The Stranger fingerprintHigh energy, strong craft, emotionally cool.
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Emotionally reserved
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Mystery, crime, and history
Standout performances and characters
Functional look and sound
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
The Stranger is tense. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Emotionally reserved
It keeps its emotions at a distance.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect a little humor.
Mystery, crime, and history
Its world is built around mystery, crime, and history.
Standout performances and characters
The performances and characters stand out.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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The Stranger is included with a subscription to fuboTV, Philo, Brew, and MGM+ in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy, Hoopla, and FlixHouse. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Yes. It's widely acclaimed, with a GoodWatch score of 81/100 (IMDb 7.3, Rotten Tomatoes 97%, and Metacritic 76). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
Content advisories: violence.
1 h 35 min
The Stranger runs 1 h 35 min.
Not quite. Critics rate The Stranger higher (87) than audiences (77). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
Yes. It cost about $1 million to make and earned $3 million worldwide, 3.1 times its budget.
It was made in English, with some French, Spanish. Produced in United States.
+124GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for The Stranger in 138 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 36 storytelling tropes for The Stranger, including Redemption Equals Death, Villain Opening Scene, Just Following Orders.
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