Published Jun 3, 2026, 7:45 PM EDT
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After over two decades, Star Trek fans are getting one of the best treats ever on streaming. Created by Gene Roddenberry, the iconic sci-fi franchise began with the series of the same name, which follows the adventures of the starship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) and its crew. The show premiered on September 6, 1966, on Canada’s CTV network before debuting in the U.S. two days later on NBC. In the years that followed, the franchise expanded into a cultural phenomenon, spawning dozens of TV shows, blockbuster films, animated projects, and streaming originals that have introduced generations of viewers to its extraordinary multiverse.
Now, while Trekkies keep enjoying the most recent ongoing franchise entries, streaming reports confirm that a couple of classic favorites have recently been made free to watch, giving longtime fans and newcomers alike the perfect opportunity to experience a defining chapter in Star Trek history. That said,** all four films in The Next Generation era have landed on Plex **as of this month to stream for free. The films include Star Trek Generations, Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, and ***Star Trek: Nemesis ***(which features one of Tom Hardy’s earliest performances), with the first two often regarded as the best franchise movies ever made.
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
*Star Trek’s The Next Generation *launched after the television show of the same name, which originally aired in syndication from September 28, 1987, to May 23, 1994, spanning 178 episodes over seven seasons. As the third series overall in the Star Trek franchise, it became one of the most beloved entries in the saga. Later that same year, Generations was released on November 18, 1994, as the first film set in The Next Generation era and the seventh feature film in the franchise overall. Directed by **David Carson and written by Ronald D. Moore **and Brannon Braga, the movie brought together the casts of Star Trek: The Original Series and The Next Generation while giving fans the historic meeting between **Patrick **Stewart’sJean-Luc Picard and **William **Shatner’sJames T. Kirk.
First Contact, widely regarded as the strongest of the four Next Generation films by both critics and audiences, followed on November 22, 1996. Jonathan Frakes served as director, a role he would reprise for Insurrection. Moore and Braga also returned to write First Contact, but were not involved in the final two films of The Next Generation. Those films, Insurrection and Nemesis, were released on December 11, 1998, and December 13, 2002, respectively. Both received mixed-to-negative reviews, with Nemesis in particular underperforming at the box office. Together, they marked the end of an era for Star Trek movies until the franchise was rebooted by** J. J. Abrams** in 2009.
All four films in Star Trek’s The Next Generation are streaming on Plex.
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Rick Berman, Ronald D. Moore, Brannon Braga