Close Encounters of the Third Kind - 1977 was released on:
USA: 15 November 1977 (New York City, New York) (premiere)
USA: 16 November 1977
France: 24 February 1978
Italy: 24 February 1978
Sweden: 24 February 1978
Japan: 25 February 1978
Brazil: 27 February 1978
Norway: 28 February 1978
Denmark: 3 March 1978
Finland: 3 March 1978
West Germany: 6 March 1978
Argentina: 9 March 1978
Hong Kong: 9 March 1978
Greece: 10 March 1978
Netherlands: 13 March 1978
UK: 13 March 1978 (Royal premiere)
UK: 14 March 1978
Australia: 16 March 1978
Belgium: 16 March 1978 (Gent)
Portugal: 17 March 1978
Spain: 17 March 1978
Colombia: 28 June 1978
Uruguay: 29 June 1978
Mexico: 30 June 1978
Thailand: 30 June 1978
Singapore: 1 July 1978
Kuwait: 24 August 1978
Malaysia: 16 October 1978
United Arab Emirates: 15 November 1978
India: 10 December 1978
Egypt: 25 December 1978
South Korea: 25 December 1978
Jamaica: 7 January 1979
South Africa: 23 March 1979
Poland: 30 May 1979
USA: 1 August 1980 (special edition)
UK: 18 September 1980 (special edition)
Japan: 4 October 1980 (special edition)
Australia: 22 January 1981 (special edition)
Finland: 13 February 1981 (special edition)
France: 4 March 1981 (special edition)
Sweden: 13 March 1981 (special edition)
West Germany: 13 March 1981 (special edition)
Ireland: 20 March 1981 (special edition)
Hungary: 9 April 1981
Netherlands: 16 April 1981 (re-release)
Pakistan: 1 June 1981
Egypt: December 1982 (special edition)
Israel: 22 January 1983
East Germany: 4 January 1985
Bangladesh: 13 April 1986
China: 16 September 1990
Soviet Union: 31 August 1991
France: 12 September 2001 (re-release)
Denmark: 25 April 2003 (re-release)
Ireland: 29 October 2007 (Dublin Horrorthon Film Festival)
Greece: 3 December 2007 (Ultimate Edition DVD)
Canada: 5 February 2010 (Digital Film Festival)
Zimbabwe: 24 July 2010
UK: 13 November 2011 (Leeds International Film Festival)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind was nominated for 8 Oscars. It only won one for cinematography, however it did win a Special Achievement Award at the Academy.
Fatal Encounters - 2012 Ronald Mikos was released on: USA: 2012
Entrusted - 2011 Chaotic Encounters 1-4 was released on: USA: March 2012
History's Mysteries - 1998 UFOs The First Encounters was released on: USA: 4 January 2011
Alien Encounters - 2012 The Invasion 2-1 was released on: USA: 5 March 2013
Fatal Encounters - 2012 Terror in the Woods 3-2 was released on: USA: 29 August 2013
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' - 1977 TV was released on: USA: 1 January 1977
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' - 1977 - TV was released on: USA: 1 January 1977
The Essentials - 2001 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 12-9 was released on: USA: 21 April 2012
1st and Ten - 1984 Close Encounters of the Third Down 7-14 was released on: USA: 1991
Cinemania - 2008 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1-17 was released on: USA: 13 November 2008
The Real Story - 2009 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 4-4 was released on: USA: 19 August 2012
Close Encounters - 1990 TV was released on: USA: 1990
The Unexplained - 1996 Close Encounters was released on: USA: 9 July 1998
UFOs and Close Encounters - 2010 was released on: USA: 27 April 2010
Major Dad - 1989 Close Encounters - 3.17 was released on: USA: 3 February 1992
Second Noah - 1996 Close Encounters - 1.3 was released on: USA: 19 February 1996
Second Noah - 1996 Close Encounters 1-3 was released on: USA: 19 February 1996