The Terminator (1984)

Movie Details

Original Title The Terminator

Original Language EN

Budget $6,400,000

Revenue $78,371,200

Status Released

Popularity 12.4

Cast

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Terminator

Popularity: 7.3

Michael Biehn

Kyle Reese

Popularity: 3.1

Linda Hamilton

Sarah Connor

Popularity: 6.4

Paul Winfield

Traxler

Popularity: 8.4

Lance Henriksen

Vukovich

Popularity: 2.0

Rick Rossovich

Matt

Popularity: 0.8

Bess Motta

Ginger

Popularity: 1.6

Earl Boen

Silberman

Popularity: 3.4

Dick Miller

Pawnshop Clerk

Popularity: 0.8

Shawn Schepps

Nancy

Popularity: 1.5

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Bruce M. Kerner

Desk Sergeant

Popularity: 0.2

Franco Columbu

Future Terminator

Popularity: 0.9

Key Crew

Writer James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd

Producer Gale Anne Hurd

Executive Producer John Daly, Derek Gibson

Director James Cameron

Editor Mark Goldblatt

Production

Hemdale

Pacific Western

Videos & Trailers

Highway Chase Scene

Clip

From The Future

Clip

Come With Me If You Want To Live

Clip

Official Trailer

Trailer

I’ll Be Back

Clip

Re-release Teaser Trailer

Teaser

Image Gallery

Backdrops

Posters

Keywords

man vs machine artificial intelligence (a.i.) saving the world laser gun cyborg killer robot shotgun rebel dystopia villain time travel los angeles, california urban setting future war savior tech noir time paradox action hero griffith observatory good versus evil

Reviews from TMDB

John Chard 9/10

May 7, 2015

I can't. Nobody goes home. Nobody else comes through. It's just him - and me. It's funny really, writing a review for The Terminator these days just feels a little pointless, I mean anyone who wanted to see it would have done so already. In truth the effects work is a little creaky now but that d ... Read more

Jodie 10/10

Feb 18, 2017

Writing a review for a movie this old does indeed seem pointless, but since this is one of my favorite films I thought I would review it anyway. In my opinion The Terminator is a beautiful, yet tragic love story set in the back drop of the future and the past. A soldier from the future is sent t ... Read more

Gimly 9/10

Mar 19, 2018

I know saying this puts me in the minority, but the first _Terminator_ movie is actually my favourite of the franchise. That's not a knock on the second movie, _Judgment Day_ is **awesome**. But I really dig the lower down, dark, sci-fi horror vibe of the original (it **is** a knock on every movie i ... Read more