He is afraid. He is alone. He is three million light years from home.

Starring: Dee Wallace, Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore, K. C. Martel, Sean Frye, C. Thomas Howell

DML Rating: ★★★★★★★★★★ - perfect

"He needs to go home; he's calling his people. And I don't know where they are, but he needs to go home." - Elliott

Why watch this? This is the OG 80's sci-fi movie that created the Stranger Things vibe.

Plot Summary: After an alien is accidentally left behind on Earth, he is discovered by a young boy named Elliott. From the beginning, the two of them share a deep bond. Elliott, along with his siblings, endeavors to keep the alien, whom they dub E.T., a secret from their mother and a determined group of government agents seeking to study the over-worldly being.

Dad's Preview: Spielberg's first alien film was Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), and this flick takes a natural next step. Here he gives us a wonderful children's film about a being that is stranded on Earth. He encounters a typical 1980's family, taking particular interest in a young boy named Elliott. The benevolent creature is curious and quickly learns to communicate with the children. The film's glowing strength is really the heart-felt interactions between E.T. and the innocent children. This film will make your heart glow, too.

Amblin Productions; Universal Pictures