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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 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.

Stratton (film)

Stratton is a 2017 British action thriller directed by Simon West, based on Duncan Falconer's SBS novels, starring Dominic Cooper as John Stratton (replacing Henry Cavill). Filmed in Italy and London, released September 2017, it received 0% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Straw (film)

Straw is a 2025 Tyler Perry drama-thriller on Netflix starring Taraji P. Henson as Janiyah, a single mother who accidentally holds a bank hostage; also with Sherri Shepherd and Teyana Taylor, released June 6, 2025.

Straw Dogs (1971 film)

Straw Dogs (1971) is Sam Peckinpah's controversial thriller starring Dustin Hoffman and Susan George, adapted from Gordon Williams' The Siege of Trencher's Farm, set in Cornwall, banned from UK video from 1988 to 2002, and remade by Rod Lurie in 2011.

Straw Dogs (2011 film)

Straw Dogs is a 2011 psychological thriller directed by Rod Lurie. It is a remake of the 1971 film and is based on the novel by Gordon Williams.

Straw Hats' Jolly Roger

The Straw Hats' Jolly Roger (麦わらの一味の海賊旗) is the One Piece pirate flag: a grinning skull in Luffy's straw hat over crossed bones, drawn by Luffy and Usopp, and a Gen Z protest symbol since 2023.

Strawberry and Chocolate

Strawberry and Chocolate (Fresa y chocolate), 1993 Cuban-Mexican-Spanish comedy-drama by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabío; friendship between communist student David and gay artist Diego in 1979 Havana; first Cuban Oscar nominee.

Strawberry Shortcake

Strawberry Shortcake is a media franchise owned by WildBrain, begun as a greeting-card character in the late 1970s and expanded into dolls, TV specials, and animated series.

Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City

Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City is WildBrain's 2021 2D-animated reboot of the 1973 Strawberry Shortcake franchise, following Strawberry and her berry besties running food trucks in Big Apple City across three seasons.

Stray Dog (野良犬) (film)

Stray Dog (野良犬, Nora inu) is Akira Kurosawa's 1949 Japanese crime film, 122 minutes, in which detective Murakami (Toshiro Mifune), with veteran Sato (Takashi Shimura), hunts his stolen Colt pistol through postwar Tokyo's black market.

Stray Dogs

Stray Dogs (郊遊, Jiao You) is Tsai Ming-liang's 2013 Taiwan-France drama about a homeless father and two children in Taipei; it won the Venice Grand Jury Prize and Golden Horse Best Director and Best Actor.

Strays (2023 film)

Strays is a 2023 Universal R-rated live-action comedy about talking dogs, directed by Josh Greenbaum, written by Dan Perrault, starring voices of Will Ferrell and Jamie Foxx, distinct from the 2023 Netflix thriller The Strays.

Strays (TV series)

Strays is a Canadian CBC sitcom (2021-2022), a Kim's Convenience spin-off starring Nicole Power as Shannon Ross, executive director of the Hamilton East Animal Shelter; two seasons, 20 episodes, developed by Kevin White.

Streaming television

Streaming television delivers TV programs over the internet; also called OTT video. Distinguished from cable and broadcast by on-demand libraries, no set-top box, and business models such as SVOD, AVOD, TVOD, FAST, and vMVPD.

Streamy Awards

The Streamy Awards (Streamys) are annual awards for original online video and its creators, founded in 2009 by Tubefilter's Drew Baldwin and Joshua Cohen, produced with dick clark productions, and judged by the Streamys Academy in 45-plus categories.

Stree (स्त्री) (2018 film)

Stree (स्त्री) is a 2018 Hindi horror-comedy directed by Amar Kaushik, starring Rajkummar Rao and Shraddha Kapoor, based on the Nale Ba legend, set in Chanderi, and a Super Hit spawning the Maddock horror-comedy universe.

Stree 2

Stree 2: Sarkate Ka Aatank (स्त्री २) is a 2024 Hindi comedy-horror sequel to Stree, directed by Amar Kaushik, starring Rajkummar Rao and Shraddha Kapoor, in which the headless demon Sarkata abducts women in Chanderi.

Street Angel (1928 film)

Street Angel (1928) is a Fox silent romantic drama directed by Frank Borzage, starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell, adapted from Monckton Hoffe's Cristilinda, with a Movietone music-and-effects track and Gaynor's first Best Actress Oscar.

Street Angel (马路天使) (1937 film)

Street Angel (马路天使, Malu tianshi, 1937) is a Mingxing Film Company drama written and directed by Yuan Muzhi, starring Zhao Dan and Zhou Xuan, about Shanghai underclass sisters; famous for He Luting's songs and ranked 11th among 100 best Chinese films.

Street Dance Girls Fighter 2

Street Dance Girls Fighter 2 (스트릿댄스 걸스 파이터 2), Mnet teen dance survival spin-off of Street Woman Fighter, aired November 21 to December 26, 2023; six master crews, global teen auditions, Team Jam Republic won.

Street Dance of China (这就是街舞)

Street Dance of China (这!就是街舞) is a Youku street dance audition reality show produced with Canxing, first aired 24 February 2018, with six seasons, celebrity captains, and champions including Han Yu, Ye Yin, and Yang Kai.