De tienjarige Elliott woont samen met zijn moeder, broer en zusje in een bosrijke buitenwijk van Los Angeles. Op een dag ontdekt hij in de tuin een buitenaards wezentje. Elliott en het wezentje schrikken zich eerst te pletter, maar sluiten dan vriendschap. Elliott noemt het wezentje E.T. en verbergt het in een kast op zijn kamer. De jongen laat E.T. ook kennis maken met zijn broer en zijn zusje. E.T. raakt snel vertrouwd met het aardse leven. Toch heeft hij heimwee naar zijn planeet. Ondertussen begint de aardse atmosfeer zijn gezondheid aan te tasten. Ook Elliott voelt zich niet lekker. Hun band is immers zo hecht geworden dat ze dezelfde gevoelens ervaren.
Nee, helaas is E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Sound | John Williams | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Leslie Butcher | Art Department Coordinator |
| Crew | Carlo Rambaldi | Special Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert Sidell | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Richard E. Butler | Stunts |
| Production | Steven Spielberg | Producer |
| Sound | Charles L. Campbell | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Editing | Carol Littleton | Editor |
| Production | Mike Fenton | Casting |
| Production | Marci Liroff | Casting |
| Art | Jackie Carr | Set Decoration |
| Production | Kathleen Kennedy | Producer |
| Production | Jane Feinberg | Casting |
| Camera | Allen Daviau | Director of Photography |
| Crew | Dale L. Martin | Special Effects |
| Directing | Steven Spielberg | Director |
| Writing | Melissa Mathison | Screenplay |
| Art | James D. Bissell | Production Design |
| Visual Effects | Al Bailey | Visual Effects |
| Crew | Glenn Randall Jr. | Stunt Coordinator |
| Production | Richard Vane | Location Manager |
| Visual Effects | Dennis Muren | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Carlo Rambaldi | Visual Effects |
| Production | Frank Marshall | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Melissa Mathison | Associate Producer |
| Directing | Katy Emde | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Daniel Attias | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Glenn Randall Jr. | Second Unit Director |
| Directing | Esther Vivante | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Bonne Radford | Production Accountant |
| Production | Jane Goe | Assistant Accountant |
| Camera | Bruce McBroom | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Gene S. Cantamessa | Sound Mixer |
| Lighting | James Plannette | Gaffer |
| Camera | Gene Kearney | Key Grip |
| Camera | Bob Munoz | Best Boy Grip |
| Camera | Donald L. Hartley | Dolly Grip |
| Art | William James Teegarden | Set Designer |
| Art | Russell Goble | Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Deborah Lynn Scott | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lola 'Skip' McNalley | Hairstylist |
| Crew | John Feinblatt | Transportation Captain |
| Crew | Ramon Pahoyo | Craft Service |
| Crew | Lyla Foggia | Unit Publicist |
| Editing | Kathleen Korth | First Assistant Editor |
| Sound | David Pettijohn | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Louis L. Edemann | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Richard C. Franklin | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Samuel C. Crutcher | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Hank Salerno | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Nicholas Korda | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Chuck Neely | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Kenneth Hall | Music Editor |
| Sound | Herbert W. Spencer | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Robert Knudson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Robert Glass | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Don Digirolamo | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Editing | Donah Bassett | Negative Cutter |
| Editing | Dennis Brookins | Negative Cutter |
| Editing | Robert Raring | Color Timer |
| Crew | Fred Lerner | Stunts |
| Crew | Bobby Porter | Stunts |
| Crew | Felix Silla | Stunts |
| Crew | Chuck Waters | Stunts |
| Crew | Bennie E. Dobbins | Stunts |
| Crew | Ted Grossman | Stunts |
| Visual Effects | Robert Elswit | Visual Effects Camera |
