Back to the Future is a science-fiction movie franchise produced by Amblin Entertainment and directed by Robert Zemeckis. It follows the adventures of a high school student, Marty McFly (played by Michael J. Fox) and eccentric scientist Dr. Emmett Brown (played by Christopher Lloyd) as they travel through time in a time machine made from a DeLorean car.
The first movie in the franchise was released in 1985 and became a huge box office success, grossing over $383 million worldwide.
It spawned two sequels: Back to the Future Part II (1989) and Back to the Future Part III (1990).
The franchise has since become a pop culture icon and has spawned numerous merchandise, spin-offs, and adaptations.
A science-fiction movie franchise produced by James Cameron about an indestructible cyborg assassin and a human resistance fighting against him. It has a similar time-travel plot element as Back to the Future.
A British science-fiction TV series about the adventures of a time-traveling alien known as 'The Doctor'. It has a similar wacky and humorous tone as Back to the Future.
A box set that includes all three movies in the franchise on high-definition Blu-ray and standard DVD.
A replica of the iconic time machine made from a DeLorean car, complete with working flux capacitor and time circuits.
A collection of vinyl figures of popular characters from the franchise, including Marty McFly, Doc Brown, and Biff Tannen.
'1.21 gigawatts' is the amount of power needed to activate the flux capacitor and time travel in the DeLorean time machine. It's a fictional unit of power used in the movie.
There have been no official announcements of a fourth Back to the Future movie, and the filmmakers have stated that they have no plans to make a new movie. However, rumors and fan theories continue to circulate the internet.
Although there are some DeLorean cars that have been modified to look like the time machine from the movie, there are no real time machines that can actually travel through time.
Back to the Future Part II takes place in 2015, which was the future at the time the movie was made.
Huey Lewis wrote and performed the song 'The Power of Love', which is featured in the first Back to the Future movie. He also has a cameo appearance in the movie as a teacher who tells Marty's band that they are 'just too darn loud'.