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1985 · 1h 56m · Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Back to the Future

IMDb
8.5
1.48M votes
Metacritic
88
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Rotten Tomatoes
92%
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Box office
$383M
20.2x its $19M budget
Released Jul 3, 1985 by Amblin Entertainment and Universal Pictures
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Critics (Metacritic)88
Audience (IMDb x 10)85

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Cinematography
Dean Cundey
4 nominations, 1 wins

Awards record

  • Best Original Song · Academy Awards 1986
    Music by Chris Hayes and Johnny Colla; Lyric by Huey Lewis
    Nominated
  • Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1986
    Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale
    Nominated
  • Best Sound · Academy Awards 1986
    Bill Varney, B. Tennyson Sebastian II, Robert Thirlwell, William B. Kaplan
    Nominated
  • Best Sound Editing · Academy Awards 1986
    Charles L. Campbell, Robert Rutledge
    Won
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