12. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

Steven Spielberg has written and directed this film which was released on June 11, 1982. Starring Henry Thomas and Drew Barrymore, the movie is about a young boy, Elliott, who befriends an alien that is stranded on Earth. This small child, Elliott, battles to get E.T. back home while the government chases after him. This amazing and emotional story has inspired numerous movies. The movie concludes that science fiction could also be deeply intimate and moving.
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Edited by Zainab Shaikh