Top 10 First Contact Movies

Top 10 First Contact Movies
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Movies where humans are able to make first contact and meet aliens, or extra terrestrials from outer space. WatchMojo presents the Top 10 Movies where Humans Meet Aliens for the first time. But what movie will make the top spot on our list? Will it be Stanly Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, or one of Steven Spielberg's science fiction classic, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, or E.T. The Extra Terrestrial? Watch to find out!

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00:57 #10. “Flight of the Navigator” (1986)
02:06 #9. “Starman” (1984)
03:21 #8. “The Abyss” (1989)
04:20 #7. “The Man Who Fell to Earth” (1976)
05:23 #6. “District 9” (2009)
06:42 #5. “Contact” (1997)
08:00 #4. “The Day the Earth Stood Still” (1951)
09:07 #3, #2 & #1 ????

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[warpspeed]

Contact with Foster is an absolute masterpiece...way beyond a mere sci-fi film. Deserves to be #1.

[MetzMan]

"Arrival" actually became one of my favorite "First Contact" movies. Also love "Contact". I'm a big fan of the mystery, build up of tension and discovery in these kind of films.

[connorschneider]

Would you consider Arrival to be a first contact story? Because if so, it’s my absolute favorite. It’s introspective, emotional, incredibly good sound design and visual font, and a great cast

[ricardo_original]

The Arrival and Contact are the best ones for me.

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[MFM]

Prior comments explain why "Arrival" did not make the list as the video came out around the time of the opening of the movie. However, the plot of the movie, communicating with the heptapods, as well as the very emotional subplot about Dr. Louise's daughter, HannaH, makes it one of my favorite. Amy Adams' excellent acting is noteworthy.

[greenrefrigerator]

Although "Close Encounters" ranks high on the list, "Contact" is my all-time favorite because it came from the mind of the late, great Carl Sagan.

[KittySYT]

The Contact will always be my favourite of them all. It challenges our thinking on so many levels. Beautiful movie! 😊❤️

[patricktew]

Star Trek First Contact is epic! That and Clouse Encounters Of The Third Kind are my top two.

[jp]

The Abyss is also very underrated. Especially the special edition which greatly improves the film and lifts it above just being Close Encounters underwater.

[shanedaniel]

Contact is by far one of the best alien movies ever made. I was 14 when I first saw it at like 3 AM. To this day it’s still on my top 10 list.

[CarnorJast]

How Contact wasn't number 1 is beyond me. One of the most beautifully made movies ever, with one of the best stories put on film. An amazing movie and a true classic!
What most people don't realize is, Arroway never actually leaves Earth. The "device" is a communications platform, and she experiences a "time shift" to see what it's like to travel in space lightyears to the star system Vega. She is essentially using an alien "phone booth"!

[JosephDubois]

"Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (1977): An All-Time Masterpiece! My Favorite!

[trippycosmonaut]

Contact has one of the most beautiful endings I’ve ever seen

[KnorpelDelux]

Contact is one of the best movies of all times...magic!

[BOBMAX]

I know Kevin Spacey is persona non grata now, but K-PAX was good.

[rangerslayer]

I'm gonna put Contact on my list. Looks really good for being shot in 1997. It seems like a very deep movie if you read between the lines.

[CurrentlyOnLV-]

Hold on. The Abyss wasn’t about first contact. Those ‘beings’ weren’t Aliens. They were aquatic beings who lived in secrecy underwater, not from outer space.

[Curt_Randall]

Contact was my favorite. Unfortunately it received too much criticism only because the ending didn't show what the aliens looked like. That did not bother me; the explanation given was satisfying for me. I also think it was one of Jodie Foster's and John Hurt's best movies.

[cmasseylynch]

Jodie Foster on the beach in another Dimension was amazing, lots of questions about the tunnel warp, the sky etc we need a whole 90mins movie about the impressions NDEers encounter in the afterlife that is related by NDE reports., thank you All is Well.