Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

Can you skip Star Trek V: The Final Frontier?

Yes, on a first watch. It is self-contained, and nothing in the main Star Trek story depends on it. Come back to it later if you want more. Show only the Star Trek essentials.

Star Trek guides

• Star Trek orderSixty years, eleven centuries and two timelines. The honest advice is that you should not try to watch it in any single order at all.
• Star Trek timelineEleven centuries, in order. It is a fascinating map and a genuinely bad viewing plan.

Where it sits in the Star Trek order

Release order

#7 of 26

Chronological order

#11 of 26

Released

9 June 1989

In-universe era

The 23rd Century

More from The Original Era

• 01Star Trek: The Original Series1966 · Essential
• 02Star Trek: The Animated Series1973
• 03Star Trek: The Motion Picture1979
• 04Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan1982 · Essential
• 05Star Trek III: The Search for Spock1984 · Essential
• 06Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home1986 · Essential
• 08Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country1991 · Essential

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