10 Sci-Fi Movies Where Nobody Dies

Even when you look back to the original series, the Star Trek franchise hasn’t been afraid to kill people off. After all, space exploration is an extremely dangerous business, especially for those wearing red shirts.

So, it was very surprising, and refreshing, for audiences in 1986, when Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home was released and not a single person died during its runtime.

With Earth in peril from an alien probe, the crew of the now-destroyed USS Enterprise must travel back in time to 1986 in order to locate some humpback whales that can communicate with the probe and save all life on the planet.

While the plot sounds comically awful, The Voyage Home is probably the most charming and humorous of all 13 Star Trek movies and fans of the series rate it as one of the best, alongside The Wrath Of Khan and the 2009 J.J. Abrams reboot.

After successfully directing the previous instalment, The Search For Spock, Leonard Nimoy returned for another go behind the camera, with his light-hearted comedic touch bringing out the best of the original cast. The Spock actor was indeed the main driving force behind the film’s lighter tone and lack of deaths, saying that he wanted:

"No dying, no fighting, no shooting, no photon torpedoes, no phaser blasts, no stereotypical bad guy. I wanted people to really have a great time watching this film [and] if somewhere in the mix we lobbed a couple of big ideas at them, well, then that would be even better."

From the very beginning, Star Trek has always promoted the idea of brains over brawn and while subsequent films and TV series often forgot that message (for better and for worse), The Voyage Home is a real reminder of what the franchise is all about.