The best way to watch every ‘Star Trek’ series and movie is right here
The best way to watch every ‘Star Trek’ series and movie is right here
From Kirk to Burnham, every era of Trek lives on Paramount+.
Growing up, there was only one show my parents would let me stay up to watch with them from the 10 p.m. to 11 p.m. timeslot. That show was “Star Trek: The Next Generation.” And so began my love affair with “Star Trek.” Captain Picard, Data, Worf — all of them felt like regulars in our living room. The show didn’t just have cool ships and alien planets; it tackled big ideas and never dumbed anything down. And Patrick Stewart? He made every speech feel like it actually mattered. Even now, the show holds up. If you’re a “Star Trek” fan and want to “boldly go where no one has gone before,” there’s really only one streamer you need – Paramount+. Here’s why it’s the best streamer for Star Trek fans.
Everything you need to know about the best streamer for ‘Star Trek’ fans.
What ‘Star Trek’ TV shows can you watch on Paramount+?
If you’re a Star Trek fan, Paramount+ is your home base. It’s the only place where you can stream every era of the franchise, from the TV shows that start it all to the newest shows still rolling out fresh episodes. It all starts with “Star Trek: The Original Series,” the show that introduces the world to Kirk, Spock, and the idea of boldly going where no one has gone before. It’s ambitious, weird, and totally original for its time, and even decades later, it still feels iconic.
Then there’s the short-lived but underrated “Star Trek: The Animated Series,” which keeps the spirit of the original alive with some trippy, out-there adventures. But for a lot of fans (including me), it’s “Star Trek: The Next Generation” that really takes things to another level. With Picard in the captain’s chair and a crew that feels like family, “TNG” mixes big philosophical questions with classic sci-fi drama, and it still hits just as hard today.
After “TNG,” Trek hits its stride with a run of shows that get a little more serialized and a lot more complex. “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” flips the script by staying in one place and diving deep into politics, religion, and war. It’s darker, more layered, and way ahead of its time. “Star Trek: Voyager” takes us to the other side of the galaxy with Captain Janeway leading her crew through unknown territory, trying to find their way home. And “Star Trek: Enterprise” looks back at the early days of space exploration, before the Federation, before the rules, when everything still feels risky and new.
Fast-forward to the streaming era, and Trek is coming back in a big way. “Star Trek: Discovery” kicks off the modern reboot with a new look, new tone, and a fresh approach to storytelling — more cinematic, more serialized, and way more action-packed. “Star Trek: Short Treks” offers quick little side stories that fill in gaps or give us glimpses into corners of the universe we haven’t seen before. And “Star Trek: Picard” brings back the legend himself, now older, wiser, and dealing with the fallout of the choices he’s made.
But the franchise is still branching out in even more directions. “Star Trek: Lower Decks” goes full animation comedy, following the low-ranking crew members just trying to survive their weird, chaotic day jobs. “Star Trek: Prodigy” is also animated but aimed at younger viewers, bringing the heart and adventure of classic Trek.
Keep in mind that Season 1 of this show is on Paramount+, while the second season is on Netflix. “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” leans back into the episodic, character-driven style of the originals — and it’s probably the closest thing we’ve had to that classic feel in years. And coming soon is “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy,” a brand-new series set to explore what it’s like to train the next generation of explorers. Basically, no matter what kind of “Star Trek” fan you are, Paramount+ has something for you.
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Star Trek
September 8, 1966Space. The Final Frontier. The U.S.S. Enterprise embarks on a five year mission to explore the galaxy. The Enterprise is under the command of Captain James T. Kirk with First Officer Mr. Spock, from the planet Vulcan. With a determined crew, the Enterprise encounters Klingons, Romulans, time paradoxes, tribbles and genetic supermen led by Khan Noonian Singh. Their mission is to explore strange new worlds, to seek new life and new civilizations, and to boldly go where no man has gone before.
