In anthropology

• First contact (anthropology)
  First contact (anthropology)
  First contact is a term describing the first meeting of two cultures previously unaware of one another. One notable example of first contact is that between the Spanish and the Arawak in 1492....
  
  , a first meeting of two previously unknown cultures
• First Contact (1983 film), a documentary by Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson
• First Contact (book), a 2004 book by Mark Anstice
  Mark Anstice
  Mark Anstice is a Scottish explorer, adventurous documentary reality television film maker and writer. He is best known for appearing in the Travel Channel's series Mark & Olly: Living with the Tribes with Oliver Steeds.-Army career:After school, Anstice travelled extensively throughout Australia...
  
  

In music

• First Contact (Roger Sanchez album), a 2001 album by DJ Roger Sanchez
  Roger Sanchez
  Roger Sanchez, also known as Roger S. and The S Man, is a Grammy award-winning American House music DJ who has scored many hits in the European and World Charts...
  
  
• First Contact (Stone Mecca album), a 2008 album by Stone Mecca

In science fiction

• First contact (science fiction)
  First contact (science fiction)
  First contact is a common science fiction theme about the first meeting between humans and extraterrestrial life, or of any sentient race's first encounter with another one....
  
  , a common theme about the first meeting between humans and extraterrestrial aliens
• First Contact (novelette)
  First Contact (novelette)
  "First Contact" is a 1945 science fiction novelette by Murray Leinster credited as one of the first instances of a universal translator in science fiction. It won a retro Hugo Award for Best Novelette in 1996.-Plot summary:...
  
  , a 1945 short story by Murray Leinster
• "First Contact" (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
  First Contact (TNG episode)
  "First Contact" is the 89th episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation.-Overview:Delicate First Contact proceedings between the Federation and a new civilization on the verge of developing interstellar warp travel are disrupted when a member of the USS...
  
  , a 1991 fourth season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Star Trek: First Contact
  Star Trek: First Contact
  Star Trek: First Contact is the eighth feature film in the Star Trek science fiction franchise, released in November 1996, by Paramount Pictures. First Contact is the first film in the franchise to feature no cast members from the original Star Trek television series of the 1960s...
  
  , the 1996, eighth feature film based on the Star Trek science fiction television series

In other fields

• First contact (astronomy), the moment in astronomy during a transit or eclipse when the apparent positions of the two bodies first touch
• Episode 0: First Contact, a 2002 television special based on the Lupin III animated series