Steven Spielberg’s E.T.: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (PG, 1982, 115 min)

After a gentle alien becomes stranded on Earth, the being is discovered and befriended by a young boy named Elliott. Bringing the extraterrestrial into his suburban California house, Elliott introduces E.T. to his brother and his little sister, Gertie, and the children decide to keep its existence a secret. Soon, however, E.T. falls ill, resulting in government intervention and a dire situation for both Elliott and the alien

Dean Parisot’s GALAXY QUEST: 25th Anniversary! (PG, 1999, 104 min)

Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, and Sam Rockwell star as the cast of a defunct TV series called “Galaxy Quest”, who are suddenly visited by actual aliens who believe the series to be an accurate documentary and become involved in a very real intergalactic conflict. With no script, no director or special effects, the actors must turn in the performance of their lives to save the universe!