

Very Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind
1978, Italian. Directed by Mario Gariazzo & Gianfranco Baldanello.
Three nerdy students who have the hots for their sexy astronomy teacher hit upon the idea of pretending to be outer-space aliens, in the hopes of tricking her into going to bed with them.
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Italian
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- Released
- 26 September 1978
- Original title
- Incontri molto... ravvicinati del quarto tipo
- Country
- Italy
- Written by
- Mario Gariazzo, Thomas Lang
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Very Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind runs 86 minutes (1h 26m).
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Very Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 26 September 1978. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
What movies are like Very Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind?
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Who directed Very Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind?
Very Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind (1978) was directed by Mario Gariazzo and Gianfranco Baldanello and stars María Baxa, Mónica Zanchi, Mario Maranzana.