Christian Pitre
Votes: 2,459
19. Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988–1999)
TV-14 | 90 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
In the not-too-distant future Joel Robinson is held captive by Dr. Forrester and TV's Frank, forced to watch B-Grade movies on the Satellite of Love with the help of his robot friends: Cambot, Gypsy, Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot.
Stars: Joel Hodgson, Michael J. Nelson, Trace Beaulieu, Kevin Murphy
Votes: 25,865
20. Free Enterprise (1998)
R | 113 min | Comedy, Romance
Two less than successful film producers, approaching mid-life crisis and clinging to their nerdy sci-fi obsessions, suddenly meet their idol: William Shatner.
Director: Robert Meyer Burnett | Stars: Rafer Weigel, Eric McCormack, William Shatner, Carl Bressler
Votes: 3,367 | Gross: $0.03M
21. Spaceballs (1987)
PG | 96 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
A star-pilot for hire and his trusty sidekick must come to the rescue of a princess and save Planet Druidia from the clutches of the evil Spaceballs.
Director: Mel Brooks | Stars: Mel Brooks, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman
Votes: 206,659 | Gross: $38.12M
22. Unbelievable!!!!! (2020)
PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Martians have conquered Earth. Four astronauts fight to save the last remnants of humanity.
Director: Steven L. Fawcette | Stars: Snoop Dogg, Garrett Wang, Chase Masterson, Tim Russ
Votes: 1,032
23. 5th Passenger (2017)
TV-14 | 89 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
Five crew members are forced into an escape pod built for four after their starship is destroyed. Just as rescue seems imminent, an alien creature boards their craft and attacks them.
Director: Scotty Baker | Stars: Morgan Lariah, Manu Intiraymi, Doug Jones, Marina Sirtis
Votes: 1,888
24. Space: Above and Beyond (1995–1996)
60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The Earth is embroiled in a desperate war against alien invaders, and this series focuses on one squadron of Marine pilots involved in it.
Stars: Morgan Weisser, Kristen Cloke, Rodney Rowland, Joel de la Fuente
Votes: 8,670
25. Starship Troopers (1997)
R | 129 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Humans, in a fascist militaristic future, wage war with giant alien bugs.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer, Jake Busey
Votes: 321,390 | Gross: $54.81M
26. Jason X (2001)
R | 92 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Jason Voorhees is cryogenically frozen at the beginning of the 21st century, and is discovered in the 25th century and taken to space. He gets thawed, and begins stalking and killing the crew of the spaceship that's transporting him.
Director: James Isaac | Stars: Kane Hodder, Lexa Doig, Jeff Geddis, David Cronenberg
Votes: 61,552 | Gross: $13.12M
Heavily spoofs the virtual reality holodecks, computer and spaceship designs.
27. The Dark Side of the Moon (1990)
R | 87 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
In 2022, a repair crew is sent to fix an orbital weapon but their spaceship malfunctions and ends up heading towards the dark side of the moon. There, in a mysterious, seemingly abandoned space shuttle, a sinister force lies in wait.
Director: D.J. Webster | Stars: Robert Sampson, Will Bledsoe, Joe Turkel, Camilla More
Votes: 2,924
28. Babylon 5: A Call to Arms (1999 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The Drakh, allies of the Shadows, seek revenge against humanity after the Second Shadow War.
Director: Michael Vejar | Stars: Bruce Boxleitner, Jerry Doyle, Jeff Conaway, Carrie Dobro
Votes: 5,921
29. Babylon 5: Thirdspace (1998 TV Movie)
94 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The crew of Babylon 5 discover an ancient artifact floating in hyperspace.
Director: Jesús Salvador Treviño | Stars: Bruce Boxleitner, Claudia Christian, Mira Furlan, Richard Biggs
Votes: 5,784
30. Red Dwarf (1988– )
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf.
Stars: Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules, Robert Llewellyn
Votes: 37,310
The creator claimed this was a Trek parody.
