As much as Steven Spielberg likes aliens, he seems to prefer holding them at arm’s length. The creatures in Close Encounters ...

With 'Disclosure Day,' the director returns to a longtime preoccupation. Two Times staffers explore his ongoing fascination with extraterrestrials.

Steven Spielberg has directed dozens of movies over his legendary Hollywood career. He only wrote five of those films — and two of them are his 1977 sci-fi blockbuster Close Encounters of the Third ...

War of the Worlds is a vicious alien-invasion movie from Steven Spielberg that's worlds away from his most recent release, ...

Scene for scene, the movie is a vigorous and diverting ride. Yet coming after the mountains of real UAP footage we've seen, "Disclosure Day" never gives you the contact high of awe that "Close ...

A sci-fi classic becomes even more powerful as an adult, blending alien wonder with one of cinema's most heartbreaking family ...

As a child, Steven Spielberg stared at a meteor shower and began his love affair with the sky. The director of the 1977 classic "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" returns with "Disclosure Day," ...

“Disclosure” has become a cult word. It shouldn't be, since all it means, technically, is to reveal something. But the new wave of alien conspiracy theorists have made “disclosure” into a teasingly ...

Is Close Encounters of the Third Kind on Netflix? Where to stream Spielberg’s sci-fi classic in 2026.

The 1977 sci-fi UFO epic is influential yet, thanks partly to Star Wars, it's also like nothing else ...

A look at 10 of the greatest alien sci-fi movies, from Ridley Scott's Alien to Denis Villeneuve's Arrival, none by Steven ...