10 Best Steven Spielberg Films
2. Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Where Jaws was the ultimate monster film, Close Encounters of the Third Kind is close to being the perfect alien film.
The film centres around how one man’s life changes after an encounter with alien life on earth. Then, in classic Spielberg fashion, the government get involved with varying degrees of success.
Visually speaking Close Encounters of the Third Kind is stunning. When the alien craft lands the whole thing feels totally real, like it genuinely has that otherworldly quality that beguiles the people of earth so much. The characters are well rounded and explored so when things happen to them the audience actually cares.
What’s more, it ends on a cliffhanger of sorts with our leading man opting to join the aliens on their craft but we never get to see inside the ship.