After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.
You can now watch Close Encounters of the Third Kind online on the following streaming providers in the United States.
| 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 |
| Writing | Hal Barwood | Writer |
| Writing | Jerry Belson | Writer |
| Writing | John Hill | Writer |
| Writing | Matthew Robbins | Writer |
| 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 |
| Art | Dan Perri | Title Designer |
| Visual Effects | Douglas Trumbull | Visual Effects Director |
| Visual Effects | Carlo Rambaldi | Visual Effects |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| Sound | Richard Oswald | Sound |
| Production | J. Allen Hynek | Production Consultant |
