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The Terminator
1984
· Movie
· 107 min
A
MEANRANK
82/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #324
- IMDb #193
- Google retired #332
- Rotten Tomatoes #572
- Metacritic #201
- Letterboxd #854
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1023
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #597
- Metacritic Critics #461
- Metacritic Audience #86
- Criticker #532
- Douban #463
- Kinopoisk #321
- AlloCiné #323
- Trakt #216
Every rating
63–94
out of 100
A seemingly indestructible cybernetic assassin is sent back in time from a post-apocalyptic future to 1984 Los Angeles. Its mission is to kill a waitress named Sarah Connor, whose unborn son will one day lead the human resistance against the machines. A soldier from that same future is also sent back to protect her at all costs. Sarah finds herself hunted by an unstoppable killing machine and must fight for her life and the future of humanity.
Details
- Director
- James Cameron
- Writers
- Gale Anne Hurd, James Cameron
- Studio
- Hemdale, Pacific Western
- Released
- 26 October 1984
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $6.4M
- Box office
- $78.4M
- Awards
- 1 win, 0 nominations
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Awards & nominations
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| 12th Saturn Awards 1985 | Best Science Fiction Film | Winner |
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12th Saturn Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Science Fiction Film | Winner |