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."

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Ratings & Reviews

8.3/10

21,366 votes

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Awards & Recognition

Critical acclaim and industry honors

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Wins

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Nominations

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Academy Awards

🏆 1 win•📋 2 nominations

Won

Best Sound Editing

Nominated

Best Sound

Best Writing, Original Screenplay

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Saturn Awards

🏆 3 wins

Won

Best Special Effects

Best Science Fiction Film

Best Actor

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Other Awards

🏆 8 wins

Won

Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film

Young Artists

Hugo for Best Dramatic Presentation

International Film Music Critics Associations

Jupiters

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

Goldene Leinwand

David di Donatello

Box Office Performance

Financial performance & earnings

Budget

$19.0M

Production Cost

Worldwide

$381.1M

Global Box Office

Profit

+$362.1M

ROI: +1906%

Budget Recovery2006% of budget

$0|Budget: $19.0M|Revenue: $381.1M

Popularity Trend(Wikipedia)

60-Day Views

316.2K

Daily Avg

5.3K

7-Day Trend

-7%

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Filming Locations

Where this movie was filmed

Los Angeles

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Story Setting

Set In

Hill Valley

Time Period

1980s1950s

Themes & Subjects

#timetravel

Series & Franchise

Part of

Back to the Future

Timeline

This Movie

Sequel

Back to the Future Part II

1989

Characters

Jennifer Parker

Played by Claudia Wells

Emmett Brown

Played by Dan Castellaneta

George McFly

Played by Crispin Glover

Biff Tannen

Played by Thomas F. Wilson

Lorraine Baines McFly

Played by Lea Thompson

Marty McFly

Played by Michael J. Fox

Extended Crew & Production

Cinematography

Dean Cundey

Film Editing

Arthur SchmidtHarry Keramidas

Music / Score

Alan Silvestri

Costume Design

Deborah Lynn Scott

Production Companies

Amblin EntertainmentUniversal Pictures

Distributors

Xfinity StreampixMOKÉPIvi.ruUniversal PicturesNetflix

Technical Specifications

Color

color

Format

video on demand

Where to Watch Back to the Future

Available in 137 countries

Country	Stream	Free	Rent	Buy
United States of AmericaPG	—	—	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
United KingdomPG	Netflix, Disney Plus, Amazon Prime Video, Sky Go, Now TV Cinema, Netflix Standard with Ads, Amazon Prime Video with Ads	—	Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube	Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
Canada	Disney Plus, Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Crave Amazon Channel	—	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
AustraliaPG	Disney Plus, Netflix, Foxtel Now, Netflix Standard with Ads, BINGE	—	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV
India	Netflix	—	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Hungama Play, Amazon Video	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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Age Ratings by Country

United StatesPG

United KingdomPG

AustraliaPG

Germany12

FranceTP

JapanPG12

ArgentinaATP

BrazilL

+18 more countries

Production

Director

Robert Zemeckis

Writers

Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale

Production Companies

Universal PicturesAmblin Entertainment

Cast

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

Tags & Keywords

flying carrace against timeclock towercar racelightningguitarinventorjourney in the pastinventiontime travelbullyingmad scientistlovefish out of waterterrorism

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