Stranger Things Episodes Ranked
by HebersonMoser | created - 05 Oct 2019 | updated - 22 Nov 2020 | PublicSeason 1: 8,5/10 Season 2: 8,6/10 Season 3: 8,6/10
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1.
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
9,4/10
2.
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
9,3/10
3.
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
9,2/10
4.
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
9,1/10
5.
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
9,1/10
6.
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
9,0/10
7.
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
9,0/10
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
8,9/10
9.
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
8,8/10
10.
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
8,8/10
11.
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
8,7/10
12.
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
8,6/10
13.
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
8,6/10
14.
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
8,5/10
15.
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
8,5/10
16.
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
8,5/10
17.
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
8,5/10
18.
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
8,4/10
19.
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
8,4/10
20.
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
8,4/10
21.
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
8,3/10
22.
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
8,2/10
23.
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
8,2/10
24.
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
8,2/10
25.
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
8,1/10
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