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The Terminator

Your future is in its hands.

  • Movie
  • 1984
  • R
  • 1h 48m

Directed by James Cameron

7.7

TMDB audience rating
7.7 out of 10 from 15,387 votes

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Overview

In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?

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Cast and crew

  • Arnold Schwarzenegger

    Arnold SchwarzeneggerTerminator

  • Michael Biehn

    Michael BiehnKyle Reese

  • Linda Hamilton

    Linda HamiltonSarah Connor

  • Paul Winfield

    Paul WinfieldTraxler

  • Lance Henriksen

    Lance HenriksenVukovich

  • Rick Rossovich

    Rick RossovichMatt

  • Bess Motta

    Bess MottaGinger

  • Earl Boen

    Earl BoenSilberman

  • Dick Miller

    Dick MillerPawnshop Clerk

  • Shawn Schepps

    Shawn ScheppsNancy

  • Bruce M. KernerDesk Sergeant

  • Franco Columbu

    Franco ColumbuFuture Terminator

  • Bill Paxton

    Bill PaxtonPunk Leader

  • Brad Rearden

    Brad ReardenPunk

  • Brian Thompson

    Brian ThompsonPunk

  • William Wisher

    William WisherPoliceman

  • Ken FritzPoliceman

  • Tom OberhausPoliceman

Director
James Cameron
Writer
James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd
Music
Brad Fiedel
Cinematography
Adam Greenberg