Drama

I Was a Stranger

2026
★ 8.3 / 10
Five strangers are pulled together, colliding on a single night where survival is uncertain.
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Reviews
★★★★★
A couple asked us as we left the theater, what we thought. Both my husband & I in unison answered "It wasn't what I expected." That being said it was a very thought provoking, dark but enlightening, educational movie. The movie shows a journey from the point...
★★★★★
The film was so captivating from start to finish. You realize that the film is showing the turmoil of each stranger. The utter destruction the characters environment plays toward the decisions made in the fleet of a refugee. I cannot lie that I am not an emoti...
★★★★★
Every main character had a compelling storyline. Omar Sy needs more big roles, the dude is just as good of a villain as he is a hero. All the actors did an amazing job though. It's very difficult to end a movie like this. I naturally didn't expect much but the...
★★★★★
I Was a Stranger isn't the kind of film you simply watch-it's the kind you enter. Within minutes, you forget you're sitting on a couch or in a theater, because the story doesn't feel staged. It feels lived-in. The camera, the pacing, the quiet details in each...
★★★★★
So dark. The cinematography was incredible. Acting was absolutely gripping. At times it was difficult to watch, but that's the purpose of the film. The antagonist is war and it's inescapable reach. Families being torn apart, even over a dinner argument of the...
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