Back to the Future

Back to the Future

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.

PG 1985 · 116 min · ★ 8.3 (23K) · Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction

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.

Directed by Robert Zemeckis · Written by Robert Zemeckis

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Michael J. Fox Marty McFly
Christopher Lloyd Emmett Brown
Crispin Glover George McFly
Lea Thompson Lorraine Baines
Claudia Wells Jennifer Parker
Thomas F. Wilson Biff Tannen
Marc McClure Dave McFly
Wendie Jo Sperber Linda McFly
George DiCenzo Sam Baines
Frances Lee McCain Stella Baines
James Tolkan Mr. Strickland
J.J. Cohen Skinhead

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Marty and Doc are at it again as the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some McFly family woes in the bud. But things go awry thanks to bully Biff Tannen and a pesky sports almanac. In a last-ditch attempt to set things straight, Marty finds himself bound for 1955 and face to face with his teenage parents -- again.

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