Stargate is a science fiction/action film released in 1994, directed by Roland Emmerich and written by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich, with a soundtrack by David Arnold.
Stargates are fictional devices that feature as a central part of stories set in the Stargate science fiction universe. They are uniformly depicted as large, usually vertical metal rings.
Stargate refers to the science fiction beginning with the 1994 feature film Stargate, and the subsequent body of works that detail an elaborate fictional universe. The story of the film was continued in novel form, in two live-action television series (Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis), one animated series (Stargate Infinity), and in other derivative works.