Back to the Future

Back to the Future is a 1985 science fiction comedy film in which a teenager travels through time in a modified DeLorean automobile.

The phrase has become shorthand for paradoxical situations or nostalgic returns: The company's new strategy feels like Back to the Future.

The film spawned sequels and made the DeLorean iconic.

time-travel

DeLorean

Stainless steel automobile

1955 · 2015 · 1885 · continuum · causality · timeline · clock tower · plutonium · lightning · sports almanac

film

DeLorean

Stainless steel automobile

McFly · Doc Brown · Spielberg · Hollywood · Huey Lewis · soundtrack · sequel · eighties · screenplay · cinematography

adventure

quest

Seeking journey for something

thrill · chase · escape · hoverboard · skateboard · suspense · showdown · cliffhanger · daring · rescue

nostalgia

eighties

Years from eighty-nine backward

reminiscence · yesteryear · mall culture · skateboard · Tab · Calvin Klein · VHS · arcade · synthesizer · neon

legacy

iconic

Widely recognized, enduring

cultural touchstone · quotable · influential · beloved · enduring · masterpiece · franchise · merchandise · theme park ride · anniversary

Categories
Opposites
temporal direction theme

Back to the FutureIdiocracy

Planet of the Apes · The Time Machine · WALL-E · Logan's Run · Blade Runner

tonal approach to sci-fi

Back to the FutureThe Terminator

Futuristic mechanical assassin

Donnie Darko · 12 Monkeys · A Clockwork Orange · Brazil · Looper

narrative relationship to present

Back to the FutureGroundhog Day

Marmot weather prediction tradition

Edge of Tomorrow · Palm Springs · Source Code · Run Lola Run

Family

back, future, backward, backing, background, backup, backed, backer, backwardness

Familiarity
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Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G