Close Encounters of the Third Kind

About Close Encounters of the Third Kind

After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) is a science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg. It runs 137 minutes and was released in December 1977.

Richard Dreyfuss stars as Roy Neary, François Truffaut as Claude Lacombe, Teri Garr as Ronnie Neary, and Melinda Dillon as Jillian Guiler. Written by Steven Spielberg. It was produced by EMI Films.

Shelv files it under whimsical, obsession, missing person, and wonder. It streams on Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel in the United States.

Red Zone, The Day the Earth Stood Still, and Lilo & Stitch make useful companions to Close Encounters of the Third Kind, all filed under alien, alien encounter, and alien life-form. It scores 7.4 out of 10 from 4,858 TMDB voters and it carries a PG rating.