Star Trek Movies and Documentaries on Tubi Worth Joining Starfleet For
Space missions, behind-the-scenes secrets, and a fandom that's been boldly going strong for 60 years make this a voyage worth taking.
Space. The final frontier. Also home to one of the most dedicated fandoms in entertainment history, where choosing your favorite captain can become a surprisingly serious conversation.
Sixty years after Star Trek first introduced audiences to the USS Enterprise, the franchise has become much bigger than a collection of spaceships and intergalactic adventures. We're talking decades of memorable characters, elaborate conventions, passionate debates, and enough lore to make even the most dedicated fan admit there's probably something they haven't discovered yet. And don't even get us started on the Klingon language.
But beneath the futuristic technology and occasional alien confrontation, Star Trek has always been interested in the people navigating those extraordinary situations. Friendships get tested, impossible decisions have to be made, and exploring strange new worlds rarely goes according to the mission briefing. Turns out even the 23rd century has its workplace complications.
The franchise's 60th anniversary also offers a perfect excuse to revisit the adventures that made Star Trek a cultural phenomenon and the fascinating stories behind its creation. How did the Enterprise become a television icon? What happens when a new generation takes the captain's chair? And just how far will Trekkies go to celebrate their favorite franchise? There's a whole universe waiting beyond the screen. Tubi's Beam Me Up collection has your boarding pass, with Star Trek movies and documentaries exploring everything from Captain Kirk's most unusual missions to the real-life personalities who helped build its devoted fan community.
No Starfleet experience required. Just a willingness to boldly go wherever your curiosity takes you.
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Captain Kirk has traveled across the galaxy, encountered hostile alien civilizations, and faced enough danger to justify a very long vacation. His next challenge? Surviving 1980s San Francisco.
Saving Earth requires a rather unconventional trip through time in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, where Kirk and his crew must travel back to 1986 to find humpback whales capable of communicating with a mysterious alien probe. William Shatner returns as the confident captain alongside Leonard Nimoy as Spock, whose logical approach to life doesn't always translate particularly well to the customs of 20th-century Earth.
Forget the usual spaceship battles. Watching highly trained Starfleet officers attempt to navigate public transportation, unfamiliar technology, and a society that considers their behavior deeply suspicious is a comedy all its own. Shatner and Nimoy's contrasting personalities make the crew's misadventures even more entertaining, especially when Spock's perfectly reasonable observations sound completely absurd to everyone around him. Newcomers can appreciate the ridiculousness of an intergalactic rescue mission involving two whales and a borrowed spacecraft, while longtime fans get to see their favorite crew enjoy a rare change of pace. It's the kind of wonderfully unconventional sci-fi adventure we love exploring in our guide to the best sci-fi movies on Tubi, where bending time and reality is practically part of the fun.
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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Peace in the galaxy sounds wonderful. Getting everyone to agree on how to achieve it? That's where things get complicated.
Political tensions reach a breaking point in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, where Captain Kirk and the Enterprise crew are tasked with escorting a Klingon delegation during a historic peace initiative. When a shocking assassination threatens the negotiations, Kirk finds himself caught in a conspiracy that could destroy any hope of reconciliation between the Federation and the Klingon Empire.
Part political thriller, part space adventure, the film gives its familiar characters a challenge that can't be solved by simply firing a few photon torpedoes. Every suspicious encounter and unexpected revelation adds another reason to question who actually wants peace and who's willing to sabotage it. The original Enterprise crew gets one final opportunity to prove why their chemistry has carried the franchise for decades, with Shatner, Nimoy, and their costars balancing a high-stakes mystery with the camaraderie and sharp exchanges fans have come to love.
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The Center Seat II: 60 Years of Star Trek
Passing the torch sounds like a beautiful tradition until everyone realizes there are two generations of beloved captains and an entire fandom ready to compare them.
The Center Seat II: 60 Years of Star Trek explores the franchise's transition from the original Enterprise crew to the stars of Star Trek: The Next Generation as they made the leap from television to the big screen. The documentary series revisits the decisions, creative challenges, and major turning points that shaped a new era of Star Trek, with familiar faces including Gates McFadden, Brent Spiner, and Wil Wheaton sharing perspectives on the franchise's evolution.
Changing the crew of one of television's most beloved spaceships is a risky assignment, and the documentary gives viewers a look at the decisions behind that transition. Which creative risks paid off? What challenges came with moving beloved television characters into theatrical adventures? The cast's reflections offer fans a chance to revisit the choices that shaped their favorite era, and newcomers get an entertaining look at how much can happen behind the scenes before a spaceship ever leaves the hangar.
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The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
Before there were decades of sequels, spinoffs, conventions, and heated debates about the best Enterprise captain, somebody had to convince a television network to take a chance on a spaceship.
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek takes viewers behind the scenes of the franchise's development, exploring the creative ambitions and production challenges that helped turn Gene Roddenberry's science-fiction vision into a television landmark. Long before the Enterprise became a household name, the people responsible for launching it were navigating network expectations, production obstacles, and the uncertainty of whether audiences would embrace such an ambitious concept.
One of the most fascinating connections is Lucille Ball, whose company Desilu Productions played a crucial role in getting Star Trek off the ground. Yes, the comedy legend associated with I Love Lucy helped make one of science fiction's most enduring franchises possible. Talk about an unexpected crossover episode. The documentary is full of the kind of industry history that makes you reconsider how easily an iconic show might never have existed. Starfleet may have mastered interstellar travel, but television executives were another challenge entirely.
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Trekkies
There's being a fan, and then there's knowing enough Klingon to hold a conversation at a convention.
Hosted by Denise Crosby, who portrayed Tasha Yar on Star Trek: The Next Generation, Trekkies ventures into the world of devoted fans whose enthusiasm extends well beyond watching their favorite episodes. Costumes, conventions, personal collections, and extraordinary displays of dedication offer a look at the community that helped make Star Trek much more than another television franchise.
Forget the fictional crew for a moment. The documentary's real stars are the fans themselves, each with their own wonderfully specific way of celebrating the universe they love. Whether it's transforming an everyday space into a tribute to the Enterprise or building friendships around a shared obsession, the dedication on display can be hilarious, surprising, and genuinely touching. And honestly, who among us hasn't gotten a little too invested in a favorite show? Trekkies just have better uniforms.
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What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Not every Star Trek adventure happens aboard a ship exploring the galaxy. Occasionally, the galaxy comes to you, and it brings enough political drama to keep an entire space station busy.
What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine reunites cast members and creative voices from Deep Space Nine to revisit one of the franchise's most distinctive series. Rather than simply reminiscing about the good old days, the documentary digs into the creative risks, complicated storylines, and characters that made the space station feel like a world of its own.
Fans get more than a nostalgic reunion. The documentary revisits how Deep Space Nine tackled war, politics, and moral compromise, while its creative team imagines where the characters' lives might have gone next. It's practically an invitation to revisit the series with fresh eyes, especially when the people who helped create it still have ideas about what could happen after the finale.
Even after the final episode, the station still has stories to tell.
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