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Star Trek
September 8, 1973The animated adventures of Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock and the crew of the Starship Enterprise.
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Star Trek: The Next Generation
September 28, 1987Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
January 3, 1993At Deep Space Nine, a space station located next to a wormhole in the vicinity of the liberated planet of Bajor, Commander Sisko and crew welcome alien visitors, root out evildoers and solve all types of unexpected problems that come their way.
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Star Trek: Voyager
January 16, 1995Pulled to the far side of the galaxy, where the Federation is 75 years away at maximum warp speed, a Starfleet ship must cooperate with Maquis rebels to find a way home.
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Star Trek: Enterprise
September 26, 2001During the mid-22nd century, a century before Captain Kirk’s five-year mission, Jonathan Archer captains the United Earth ship Enterprise during the early years of Starfleet, leading up to the Earth-Romulan War and the formation of the Federation.
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Star Trek: Discovery
September 24, 2017Follow the voyages of Starfleet on their missions to discover new worlds and new life forms, and one Starfleet officer who must learn that to truly understand all things alien, you must first understand yourself.
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Star Trek: Short Treks
October 3, 2018Each episode tells a stand-alone story that serves as an opportunity for deeper storytelling and exploration of key characters and themes that fit into Star Trek: Discovery and the expanding Star Trek universe.
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Star Trek: Picard
January 23, 2020Set twenty years after the events of Star Trek Nemesis, we follow the now-retired Admiral Picard into the next chapter of his life.
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Star Trek: Lower Decks
August 6, 2020The lives of the support crew serving on one of Starfleet’s least important ships, the U.S.S. Cerritos, in 2380. Ensigns Mariner, Boimler, Rutherford and Tendi have to keep up with their duties and their social lives, often while the ship is being rocked by a multitude of sci-fi anomalies.
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Star Trek: Prodigy
October 28, 2021A motley crew of young rebellious aliens commandeer an old Starfleet ship and must figure out how to work together while navigating a greater galaxy, in search for a better future. These six young outcasts know nothing about the ship they have commandeered, but over the course of their adventures together, they will each be introduced to Starfleet and the ideals it represents.
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
May 5, 2022Follow Captain Christopher Pike, Science Officer Spock and Number One in the years before Captain Kirk boarded the U.S.S. Enterprise, as they explore new worlds around the galaxy.
What ‘Star Trek’ movies can you watch on Paramount+?
If you thought Paramount+ only has the “Star Trek” TV shows, you are wrong. All the movies are here too, and the original crew sets the stage for everything that follows. It all begins with “Star Trek: The Motion Picture,” a slow-burn visual feast that feels more like cerebral sci-fi than action-adventure. But things really kick into gear with “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan,” a revenge-fueled classic that raises the stakes and delivers one of the most emotional endings in Trek history.
That leads right into “Star Trek III: The Search for Spock” and “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home,” which double down on friendship, sacrifice, and (yes) time-traveling whales. “Star Trek V: The Final Frontier” gets a little weird with its “God at the center of the galaxy” plot, and “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country” closes out the original crew’s run with Cold War metaphors and a killer murder mystery.
Next up, the Next Generation crew takes over the big screen, and the tone shifts to match. “Star Trek: Generations” bridges the gap between old and new, bringing Kirk and Picard together for a time-bending mission. “Star Trek: First Contact” is a fan favorite for a reason — it’s intense, emotional, and gives us the best look at the Borg on film.
“Star Trek: Insurrection” dials things back for a more philosophical adventure about resisting oppression, and “Star Trek: Nemesis” brings a darker, more action-heavy story as Picard faces off against a younger clone of himself. These films dig into the legacy of “TNG” and give its characters some big cinematic moments to shine.
In 2009, the timeline splits and Trek gets a full reboot with J.J. Abrams’ at the helm. “Star Trek” kicks off the new Kelvin Timeline with recast versions of Kirk, Spock, Uhura, and the rest of the crew — bringing a slick, high-energy vibe to the franchise.
