Film ini diadaptasi dari novel berjudul sama karya Ted Chiang. Cerita aslinya berputar pada peristiwa mendaratnya alien di seluruh dunia. Dari peristiwa itu, seorang ahli bahasa (Amy Adams) direkrut oleh pemerintah AS untuk mengetahui niat dari kedatangan alien tersebut di Bumi. Saat dia berusaha untuk berkomunikasi dengan alien tersebut, dia menemukan rahasia yang menjadi kunci untuk membuka misteri besar tentang tujuan sebenarnya dari kunjungan mereka.
The Borg, a relentless race of cyborgs, are on a direct course for Earth. Violating orders to stay away from the battle, Captain Picard and the crew of the newly-commissioned USS Enterprise E pursue the Borg back in time to prevent the invaders from changing Federation history and assimilating the galaxy.
After NASA picks up a trio of mysterious signals from within our own solar system, astronaut Roger Nelson is dispatched on a multi-year solo mission aboard the Magellan spacecraft to investigate the sources.
Stranger from Venus (a.k.a. Immediate Disaster and The Venusian) is the story of a woman who meets a stranger with no pulse who has the power of life and death at his touch. He is here from Venus to warn Earth about the atom.
When Jason's companion suddenly vanishes before his eyes, he realizes that the world around him may be starting to unravel.