Contact

1997 Robert Zemeckis 2h 30m
Drama Science Fiction Mystery

A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and decide upon a course of action, she must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.

Cast

Jodie Foster Ellie Arroway
Matthew McConaughey Palmer Joss
James Woods Michael Kitz
John Hurt S. R. Hadden
Tom Skerritt David Drumlin
William Fichtner Kent
David Morse Ted Arroway
Angela Bassett Rachel Constantine

Vibes

Adventurous Emotional Visually Stunning Deeply Moving Crowd Pleaser

Double Feature Pairings

Films that pair perfectly with Contact

Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977
What if they are out there? Two films about the pull of the unknown. Watch as a double feature
Interstellar 2014
Love beyond the stars. Two films where the furthest reach of science leads back to the most human emotion. Watch as a double feature
2001: A Space Odyssey 1968
Transcendent cosmic encounters. Two films about the moment humanity hears something from the other side. Watch as a double feature
Arrival 2016
Women making first contact. Two sci-fi films about discovering that the aliens were always pointing us back to each other. Watch as a double feature

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