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Close Encounters of the Third Kind

DramaSci-Fi

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1977 · 138 min · United States · English

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) has a goodrecmovies Score of 75.7, ranked #823 among movies on goodrecmovies (goodrecmovies tier: great). It's a Drama and Sci-Fi movie rated 7.6/10 on IMDb from 239,955 votes. Updated

75.7goodrecmovies Score
#823rank on siterank
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★ 7.6IMDb · 240k

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.

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Richard Dreyfuss
Roy Neary
François Truffaut
Claude Lacombe
Teri Garr
Ronnie Neary
Melinda Dillon
Jillian Guiler
Bob Balaban
David Laughlin
J. Patrick McNamara
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Wild Bill
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Philip Dodds
Jean Claude
Cary Guffey
Barry Guiler

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