The Terminator (1984)

Your future is in its hands.

• Action
• Thriller
• Science Fiction

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?

Rating

7.7 / 10 (15,354 votes)

Release date

October 26, 1984

Runtime

1h 48m

Language

English

Director

James Cameron

Status

Released