Buy tickets for I Was a Stranger!

Back to the Future: 40th Anniversary

Find Movie Theaters & Showtimes

for
near
in

We didn't find this title in your area

Browse Local Theaters

Videos & Photos

  • Fathom Events Trailer
  • Home video trailer

Movie Info & Cast

Synopsis

Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown.

Cast

  • Michael J. Fox
  • Christopher Lloyd
  • Lea Thompson
  • Crispin Glover
  • Tom Wilson
  • Claudia Wells
  • Marc McClure
  • Wendie Jo Sperber
  • George DiCenzo
  • Frances Lee McCain
Moviegoers are saying
Back to the Future emerges as the ultimate comfort food cinema - a film so structurally perfect it's become the gold standard for feel-good blockbusters. Despite some viewers noting its potentially formulaic influence on Hollywood, audiences consistently describe cheek-hurting smiles and an irresistible urge to rewatch this time-traveling masterpiece.
Top Mentions
Heart-Pounding
Family-Friendly
Endlessly-Rewatchable
Comfort-Food-Cinema
Scene-Stealing-Performances
Time-Travel-Classic
Summary generated from the text of Atom User reviews

Letterboxd User Reviews

4.2
3.8M
376.2K
1.3M
RATINGS 93.3K FANS
4.2

Queue Community Reviews

97%
Community 32,850
❤️ LOVE
31%
👍 LIKE
66%
😐 MEH
3%
👎 DISLIKE
1%
Top Reviews

Atom User Reviews

5.0 out of 5
56
1
0
0
0
POPULAR TAGS
#blockbuster
#original
#epic
#greatcast
#familyfriendly
#actionpacked
#seeingitagain
#smart
#greatvisualfx
#hilarious
#great
#clever
#mustsee
#mustseebro
#allthefeels
#heartpounding
#fantasy
#lovestory
#datenight
#truestory
Verified Review
#blockbuster
#epic
#familyfriendly

Best family night in a long time!

TP
Tim P
Verified Review

Awesome movie, can’t wait to see the sequels

WH
William H

Metacritic

70

This piece of Pop Art Americana is a clever, generally engaging screwball comedy.

Pauline Kael
The New Yorker
100

The smartest, sweetest, funniest comedy in many summers. [08 July 1985, p.76]

Metacritic review by Jack Kroll
Jack Kroll
Newsweek
100

Among the plethora of innocent charms on offer, there's the near perfect script by Zemekis and Bob Gale which not only negotiates its time travel paradoxes with deft, exuberant wit but invests the light-hearted plot machinations with a seasoning note of honest drama.

Metacritic review by Adam Smith
Adam Smith
Empire