Steven Spielberg has made numerous timeless classics. But there are actually only a few of his films that the director himself can watch over and over again
Which is Steven Spielberg’s best movie? This question is not so easy to answer because the director’s filmography includes a number of masterpieces, from the dinosaur epic Jurassic Park to the adventure classic Raiders of the Lost Ark and the nerve-wracking animal horror in Jaws.
It is therefore all the more surprising that Spielberg rarely returns to his own films. In fact, he is extremely critical of his own work, as he revealed to Stephen Colbert in an interview for The Late Show a year ago. In fact, there are only “five to six” films that Spielberg returns to regularly.
E.T. is one of the few films of his that Steven Spielberg can watch again and again
Unfortunately, Spielberg did not reveal all the films on this list. However, he highlights one in particular in the interview with Colbert: E.T. – The Extra-Terrestrial. The science fiction film tells the story of a small alien who is accidentally forgotten by his species on Earth and then befriends the equally lonely boy Elliot.
(E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial)
Since 1982, the touching mixture of science fiction and coming-of-age story, embedded in an American suburban idyll, has been thrilling audiences. “It’s one of the few of my movies that I can go back to and watch again. For the most part, E.T. is a pretty perfect movie,” Spielberg said.
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The director did change one thing for the 20th anniversary of the film. Spielberg swapped the weapons in E.T. for fungal devices. Looking back, however, he regrets this decision, as he explained to the Times in 2023.
That was a mistake. I should never have done that. E.T. is a product of its time. No movie should be reworked based on how we see it today, either voluntarily or forced.