31. Titan A.E. (2000)
PG | 94 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A young man learns that he has to find a hidden Earth ship before an enemy alien species does in order to secure the survival of humanity.
Directors: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman | Stars: Matt Damon, Drew Barrymore, Bill Pullman, Jim Breuer
Votes: 63,971 | Gross: $22.75M
32. Enemy Mine (1985)
PG-13 | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
During a long space war, the lives of two wounded enemies become dependent on their ability to forgive and to trust.
Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Louis Gossett Jr., Brion James, Richard Marcus
Votes: 51,448 | Gross: $4.27M
Comes off as a Roddenberry farce on racism, the Cold War and other intergalatic rivalries.
33. The Last Ship (2014–2018)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
The crew of a naval destroyer is forced to confront the reality of a new existence when a pandemic kills off most of the earth's population.
Stars: Eric Dane, Adam Baldwin, Charles Parnell, Travis Van Winkle
Votes: 63,823
34. 24 (2001–2010)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Counter Terrorism Agent Jack Bauer races against the clock to subvert terrorist plots and save his nation from ultimate disaster.
Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Carlos Bernard, Dennis Haysbert
Votes: 197,101
Lots of red shirts and serialized heroics.
Also recently alluded to hy the head writer: https://www.slashfilm.com/24-legacy-producer-howard-gordon-interview/2/
35. Almost Human (2013–2014)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In a not-so-distant future, a human cop and an android partner team up to serve and protect.
Stars: Karl Urban, Michael Ealy, Minka Kelly, Mackenzie Crook
Votes: 52,098
36. Sliders (1995–2000)
TV-PG | 60 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
A boy genius and his comrades travel to different parallel universes, trying to find their way back home.
Stars: Jerry O'Connell, Sabrina Lloyd, John Rhys-Davies, Cleavant Derricks
Votes: 20,405
TNG writer turned Sliders showrunner Tracy Thorme later admitted that she used her expertise on the former to create the latter show.
37. NCIS (2003– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Follows the Major Case Response Team (MCRT) from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), as they get to the bottom of criminal cases connected to Navy and Marine Corps personnel.
Stars: David McCallum, Sean Murray, Mark Harmon, Brian Dietzen
Votes: 163,183
38. Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979–1981)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A 20th-century astronaut emerges out of 500 years of suspended animation into a future time to become Earth's greatest hero.
Stars: Gil Gerard, Erin Gray, Felix Silla, Mel Blanc
Votes: 10,401
39. Defiance (2013–2015)
TV-MA | 43 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Life in the city of Defiance, in a near future after the arrival of different alien lifeforms to Earth.
Stars: Grant Bowler, Stephanie Leonidas, Julie Benz, Graham Greene
Votes: 44,522
40. Alphas (2011–2012)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Alphas is a science fiction drama focusing on a team that investigates people with supernatural abilities.
Stars: David Strathairn, Ryan Cartwright, Warren Christie, Azita Ghanizada
Votes: 29,750
41. The 4400 (2004–2007)
TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
As the reappearance of 4,400 missing persons on a single day confounds the global community, federal agents on the case slowly discover the ways in which the victims have been changed.
Stars: Jacqueline McKenzie, Joel Gretsch, Patrick John Flueger, Conchita Campbell
Votes: 46,893
42. Falling Skies (2011–2015)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Survivors of an alien attack on earth gather together to fight for their lives and fight back.
Stars: Noah Wyle, Drew Roy, Maxim Knight, Will Patton
Votes: 93,051
43. Lexx (1996–2002)
R | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A group of disparate fugitives from an interplanetary tyranny find themselves in control of a massively powerful starship.
