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Strange Magic (film)

Strange Magic is a 2015 American computer-animated musical fantasy film directed by Gary Rydstrom, produced by Lucasfilm and Industrial Light & Magic from a story by George Lucas.

Strange Paradise

Strange Paradise: 1969–1970 Canadian gothic daily soap opera, the first Canadian daily serialized drama, inspired by Dark Shadows; 195 episodes starring Colin Fox as Jean Paul Desmond.

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 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.

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 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 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 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.

Stratford Festival

The Stratford Festival, a classical repertory theatre in Stratford, Ontario, founded 1953 by Tom Patterson with Tyrone Guthrie; known for its thrust stage, 700+ performances a season, and 2027 75th season.

Stratford Festival Theatre

The Stratford Festival Theatre is a 1,833-seat thrust-stage theater in Stratford, Ontario, opened in 1957 as the first permanent thrust-stage theater in North America, with its stage conceived by Tyrone Guthrie and Tanya Moiseiwitsch.

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 Hat Goofy

Straw Hat Goofy is the TikTok and podcast alias of American film critic Juju (Julian) Green from Compton, known for @straw_hat_goofy movie breakdowns, the Get Rec'd podcast, iHeartMedia work, and One Piece-derived branding.

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.