A 1985 sci‑fi adventure where a high schooler is hurled decades into the past and must set history right to protect his family’s future. Robert Zemeckis mixes sharp comedy with ripple-effect stakes for a crowd-pleasing ride.

Christopher Lloyd channels kinetic charm and brainy bravado as the story’s maverick inventor. Beyond this role, he’s celebrated for Taxi and films like One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and The Addams Family.