Stars: Brian Downey, Michael McManus, Jeffrey Hirschfield, Xenia Seeberg
Votes: 8,644
44. Mercy Point (1998–1999)
60 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Across the Sahartic Divide from 23rd century Earth is the Jericho colony and its port of entry/hospital space station Mercy Point. Staffed by human, alien, and even android medical ... See full summary »
Stars: Joe Morton, Maria del Mar, Alexandra Wilson, Jordan Lund
Votes: 112
45. Eureka (2006–2012)
TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A U.S. Marshal becomes the sheriff of Eureka, a remote, cozy little Northwestern town where the best minds in the US have secretly been tucked away to build futuristic inventions for the government which often go disastrously wrong.
Stars: Colin Ferguson, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Erica Cerra, Neil Grayston
Votes: 58,303
46. Pitch Black (2000)
R | 109 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A transport ship crashes and leaves its crew stranded on a desert planet inhabited by bloodthirsty creatures that come out during an eclipse.
Director: David Twohy | Stars: Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser, Vin Diesel, Keith David
Votes: 253,057 | Gross: $39.24M
47. Riddick (2013)
R | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Left for dead on a sun-scorched planet, Riddick finds himself up against an alien race of predators. Activating an emergency beacon alerts two ships: one carrying a new breed of mercenary, the other captained by a man from Riddick's past.
Director: David Twohy | Stars: Vin Diesel, Karl Urban, Katee Sackhoff, Jordi Mollà
Votes: 178,065 | Gross: $42.03M
48. Riddick: Furya
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | Filming
It follows Riddick as he returns to his home world, a place he barely remembers and one he fears might be left in ruins. He finds other Furyans fighting for their existence against a new enemy.
Director: David Twohy | Star: Vin Diesel
49. Spacejacked (1997 TV Movie)
R | 89 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Luxury space cruiser Star Princess is hijacked by the treacherous second mate, who threatens to blow up the craft unless he gets access to bank accounts on Earth. A beautiful passenger and ... See full summary »
Director: Jeremiah Cullinane | Stars: Corbin Bernsen, Amanda Pays, Steve Bond, Matt Holland
Votes: 275
50. Escape Velocity (1999)
R | 100 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A psychotic spaceman takes over a deep-space observatory manned by a scientist, his wife, and teenage daughter.
Director: Lloyd A. Simandl | Stars: Wendy Crewson, Patrick Bergin, Peter Outerbridge, Michelle Beaudoin
Votes: 377
51. Lifepod (1993 TV Movie)
89 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Lifepod chronicles the trip of eight passengers after the ship on which they were traveling blew up on Christmas Eve 2168. Immediately people start dying. The passengers begin to investigate why the ship blew up and how it relates to them.
Director: Ron Silver | Stars: Robert Loggia, Jessica Tuck, Stan Shaw, Adam Storke
Votes: 1,231
52. The Alien Within (1995 TV Movie)
R | 75 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Trapped under 2500 ft. Of crushing pressure, an underwater research team is invaded by an unknown mind-controlling alien. Terror turns to paranoia as the team members turn on each other, unable to discern friend from foe.
Director: Scott P. Levy | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Alex Hyde-White, Melanie Shatner, Don Stroud
Votes: 335
53. Alien Cargo (1999 TV Movie)
PG | 90 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In a time when interplanetary shipping is routine, poor judgment is a fatal error. The crew of the Solar System Shipping shipping vessel number 17 runs in shifts. When the second shift ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Haber | Stars: Jason London, Missy Crider, Simon Westaway, Elizabeth Alexander
Votes: 1,107
54. Bloodsuckers (2005 TV Movie)
R | 99 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Intergalactic vampire hunters. "Buffy" meets "Star Trek" in a "Mad Max" world.
Director: Matthew Hastings | Stars: Joe Lando, Dominic Zamprogna, Natassia Malthe, Leanne Adachi
Votes: 1,842
55. Starhunter (2000–2004)
45 min | Action, Sci-Fi
In 2275, a team of bounty hunters tries to stop a conspiracy involving alien DNA. In 2300, bounty hunter Travis Montana searches for his lost son.
