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Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977

Directed by Steven Spielberg

All-time standing

#322 of 4,399

In the top 5% of movies

By scope

1970s #46 of 338 Top 15% 1977 #3 of 29 Top 10%

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Rolling Stone

  • Published 2005
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #1
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Total Film

Total Film

  • Published 2005
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  • Ranked #76
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The Hollywood Reporter

The Hollywood Reporter

  • Published 2014
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  • Ranked #93
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The Cinematheque

The Cinematheque

  • Published 2005
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  • Ranked #138
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LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2025
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2021
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Empire

Empire

  • Published 2017
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  • Included, unranked
Empire

Empire

  • Published 2016
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Film School Rejects

Film School Rejects

  • Published 2016
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  • Included, unranked
Steven Jay Schneider

Steven Jay Schneider

  • Published 2016
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LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2015
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Mark Cousins

Mark Cousins

  • Published 2011
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El Pais

El Pais

  • Published 2010
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The Guardian

  • Published 2010
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  • Included, unranked
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Cinema (Greece)

Cinema (Greece)

  • Published 2008
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David Thomson

David Thomson

  • Published 2008
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Steadycam

Steadycam

  • Published 2007
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The Guardian

  • Published 2007
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  • Included, unranked
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Bounty Books

Bounty Books

  • Published 2004
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The New York Times

The New York Times

  • Published 2004
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National Society of Film Critics

National Society of Film Critics

  • Published 2002
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  • Included, unranked
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Senses of Cinema

Senses of Cinema

  • Published 2002
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  • Included, unranked
Edições Cinematógrafo

Edições Cinematógrafo

  • Published 1982
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  • Included, unranked

Decade 2

Rolling Stone

  • Published 1979
  • Decade list · 1970s
  • Ranked #21
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Forbes

Forbes

  • Published 1979
  • Decade list · 1970s
  • Ranked #27
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