Also Known As:
- Encuentros cercanos del tercer tipo
- Närkontakt av tredje graden
- Rencontres du troisième type
- Bliskie spotkania trzeciego stopnia
- Blizka setkani tretiho druhu
- CE3K
- Contatos Imediatos de Terceiro Grau
- Encontres a la tercera fase
- Encontros Imediatos do 3º Grau
- Encuentros Cercanos del Tercer Tipo
- Encuentros en la tercera fase
- Encuentros en la tercera fase: Edición especial
- Harmadik típusú találkozások
- Incontri ravvicinati del terzo tipo
- Kolmannen asteen yhteys
- Michi tono sôgû
- Nærkontakt af tredie grad
- Nærkontakt av tredje grad
- Stenes epafes tritou typou
- Stenes epafes tritou typou: Special ekdosi
- Steven Spielbergs Unheimliche Begegnung der dritten Art
- Tehlikeli iliskiler
- The Close Encounter of the Third Kind
- The Special Edition: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- Unheimliche Begegnung der dritten Art
- Watch the Skies
- Steven Spielberg
- Steven Spielberg
- Hal Barwood
- Jerry Belson
- John Hill
- Matthew Robbins
- Richard Dreyfuss ... Roy Neary
- François Truffaut ... Claude Lacombe
- Teri Garr ... Ronnie Neary
- Melinda Dillon ... Jillian Guiler
- Bob Balaban ... David Laughlin
- J. Patrick McNamara ... Project Leader
- Warren J. Kemmerling ... Wild Bill (as Warren Kemmerling)
- Roberts Blossom ... Farmer
- Philip Dodds ... Jean Claude
- Cary Guffey ... Barry Guiler
- Shawn Bishop ... Brad Neary
- Adrienne Campbell ... Sylvia Neary
- Justin Dreyfuss ... Toby Neary
- Lance Henriksen ... Robert
- Merrill Connally ... Team Leader
- George DiCenzo ... Major Benchley
- Amy Douglass ... Implantee
- Alexander Lockwood ... Implantee
- Gene Dynarski ... Ike
- Mary Gafrey ... Mrs. Harris
- Norman Bartold ... Ohio Tolls
- Josef Sommer ... Larry Butler
- Michael J. Dyer ... Himself (as Rev. Michael J. Dyer)
- Roger Ernest ... Highway Patrolman
- Carl Weathers ... Military Policeman
- F.J. O'Neil ... ARP Project Member
- Phil Dodds ... ARP Musician
- Randy Hermann ... Returnee #1 Flt. 19
- Hal Barwood ... Returnee #2 Flt. 19
- Matthew Robbins ... Returnee #3 Flt. 19
- David Anderson ... Air Traffic Controller
- Richard L. Hawkins ... Air Traffic Controller
- Craig Shreeve ... Air Traffic
- Bill Thurman ... Air Traffic
- Roy E. Richards ... Air East Pilot
- Gene Rader ... Hawker
- Eumenio Blanco ... Federale
- Daniel Núñez ... Federale (as Daniel Nunez)
- Chuy Franco ... Federale
- Luis Contreras ... Federale
- James Keane ... Radio Telescope Team
- Dennis McMullen ... Radio Telescope Team
- Cy Young ... Radio Telescope Team
- Tom Howard ... Radio Telescope Team
- Richard Stuart ... Truck Dispatcher
- Bob Westmoreland ... Load Dispatcher
- Matt Emery ... Support Leader
- Galen Thompson ... Special Forces
- John Dennis Johnston ... Special Forces
- John Ewing ... Dirty Tricks #1
- Keith Atkinson ... Dirty Tricks #2
- Robert Broyles ... Dirty Tricks #3
- Kirk Raymond ... Dirty Tricks #4
- Basil Hoffman ... Longly
- J. Allen Hynek ... Himself - Smoking Pipe at Landing Site
- Monty Jordan ... Special Forces Commander / Helicopter Pilot
- Stephen Powers ... UN Observer
- Howard K. Smith ... Howard K. Smith