Stars: Tanya Allen, Stephen Marcus, Michael Paré, Murray Melvin
Votes: 900
56. Solar Crisis (1990)
PG-13 | 112 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
A huge solar flare is predicted to fry the Earth. Astronauts must fly toward the sun to drop a talking bomb at the right time for the flare to be aimed elsewhere.
Directors: Richard C. Sarafian, Arthur Marks | Stars: Tim Matheson, Charlton Heston, Peter Boyle, Annabel Schofield
Votes: 2,077
57. Escape from Mars (1999 TV Movie)
PG | 100 min | Sci-Fi
In 2015, five astronauts make the first manned trip to Mars. They must battle and overcome inferior computer components, corporate greed and indifference, their own personal problems, as ... See full summary »
Director: Neill Fearnley | Stars: Christine Elise, Peter Outerbridge, Allison Hossack, Michael Shanks
Votes: 651
58. The Advanced Guard (1998 TV Movie)
R | 91 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
As a prelude to full-blown alien invasion, a team of four aliens telepathically linked with their lifelike human-looking android bodies abducts four random humans to test them to determine if humans can make good slaves.
Director: Peter Geiger | Stars: Robert Amico, James Avery, David Campbell, Cristi Conaway
Votes: 328
59. 2036 Origin Unknown (2018)
TV-14 | 94 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
After a deadly Mars mission crash, mission controller Mackenzie Wilson (Sackhoff) and A.R.T.I. uncover a mysterious Mars object that could alter our planet's future.
Director: Hasraf Dulull | Stars: Katee Sackhoff, Ray Fearon, Julie Cox, Steven Cree
Votes: 10,056
60. The Last Scout (2017)
107 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After the earth is destroyed by war, a scout team of astronauts searches the universe for an inhabitable place to save the human race.
Director: Simon Phillips | Stars: Blaine Gray, Simon Phillips, Rebecca Ferdinando, Deji LaRay
Votes: 2,287
61. Ascension (2014)
TV-MA | 77 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A young woman's murder causes the subjects of a century-long mission to populate a new world to question the true nature of the project as they approach the point of no return.
Stars: Tricia Helfer, Gil Bellows, Brian Van Holt, Andrea Roth
Votes: 19,194
62. Helix (2014–2015)
TV-PG | 40 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A team of scientists are thrust into a potentially life-or-death situation when they arrive in the Arctic to secretly investigate what could be an outbreak of a strange disease in a secluded international research facility.
Stars: Billy Campbell, Kyra Zagorsky, Mark Ghanimé, Jordan Hayes
Votes: 30,601
63. ISRA 88 (2016)
Not Rated | 119 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
A scientist and a pilot volunteer for a high profile mission to reach the end of the universe. After 13 years, the ship crashes through the end of the universe and into the unknown.
Director: Thomas Zellen | Stars: Casper Van Dien, Sean Maher, Adrienne Barbeau, Eden Riegel
Votes: 1,889
64. Defying Gravity (2009)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Eight astronauts living aboard an international spacecraft on a mission through the solar system, as the world watches from billions of kilometers away.
Stars: Ron Livingston, Malik Yoba, Andrew Airlie, Paula Garcés
Votes: 10,059
65. The One (2001)
PG-13 | 87 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A rogue Multiverse agent goes on a manhunt for alternate versions of himself, getting stronger with each kill. Only the last version of himself, an LASD cop, can stop his crusade before he becomes "The One".
Director: James Wong | Stars: Jet Li, Carla Gugino, Delroy Lindo, Jason Statham
Votes: 96,110 | Gross: $43.91M
66. Descent Into Darkness (2002)
R | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Deep in the Mariana Sea Basin, several miners have died under mysterious circumstances. Officer Will Murdock of the Deep Submersible Division is brought down to investigate. Will anyone reach the surface alive?