“Star Trek Into Darkness” doubles down on the action and reimagines Khan for a new generation, while “Star Trek Beyond” feels like a big-budget episode from the original series in the best way possible. These movies are flashier and louder, but still packed with heart, humor, and the spirit of exploration that’s always defined Trek.
If you’re more into the behind-the-scenes or fan culture side of things, there are a few great documentaries worth checking out too. “Building Star Trek” looks at the real-world science inspired by the series. “Woman in Motion” celebrates Nichelle Nichols and her work recruiting astronauts for NASA. And new in 2025? “
Star Trek: Section 31,” starring Michelle Yeoh, takes us into the covert side of the Federation. Whether you love classic adventures, deep-cut docs, or what’s next, Paramount+ is clearly the best streamer for all things “Star Trek.”
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Star Trek: The Motion Picture
December 7, 1979When an unidentified alien destroys three powerful Klingon cruisers, Captain James T. Kirk returns to the newly transformed U.S.S. Enterprise to take command.
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
June 4, 1982The starship Enterprise and its crew is pulled back into action when old nemesis, Khan, steals a top secret device called Project Genesis.
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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
June 1, 1984A surprise visit from Spock’s father provides a startling revelation: McCoy is harboring Spock’s living essence.
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Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
November 26, 1986When a huge alien probe enters the galaxy and begins to vaporize Earth’s oceans, Kirk and his crew must travel back in time in order to bring back whales and save the planet.
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Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
June 9, 1989A renegade Vulcan with a startling secret hijacks the U.S.S. Enterprise in order to find a mythical planet.
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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
December 6, 1991After years of war, the Federation and the Klingon empire find themselves on the brink of a peace summit when a Klingon ship is nearly destroyed by an apparent attack from the Enterprise. Both worlds brace for what may be their deadliest encounter.
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Star Trek: Generations
November 18, 1994Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-D find themselves at odds with the renegade scientist Soran who is destroying entire star systems. Only one man can help Picard stop Soran’s scheme…and he’s been dead for seventy-eight years.
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Star Trek: First Contact
November 22, 1996The Borg, a relentless race of cyborgs, are on a direct course for Earth. Violating orders to stay away from the battle, Captain Picard and the crew of the newly-commissioned USS Enterprise E pursue the Borg back in time to prevent the invaders from changing Federation history and assimilating the galaxy.
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Star Trek: Insurrection
December 11, 1998When 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 defend the planet’s people as well as the very ideals upon which the Federation itself was founded.
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Star Trek: Nemesis
December 13, 2002En route to the honeymoon of William Riker to Deanna Troi on her home planet of Betazed, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise receives word from Starfleet that a coup has resulted in the installation of a new Romulan political leader, Shinzon, who claims to seek peace with the human-backed United Federation of Planets. Once in enemy territory, the captain and his crew make a startling discovery: Shinzon is human, a slave from the Romulan sister planet of Remus, and has a secret, shocking relationship to Picard himself.
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Star Trek
May 6, 2009The 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
May 5, 2013When 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
July 7, 2016The 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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Building Star Trek
September 4, 2016When “Star Trek” first aired in 1966, it expanded the viewers’ imaginations about what was possible in their lifetimes. Today, many of the space-age technologies displayed on the show, like space shuttles, cell phones, and desktop computers, have already gone from science fiction to science fact. Other innovations, like warp drive, teleportation, and medical tricorders are actively in development. Join us as we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of “Star Trek” - a show that continues to inform, enrich, and inspire.
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Woman in Motion
February 2, 2021Nichelle Nichols’ daunting task to launch a national blitz for NASA, recruiting 8,000 of the nation’s best and brightest, including the trailblazing astronauts who became the first African American, Asian and Latino men and women to fly in space.
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Star Trek: Section 31
January 15, 2025Emperor Philippa Georgiou joins a secret division of Starfleet tasked with protecting the United Federation of Planets and faces the sins of her past.
