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Back to the Future

Movie1985115 minscience fiction filmadventure filmcomedy film

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Science fiction, adventure and comedy offer a practical alternative to darker dystopian choices. The Robert Zemeckis credit and the stable film identity help distinguish the original work from its later numbered entries. This catalogue connection is about a film choice, not a claim that a local provider has it free. The structured source identifies this as a film with a release year of 1985 and a listed runtime of 115 minutes. Credited creators in the imported record: Robert Zemeckis.

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Release date
3 July 1985
Format
Movie
Runtime
115 minutes
Genres
science fiction filmadventure filmcomedy filmteen filmtime-travel film
Credited creators
Robert Zemeckis
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Format
Movie
Release year
1985
Source release (day)
1985-07-03
Also listed as
Retour vers le futur (fr) · バック・トゥ・ザ・フューチャー (ja) · 백 투 더 퓨처 (ko) · 回到未來 (zh) · 回到未来 (zh)
Runtime
115 minutes
Credited creators
Robert Zemeckis
Country labels
United States
Genres
science fiction film, adventure film, comedy film, teen film, time-travel film
Source language labels
English. These do not establish a streaming dub or subtitle offer.

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Poster source: TMDb · 105; retrieved 2026-10-14.

Cast source: Wikidata · Q91540 — CC0-1.0; retrieved 2026-10-03. Names are selected alphabetically, not by billing order.

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