Director: Daniel Knauf | Stars: Dean Cain, Scott Wiper, Biliana Petrinska, Maxim Genchev
Votes: 462
67. Red Planet (2000)
PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Astronauts, and their robotic dog AMEE (Autonomous Mapping Evaluation and Evasion), search for solutions to save a dying Earth by searching on Mars, only to have the mission go terribly awry.
Director: Antony Hoffman | Stars: Val Kilmer, Carrie-Anne Moss, Tom Sizemore, Benjamin Bratt
Votes: 59,934 | Gross: $18.00M
68. Deep Red (1994 TV Movie)
R | 86 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
Disillusioned private detective haunted by the past, Joe Keyes, must protect a strange little girl and her secretive mother from a homicidal scientist in search of immortality.
Director: Craig R. Baxley | Stars: Lindsey Haun, Michael Biehn, Tobin Bell, Daniel W. Barringer
Votes: 799
Anotherbad guy role for John de Lancie (Q) and feels like another Trek technology mixed with Total Recall hybrid.
69. Dark Angel (2000–2002)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
A group of genetically-enhanced children escape from a lab project. Years later we meet Max, one of the escapees who now works for a messenger service in the post-apocalyptic Pacific Northwest.
Stars: Jessica Alba, Michael Weatherly, Richard Gunn, J.C. MacKenzie
Votes: 34,607
Former Trek scribes contributed to this show hence similar science & serial storytelling
70. Harsh Realm (1999–2000)
TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Lt. Hobbes is sent into a VR wargame simulation where he is to terminate a renegade General who has taken control of the program.
Stars: Scott Bairstow, D.B. Sweeney, Terry O'Quinn, Cameron K. Smith
Votes: 1,200
71. Nowhere Man (1995–1996)
44 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Thomas Veil is a documentary photographer who seemingly has to erase his entire existence in the course of an evening.
Stars: Bruce Greenwood, Megan Gallagher, Marvin LaRoy Sanders, Sam A. Mowry
Votes: 1,981
72. Dark Planet (1997)
R | 99 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi
Two sides, one known as the Alphas and the other the Rebels, struggle in a brutal war on Earth and in outer space. When a habitable planet is discovered in orbit around a star that is on ... See full summary »
Director: Albert Magnoli | Stars: Paul Mercurio, Harley Jane Kozak, Michael York, Maria Ford
Votes: 811
73. Killjoys (2015–2019)
TV-MA | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In the Quad, a planetary system on the brink of a bloody interplanetary class war, a fun loving trio of bounty hunters attempt to remain impartial as they chase deadly warrants.
Stars: Hannah John-Kamen, Aaron Ashmore, Luke Macfarlane, Tamsen McDonough
Votes: 23,502
While its got more in common with the bounty hunter universes of Star Wars, Fifth Element and even Babylon 5, it also has mass exploration and grey themes that any Trekkie would dig.
74. Doom (2005)
R | 105 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Space Marines are sent to investigate strange events at a research facility on Mars but find themselves at the mercy of genetically enhanced killing machines.
Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak | Stars: Karl Urban, Rosamund Pike, Dwayne Johnson, Deobia Oparei
Votes: 118,759 | Gross: $28.21M
When the film isn’t aping its Aliens/Predator/Total Recall inspirations, its often more of the same “outer space tough guy & scientist talk” tropes; also has pre-reboot star Karl Urban who played Bones
75. Impostor (2001)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
In the future, an alien race uses androids as bombs to attack Earth. A government weapons specialist is accused of being one such android and sets out to prove his innocence.
Director: Gary Fleder | Stars: Shane Brolly, Vincent D'Onofrio, Gary Sinise, Madeleine Stowe
Votes: 24,562 | Gross: $6.11M
76. Total Recall (1990)
R | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
When a man goes in to have virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars implanted in his mind, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real - or is he?
