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Strange Planet
Strange Planet (2023 Apple TV+ series), based on Nathan W. Pyle's webcomic, co-created with Dan Harmon; 10-episode animated comedy about blue beings on a distant planet, cancelled after one season.
Strange quark
The strange quark (S quark) is a down-type quark of the Standard Model with charge −1/3 e and strangeness −1, one of the three original quarks.
Strange situation
The strange situation is a 20-minute laboratory procedure introduced by Mary Ainsworth in 1970 that assesses infant attachment through brief separations from and reunions with a caregiver.
Strange star
A strange star, also called a strange quark star, is a hypothetical compact star composed of self-bound strange quark matter, which may explain some pulsars.
Strange Tales
Strange Tales is a Marvel Comics anthology series (1951-1968, revived 1973-1976) that began as Atlas horror/sci-fi, featured giant monsters like Fin Fang Foom, and introduced Doctor Strange and Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.; the name was later reused for indie-cartoonist anthologies in 2009-2010 and a 2025 series.
Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio
Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio (Liaozhai zhiyi) is a collection of nearly 500 classical Chinese short stories by the Qing dynasty writer Pu Songling (1640–1715).
Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty II (唐朝诡事录之西行)
Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty II: To the West (唐朝诡事录之西行) is a 2024 iQiyi 40-episode costume mystery anthology, sequel to the 2022 hit, directed by Bai Shan, written by Wei Fenghua, starring Yang Xuwen and Yang Zhigang, with eight unit cases and a Douban score of 8.3.
Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty III (唐朝诡事录之长安)
Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty III: To Chang'an (唐朝诡事录之长安) is the third season of iQiyi's Tang-dynasty zhiguai detective series, a 40-episode 2025 drama starring Yang Xuwen and Yang Zhigang, set in High Tang Chang'an with eight strange cases and a Douban score of 8.0.
Strange Way of Life
Strange Way of Life (Extraña forma de vida) is Pedro Almodóvar's 31-minute 2023 Spanish queer western short, starring Pedro Pascal and Ethan Hawke as reunited former lovers and hired gunmen in Bitter Creek; it premiered at Cannes 2023 as the first Saint Laurent Productions film.
Strange Wilderness
Strange Wilderness is a 2008 American stoner comedy directed by Fred Wolf. It stars Steve Zahn and Allen Covert as a crew searching for Bigfoot in South America.
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.