"For me, it's Back to the Future 1," Thompson, who played Marty McFly's mother, said when asked which of the three movies was her favorite. "It's just a perfect screenplay. And as a director, I ...

Lea Thompson tells PEOPLE all about her favorite Back to the Future film and what she considers to be the "magic" that makes it still a fan favorite, 40 years after its release ...

According to Thompson, now 64, “when we made ‘Back to the Future,’ we didn’t even think we were going to make a sequel.” “There was no sequel deal.