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The Strangers
MEANRANK
54/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #4871
- IMDb #4331
- Google retired #3720
- Rotten Tomatoes #3777
- Metacritic #3712
- Letterboxd #4135
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3795
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #4119
- Metacritic Critics #3699
- Metacritic Audience #3528
- Criticker #2990
- Douban #2692
- Kinopoisk #4911
- AlloCiné #4498
- Trakt #4329
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 35, highest is Trakt on 63.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A couple staying in an isolated vacation home is tormented by three masked assailants. The attackers have no clear motive and offer no demands, subjecting them to a prolonged and psychologically terrifying game of cat and mouse. Their struggle for survival is fueled by sheer random violence.
Details
- Director
- Bryan Bertino
- Writer
- Bryan Bertino
- Released
- 29 May 2008
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $9.0M
- Box office
- $83.1M
- Awards
- 1 win, 15 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 16 →1 win from 16 nominations across 8 ceremonies
| Fangoria Chainsaw Awards 2009 | Best Score | Tomandandy | Nominee |
| Fangoria Chainsaw Awards 2009 | Best Wide-Release Film | The Strangers | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 2009 | Best Horror Film | The Strangers | Nominee |
| Empire Awards 2008 | Best Horror | The Strangers | Nominee |
| Fright Meter Awards 2008 | Best Director | Bryan Bertino | Nominee |
| Fright Meter Awards 2008 | Best Actor | Scott Speedman | Nominee |
| Fright Meter Awards 2008 | Best Actress | Liv Tyler | Nominee |
| Fright Meter Awards 2008 | Best Screenplay | Bryan Bertino | Nominee |
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16 awards — The Strangers
×| Best Horror Actress | Liv Tyler | Winner |
| Best Horror Movie | The Strangers | Nominee |
| Best Actor | Scott Speedman | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Liv Tyler | Nominee |
| Best Director | Bryan Bertino | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Bryan Bertino | Nominee |
| Choice Movie Actor: Horror/Thriller | Scott Speedman | Nominee |
| Choice Movie Actress: Horror/Thriller | Liv Tyler | Nominee |
| Choice Movie: Horror/Thriller | The Strangers | Nominee |
| Best Score | Tomandandy | Nominee |
| Best Wide-Release Film | The Strangers | Nominee |
| Best Horror Trailer | The Strangers | Nominee |
| Best Sound Editing | The Strangers | Nominee |
| Best Horror | The Strangers | Nominee |
| Best Horror Film | The Strangers | Nominee |
| Best Horror Film | The Strangers | Nominee |