Directed by Steven Spielberg • 1977 • United States
Starring Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon

Pure movie magic of the highest order, this beloved science-fiction landmark from Steven Spielberg gazes, with awe-inspiring wonder, into the infinite unknown. In the night skies near his Muncie, Indiana, home, power-line repairman Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) experiences something out of this world. His close encounter with what he believes is extraterrestrial life sets into motion an extraordinary chain of events as he becomes obsessed with discovering the truth about what he witnessed.