Back to the Future Part II vs The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Back to the Future Part II has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.7/10 for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy). Back to the Future Part II is the shorter watch at 1h 48m compared with 1h 49m. Back to the Future Part II is the older of the two (1989 against 2005). Both are adventure, comedy, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Back to the Future Part II posterBack to the Future Part II1989 VS The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy posterThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy2005
Back to the Future Part IIThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Audience score★ 7.8/10★ 6.7/10
Year19892005
Length1h 48m1h 49m
GenresAdventure, Comedy, Science FictionAdventure, Comedy, Science Fiction
Country––
DirectorRobert ZemeckisGarth Jennings
Main castElisabeth Shue, Lea Thompson, Charles Fleischer, James Tolkan, Thomas F. WilsonMartin Freeman, Bill Nighy, Helen Mirren, Sam Rockwell, Thomas Lennon

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.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."

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