E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
19821h 55mU · CBFCPG · MPAA
Directed by Steven Spielberg · Starring Henry Thomas & Drew Barrymore
99%Rotten Tomatoes7.9IMDb92Metacritic
★ Oscar
Won Best Original Score (1983) · Won Best Visual Effects (1983) · Won Best Sound (1983)
A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape Earth and return to his home world.
FamilyScience FictionAdventure
— Critical consensus, summarised
Spielberg's most enduringly beloved family film — a story of friendship and longing dressed in the language of suburban wonder. Critics still rank it among the most emotionally pure American films of its era; few movies have captured childhood's mix of magic and ache so completely.
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