Back to the Future (1985) movie poster

Back to the Future (1985)

"He was never in time for his classes... He wasn't in time for his dinner... Then one day... he wasn't in his time at all."
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👍 92%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 90%
AdventureComedyScience Fiction

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Director
Runtime
1h 56m
Rated
PG
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
8.3/10 (21,488 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
93%
Metacritic
88

Cast

Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly · 74% avg
Christopher Lloyd as Emmett Brown · 74% avg
Crispin Glover as George McFly · 72% avg
Lea Thompson as Lorraine Baines · 76% avg
Claudia Wells as Jennifer Parker
Thomas F. Wilson as Biff Tannen · 79% avg
Marc McClure as Dave McFly · 67% avg
Wendie Jo Sperber as Linda McFly

Is Back to the Future good?

Yes. 92% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 90%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#19 / 1446 · Adventure
Rank in its year
#3 / 60 · 1985
Rank among its director's films
#3 / 20 · Robert Zemeckis

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985. Wikipedia ↗

About the Film

Back to the Future is a 1985 American science fiction comedy film directed by Robert Zemeckis and produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment. The film stars Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly, a high school student who is accidentally sent thirty years into the past — from 1985 to 1955 — in a time machine built by his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown, played by Christopher Lloyd, from a modified DeLorean sports car.

Stranded in the past, Marty inadvertently prevents his parents from meeting and must orchestrate their romance while finding a way to return to the present before he is erased from existence. The production of Back to the Future was famously troubled, with original lead Eric Stoltz replaced by Michael J. Fox after five weeks of filming when the filmmakers realized the role required a comedic energy Stoltz was not bringing.

Fox had to film the movie while simultaneously shooting the television series Family Ties, working on the show during the day and on the film throughout the night. Despite these challenges, Back to the Future became the highest-grossing film of 1985, earning $388 million worldwide. The DeLorean time machine, the flux capacitor, and the phrase "1.21 gigawatts" became embedded in popular culture.

Alan Silvestri's triumphant orchestral score is considered one of the most recognizable film themes of the 1980s. The film spawned two sequels, a theme park ride, and remains one of the most beloved science fiction comedies ever made, consistently appearing on lists of the greatest films of all time.

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