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IMDb rating 7.5
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Critic Roger Ebert
rated 10

The strength of "Contact" is in the way it engages in issues that are relevant today, and still only rarely discussed in the movies.

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Critic Neil Jeffries
rated 8

We've long grown accustomed to the movies telling us we are not alone, but Contact is the first film to take the answer as seriously as the question.

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Jackson Holiday Wheeler
rated 9

Classic! One of my all-time favourites for sure.

5 years ago
MARIO NAVARRO SALA
rated 10

La considero la mejor película de ciencia ficción

5 months ago

Cast & Crew

Robert Zemeckis
Director
Candice T. Cain
As Supporter (uncredited)
Candice T. Cain
Director
John Hurt
As S. R. Hadden
James Woods
As Michael Kitz
Rob Lowe
As Richard Rank
Tom Skerritt
As David Drumlin

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A team of scientists searching for signs of extraterrestrial life receive a mysterious signal from deep space. As they work to decode the message, they discover plans for a machine that could change humanity forever. But when their attempt to build it is compromised, one scientist must fight to keep her place in the project and uncover the truth about our place in the universe.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Contact include Unbreakable, Signs, New Rose Hotel, Fire in the Sky, Donnie Darko, Eyes Wide Shut.

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Contact was released in theaters on July 11, 1997.