
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
1991 · Movie · PG · 110 min · ★ 7.0 · 75% critics
After years of war, the Federation and the Klingon empire move toward a peace summit—until an apparent attack throws everything off. With tensions rising and consequences looming, the crew races to uncover what happened and stop a threat to the meeting before it becomes their deadliest encounter yet.
Based on Star Trek: The Original Series
Also known as Star Trek 6 · Star Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country · Star Trek VI - The Undiscovered Country · Star Trek VI:The Undiscovered Country
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Details
- Years
- 1991
- Release date
- 1991-12-06
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Critic score
- 75/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (1,416 votes)
- Box office
- $96,800,000
- Budget
- $30,000,000
About
You’ll like this if you enjoy Star Trek with Cold War-style politics, tense suspense, and a fun “whodunnit” mission; Not for you if you want subtlety, consistently fast pacing, or more modern, character-driven Trek drama like Star Trek: Insurrection or Star Trek: First Contact.
Pros: strong peace-focused story; exciting sci-fi action; memorable mystery vibe | Cons: slow middle stretches; heavy-handed themes; some performances
Themes
- spacecraft
- plan
- farewell
- court case
- teleportation
- starship
- uss enterprise-a
- rura penthe
- peace conference
- peace contract
- conspiracy
- political assassination
- +4 more
Awards & recognition
- Saturn Award — Best Science Fiction Film · 1993
- Academy Award — Best Sound Editing · 1992 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Makeup and Hairstyling · 1992 · nominated
Cast & crew

William Shatner
as Captain James T. Kirk

Leonard Nimoy
as Captain Spock

DeForest Kelley
as Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy

James Doohan
as Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott

Walter Koenig
as Cmdr. Pavel Chekov

Nichelle Nichols
as Cmdr. Uhuru

George Takei
as Captain Hikaru Sulu

Mark Lenard
as Sarek

David Warner
as Chancellor Gorkon

Kim Cattrall
as Lt. Valeris
Directed by Nicholas Meyer