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone, Michael Ironside, Rachel Ticotin
Votes: 354,762 | Gross: $119.39M
Similar themes and production value. Has plenty of greedy businessmen villains and unusual planets with shady characters which could easily configure into a Trek episode.
77. Armageddon (1998)
PG-13 | 151 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
After discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas will impact Earth in less than a month, NASA recruits a misfit team of deep-core drillers to save the planet.
Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler
Votes: 451,023 | Gross: $201.57M
Heavily spoofed as well as visually referenced.
78. Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
G | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The sole survivor of an interplanetary rescue mission searches for the only survivor of the previous expedition. He discovers a planet ruled by apes and an underground city run by telepathic humans.
Director: Ted Post | Stars: James Franciscus, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, Linda Harrison
Votes: 51,496 | Gross: $19.00M
79. Deep Core (2000)
PG-13 | 80 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The future of Earth is in question when a strange reaction deep beneath its surface causes a massive rupture in the planet's inner structure.
Director: Rodney McDonald | Stars: Craig Sheffer, Terry Farrell, Bruce McGill, Harry Van Gorkum
Votes: 1,329
80. Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers: To Live and Die in Starlight (2002 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A disgraced Ranger takes command of an old, possibly haunted, ship on an escort mission that encounters deadly peril from a new enemy civilization.
Director: Michael Vejar | Stars: Dylan Neal, Andreas Katsulas, Alex Zahara, Myriam Sirois
Votes: 4,367
81. Battlefield Earth (2000)
PG-13 | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
It's the year 3000 A.D., and the Earth is lost to the alien race of Psychlos. Humanity is enslaved by these gold-thirsty tyrants, who are unaware that their 'man-animals' are about to ignite the rebellion of a lifetime.
Director: Roger Christian | Stars: John Travolta, Forest Whitaker, Barry Pepper, Kim Coates
Votes: 83,121 | Gross: $21.47M
So bad its good!
82. Operation Sandman (2000 TV Movie)
R | 91 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
In the heat of an American desert, Captain Jean Farrell arrives at a secret military installation, run by the enigmatic Doctor Harlan Jessup. Jessup is conducting 'Operation Sandman', an ... See full summary »
Director: Nelson McCormick | Stars: Ron Perlman, Rod Biermann, Tony Devon, Bob Howard
Votes: 207
83. eXistenZ (1999)
R | 97 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Jude Law, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ian Holm, Willem Dafoe
Votes: 107,254 | Gross: $2.84M
84. Westworld (2016–2022)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
At the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, waits a world in which every human appetite can be indulged without consequence.
Stars: Evan Rachel Wood, Jeffrey Wright, Ed Harris, Thandiwe Newton
Votes: 533,191
85. 12 Monkeys (2015–2018)
TV-14 | 42 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Follows the journey of a time traveler from the post-apocalyptic future who appears in present day on a mission to locate and eradicate the source of a deadly plague that will nearly destroy the human race.
Stars: Aaron Stanford, Amanda Schull, Noah Bean, Barbara Sukowa
Votes: 48,746
86. Stargate SG-1 (1997–2007)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A secret military team, SG-1, is formed to explore other planets through the recently discovered Stargates.
Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge
Votes: 101,463
87. Air (I) (2015)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In the near future, breathable air is nonexistent and two engineers tasked with guarding the last hope for mankind struggle to preserve their own lives while administering to their vital task at hand.
Director: Christian Cantamessa | Stars: Norman Reedus, Djimon Hounsou, Sandrine Holt, Michael Hogan
Votes: 12,549
88. Cypher (2002)
R | 95 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
An unsuspecting, disenchanted man finds himself working as a spy in the dangerous, high-stakes world of corporate espionage. Quickly getting way over-his-head, he teams up with a mysterious femme fatale.
Director: Vincenzo Natali | Stars: Jeremy Northam, Lucy Liu, Nigel Bennett, Timothy Webber
Votes: 32,076
This feels like a Neo Noir holodeck sequence half the time and has just as much fascinating science talk and philosophy.
