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Strange World (film)
Strange World is a 2022 American computer-animated science-fiction adventure film from Walt Disney Animation Studios, directed by Don Hall, following the Clade family of explorers into a land beneath their world.
Strangelet
A strangelet, also known as a quark nugget, is a hypothetical lump of strange quark matter made of up, down, and strange quarks, with none confirmed experimentally.
Strangeness
Strangeness is a quantum number in particle physics counting a hadron's strange quarks, proposed by Murray Gell-Mann and Kazuhiko Nishijima in 1953 to explain kaons' long lifetimes.
Stranger (비밀의 숲) (TV series)
Stranger (비밀의 숲; Secret Forest) is a 2017 South Korean legal thriller series on tvN, following prosecutor Hwang Si-mok and detective Han Yeo-jin through murder and corruption.
Stranger by the Lake
Stranger by the Lake (L'inconnu du lac), Alain Guiraudie's 2013 French erotic thriller about Franck, Michel, and a witnessed murder at a gay cruising beach; Cannes Un Certain Regard Best Director and Queer Palm winner.
Stranger danger
Stranger danger: child-safety slogan warning children against unfamiliar adults, and the name criminologists give the 1980s American child-abduction moral panic; critique holds that most harm to children comes from people they know.
Stranger in a Strange Land
Stranger in a Strange Land is Robert A. Heinlein's 1961 Hugo-winning science fiction novel about Valentine Michael Smith, a human raised by Martians; known for the word "grok," its uncut edition, and mainstream bestseller status.
Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin
Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin (ストレンジャー オブ パラダイス FF オリジン) is a 2022 Team Ninja/Square Enix action RPG, a dark alternate retelling of Final Fantasy I starring Jack Garland, with break gauge combat, 27 jobs, and three DLC expansions.
Stranger than Fiction (2006 film)
Stranger than Fiction (2006 film), also known by its working title The Narrator Project, is a Marc Forster comedy-drama written by Zach Helm, starring Will Ferrell as IRS agent Harold Crick, who hears novelist Karen Eiffel (Emma Thompson) narrating his life; 113 minutes, Columbia Pictures, 73% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Stranger Than Heaven
Stranger Than Heaven (ストレンジャー ザン ヘヴン) is an upcoming Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio action-adventure game, released January 15, 2027, following Makoto Daito across five Japanese eras from 1915 to 1965.
Stranger Than Paradise
Stranger Than Paradise is Jim Jarmusch's 1984 black-and-white indie comedy-drama about Willie, Eddie, and Hungarian cousin Eva in New York, Cleveland, and Florida; winner of the 1984 Cannes Caméra d'Or and a landmark of American independent cinema.
Stranger Things
Stranger Things (originally titled Montauk) is a Netflix sci-fi horror series created by the Duffer Brothers, premiering July 15, 2016. Set in 1980s Hawkins, Indiana, it ran five seasons, ending December 31, 2025, and spawned a Tony-winning play and spin-offs.
Stranger Things (franchise)
Stranger Things franchise: Netflix media property around the Duffer Brothers' 2016 sci-fi horror series set in Hawkins, Indiana, spanning five seasons, a Tony-winning play, the animated Tales from '85, games, and merchandise.
Stranger Things (season 4)
Stranger Things season 4, the 2022 Netflix penultimate season by the Duffer Brothers, released in two volumes (May 27 and July 1), introducing villain Vecna, costing up to $30 million per episode, and reaching 1.15 billion hours viewed.
Stranger Things season 5
Stranger Things season 5 (Stranger Things 5) is the eighth-episode final season of Netflix's Stranger Things, released in three volumes on November 26, December 25, and December 31, 2025, set in 1987 Hawkins under quarantine, with an 83% critics score.
Stranger Things: Tales from '85
Stranger Things: Tales from '85 (Relatos del 85) is a Netflix animated spin-off set between Seasons 2 and 3, showrun by Eric Robles with the Duffer Brothers, premiering April 23, 2026, with a second season in September 2026.
Strangerland
Strangerland (2015) is Kim Farrant's feature debut, an Australian-Irish psychological drama starring Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes, and Hugo Weaving about two teenagers who vanish before a dust storm in outback town Nathgari; premiered at Sundance 2015, Metascore 42.
Strangers
Strangers (2017-2018) is an American comedy-drama web series created by Mia Lidofsky for Facebook Watch, starring Zoë Chao as Isobel Song, who rents her spare room while exploring her bisexuality; 17 episodes, 2 seasons, Sundance 2017 premiere.
Strangers from Hell
Strangers from Hell (타인은 지옥이다, Hell Is Other People) is a 2019 OCN Korean psychological thriller, 10 episodes, adapted from Kim Yong-ki's Naver webtoon; directed by Lee Chang-hee, starring Yim Si-wan and Lee Dong-wook, premiere rating 3.8%.
Strangers in Paradise
Strangers in Paradise (SiP) is Terry Moore's comic book series (1993–2007) about Francine, Katchoo, and David, self-published via Abstract Studio after Antarctic Press, winner of Eisner and GLAAD awards.
Strangers in the Night
Strangers in the Night: 1966 Frank Sinatra hit, originally instrumental "Beddy Bye" by Bert Kaempfert with lyrics by Charles Singleton and Eddie Snyder; number one in the US and UK, four Grammys including Record of the Year.
Strangers on a Train (film)
Strangers on a Train is Alfred Hitchcock's 1951 Warner Bros. thriller based on Patricia Highsmith's novel, in which Robert Walker's Bruno murders Farley Granger's tennis-star wife after a criss-cross murder-swap pact; a National Film Registry selection noted for its suspense set pieces.
Strangers with Candy
Strangers with Candy is an American dark-comedy series created by Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello, Stephen Colbert, and Mitch Rouse. It aired on Comedy Central from 1999 to 2000.
Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage, Belle Burden's 2026 Dial Press debut, expands her 2023 Modern Love essay about her husband James leaving after 20 years during the 2020 pandemic; a No. 1 bestseller whose financial narrative was later challenged by the New Yorker.
Strangeways, Here We Come
Strangeways, Here We Come is the fourth and final studio album by the Smiths, released 28 September 1987 on Rough Trade after the band split; it peaked at number 2 in the UK, went gold in the UK and US, and is the band's most elaborately produced record.
Strangford Loch
Strangford Lough (Loch Cuan) is Northern Ireland's largest sea lough, about 150 km2 in County Down, a drowned drumlin landscape with 120 islands, rich marine life, and Ramsar, SAC, SPA, and MCZ protections.
Strangler fig
绞杀榕 (strangler figs) are hemiepiphytic Ficus trees, such as Ficus tinctoria and F. benjamina, that germinate on host trees, root into the soil, and may kill their hosts; urbanization boosts their colonization but blocks later establishment.
Strangler fig pattern
The strangler fig pattern is a software architecture pattern, coined by Martin Fowler, for incrementally replacing a legacy system until the old one is retired.
Strangling
Strangling is compression of the neck or restriction of breathing, causing loss of consciousness or death; non-fatal strangulation is a domestic abuse risk indicator now a specific offence in England and Wales (2022), New York (2010), and New Zealand.
Strangulation in domestic violence
Strangulation in domestic violence is neck compression by an intimate partner or family member; it can kill within minutes and often leaves no visible injury.