Films like Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) reads as Sombre, breathless, extreme sci-fi / action, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) poster
1. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock1984

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Star Trek: Generations (1994) poster
2. Star Trek: Generations1994

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) poster
3. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones2002

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the relentless forward drive — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Star Trek: First Contact (1996) poster
4. Star Trek: First Contact1996

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) poster
5. Star Trek: Insurrection1998

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) poster
6. Superman IV: The Quest for Peace1987

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes; trades toward a chilly detachment.

Johnny Mnemonic (1995) poster
7. Johnny Mnemonic1995

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes; trades toward a chilly detachment.

Waterworld (1995) poster
8. Waterworld1995

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the relentless forward drive; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Planet of the Apes (2001) poster
9. Planet of the Apes2001

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Time Machine (2002) poster
10. The Time Machine2002

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes; trades toward a chilly detachment.

The Saint (1997) poster
11. The Saint1997

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Timeline (2003) poster
12. Timeline2003

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes; trades toward a chilly detachment.

These are Star Trek V: The Final Frontier’s neighbours — where are yours?

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