Since Star Trek into Darkness will be the 12th film in this series, I thought there would be plenty of opinions on the previous 11 films.
Here are the films including quick recaps (thanks to Wikipedia) in case your name is not Cardinals.Ken.
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
A massive energy cloud advances toward Earth, leaving destruction in its wake, and the Enterprise must intercept it to determine what lies within, and what its intent might be.
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Khan Noonian Singh (Ricardo Montalban), whom Kirk thwarted in his attempt to seize control of the Enterprise fifteen years earlier ("Space Seed"), seeks his revenge and lays a cunning and sinister trap.
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
When McCoy begins acting irrationally, Kirk learns that Spock, in his final moments, transferred his katra, his living spirit, to the doctor. In order to save McCoy from emotional ruin, Kirk and crew must steal the Enterprise and violate the quarantine of the Genesis planet to retrieve Spock's body from the rapidly dying planet, in the hopes that body and soul can be rejoined. Bent on obtaining the secret of Genesis for themselves, however, a rogue Klingon (Christopher Lloyd) and his crew interfere, with deadly consequences.
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
While returning to stand court-martial for their actions in rescuing Spock, Kirk and crew learn that Earth is under siege by a giant probe that is transmitting a destructive signal. The signal is intended for the long-extinct species of humpback whales. To save the planet, the crew must time-travel back to the 20th century to obtain a mating pair of these whales, and a marine biologist (Catherine Hicks) to care for them.
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Spock's half-brother believes he is summoned by God, and hijacks the brand-new (and problem-ridden) Enterprise-A to take it through the Great Barrier, at the center of the Milky Way, beyond which he believes his maker waits for him. Meanwhile, an ambitious young Klingon captain, seeking vengeance for the deaths of the Klingon crewmen at Genesis, sets his sights on Kirk.
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
After their homeworld is wracked by an environmental disaster, the Klingons attempt to make peace with the Federation. When the Klingon Chancellor (David Warner) is assassinated, the crew of the Enterprise must uncover a massive conspiracy against the peace process with members in both factions, led by Klingon General Chang (Christopher Plummer).
Star Trek: Generations
Picard enlists the services of Kirk, who is presumed long dead but flourishes in an extradimensional realm, to prevent a madman (Malcolm McDowell) from destroying a star and its planetary system in an attempt to enter that realm.
Star Trek: First Contact
The Borg travel back in time to enslave humanity in the past, before First Contact between Humans and Vulcans. Picard must confront the demons that have haunted him since his assimilation into the Borg Collective, and lead the Enterprise-E back in time to ensure the success of Zefrem Cochrane's (James Cromwell) first warp drive test-flight and humankind's subsequent first contact with extraterrestrials.
Star Trek: Insurrection
The crew of the Enterprise launch a rebellion on the Baku homeworld against Picard’s superior officer (Anthony Zerbe) and his ally (F. Murray Abraham), who want to relocate the Baku and gain possession of the medicinal cosmic radiation that floods their planet.
Star Trek: Nemesis
Picard and company must thwart Picard's clone (Tom Hardy) who has become ruler of Romulus and is intent on Picard's death and the Federation's destruction.
Star Trek
When Vulcan is destroyed by Romulans from the future, Starfleet cadets Kirk (Chris Pine) and Spock (Zachary Quinto) must set aside their differences to prevent Earth from suffering the same fate.
And just for good measure:
Star Trek into Darkness
The upcoming sci-fi action film directed by J. J. Abrams is a sequel to the 2009 film. The film's title will have a subtitle with no number following the series title, following the titling pattern of the Next Generation films. The story will follow the alternate time line. Scheduled to open in the USA on May 17th, 2013
Here are the films including quick recaps (thanks to Wikipedia) in case your name is not Cardinals.Ken.
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
A massive energy cloud advances toward Earth, leaving destruction in its wake, and the Enterprise must intercept it to determine what lies within, and what its intent might be.
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Khan Noonian Singh (Ricardo Montalban), whom Kirk thwarted in his attempt to seize control of the Enterprise fifteen years earlier ("Space Seed"), seeks his revenge and lays a cunning and sinister trap.
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
When McCoy begins acting irrationally, Kirk learns that Spock, in his final moments, transferred his katra, his living spirit, to the doctor. In order to save McCoy from emotional ruin, Kirk and crew must steal the Enterprise and violate the quarantine of the Genesis planet to retrieve Spock's body from the rapidly dying planet, in the hopes that body and soul can be rejoined. Bent on obtaining the secret of Genesis for themselves, however, a rogue Klingon (Christopher Lloyd) and his crew interfere, with deadly consequences.
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
While returning to stand court-martial for their actions in rescuing Spock, Kirk and crew learn that Earth is under siege by a giant probe that is transmitting a destructive signal. The signal is intended for the long-extinct species of humpback whales. To save the planet, the crew must time-travel back to the 20th century to obtain a mating pair of these whales, and a marine biologist (Catherine Hicks) to care for them.
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Spock's half-brother believes he is summoned by God, and hijacks the brand-new (and problem-ridden) Enterprise-A to take it through the Great Barrier, at the center of the Milky Way, beyond which he believes his maker waits for him. Meanwhile, an ambitious young Klingon captain, seeking vengeance for the deaths of the Klingon crewmen at Genesis, sets his sights on Kirk.
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
After their homeworld is wracked by an environmental disaster, the Klingons attempt to make peace with the Federation. When the Klingon Chancellor (David Warner) is assassinated, the crew of the Enterprise must uncover a massive conspiracy against the peace process with members in both factions, led by Klingon General Chang (Christopher Plummer).
Star Trek: Generations
Picard enlists the services of Kirk, who is presumed long dead but flourishes in an extradimensional realm, to prevent a madman (Malcolm McDowell) from destroying a star and its planetary system in an attempt to enter that realm.
Star Trek: First Contact
The Borg travel back in time to enslave humanity in the past, before First Contact between Humans and Vulcans. Picard must confront the demons that have haunted him since his assimilation into the Borg Collective, and lead the Enterprise-E back in time to ensure the success of Zefrem Cochrane's (James Cromwell) first warp drive test-flight and humankind's subsequent first contact with extraterrestrials.
Star Trek: Insurrection
The crew of the Enterprise launch a rebellion on the Baku homeworld against Picard’s superior officer (Anthony Zerbe) and his ally (F. Murray Abraham), who want to relocate the Baku and gain possession of the medicinal cosmic radiation that floods their planet.
Star Trek: Nemesis
Picard and company must thwart Picard's clone (Tom Hardy) who has become ruler of Romulus and is intent on Picard's death and the Federation's destruction.
Star Trek
When Vulcan is destroyed by Romulans from the future, Starfleet cadets Kirk (Chris Pine) and Spock (Zachary Quinto) must set aside their differences to prevent Earth from suffering the same fate.
And just for good measure:
Star Trek into Darkness
The upcoming sci-fi action film directed by J. J. Abrams is a sequel to the 2009 film. The film's title will have a subtitle with no number following the series title, following the titling pattern of the Next Generation films. The story will follow the alternate time line. Scheduled to open in the USA on May 17th, 2013
