AFI's #10 Sci-Fi Movie

Back to the Future

Release Date: July 3, 1985

He's the only kid ever to get into trouble before he was born.

With the help of a wacky scientist, a young teen travels back to 1955 in a Delorean turned time-machine. Once there, he meets his parents, still teenagers, but his presence throws things out-of-whack and he must ensure they fall in love and get married or else he'll never come to exist.

1HR 56MIN ' PG
Sci-Fi

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Cast & Crew

Michael J. FoxMarty McFly
Christopher LloydDr. Emmett Brown
Crispin GloverGeorge McFly
Lea ThompsonLorraine Baines
Claudia WellsJennifer Parker
Robert ZemeckisWriter & Director

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