Roy Neary heeft een "close encounter" met een buitenaards ruimteschip. De Amerikaanse overheid komt er achter dat de aliens op een bepaalde plek zullen landen, en verzinnen een dekmantel-verhaal om het publiek op een afstand te houden.
Nee, helaas is Close Encounters of the Third Kind nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Steven Spielberg | Director |
| Production | Clark L. Paylow | Producer |
| Production | Julia Phillips | Producer |
| Production | Michael Phillips | Producer |
| Sound | John Williams | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Vilmos Zsigmond | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Michael Kahn | Editor |
| Production | Shari Rhodes | Casting |
| Production | Juliet Taylor | Casting |
| Art | Joe Alves | Production Design |
| Art | Daniel A. Lomino | Art Direction |
| Art | Phil Abramson | Set Decoration |
| Writing | Steven Spielberg | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edie Panda | Hairdresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bob Westmoreland | Makeup Supervisor |
| Directing | Charles Myers | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Jim Bloom | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Bill Parks | Construction Manager |
| Art | Sam Gordon | Property Master |
| Sound | Robert 'Buzz' Knudson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Stephen Katz | Sound Supervisor |
| Sound | Jack Schrader | Supervising Dialogue Editor |
| Camera | Steven Poster | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Camera | John A. Alonzo | Additional Director of Photography |
| Camera | László Kovács | Additional Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Harry Moreau | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Robert Swarthe | Animation Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Richard Yuricich | VFX Director of Photography |
| Production | Peggy Rosson | Production Accountant |
| Production | Joyce Goldberg | Production Secretary |
| Production | Carol Bidault de L'Isle | Production Assistant |
| Production | Gail Siemers | Production Secretary |
| Art | George Jenson | Production Illustrator |
| Sound | Don MacDougall | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crew | Buddy Joe Hooker | Stunt Coordinator |
| Sound | Kenneth Wannberg | Music Editor |
| Directing | Charlsie Bryant | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Frank E. Warner | Supervising Sound Effects Editor |
| Lighting | Earl Gilbert | Gaffer |
| Camera | Nick McLean | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Pete Turner | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Peter Sorel | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Jim Coe | Still Photographer |
| Production | Murray Weissman | Publicist |
| Production | Al Ebner | Publicist |
| Production | Joe O'Har | Location Manager |
| Sound | Richard Oswald | Sound |
| Production | J. Allen Hynek | Production Consultant |
| Crew | Henry Kingi | Stunt Driver |
| Crew | Craig R. Baxley | Stunt Driver |
| Crew | Denny Arnold | Stunts |
| Crew | Bobby Bass | Stunts |
| Crew | Jerry Brutsche | Stunt Driver |
| Crew | Jeannie Epper | Stunts |
| Crew | Melvin Jones | Stunts |
| Crew | Monty Jordan | Utility Stunts |
| Crew | Stephen Powers | Stunts |
| Art | Dan Perri | Title Designer |
| Visual Effects | Douglas Trumbull | Visual Effects Director |
| Visual Effects | Carlo Rambaldi | Visual Effects |
