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Stranger Things

TV · 2016–2025 · Created by the Duffer Brothers (Matt and Ross Duffer). Starring Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Sad

Sometimes the thing that pulls you back is a friend and a song you love. Season 4 Max gets it. 🎧

Who it's for

Underneath the monsters, the show is about a group of outsiders who keep choosing each other.

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Feelings it meets

What it is

Stranger Things is a Netflix science-fiction series created by the Duffer Brothers, which premiered in 2016 and concluded with its fifth season in December 2025. Set in the 1980s in Hawkins, Indiana, it begins when young Will Byers vanishes, taken by a creature from an alternate dimension called the Upside Down, and a girl with psychokinetic powers named Eleven escapes a government lab and befriends his friends.

Where to find it

Netflix original. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.

Before you start

Heads up: Child experimentation and horror gore.

Age: Not verified (suggested 14+)

The world has kissed my soul with its pain, asking for its return in songs.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 167

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