Back to the Future Part II vs Cocoon: The Return

Back to the Future Part II has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.5/10 for Cocoon: The Return). Back to the Future Part II is the shorter watch at 1h 48m compared with 1h 56m. Cocoon: The Return is the older of the two (1988 against 1989). Both are comedy, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Back to the Future Part II posterBack to the Future Part II1989 VS Cocoon: The Return posterCocoon: The Return1988
Back to the Future Part IICocoon: The Return
Audience score★ 7.8/10★ 6.5/10
Year19891988
Length1h 48m1h 56m
GenresAdventure, Comedy, Science FictionComedy, Science Fiction
Country––
DirectorRobert ZemeckisDaniel Petrie
Main castElisabeth Shue, Lea Thompson, Charles Fleischer, James Tolkan, Thomas F. WilsonCourteney Cox, Elaine Stritch, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Steve Guttenberg

Synopsis

Back to the Future Part II

Marty and Doc are at it again as the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some McFly family woes in the bud. But things go awry thanks to bully Biff Tannen and a pesky sports almanac. In a last-ditch attempt to set things straight, Marty finds himself bound for 1955 and face to face with his teenage parents -- again.

Cocoon: The Return

The reinvigorated elderly group that left Earth comes back to visit their relatives. Will they all decide to go back to the planet where no one grows old, or will they be tempted to remain on Earth?

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