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26 November 2025

Graphic violence, horror

Eight months after Starcourt, the friends are split across Hawkins, California, and Russia as they face Vecna, a psychic killer from the Upside Down, uncover Eleven’s dark past, and fight to stop a catastrophic tear between worlds.

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14 November 2025

Graphic violence, horror

Eight months after Starcourt, the friends are split across Hawkins, California, and Russia as they face Vecna, a psychic killer from the Upside Down, uncover Eleven’s dark past, and fight to stop a catastrophic tear between worlds.

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14 November 2025

Horror

In the summer of 1985, amid mall culture and teenage romance, the Mind Flayer possesses Billy and recruits Hawkins residents while a secret Russian plot to reopen the gate forces the group into a battle at Starcourt Mall.

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14 November 2025

Horror

A year after the events of season 1, the Upside Down resurfaces as Will suffers visions of a monstrous Mind Flayer, new threats emerge, and Eleven returns from hiding to help her friends close the gate before Hawkins falls.

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14 November 2025

Horror & violence

A group of friends in Hawkins, Indiana, have their lives turned upside down when one of them mysteriously goes missing; as his mother desperately searches for him, strange supernatural forces begin to surface, and a mysterious girl with extraordinary abilities appears, leading the group to uncover a dark secret lurking beneath their town.

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Stranger Things: Fireplace 

Suitable for general audiences

2025, Directed by et al.

Alternate title: Stranger Things: Fireplace
Running time: 60 minutes
Country of origin: United States
Label issued by: Streaming Service
Label issued on: 12 January 2026
Approved formats: Online

Stranger Things, Season 4 

Unsuitable for audiences under 16 years of age

Graphic violence, Horror

2022, Directed by et al.

Alternate title: Stranger Things, Season 4
Running time: 760 minutes
Country of origin: United States
Label issued by: Streaming Service
Label issued on: 14 November 2024
Approved formats: Online

Stranger Things, Season 3 

Unsuitable for audiences under 13 years of age

Horror

2019, Directed by et al.

Alternate title: Stranger Things, Season 3
Running time: 436 minutes
Country of origin: United States
Label issued by: Streaming Service
Label issued on: 14 November 2024
Approved formats: Online

Stranger Things, Season 2 

Unsuitable for audiences under 13 years of age

Horror

2017, Directed by Ross Duffer, Matt Duffer

Alternate title: Stranger Things, Season 2
Running time: 454 minutes
Country of origin: United States
Label issued by: Streaming Service
Label issued on: 14 November 2024
Approved formats: Online

Stranger Things: Season 1 

Suitable for mature audiences

Violence & horror

2017, Directed by The Duffer Brothers

Running time: 394 minutes
Country of origin: USA
Label issued by: Labelling Body
Label issued on: 10 June 2019
Approved formats: DVD

Stranger Things, Season 5 

Unsuitable for audiences under 16 years of age

Graphic violence, Horror

2025

Alternate title: Stranger Things, Season 5
Running time: 472 minutes
Country of origin: United States
Label issued by: Streaming Service
Label issued on: 08 December 2025
Approved formats: Online

Beyond Stranger Things, Season 1 

Suitable for mature audiences

Violence

2017, Directed by et al.

Alternate title: Beyond Stranger Things, Season 1
Running time: 148 minutes
Country of origin: United States
Label issued by: Streaming Service
Label issued on: 14 November 2024
Approved formats: Online

Stranger Things: Season 1 (Episode 6) 

Suitable for mature audiences

Violence & horror

2016, Directed by The Duffer Brothers

Alternate title: Stranger Things: Season 1 (Chapter Six: The Monster)
Running time: 46 minutes
Country of origin: United States
Label issued by: Classification Office
Label issued on: 12 August 2016
Approved formats: Online

Stranger Things: Season 1 (Episode 3) 

Suitable for mature audiences

Violence & horror

2016, Directed by Shawn Levy

Alternate title: Stranger Things: Season 1 (Chapter Three: Holly, Jolly)
Running time: 51 minutes
Country of origin: United States
Label issued by: Classification Office
Label issued on: 12 August 2016
Approved formats: Online

Stranger Things: Season 1 (Episode 2) 

Suitable for mature audiences

Horror scenes

2016, Directed by The Duffer Brothers

Alternate title: Stranger Things: Season 1: (Chapter Two: The Weirdo on Maple St.)
Running time: 55 minutes
Country of origin: United States
Label issued by: Classification Office
Label issued on: 12 August 2016
Approved formats: Online

Stranger Things: Season 1 (Episode 8) 

Suitable for mature audiences

Violence & horror

2016, Directed by The Duffer Brothers

Alternate title: Stranger Things: Season 1 (Chapter Eight: The Upside Down)
Running time: 54 minutes
Country of origin: United States
Label issued by: Classification Office
Label issued on: 12 August 2016
Approved formats: Online

Stranger Things: Season 1 (Episode 4) 

Suitable for mature audiences

Violence & horror

2016, Directed by Shawn Levy

Alternate title: Stranger Things: Season 1 (Chapter Four: The Body)
Running time: 50 minutes
Country of origin: United States
Label issued by: Classification Office
Label issued on: 12 August 2016
Approved formats: Online

Stranger Things: Season 1 (Episode 1) 

Suitable for mature audiences

Violence & horror

2016, Directed by The Duffer Brothers

Alternate title: Stranger Things: Season 1 (Chapter One: The Vanishing Of Will Byers)
Running time: 48 minutes
Country of origin: United States
Label issued by: Classification Office
Label issued on: 12 August 2016
Approved formats: Online

Stranger Things: Season 1 (Episode 7) 

Suitable for mature audiences

Violence & horror

2016, Directed by The Duffer Brothers

Alternate title: Stranger Things: Season 1 (Chapter Seven: The Bathtub)
Running time: 42 minutes
Country of origin: United States
Label issued by: Classification Office
Label issued on: 12 August 2016
Approved formats: Online

Stranger Things: Season 1 (Episode 5) 

Suitable for mature audiences

Violence & horror

2016, Directed by The Duffer Brothers

Alternate title: Stranger Things: Season 1 (Chapter Five: The Flea and the Acrobat)
Running time: 52 minutes
Country of origin: United States
Label issued by: Classification Office
Label issued on: 12 August 2016
Approved formats: Online

Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things The First Shadow 

Unsuitable for audiences under 13 years of age

Violence

2025, Directed by Jon Halperin

Alternate title: Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things The First Shadow
Running time: 85 minutes
Country of origin: United States
Label issued by: Streaming Service
Label issued on: 05 May 2025
Approved formats: Online

One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 

Unsuitable for audiences under 13 years of age

Wound detail

2026, Directed by Martina Radwan

Alternate title: One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5
Running time: 120 minutes
Country of origin: United States
Label issued by: Streaming Service
Label issued on: 09 February 2026
Approved formats: Online