Jodie Foster, Contact (1997)
A big-budget sci-fi movie directed by Robert Zemeckis and based on Carl Sagan’s novel, Contact is a thoughtful exploration of what might happen if aliens reached out—seen through the lens of a determined scientist played by Jodie Foster, and with an examination of what “faith” really means in this context. Foster is great, as always—which is maybe why the Oscars forgot to notice.
