Movie · 137 min · D · drm, scf
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.
Where to watch Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- Apple TV Store
- Amazon Video
- HBO Max
- Claro video
- Rakuten TV
- Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel
- Sky Store
- maxdome Store
- JustWatch TV
- gsa
- Criterion Channel
- adb
- Zee5
- YouTube TV
- Watcha
- Fandango At Home
- Videobuster
- U-NEXT
- Telenet
- TCM
- Sony Liv
- saz
- pva
- Pathé Thuis
Available on 24 platforms across 21 countries.
Chart positions today
Currently charting in 26 countries, best placed at #71 in Guatemala.
- Guatemala #71
- South Korea #151
- Chile #160
- Costa Rica #166
- Bolivia #184
- Spain #189
- Mexico #197
- Venezuela #197
- Ecuador #203
- Czech Republic #213
- Peru #217
- Taiwan #222
- Japan #239
- Canada #242
- New Zealand #267
- United Kingdom #273
- Colombia #295
- Belgium #300
- United States #502
- Brazil #526
- Argentina #593
- India #626
- Turkey #630
- Australia #643
- Germany #671
- Austria #792
Available languages
Audio: Czech, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish
Subtitles: Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, NB, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish
Chart history
Close Encounters of the Third Kind has spent 3 days in a top 3, 16 days in a top 10 and 85 days in a top 100 across the markets we track. Its best position anywhere is #1.
Cast
Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon, Bob Balaban, J. Patrick McNamara, Warren J. Kemmerling, Roberts Blossom, Phil Dodds, Cary Guffey, Shawn Bishop, Adrienne Campbell, Justin Dreyfuss, Lance Henriksen, Merrill Connally, Amy Douglass, Gene Dynarski, Carl Weathers
Crew
Steven Spielberg (writer), Steven Spielberg (director), Julia Phillips (producer), Michael Phillips (producer)
Awards
5 wins from 13 nominations.
- Academy Award for Best Cinematography 1978 — won
- Saturn Award for Best Director — won
- National Board of Review: Top Ten Films — won
- Saturn Award for Best Director — won
- National Board of Review: Top Ten Films — won
- Academy Award for Best Sound 1978 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Film Editing 1978 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Original Score 1978 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Director 1978 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Visual Effects 1978 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Production Design 1978 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress 1978 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Cinematography 1978 — nominated