Close Encounters of the Third Kind The Rewatchables
Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Most Rewatchable Scene

Roy's railroad-crossing close encounter

In the discussion (9)
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  • The air-traffic-control sequence builds suspense from radio dialogue, camera movement, and overlapping controller reactions.
  • Barry's bedroom encounter is praised as a major practical-effects achievement and a precursor to Poltergeist. — Bill Simmons
  • Roy's railroad-crossing encounter and the UFO highway chase are nominated as an escalating seven-minute sequence. — Bill Simmons
  • The Northern India crowd singing the five-note theme is praised for communicating the melody's importance before its meaning is known. — Sean Fennessey
  • Barry's abduction through the dog door is nominated while prompting questions about the house.
  • The Air Force town hall is nominated for showing Roy resist what is happening to him.
  • The mashed-potato dinner is praised for combining an ordinary family setting with Roy's mounting obsession. — Bill Simmons
  • Roy throwing material into the house, the eavesdropped UFO communication, and the final landing sequence complete the nominee field.
  • The final answer selects Roy's close encounter at the truck and railroad crossing, and another participant agrees.
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