WRITTEN BY: James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd
DIRECTED BY: James Cameron
U.S. RELEASE DATE: 10.26.84
A race of merciless androids from Earth's future send a Terminator back into the twentieth century to kill Sarah Connor, the mother of the man who would one day lead the human resistance movement.
TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY
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WRITTEN BY: James Cameron and William Wisher Jr.
DIRECTED BY: James Cameron
U.S. RELEASE DATE: 07.03.91
With John Connor now a teenage boy, another Terminator -- the advanced T-1000 -- is sent back to kill him before he can realize his destiny. But the original Terminator has also been sent back in time ... this time, to protect John and Sarah.
TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES
STORY BY: John D. Brancato and Michael Ferris and Tedi Sarafian
TELEPLAY BY: John D. Brancato and Michael Ferris
DIRECTED BY: Jonathan Mostow
U.S. RELEASE DATE: 07.02.03
Now in his 20's, John Connor must again avoid the latest and most powerful model of Terminator: the seductive female "T-X."
TERMINATOR SALVATION: THE FUTURE BEGINS
WRITTEN BY: John D. Brancato and Michael Ferris and David C. Wilson
DIRECTED BY: McG
U.S. RELEASE DATE: 05.22.09
John Connor, now in his 30s, leads what is left of the human race against the machines. (Yahoo! Movies)