Love Netflix's 'Stranger Things 2'? Watch These Movies and Shows Next.

Stranger Thingswas the idiot box sensation of last summer , and its 2d season , out now on Netflix , is reiterate the weewee - tank mastery . It ’s not too difficult to figure out why : the series appeals to Generation ex - ers with eighties nostalgia and plays to younger viewers by combining " previous - schooltime " techniques withtheory - ready mystery . While some of the serial publication ' touchstones are fairly obvious – Steven Spielberg’sE.T the Extra - Terrestrial , Ridley Scott’sAlien , and Brian De Palma’sCarrie , to name only a few –Stranger Things 2is wad with estimate that keep it relevant in 2017 .

So once you ’re done digging through the eight effortlessly entertaining chapter ofStranger thing , here are a few other flick and TV picture that will keep the imagination racing until the debut ofSeason 3 :

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Amazing Stories(1985)

This Steven Spielberg - produced series apply a wholesome Lucy in the sky with diamonds of pensive lovingness to the anthology trend ofTwilight Zone . Amazing Storieswas a Wednesday night custom for ' 80s kids who could n’t wait to get their eyeball on the next Spielberg movie . Horror , sci - fi , dangerous undertaking , oddball drollery – this series had it all , and the awe still holds up in today ’s " halcyon age of television . “Where to check it : rain cats and dogs on NBC.com

Stand by Me(1986)

If you be intimate the kids inStranger thing , then odds are you ’ll excavate this fantastic Stephen King adaptation . This was the very first photographic film to exemplify that there was more to King than scares , and whileStand by Medoes , at times , have a dark and ominous boundary to it , it ’s mostly a charming and engaging story of four young male child revel their last long adventure before adulthood . A movie of multitudes , from dead bodies to disastrous pie - eating contest . Where to watch it : Rent on iTunes and Amazon Video

Cloak & Dagger(1984)

This extremely entertaining but virtually forgotten espionage escapade sport Henry Thomas ( fresh off ofE.T. the Extra - Terrestrial)and theatrical role - actor extraordinaire Dabney Coleman in not one , but two roles!Cloak & Daggerstages honest-to-god - school undercover agent hijinks in the " fresh - fangled " macrocosm of TV games . Vector artwork : still thrilling 30 years later ! This is a movie that champions impertinent kids and serious parent , and clicks with theStranger Thingsvibe . Where to keep an eye on it : Stream on HBO GO and HBO NOW ; split on iTunes , YouTube , and Amazon Video

Midnight Special(2016)

The " other " eighties sci - fi throwback from this yr is nigh to a masterpiece ( and might just be one in a few yr ) . FromTake Shelterdirector Jeff Nichols , Midnight Specialis about a father and a cop who skin to keep a strange little male child from falling into the hands of a cultus , and afterward the FBI . The following is clouded in mystery ; there are legion surprisal regarding heroes , baddie , and the generator of the do-or-die kid ’s on the face of it otherworldly major power . LikeStranger Things , Midnight Speciallifts from the likes of Spielberg and John Carpenter , but still stands as an impressively original story . perk up yourself for one hell of an conclusion . Where to watch it : lease on iTunes , YouTube , and Amazon Video

The Gate(1987)

Few but the most ardent of 1980s survivor will think this small - budget narration of kids doing struggle with a collection of devil . Despite drawing intake fromGremlins(the reason this movie exists , honestly),The Gatestill rolls along with original twists , a few nifty FX sequences , and enough solid scary bits . It was rare to find a PG-13 revulsion movie back in 1987 – and still is today , really . Where to watch it : rend on iTunes , YouTube , and Amazon Video

Explorers(1985)

Explorersshould have been a bash hit . From the always - reliable Joe Dante ( The Howling , Gremlins , Innerspace ) , the movie watch three affable kids ( including Ethan Hawke and the late River Phoenix ) who wangle to build a spaceship and manoeuvre off to the creation . Unfortunately , Paramount rushed the final mathematical product and dropped it on the same weekend asthe alive economic aid concert . The movie bombed . The movie has become a favorite among Gen X - ers and those students of underrated summertime megahit . A quaggy ending apart , Explorersis still a sport , laughable , charming movie . Where to determine it : Stream on Starz ; tear on iTunes , YouTube , and Amazon Video

The Monster Squad(1987)

Considerably cockamamy than most of the moving picture on this list , we simply had to include this popcorn movie about a crew of kids who confront off against all the classic picture monsters , let in Dracula , Wolfman , and Frankenstein ’s Monster . There ’s not much here in the way of subtext or in high spirits drama , but the kid are all queer and director Fred Dekker hold back affair moving quite swimmingly . If this were eight episodes rather than a movie , The Monster Squadwould be totally bingeable . Where to watch it : Stream on Hulu ; split on iTunes , YouTube , and Amazon Video

The Outer Limits(1963)

The series only run two seasons , but this sci - fi spin onThe Twilight Zoneprovided more than enough tremendous episodes to warrant full - bore cult condition . The initial 49 installment proceed to bedazzle sci - fi fans of all age – provided they ’re complicate enough to give a dated ol' smutty - and - lily-white sci - fi show a spin . Once you ’re done with the original , pick through over 150 more sci - fi taradiddle produced for the 1995 reboot , which is n’t quite as consistent but does have some fine speculative storytelling . Where to learn it : Stream both versions on Hulu

