The Terminator (1984)

In James Cameron's original science-fiction film, the first in a series:

• the opening future-world sequence of machines warring against each other in post-apocalyptic Los Angeles AD 2029
• the materialization in Los Angeles of 1984 of two time travelers: the "Terminator" (Arnold Schwarzenegger) Model 101 cyborg and resistance fighter Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn)
• the characterization of the relentless, villainous, and almost wordless killing machine
• the scene of the shootout in the Tech-Noir bar/nightclub and Reese's statement to Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton): "Come with me if you want to live" and human resistance leader Reese's warning to a resistant Sarah Connor as he struggled with her in their car while being pursued: "It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead..."
• the Terminator's two surgeries upon himself (his damaged forearm and his left eye) after crashing a stolen police vehicle
• the Terminator's damaging assault of a police station and his much-quoted "I'll be back" scene (before ramming into the station with his vehicle to initiate the vicious shoot-out sequence)
• the romance between Sarah and Reese and their affecting love scene (to the accompaniment of piano music) with clenched hands held together - that ultimately produced a future liberator named John Connor
• the scene of the Terminator's pursuit in a tanker truck - and his fiery burning down to his red-eyed exo-skeleton
• his final crushing end in a factory's hydraulic press