Read up on the latest Back to the Future news, reviews, and features from the ScreenAge Wasteland team.

Directed by Robert Zemeckis from a screenplay he co-wrote with Bob Gale, Back to the Future follows Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox), a teenager from 1985, as he is accidentally sent back to 1955 in a time-traveling DeLorean built by his eccentric scientist friend Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd), where he inadvertently prevents his future parents from falling in love – threatening his own existence – and is forced to reconcile them and somehow get back to the future.

Back to the Future was released on July 3, 1985, by Universal Pictures. The sci-fi movie earned over $381 million, becoming the highest-grossing film of 1985 worldwide. It won an Academy Award, three Saturn Awards, and a Hugo Award. The movie’s theme song, “The Power of Love” by Huey Lewis and the News, was also a success.

Back to the Future has appeared on the following “greatest” lists assembled by ScreenAge Wasteland:

• #1 on The 50 Greatest Time Travel Movies of All Time
• #2 (DeLorean Time Machine) on The 100 Greatest Movie and TV Vehicles
• #6 on The 100 Greatest Sci-Fi Films of All Time
• #9 on The 100 Greatest ’80s Movies of All Time
• #11 (Biff Tannen) on The 100 Greatest ’80s Movie Villains
• #13 (Marty McFly), #18 (Doc Brown), and #56 (Biff Tannen) on The 100 Greatest ’80s Movie Characters
• #16 on The 50 Greatest Summer Blockbusters of All Time
• #42 on The 100 Greatest Movie Teaser Trailers
• #88 (Biff Tannen) on The 100 Greatest Movie Villains of All Time