Science Fiction · Drama
American
1977 · Directed by Steven Spielberg · 137 min
An Indiana power-company worker has a strange night encounter on a country road and cannot let it go. Around the world, a quiet scientific team is following signs of something larger. A science-fiction film told with suburban detail, slow-building mystery and a sense of awe.
Why it matters in cinema history
A defining film of the late-1970s Hollywood revival of large-scale science fiction, and the clearest statement of the awe-driven, family-centred storytelling that shaped Spielberg's career.
Watch with intention
Watch it as a film about looking and listening: how characters, and the camera, react to things they cannot explain.
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