Editing Back to the Future (section)

===Modern reception===
[[File:Back to the Future Reunion NYCC 8.jpg|thumb|Christopher Lloyd and Michael J. Fox discussing the film at the 2022 [[New York Comic Con]]]]
''Back to the Future'' is considered a landmark of American cinema, and one of the greatest films ever made.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref name="HFPAOralHistory" /><ref name="NPRPopCulture" /><ref name="LATimesHoldUp" /><ref name="Empire500" /><ref name="THRJun14" />}} In 2004, ''The New York Times'' listed it as one of the 1,000 Best Movies Ever,<ref name="NYTimesBest" /> and the following year its screenplay was listed as the 56th greatest screenplay of the preceding 75 years by the [[Writers Guild of America]].<ref name="WGAGreatest1" /><ref name="WGAGreatest2" /> Throughout the rest of the 2000s, it appeared on [[Film4]]'s ''[[50 Films to See Before You Die]]'' (number{{spaces}}10),<ref name="Film4Die" /> ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]''{{'}}s 500 Greatest Movies of All Time (number{{spaces}}23), behind the 1977 space opera ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'',<ref name="Empire500" /> and the [[American Film Institute]] listed it as the number{{spaces}}10 best science fiction film, based on a poll of fifteen hundred people from the creative community.<ref name="AFITop10" /> In 2010, ''[[Total Film]]'' named it one of the 100 greatest movies ever made, and the following year it was voted by [[BBC Radio 1]] and [[BBC Radio 1Xtra]] listeners as their fourth favorite film of all time.<ref name="TotalFilmGreatest" /><ref name="BBCRADIO1" /> It is also listed in the film reference book ''[[1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die]]''.{{sfn|Schneider|2013}} A 2014 poll of 2,120 entertainment-industry members by ''The Hollywood Reporter'' ranked it as the 12th best film of all time, again behind ''Star Wars''.<ref name="THRJun14" /> In 2015, the screenplay was listed as the 67th funniest on the WGA's 101 Funniest Screenplays list,<ref name="WGAFunniest1" /><ref name="WGAFunniest2" /> and ''Rotten Tomatoes'' also listed the film at number{{spaces}}84 on its list of 200 essential movies to watch.<ref name="RT200" />

Several publications have named it as one of the best science fiction films ever made,{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref name="BestSciFiRT" /><ref name="BestSciFiSyFy" /><ref name="BestSciFiEmpire" /><ref name="BestSciFiGRadar" /><ref name="BestSciFiPaste" /><ref name="BestSciFiIGN" /><ref name="BestSciFiBI" /><ref name="BestSciFiThrillist" /><ref name="BestSciFiEsquire" /><ref name="BestSciFiGuardian" /><ref name="BestSciFiTimeOut" /><ref name="BestSciFiWired" />}} and one of the best films of the 1980s.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref name="80sCoS" /><ref name="80sRT" /><ref name="80sShortList" /><ref name="80sElle" /><ref name="80sEmpire" /><ref name="80sParade" /><ref name="80sTimeOut" /><ref name="80sGRadar" /><ref name="80sCosmo" /><ref name="80sEsquire" /><ref name="80sHarpersBazaar" /><ref name="80sHighSnobiety" /><ref name="80sMarieClaire" /><ref name="80sTownandCountry" /><ref name="80sUSATODAYCOMEDY" />}} ''[[Popular Mechanics]]'' and ''Rolling Stone'' listed it as the number{{spaces}}one and number{{spaces}}four best time-travel film ever made respectively.<ref name="BestTimeTravelPopMec" /><ref name="BestTimeTravelRS" /> ''Entertainment Weekly'' named it the 40th most essential film to be watched by pre-teens and the 28th best high-school movie.<ref name="EWHighSchool" /><ref name="BestforKidsEW" /> Marty McFly appeared at number{{spaces}}39 on ''Empire''{{'}}s 2006 list of its "100 Greatest Movie Characters"; Doc Brown followed at number{{spaces}}76.<ref name="Empire100Marty" /><ref name="Empire100Doc" />

''Rotten Tomatoes'' assesses {{a or an|{{RT data|score}}}} approval rating from the aggregated reviews of {{RT data|count}} critics, with an average rating of {{RT data|average}}. The site's consensus reads: "Inventive, funny, and breathlessly constructed, ''Back to the Future'' is a rousing time-travel adventure with an unforgettable spirit."<ref name="RottenTomatoes" /> Based on this score, Rotten Tomatoes also listed it as the 87th best Action and Adventure film.<ref name="BestActAdvRT" /> The film has a score of 87 out of 100 on [[Metacritic]] based on 15 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref name="Metacritic" /> In the United Kingdom, readers of ''Empire'' voted the film as 11th on their 2017 list of "The 100 Greatest Movies".<ref name="Empire2" />