Stranger Things - Rating Every Episode
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1. Stranger Things (2016–2025)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces and one strange little girl.
Stars: Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Winona Ryder, David Harbour
Votes: 1,335,180
Series Overall ★ 8.7 ★
An out-there, original and exciting series which will make you question why nothing like it existed before.
Season 1: ★★★★½
Season 2: ★★★★★
Season 3: ★★★★
Season 4: ★★★★★
Best Episode: "Chapter Seven: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab" (S4, E7)
2.
Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode:
Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers
(2016)
TV-14 | 47 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
American scientists, working without oversight in an obscure laboratory in a backwater town, have managed to bring about the total destruction of mankind.
Directors: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown
Votes: 27,170
8.6
3.
Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode:
Chapter Two: The Weirdo on Maple Street
(2016)
TV-14 | 55 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Mike hides the mysterious girl in his house. Joyce gets a strange phone call.
Directors: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown
Votes: 24,069
8.8
4.
Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode:
Chapter Three: Holly, Jolly
(2016)
TV-14 | 51 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An increasingly concerned Nancy looks for Barb and finds out what Jonathan's been up to. Joyce is convinced Will is trying to talk to her.
Director: Shawn Levy | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown
Votes: 23,913
8.9
5.
Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode:
Chapter Four: The Body
(2016)
TV-14 | 49 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Refusing to believe Will is dead, Joyce tries to connect with her son. The boys give Eleven a makeover. Jonathan and Nancy form an unlikely alliance.
Director: Shawn Levy | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown
Votes: 23,490
9.4
6.
Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode:
Chapter Five: The Flea and the Acrobat
(2016)
TV-14 | 52 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Hopper breaks into the lab to find the truth about Will's death. The boys try to locate the "gate" that will take them to Will.
Directors: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown
Votes: 22,254
8.8
7.
Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode:
Chapter Six: The Monster
(2016)
TV-14 | 46 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Hopper and Joyce find the truth about the lab's experiments. After their fight, the boys look for the missing Eleven.
Directors: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown
Votes: 22,147
8.9
8.
Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode:
Chapter Seven: The Bathtub
(2016)
TV-14 | 41 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
The government comes searching for Eleven. Eleven looks for Will and Barb in the Upside Down.
Directors: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown
Votes: 23,120
9.1
9.
Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode:
Chapter Eight: The Upside Down
(2016)
TV-14 | 54 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Joyce and Hopper are taken in for questioning. Nancy and Jonathan prepare to fight the monster and save Will.
Directors: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown
Votes: 27,184
9.3
10.
Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode:
Chapter One: MADMAX
(2017)
TV-14 | 48 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
As the town preps for Halloween, a high-scoring rival shakes things up at the arcade, and a skeptical Hopper inspects a field of rotting pumpkins.
Directors: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown
Votes: 21,454
8.8
11.
Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode:
Chapter Two: Trick or Treat, Freak
(2017)
TV-14 | 56 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
After Will sees something terrible on trick-or-treat night, Mike wonders whether Eleven's still out there. Nancy wrestles with the truth about Barb.
Directors: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown
Votes: 20,089
8.5
12.
Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode:
Chapter Three: The Pollywog
(2017)
TV-14 | 51 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Dustin adopts a strange new pet, and Eleven grows increasingly impatient. A well-meaning Bob urges Will to stand up to his fears.
Director: Shawn Levy | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown
Votes: 19,674
9.1
13.
Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode:
Chapter Four: Will the Wise
(2017)
TV-14 | 46 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An ailing Will opens up to Joyce -- with disturbing results. While Hopper digs for the truth, Eleven unearths a surprising discovery.
Director: Shawn Levy | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown
Votes: 19,428
9.0
14.
Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode:
Chapter Five: Dig Dug
(2017)
TV-14 | 58 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Nancy and Jonathan swap conspiracy theories with a new ally as Eleven searches for someone from her past. "Bob the Brain" tackles a difficult problem.
Director: Andrew Stanton | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown
Votes: 19,879
9.0
15.
Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode:
Chapter Six: The Spy
(2017)
TV-14 | 51 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Will's connection to a shadowy evil grows stronger but no one's quite sure how to stop it. Elsewhere, Dustin and Steve forge an unlikely bond.
Director: Andrew Stanton | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown
Votes: 21,295
9.5
16.
Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode:
Chapter Seven: The Lost Sister
(2017)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Psychic visions draw Eleven to a band of violent outcasts and an angry girl with a shadowy past.
Director: Rebecca Thomas | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown
Votes: 29,876
8.6
17.
Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode:
Chapter Eight: The Mind Flayer
(2017)
TV-14 | 47 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An unlikely hero steps forward when a deadly development puts the Hawkins lab on lockdown, trapping Will and several others inside.
Directors: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown
Votes: 23,065
9.3
18.
Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode:
Chapter Nine: The Gate
(2017)
TV-14 | 62 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Eleven makes plans to finish what she started while the survivors turn up the heat on the monstrous force that's holding Will hostage.
Directors: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown
Votes: 25,691
9.5
19.
Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode:
Chapter One: Suzie, Do You Copy?
(2019)
TV-14 | 50 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Summer brings new jobs and budding romance. But the mood shifts when Dustin's radio picks up a Russian broadcast, and Will senses something is wrong.
Directors: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown
Votes: 22,838
8.4
20.
Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode:
Chapter Two: The Mall Rats
(2019)
TV-14 | 50 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Nancy and Jonathan follow a lead, Steve and Robin sign on to a secret mission, and Max and Eleven go shopping. A rattled Billy has troubling visions.
Directors: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown
Votes: 20,794
8.5
21.
Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode:
Chapter Three: The Case of the Missing Lifeguard
(2019)
TV-14 | 49 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
With El and Max looking for Billy, Will declares a day without girls. Steve and Dustin go on a stakeout, and Joyce and Hopper return to Hawkins Lab.
Director: Shawn Levy | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown
Votes: 20,148
8.8
22.
Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode:
Chapter Four: The Sauna Test
(2019)
TV-14 | 52 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A code red brings the gang back together to face a frighteningly familiar evil. Karen urges Nancy to keep digging, and Robin finds a useful map.
Director: Shawn Levy | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown
Votes: 21,587
9.4
23.
Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode:
Chapter Five: The Flayed
(2019)
TV-14 | 51 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Strange surprises lurk inside an old farmhouse and deep beneath the Starcourt Mall. Meanwhile, the Mind Flayer is gathering strength.
Director: Uta Briesewitz | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown
Votes: 19,683
9.0
24.
Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode:
Chapter Six: E Pluribus Unum
(2019)
TV-14 | 59 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Dr. Alexei reveals what the Russians have been building, and Eleven sees where Billy has been. Dustin and Erica stage a daring rescue.
Director: Uta Briesewitz | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown
Votes: 19,856
8.9
25.
Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode:
Chapter Seven: The Bite
(2019)
TV-14 | 55 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
With time running out - and an assassin close behind - Hopper's crew races back to Hawkins, where El and the kids are preparing for war.
Directors: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown
Votes: 20,520
8.8
26.
Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode:
Chapter Eight: The Battle of Starcourt
(2019)
TV-14 | 76 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Terror reigns in the food court when the Mind Flayer comes to collect. But down below, in the dark, the future of the world is at stake.
Directors: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown
Votes: 30,854
9.2
The finale brings together a mostly coherent third season which excellently split off its cast, but ends with predictable twists and the question of why we should really be scared of the upside down if its monsters keep getting defeated.
27.
Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode:
Chapter One: The Hellfire Club
(2022)
TV-14 | 78 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Still reeling from the events last year, the gang tries to move on with their lives. However, a threat is brewing both on Earth and the Upside Down.
Directors: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard
Votes: 23,687
8.8
Showing how school doesn't work for the gifted - it's a season builder opening that's pretty slow as it supports character progression. But holy s*** that ending left my jaw on the floor - gory, violent, classic horror, wtf ending.
