Stranger Things

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Stranger Things is an American television series created by the Duffer Brothers for Netflix. Produced by Monkey Massacre Productions and 21 Laps Entertainment, the first season was released on Netflix on July 15, 2016. The second and third seasons followed in October 2017 and July 2019, respectively, and the fourth season was released in two parts in May and July 2022. The fifth and final season was released in three volumes, including the finale, in November and December 2025. The show combines elements of horror, science fiction, mystery, coming-of-age, and drama.

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Stranger Things is a Netflix series created by the Duffer Brothers that blends horror, science fiction, mystery, coming-of-age, and drama across five seasons released between 2016 and 2025. The show has become a significant cultural phenomenon, with its multi-season run and genre-blending approach attracting a large global audience and establishing itself as one of Netflix's major original series.

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It sits within the topics 2010s American drama television series, 2010s American high school television series and 2010s American horror television series.

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8.6/10

1,707,347 votes

Year: 2016
Runtime: 60 min
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror

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Instance of: television series
Has part: Stranger Things season 5
Country of origin: United States
Original language: English language
Main subject: superpower
Creator: Matt Duffer
Screenwriter: Matt Duffer
Cast member: Linda Hamilton
Production company: Netflix
Narrative location: Ruth
Filming location: Vilnius
Duration: 96
FilmAffinity ID: 745751
Distribution format: video on demand

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number of episodes: 42
number of seasons: 5
original broadcaster: Netflix
title: Stranger Things
distributed by: Netflix
Commons category: Stranger Things
start time: 2016-07-15
list of episodes: List of Stranger Things episodes
characters: Eleven
list of characters: List of Stranger Things characters
topic's main category: Category:Stranger Things (TV series)
audio system: Dolby Digital
social media followers: 2860000
inspired by: Poltergeist
topic has template: Template:Stranger Things
publication date: 2016-07-15
end time: 2025-12-31
date of first performance: 2016-07-15

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Encyclopedic overview

Stranger Things is an American television series created by the Duffer Brothers for Netflix. Produced by Monkey Massacre Productions and 21 Laps Entertainment, the first season was released on Netflix on July 15, 2016. The second and third seasons followed in October 2017 and July 2019, respectively, and the fourth season was released in two volumes in May and July 2022. The fifth and final season was released in three volumes, including the finale, in November and December 2025. The show combines elements of horror, science fiction, mystery, coming-of-age, and drama.

Set in the 1980s, the series centers on the residents of the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana, after a young girl with psychokinetic abilities named Eleven inadvertently creates a wormhole known as the Upside Down at a nearby secretive government research facility, connecting Earth to a hostile realm called the Abyss. The ensemble cast includes Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Cara Buono, Matthew Modine, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sink, Joe Keery, Dacre Montgomery, Sean Astin, Paul Reiser, Maya Hawke, Priah Ferguson, Brett Gelman, Linda Hamilton, Jamie Campbell Bower, and Nell Fisher.

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