'Contact' (1997) – Robert Zemeckis.

Based on Carl Sagan's immortal SF tome, talented film-maker Robert Zemeckis worlds on a vast canvas, the diabolically dazzling depths of the cosmos, and wondrously weaves an absorbing, profoundly moving human drama about a sky-gazing kid Ellie (Jodie Foster) whose single-minded belief in their being sentient, communicable, non-terrestrial life far beyond our solar system is largely disdained by her more reactionary peers, her seemingly pie-in-the-sky quest to record demonstrative proof of advanced celestial civilisations making for grand, emotionally dense, and philosophically rewarding cinema, with Jodie Foster and gentle, theologically inclined Matthew McConaughey making for a delightful pair of star-crossed radar overs in maestro Robert Zemeckis's soul-stirring journey into the illimitable vistas of the imagination, where contact with the once incomprehensible can teach mankind the most valuable lesson...we are not alone! Unlike all-too many superficial sci-fi extravaganzas, Zemeckis's emotional, far-flung odyssey has a galactic-sized heart we can all connect with, and the especially luminous Jodie Foster unleashes a stellar performance that is certainly no less dazzling than the delightful film's edifying, brain-tripping climax!