89. Outcasts (2010–2011)
TV-14 | 50 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
With Earth rapidly becoming uninhabitable, pioneers seek to colonize the harsh terrain of the planet Carpathia. 10 years later, the town of Forthaven faces danger as the planet's dark secrets are revealed.
Stars: Hermione Norris, Daniel Mays, Amy Manson, Ashley Walters
Votes: 5,840
90. Velocity Trap (1999)
R | 86 min | Action, Sci-Fi
A cop framed for murder is the only one not in cryosleep when a team of thieves boards the armored treasury spaceship he's on to steal its load - 40 billion universal dollars - and then ram the ship into a comet to cover their tracks.
Director: Phillip J. Roth | Stars: Olivier Gruner, Alicia Coppola, Ken Olandt, Jorja Fox
Votes: 896
Just replace the space pirates with Ferengi and it easily feels like a Trek episode substory
91. Retrograde (2004)
R | 93 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Two time travelers with opposing views are sent back to the present aboard a research ship in the Antarctic to prevent a global biological disaster from occuring.
Director: Christopher Kulikowski | Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Silvia De Santis, Joe Montana, Gary Daniels
Votes: 1,762
92. Sanctuary (2008–2011)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Modern society's evolution involves stem cells, gene therapy, transplants, and cloning, but also exposes the existence of monsters that hold the key to our race's future.
Stars: Amanda Tapping, Robin Dunne, Christopher Heyerdahl, Ryan Robbins
Votes: 22,654
93. Within the Rock (1996 TV Movie)
R | 85 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A team of space miners sent to stop a moon's collision course with the earth discover a hibernating creature that soon revives and starts slaughtering them.
Director: Gary J. Tunnicliffe | Stars: Xander Berkeley, Caroline Barclay, Bradford Tatum, Brian Krause
Votes: 734
94. Darklight (2004 TV Movie)
R | 90 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Captured by a secret society known as the Faith and mentally controlled with a powerful spell, ancient demoness Lilith now lives as a young woman with no memory of her ageless past.
Director: Bill Platt | Stars: Shiri Appleby, Richard Burgi, John de Lancie, David Hewlett
Votes: 1,153
95. Stargate Universe (2009–2011)
TV-PG | 43 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Trapped on an Ancient spaceship billions of light-years from home, a group of soldiers and civilians struggle to survive and find their way back to Earth.
Stars: Robert Carlyle, Louis Ferreira, Brian J. Smith, Elyse Levesque
Votes: 53,286
96. The Magus (1968)
R | 117 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A teacher on a Greek island becomes involved in bizarre mind-games with the island's magus (magician) and a beautiful young woman.
Director: Guy Green | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Michael Caine, Candice Bergen, Anna Karina
Votes: 1,905
97. The X-Files (1993–2018)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two F.B.I. Agents, Fox Mulder the believer and Dana Scully the skeptic, investigate the strange and unexplained, while hidden forces work to impede their efforts.
Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, William B. Davis
Votes: 250,016
Rob Bowman worked on both; various science and recurring mysterious villains and evil gov’t figures
98. Extant (2014–2015)
TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
An astronaut struggles to learn how she became pregnant while on a thirteen-month-long solo space mission.
Stars: Halle Berry, Pierce Gagnon, Grace Gummer, Tyler Hilton
Votes: 24,825
99. Wedlock (I) (1991)
R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A male prison escapee heads for his hidden loot electronically attached to a female prisoner.
Director: Lewis Teague | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Mimi Rogers, Joan Chen, James Remar
Votes: 9,155
Similar Trek science
100. VR.5 (1995–1997)
60 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Young woman Sidney works in a telephone company and she is sure that her father, doctor Bloom, and sister died after an accident. Sidney's hobby is to play with virtual reality. She has ... See full summary »
Stars: Lori Singer, Michael Easton, Anthony Head, David McCallum
Votes: 721
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