Contact (1997)

#1122 worldwide · charting in 18 countries

Movie · 150 min · 12 · drm, trl, scf

Contact poster

A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and decide upon a course of action, she must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.

  • 7.5 IMDb
  • 7.4 TMDB
  • 69% Rotten Tomatoes
  • 95 JustWatch

Where to watch Contact

Available on 24 platforms across 16 countries.

Chart positions today

Currently charting in 18 countries, best placed at #193 in Belgium.

Available languages

Audio: Czech, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish

Subtitles: Arabic, Bulgarian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, NB, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish

Chart history

Contact has spent 3 days in a top 3, 6 days in a top 10 and 72 days in a top 100 across the markets we track. Its best position anywhere is #1.

Cast

Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt, William Fichtner, David Morse, Angela Bassett, Geoffrey Blake, Max Martini, Rob Lowe, Jake Busey, Tucker Smallwood, Jena Malone, Sami Chester, Timothy McNeil, Laura Elena Surillo, Henry Strozier

Crew

Robert Zemeckis (director), Steve Starkey (producer), Michael Goldenberg (screenplay), Robert Zemeckis (producer), James V. Hart (screenplay)

Awards

1 wins from 2 nominations.

  • Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation 1998 — won
  • Academy Award for Best Sound 1998 — nominated