It makes us laugh, it makes us cry and it gives us a dose of 80s nostalgia that's hard to come by — ET the Extra-Terrestrial is a certified classic, and these fun facts are sure to surprise you!

It's no overstatement to say that E.T. is one of the greatest films to emerge from the 80s, but its creation remains a story ...

A custom image of Harrison Ford's face superimposed on Elliot's body, riding a bike with ET in the front basket Image by Zanda Rice Eclipsed perhaps only by his role as Han Solo in the Star Wars films ...

The ET the Extra-Terrestrial star Dee Wallace has revealed that she fought director Steven Spielberg over a scene in the film she found “uncomfortable”, arguing that it would have spoiled the “purity” ...