Star Trek: First Contact

About Star Trek: First Contact

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.

Star Trek: First Contact is a 1996 science fiction thriller film directed by Jonathan Frakes. Released in November 1996, it runs 111 minutes.

Its themes are obsession, spacecraft, space opera, and inventor.

Patrick Stewart stars as Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Jonathan Frakes as Commander William T. Riker, Brent Spiner as Lieutenant Commander Data, and LeVar Burton as Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge. The screenplay is by Brannon Braga and Ronald D. Moore. It streams on fuboTV, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, and Paramount Plus Essential in the United States.

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek: Nemesis, and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan make useful companions to Star Trek: First Contact, all filed under outer space. TMDB voters put it at 7.3 out of 10 across 2,044 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.