Back to the Future

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Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.

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15 recommendations if you liked Back to the Future

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  1. Back to the Future Part II (1989)

    It has a 65% affinity with Back to the Future, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.

    Marty and Doc are at it again as the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some McFly family woes in the bud. But things go awry thanks to bully Biff Tannen and a pesky sports almanac. In a last-ditch attempt to set things straight, Marty finds himself bound for 1955 and face to face with his teenage parents -- again.

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  2. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)

    It has a 46% affinity with Back to the Future, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.

    Bill and Ted are high school buddies starting a band. They are also about to fail their history class—which means Ted would be sent to military school—but receive help from Rufus, a traveller from a future where their band is the foundation for a perfect society. With the use of Rufus' time machine, Bill and Ted travel to various points in history, returning with important figures to help them complete their final history presentation.

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  3. Toy Story (1995)

    It has a 44% affinity with Back to the Future, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and its story and themes.

    Led by Woody, Andy's toys live happily in his room until Andy's birthday brings Buzz Lightyear onto the scene. Afraid of losing his place in Andy's heart, Woody plots against Buzz. But when circumstances separate Buzz and Woody from their owner, the duo eventually learns to put aside their differences.

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  4. The Adam Project (2022)

    It has a 44% affinity with Back to the Future, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.

    After accidentally crash-landing in 2022, time-traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed teams up with his 12-year-old self on a mission to save the future.

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  5. Regular Show: The Movie (2015)

    It has a 42% affinity with Back to the Future, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.

    After a high school lab experiment goes horribly wrong, Mordecai and Rigby must go back in time to battle an evil volleyball coach in order to save the universe — and their friendship.

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  6. Mortal Engines (2018)

    It has a 40% affinity with Back to the Future, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.

    Many thousands of years in the future, Earth’s cities roam the globe on huge wheels, devouring each other in a struggle for ever diminishing resources. On one of these massive traction cities, the old London, Tom Natsworthy has an unexpected encounter with a mysterious young woman from the wastelands who will change the course of his life forever.

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  7. Tomorrowland (2015)

    It has a 37% affinity with Back to the Future, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and its story and themes.

    Bound by a shared destiny, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor jaded by disillusionment embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory as "Tomorrowland."

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  8. Dino Time (2012)

    It has a 35% affinity with Back to the Future, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and its story and themes.

    Young daredevil Ernie, his sister Julia, and his best friend Max accidentally trip a time-machine into operation and find themselves transported back in time 65 million years, where they meet a T-rex named Tyra and her rambunctious son Dodger.

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  9. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)

    It has a 35% affinity with Back to the Future, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and its story and themes.

    A hapless inventor finally finds success with a flying car, which a dictator from a foreign government sets out to take for himself.

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  10. Forrest Gump (1994)

    It has a 35% affinity with Back to the Future, driven mainly by the same director, country of origin and shared genres.

    A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.

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  11. Extinct (2021)

    It has a 32% affinity with Back to the Future, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and its story and themes.

    Op and Ed, two adorable donut-shaped animals - flummels - accidentally time-travel from 1835 to modern-day Shanghai. There they discover traffic, trans fats, and worst of all, that flummels are now extinct. It's up to this bumbling pair to save themselves and their species...and, just maybe, change the course of history.

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  12. Black Adam (2022)

    It has a 32% affinity with Back to the Future, driven mainly by its story and themes, shared genres and country of origin.

    Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the Egyptian gods—and imprisoned just as quickly—Black Adam is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world.

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  13. Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

    It has a 31% affinity with Back to the Future, driven mainly by shared genres, its story and themes and country of origin.

    When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. As the villainous Ultron emerges, it is up to The Avengers to stop him from enacting his terrible plans, and soon uneasy alliances and unexpected action pave the way for an epic and unique global adventure.

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  14. Loves of a French Pussycat (1972)

    It has a 31% affinity with Back to the Future, driven mainly by shared genres, its story and themes and release period.

    Rolf, a sex-advice columnist and a lecher, has affairs with numerous women, but never a permanent relationship. Suzanne, one of his ex-lovers, offers to bet that no woman can get Rolf to propose marriage, a bet her girlfriend Andrea eagerly accepts. But there's a catch: To win the bet, Andrea must get the womanizing Rolf to commit to marriage without first going to bed with him.

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  15. 2012 (2009)

    It has a 31% affinity with Back to the Future, driven mainly by shared genres, its story and themes and country of origin.

    Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S. President Thomas Wilson that the crust of the earth is becoming unstable and that without proper preparations for saving a fraction of the world's population, the entire race is doomed. Meanwhile, writer Jackson Curtis stumbles on the same information. While the world's leaders race to build "arks" to escape the impending cataclysm, Curtis struggles to find a way to save his family. Meanwhile, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes of unprecedented strength wreak havoc around the world.

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