FAME READS / SCREEN NOTES
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Scores
- IMDb7.6/10as of 2026-04-09
- Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer90%as of 2024-04-07
- Rotten Tomatoes average9/10as of 2021-10-05
- Metacritic90/100as of 2025-07-14
What it is
Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a 1977 American science fiction drama film written and directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Melinda Dillon, Teri Garr, Bob Balaban, Cary Guffey, and François Truffaut.
At a glance
- Genres
- Science fiction / Adventure / Drama / Thriller
- Original language
- English
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