Stranger Things vs Dark

Stranger Things is faster; Dark is more intimate, more surreal and darker. Both are original, heavy and fantastical.

Stranger Things poster

Stranger Things

Type and year
TV series · 2016
Length
4 seasons · 26 episodes · 50 min episodes
Rating
8.6
out of 10 on TMDB · 8,868 votes
Dark poster

Dark

Type and year
TV series · 2017
Length
3 seasons · 26 episodes · 53 min episodes
Rating
8.4
out of 10 on TMDB · 4,533 votes

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Characteristics, side by side

Stranger ThingsDark

  • Pace
    SlowFast
  • Originality
    Tried & testedFresh & original
  • Wholesomeness
    UnsavouryWholesome
  • Weightiness
    LightHeavy
  • Realism
    ImaginaryRealistic
  • Intricacy
    SimpleIntricate
  • Linearity
    SurrealLinear
  • Style and visuals
    GrittyGlossy
  • Scale
    EnclosedBig & varied
  • Emotional punch
    Emotionally undemandingEmotive & stirring

Taste attributes

Both

  • Drama
  • Mystery
  • Sci-fi & fantasy
  • Detective
  • Fantasy
  • Fresh & original
  • Heavy
  • Imaginary
  • Intricate
  • Enclosed
  • All consuming quest
  • Complex relationship
  • Fighting evil
  • Solving the riddle/not as it seems

Only Stranger Things

  • Monster/alien/supernatural
  • Horror
  • Psychological
  • Fast
  • Emotive & stirring
  • Human spirit/resilience/survival
  • Rescue/escape/jeopardy
  • Troubled leads
  • Unlikely connections

Only Dark

  • Crime
  • Mafia/gangster
  • Unsavoury
  • Surreal
  • Deep rivalry
  • Fish out of water/culture clash

Genres

Both

  • Drama
  • Mystery
  • Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Only Stranger Things

None.

Only Dark

  • Crime

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