The Sandlot(1993)

There ’s nothing even remotely supernatural about this low - key , baseball - lovin' comedy ( go forThe Gooniesif you require that fix ) , butThe Sandlotdoes have one central element in common withStranger affair : win chemistry between amazingly gifted kid thespian . We all know how painful a motion-picture show can be when the kid actor make out off as too precocious , stilted , or objectionable . The Sandlotis perfectly contrive . Where to keep an eye on it : Stream on HBOGo ; rent on iTunes , YouTube , and Amazon Video

Super 8(2011)

It ’d be impossible to talk about sci - fi nostalgia movies without including J.J. Abrams ' overhyped , yet smoothly appealing introduction . Whether this virtual beloved letter to Steven Spielberg borrows too much from its inspirations is up to the witness , but there ’s no denying that this " little - town kids save the daylight from an encroaching supernatural threat " motion-picture show pumps earnest love through its vein . A few center - popping action sequence set it apart from the past . Where to watch it : lease on iTunes , YouTube , and Amazon Video

Eerie, Indiana(1991)

This fry - friendly take onTwin Peaks(only with more monsters ! ) was a short - lived affair . Only 19 instalment were produced , most of which were orchestrate by Joe Dante , and the series never even made it to a second season . A millennial fanbase – plus short stints on Netflix and Hulu ( anathemise you , lapsed rights ! ) – has allowedEerie , Indianato live on as a cult favourite . That it ’s also a canny , well - made piece of genre goofiness does n’t hurt . The final sequence , where the stars break the fourth wall to ward off a unfriendly putsch of the show , is weird and gaga . Where to look on it : It ’s presently not teem ( lawfully ) , but it ’s available to Netflix DVD endorser

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Close Encounters if the Third Kind(1977)

In the first instalment of Season 2 we get a great ocular callback to Steven Spielberg ’s classical science - fiction film . Even if you ’ve never seen the movie , you probably captivate the second ; the " boy looking out an assailable door and seeing something otherworldly " image is also on the Close Encounters poster . The serial does n’t actually have all the much in vulgar with this particular moving-picture show , but distinctly the Duffer sidekick want to throw a cracking visual pool stick in there . I you have n’t seen this sensational report of obsession and oddment , get on it . Where to take in it : Rent on iTunes , Amazon , and Vudu

Ghostbusters(1984)

Gremlins(1984)

This movie is n’t referenced by any of the character in Season 2 but there ’s a gravid moment in the third installment when famed composer Jerry Goldsmith ’s score forGremlinsis plainly apparent . And of class it get when a slimed fiddling creature escapes from our heroes and stimulate all sorts of colorful havoc . Understand all the layer of the reference by checking outGremlins , a moral tale about monster and always listening to directions , and its ego - aware , hyper - cartoonish subsequence . Where to watch it : pour on Netflix

Aliens(1986)

Not only does the second season ofStranger Thingsadd a central member of theAliensensemble – Paul Reiser once play the endlessly circuitous company man Carter Burke – but it also release your expectation on their head by ( initially ) presenting him as a fly-by-night guy . Throw in a few visual cues , specially once some of our main characters start weave through underground cavern filled with hidden monsters , and it becomes fairly clear that the Duffer brothers are big sports fan of this particular James Cameron movie . Where to watch it : charter on iTunes , Amazon , and Vudu

The Ruins(2008)

The mid - section ofStranger Things 2is ladened with sentient , slimy , strong-growing vines , and if you do it that stuff you simply have to check out this memorably macabre – yet oddly underloved – horror moving picture based on an every bit nasty novel . It ’s a simple story about a crew of new idiots who get trapped by a ruin full of sea wolf vine . Fair warning though : these vines are much nastier , and the bloodshed is a lot more bestial . Where to watch it : current on Hulu

Patrick(1978)

pitiable , long - woe Will contend briefly with a variety of palsy while stuck in a infirmary bed , and that one speedy second made me conceive of the creepy-crawly cult classic from Australia called Patrick . Both the 1978 original and the 2013 remaking have their moments , and do all they can to stretch their simple premise , where a telekinetic manslayer bedevilment is inquisitive nurse , into feature - duration craziness . This one may be a large range on my part , but those Duffer brothers have probably seenPatrickby now . Where to watch it : Stream on Shudder or Amazon Prime ( with Shudder add together - on )

Resident Evil(2002)

Most of the master characters ( finally ) amount together near the end of Season 2 , only the reunion is n’t quite all that celebratory . Not only are they all securely locked inside a top surreptitious scientific facility , but they ’re under siege from awfully mutated dog - shaped puppet . That voice a whole lot like the firstResident Evilmovie – if only for about half an sequence , anyway . Where to watch it : iTunes , Amazon , and Vudu

Scott Weinbergis a picture show writer and critic who has write for vent such asPlayboy , FEARnet , Nerdist , and many others . He tweets@scotteweinbergbut ignores think mass .

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