Now, before we get into the important info of how you can watch 'The Terminator' right now, here are some important points about the Hemdale, Pacific Western action flick. The Terminator starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton, Paul Winfield has a R rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 48 min. The release date of the movie is October 26th, 1984. The movie received a user score of 77/100 on TMDb, which is informed by reviews from 14,087 community users.
Let’s set the scene for you... Here's the plot: "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?"
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'The Terminator' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on October 26th, 1984
Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting
September 3rd, 1997
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The Terminator Movies
A series of science-fiction films about the futuristic conflict between the humans led by John Connor and the Terminators that are made and controlled by Skynet, a self-aware super computer that started Armageddon and may indeed end humanity for good. Skynet's most well-known products in its genocidal goals are the various terminator models, such as the T-800 (Model 101).















