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Back to the Future 1985

Directed by Robert Zemeckis

All-time standing

#210 of 4,399

In the top 5% of movies

By scope

1980s #15 of 379 Top 4% 1985 #3 of 37 Top 10%

Ballots (40)

All time 30

Rolling Stone

  • Published 2005
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #1
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The Hollywood Reporter

The Hollywood Reporter

  • Published 2014
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #12
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Writers Guild of America

Writers Guild of America

  • Published 2006
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #56
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Empire

Empire

  • Published 2015
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #71
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AlloCiné

AlloCiné

  • Published 2017
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #88
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Total Film

Total Film

  • Published 2005
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #92
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Esquire

  • Published 2020
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #100
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Halliwell's

Halliwell's

  • Published 2005
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #986
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LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2024
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
Empire

Empire

  • Published 2017
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
Film School Rejects

Film School Rejects

  • Published 2016
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
Steven Jay Schneider

Steven Jay Schneider

  • Published 2016
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
Kino Muzeum

Kino Muzeum

  • Published 2015
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2015
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly

  • Published 2014
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
The Dissolve

The Dissolve

  • Published 2014
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked

Complex

  • Published 2013
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
The Telegraph

The Telegraph

  • Published 2013
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
Film School Rejects

Film School Rejects

  • Published 2012
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked

The Guardian

  • Published 2010
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
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Total Film

Total Film

  • Published 2010
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
Film-Magazine (Iran)

Film-Magazine (Iran)

  • Published 2009
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
Kinema Junpo

Kinema Junpo

  • Published 2009
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
The Telegraph

The Telegraph

  • Published 2008
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  • Included, unranked
Steadycam

Steadycam

  • Published 2007
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  • Included, unranked

The Guardian

  • Published 2007
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
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Bounty Books

Bounty Books

  • Published 2004
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  • Included, unranked
Senses of Cinema

Senses of Cinema

  • Published 2004
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
The New York Times

The New York Times

  • Published 2004
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  • Included, unranked
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Danny Peary

Danny Peary

  • Published 1986
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
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Decade 10

1983-2008

Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly

  • Published 2008
  • Decade list · 1983-2008
  • Ranked #91
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1980s

Forbes

Forbes

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Ranked #4
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Empire

Empire

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Ranked #5
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IndieWire

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Ranked #24
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Paste Magazine

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Ranked #55
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Rolling Stone

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Ranked #65
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Cinemanía

Cinemanía

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Included, unranked

Esquire

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Included, unranked
Time Out

Time Out

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Included, unranked
Total Film

Total Film

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Included, unranked
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