28.
Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode:
Chapter Two: Vecna's Curse
(2022)
TV-14 | 77 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A plane brings Mike to California -- and a dead body brings Hawkins to a halt. Nancy goes looking for leads. A shaken Eddie tells the gang what he saw.
Directors: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard
Votes: 20,703
8.8
A show that has matured with its cast - and viewers. Slap a hard R rating on these first two eps - it's darker and more violet than ever.
29.
Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode:
Chapter Three: The Monster and the Superhero
(2022)
TV-14 | 63 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Murray and Joyce fly to Alaska, and El faces serious consequences. Robin and Nancy dig up dirt on Hawkins' demons. Dr. Owens delivers sobering news.
Director: Shawn Levy | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard
Votes: 19,963
8.9
Has the creative freedom to be whatever the hell it wants. A confident start to the season, that pivots into outright thrilling territory.
30.
Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode:
Chapter Four: Dear Billy
(2022)
TV-14 | 78 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Max is in grave danger - and running out of time. A patient at Pennhurst Asylum has visitors. Elsewhere, in Russia, Hopper is hard at work.
Director: Shawn Levy | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard
Votes: 37,463
9.4
Didn't see any of that coming. Just as it had all seemed to be going to plan. A gripping episode that had everything from betrayals to gunshots, with an emotional punch too. One of the shows finest hours.
31.
Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode:
Chapter Five: The Nina Project
(2022)
TV-14 | 76 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Owens takes El to Nevada, where she's forced to confront her past, while the Hawkins kids comb a crumbling house for clues. Vecna claims another victim.
Director: Nimród Antal | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard
Votes: 19,156
8.5
Builder ep that takes us inward on Eleven. The plane story was a bit far fetched. The shot to move between worlds was awesome.
32.
Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode:
Chapter Six: The Dive
(2022)
TV-14 | 75 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Behind the Iron Curtain, a risky rescue mission gets underway. The California crew seeks help from a hacker. Steve takes one for the team.
Director: Nimród Antal | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard
Votes: 19,577
8.9
Fabulous, ambitious sci-fi that has no bounds. El's story is exciting, and conflicting. The 're-experience it' arc is an inspired way to bring back her powers.
33.
Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode:
Chapter Seven: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab
(2022)
TV-14 | 98 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
As Hopper braces to battle a monster, Dustin dissects Vecna's motives -- and decodes a message from beyond. El finds strength in a distant memory.
Directors: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard
Votes: 41,208
9.7
The best episode of the entire series. Incredible writing takes us back to where it began to rediscover the truth. The Vecna twist was just wild. The setup just phenomenal to have it building unbeknown to us all this time. Reminiscent in many ways of the Tom Riddle/Voldemort twist in HP. I have sky high expectations now - this season has been the best yet.
34.
Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode:
Chapter Eight: Papa
(2022)
TV-14 | 85 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Nancy has sobering visions, and El passes an important test. Back in Hawkins, the gang gathers supplies and prepares for battle.
Directors: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard
Votes: 21,642
9.0
Thrilling and will keep you on edge of your seat - even if the story moves quite slowly in retrospect. Eleven's emotion is her power and that's never been more clear. Will's revealing conversation was amazingly done, so much so I didn't even realise till he cried it had a duality to it. Brilliant writing, the show is at the peak of its powers at present. Bring it on Vecna!
35.
Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode:
Chapter Nine: The Piggyback
(2022)
TV-14 | 139 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
With selfless hearts and a clash of metal, heroes fight from every corner of the battlefield to save Hawkins - and the world itself.
Directors: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard
Votes: 32,740
9.2
With some heartfelt moments dotted throughout, you'll find yourself sobbing regularly - even if the end result is little more than a slightly frustrating build to next season. In following a mostly expected path (particularly with Eddie's obvious arc), the finale did not surpass the quite astronomical high of Chapter Seven. Negativity aside, the power of emotion in defeating evil is the captivating core of this story which will have you rooting for every one of these expertly written heroes.
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