# The Terminator (1984)

**German title:** Terminator


**Genres:** Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi

**Duration:** 102 min

**Age rating:** FSK 16

**IMDb:** [8.0](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088247/)

**Letterboxd:** [3.9](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-terminator/)

**Rotten Tomatoes:** [Tomatometer: 90%, Popcornmeter: 89%](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/terminator)

## Description

A cyborg assassin from the future attempts to find and kill a young woman who is destined to give birth to a warrior that will lead a resistance to save humankind from extinction.

## Details

**Premiere:** 15 Mar 1985

**Director:** James Cameron

**Cast:** Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn, Paul Winfield, Lance Henriksen, Rick Rossovich, Bess Motta, Earl Boen, Dick Miller, Shawn Schepps, Bruce M. Kerner, Franco Columbu

**Countries:** United Kingdom, United States

**Languages:** English, Spanish

**Available versions:** OmU, OV

**Open-air showtimes:** No

**Trailer:** [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGrW-OR2uDk)

## Showtimes in Munich in original language (OV, OmU, OmeU)

### 2026-08-04 (Tuesday)

- **[Mathäser Filmpalast](/cinemas/217-mathaser-filmpalast.md) (Ludwigsvorstadt):** [2026-08-04 20:30](http://www.kinopolis.de/mm/programm/vorstellung/16EA8000023BWDJVCF?&utm_medium=website=Terminator)  (OV)
- **[Monopol](/cinemas/220-monopol.md) (Schwabing-West):** [2026-08-04 20:45](https://www.kinoheld.de/kino/muenchen/monopol-kino/vorstellung/3542332386)  (OmU)