It starts with a signal. Faint, strange, and unlike anything humanity has ever recorded. Within hours, it escalates into an event that changes the course of history as an alien arrival on Earth ...

One of the most memorable and brilliant opening lines in sci-fi movie history is from an incredible film that boasts a Rotten Tomatoes score of 94%.

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Imagine alien disclosure crashing markets and minds. 'Independence Day' to 'Arrival' give the playbook. Are we ready?