Star Trek: First Contact
“Resistance is futile.”
The 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.
How Star Trek: First Contact compares
Every figure below is calculated across the whole of Star Trek: The Next Generation, not taken from this film’s own record.
- #1 of 4
- Rank in the series by rating
- 2 years
- Wait since the previous film
- 31%
- Share of the series audience
Star Trek: First Contact (1996) is the highest-rated of the 4 rated films in the Star Trek: The Next Generation series, at 7.3/10 on TMDB against a series average of 6.6/10.
It arrived 2 years after Star Trek: Generations (1994).
Its 2,032 TMDB ratings are 31% of the 6,650 cast across the series, more than any other film in it.
Computed by Movies in Order from The Movie Database (TMDB) collection data for Star Trek: The Next Generation, comparing all 4 released films in the series. Last recalculated September 2026.
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Star Trek: First Contact is film 2 of 4. See the complete watch order.