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50 best movies on Amazon Prime Video: The Star Trek movies make the list

By Alexandria Ingham

Nov. 2, 2015 – CBS Television Studios announced today it will launch a totally new “Star Trek” television series in January 2017. The brand-new “Star Trek” will introduce new characters seeking imaginative new worlds and new civilizations, while exploring the dramatic contemporary themes that have been a signature of the franchise since its inception in 1966. The new series will blast off with a special preview broadcast on the CBS Television Network. The premiere episode and all subsequent first-run episodes will then be available exclusively in the United States on CBS All Access, the Network’s digital subscription video on demand and live streaming service.Pictured: William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk (Gold shirt) and Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock (Blue Shirt) in STAR TREK (The Original Series)Screen grab: ©1966 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Nov. 2, 2015 – CBS Television Studios announced today it will launch a totally new “Star Trek” television series in January 2017. The brand-new “Star Trek” will introduce new characters seeking imaginative new worlds and new civilizations, while exploring the dramatic contemporary themes that have been a signature of the franchise since its inception in 1966. The new series will blast off with a special preview broadcast on the CBS Television Network. The premiere episode and all subsequent first-run episodes will then be available exclusively in the United States on CBS All Access, the Network’s digital subscription video on demand and live streaming service.Pictured: William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk (Gold shirt) and Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock (Blue Shirt) in STAR TREK (The Original Series)Screen grab: ©1966 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. /
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The six Star Trek movies focused on the original series are now on Amazon Prime Video. It’s only fitting they make it to the list of best movies on Prime.

The first six Star Trek movies are now available to stream on Amazon Prime Video. It’s a fitting time with Star Trek: Picard coming out today. It only makes sense for the six movies to make it to the list of the 50 best movies on Amazon Prime Video.

You can check out the full list, seeing where the movies make it. They’re all together in one entry rather than separating them. After all, if you’re going to watch the first, you’ll likely continue all the rest, right?

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The Star Trek movies started with Star Trek: The Motion Picture, released in 1979. This was a feature originally suggested in 1969, but it was only after the cancellation of the original series that production studios saw the potential in the movie.

Yet, the movie nearly didn’t happen. Paramount wanted to bring the series back as a TV show instead, until the success of Star Wars in 1977. It was soon clear that sci-fi could great movies make. And so, the focus returned to the feature films. Star Trek: The Motion Picture and its follow-on movies did bring an end to the idea of a rebooted TV series, but it also lead to the spin-off, Star Trek: The Next Generation.

All six of the movies are on Amazon Prime Video, including Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, which started the run of cast members directing the movies. Leonard Nimoy directed movies three and four and William Shatner directed movie No. 5.

The movies brought new life to the franchise and were arguably the reason it was able to continue. If it wasn’t for them, we wouldn’t have seen future iterations or even the reboot movies. There’s no doubt that they belong on the list of 50 best movies on Amazon Prime Video right now.

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Which is your favorite Star Trek movie? Which ones are you watching this weekend? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

The six Star Trek movies are on Amazon Prime Video right now.

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