E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

Alien botanists secretly visit Earth at night to gather specimens in a California forest. One of the aliens separates from the group, fascinated by the distant city lights, and is startled by the arrival of U.S. government vehicles, who give chase to the creature. The other aliens depart, abandoning the creature on Earth. In a nearby neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley, ten-year-old Elliott’s suspicions are roused when he pitches a baseball into a tool shed, and the ball is thrown back. Later that night, Elliott returns with a flashlight and discovers the creature among the cornstalks. The creature shrieks and flees the scene.

Despite his family’s disbelief, Elliott leaves a trail of candy to lure the alien into his house. Before bed, he realizes the alien is imitating his movements. The next morning he feigns sickness to stay home from school and play with him. Elliott can “feel” the alien’s thoughts and emotions, shown when the alien accidentally opens an umbrella, startling him and simultaneously Elliott several rooms away. Later that day, Elliott introduces Michael and five-year-old Gertie to the alien, deciding to keep him hidden from their mother, Mary. Asking him where he’s from, he shows them by levitating several balls, representing his planetary system and demonstrates his powers by reviving dead flowers. He demonstrates his healing power, through his glowing fingertip, on a minor cut on Elliott’s finger.