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Star Trek: First Contact
1996
· Movie
· 111 min
B
MEANRANK
77/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1035
- IMDb #873
- Rotten Tomatoes #435
- Metacritic #981
- Letterboxd #1541
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #677
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #640
- Metacritic Critics #1489
- Metacritic Audience #421
- Criticker #1131
- Douban #871
- Kinopoisk #2265
- AlloCiné #2180
- Trakt #472
Every rating
56–93
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 56, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 93.
See the most agreed on films →The crew of the Starship Enterprise travels back in time to the mid-21st century to stop a race of cybernetic beings from preventing Earth's first contact with an alien species. They must ensure that the inventor of warp drive successfully makes his historic flight, which will alter human history forever, while battling the Borg on Earth and aboard their ship.
Details
- Director
- Jonathan Frakes
- Writers
- Brannon Braga, Rick Berman, Ronald D. Moore
- Based on
- a work by Gene Roddenberry
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
- Released
- 22 November 1996
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $46.0M
- Box office
- $146.0M
- Awards
- 8 wins, 21 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 29 →8 wins from 29 nominations across 10 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1997 | Best Makeup | Michael Westmore Scott Wheeler Jake Garber | Nominee |
| Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 1997 | Favorite Supporting Actor – Science Fiction | Jonathan Frakes | Nominee |
| Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 1997 | Favorite Actor – Science Fiction | Patrick Stewart | Nominee |
| NAACP Image Awards 1997 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Alfre Woodard | Nominee |
| Satellite Awards 1997 | Best Visual Effects | John Knoll | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 1997 | Best Make-up | Michael Westmore Scott Wheeler Jake Garber | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 1997 | Best Music | Jerry Goldsmith | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 1997 | Best Special Effects | John Knoll | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Makeup | Michael Westmore Scott Wheeler Jake Garber | Nominee |
Online Film & Television Association Awards
10 nominations, 4 won
| Best Makeup | Michael Westmore Scott Wheeler Jake Garber | Winner |
| Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Horror Actor | Patrick Stewart | Winner |
| Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Horror Actress | Alice Krige | Winner |
| Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Horror Picture | Rick Berman | Winner |
| Best Production Design | Herman Zimmerman & John M. Dwyer | Nominee |
| Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Horror Actor | Brent Spiner | Nominee |
| Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Horror Actress | Alfre Woodard | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Steve Maslow Gregg Landaker Kevin O'Connell Geoffrey Patterson | Nominee |
| Best Sound Effects | Cameron Frankley & James Wolvington | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | John Knoll Adam Howard George Murphy Scott Rader | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
10 nominations, 3 won
| Best Costumes | Deborah Everton | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Brent Spiner | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Alice Krige | Winner |
| Best Actor | Patrick Stewart | Nominee |
| Best Director | Jonathan Frakes | Nominee |
| Best Make-up | Michael Westmore Scott Wheeler Jake Garber | Nominee |
| Best Music | Jerry Goldsmith | Nominee |
| Best Science Fiction Film | N/a | Nominee |
| Best Special Effects | John Knoll | Nominee |
| Best Writer | Jonathan Frakes | Nominee |
BMI Film & TV Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| BMI Film Music Award | Jerry Goldsmith | Winner |
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
2 nominations
| Favorite Actor – Science Fiction | Patrick Stewart | Nominee |
| Favorite Supporting Actor – Science Fiction | Jonathan Frakes | Nominee |
20/20 Awards
1 nomination
| Best Makeup | Michael Westmore Scott Wheeler Jake Garber | Nominee |
Award Circuit Community Awards
1 nomination
| Best Visual Effects | N/a | Nominee |
Hugo Awards
1 nomination
| Best Dramatic Presentation | Jonathan Frakes Brannon Braga Ronald D. Moore Rick Berman | Nominee |
NAACP Image Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Alfre Woodard | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
1 nomination
| Best Visual Effects | John Knoll | Nominee |