With the release of the Netflix science-fiction horror show Stranger Things, directed by the Duffer Brothers, the show instantly became a cultural phenomenon for its portrayal of homages to the 80's genre films. The show also received critical acclaim and praise for its authentic characterization, pacing, atmosphere, soundtrack, directing, writing and superb acting, especially by the kids.
The series has up to now, garnered numerous industry nominations and awards, for instance, winning the 'Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series' as well as receiving 18 nominations for the "69th Primetime Emmy Awards" for the first season, including but not limited to 'Outstanding Drama Series'.
The series has also been recognized by Parrot Analytics as the most in-demand digital original series of the world for two consecutive years, 2017 and 2018[1] and is also included in the 2019 edition of Guinness World Records.[2]
Awards that the critically acclaimed Stranger Things has been nominated for or won are enumerated below.
2016[]
| Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hollywood Music in Media Awards[3] | Main Title – TV Show/Digital Series | Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein | Nominated |
| Original Score – TV Show/Mini Series | |||
| Outstanding Music Supervision – Television | Nora Felder | Won | |
| AFI Awards 2016[5] | AFI Television Programs of the Year | Stranger Things | Honored |
| Critics' Choice Awards | Best Drama Series[6] | Stranger Things | Nominated |
| Most Bingeworthy Show |
2017[]
| Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Globe Awards | Best Television Series - Drama | Stranger Things | Nominated |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama | Winona Ryder | ||
| Gold Derby TV Awards | Best Drama Series | Stranger Things | Won |
| Best Drama Supporting Actor | David Harbour | Nominated | |
| Best Drama Supporting Actress | Millie Bobby Brown | Nominated | |
| Winona Ryder | Nominated | ||
| Breakthrough Performer of the Year | Millie Bobby Brown | Won | |
| Best Drama Episode of the Year | "Chapter Seven: The Bathtub" | Nominated | |
| "Chapter Eight: The Upside Down" | Nominated | ||
| Best Ensemble of the Year | Main cast | Nominated | |
| Producers Guild of America Awards | Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama | The Duffer Brothers, Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen, Iain Paterson | Won |
| People's Choice Awards | Favorite TV Show | Stranger Things | Nominated |
| Favorite Premium Sci-Fi/Fantasy Series | |||
| Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actress | Millie Bobby Brown | ||
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Stranger Things | Won |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series | Winona Ryder
Millie Bobby Brown |
Nominated | |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Drama Series | Stranger Things | Nominated |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | David Harbour | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Millie Bobby Brown | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series | The Duffer Brothers | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series | Nominated | ||
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Shannon Purser | Nominated |
| Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Period Program | Chris Trujillo, William Davis & Jess Royal | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Millie Bobby Brown | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series | Carmen Cuba, Tara Feldstein & Chase Paris | Won | |
| Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series | Tim Ives | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series | Kevin D. Ross | Nominated | |
| Dean Zimmerman | Won | ||
| Outstanding Hair-styling for a Single-Camera Series | Sarah Hindsgaul & Evelyn Roach | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic) | Myke Michaels & Teresa Vest | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Music Supervision | Nora Felder | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series | Bradley North, Craig Henighan, Jordan Wilby, Jonathan Golodner, Tiffany S. Griffth, Sam Munoz, David Klotz, Noel Vought & Ginger Geary | Won | |
| Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series | Joe Barnett, Adam Jenkins, Chris Durfy & Bill Higley | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Main Title Design | Michelle Dougherty, Peter Frankfurt, Arisu Kashiwagi & Eric Demeusy | Won | |
| Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music | Michael Stein & Kyle Dixon | Won | |
| Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media within a Scripted Program | Netflix, CBS Digital | Nominated | |
| Annual Grammy Awards[7] | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Stranger Things Volume 1 | Nominated |
| Stranger Things Volume 2 | |||
| Writers Guild Awards[8] | Drama Series | Stranger Things | Nominated |
| New Series | |||
| Satellite Awards[9] | Television Series, Genre | Stranger Things | Nominated |
| Actress in a Series, Drama/Genre | Winona Ryder | ||
| MTV Millennial Awards | TV Series of the Year | Stranger Things | Won |
| MTV Movie and TV Awards | Best Actor in a Show | Millie Bobby Brown | Won |
| Best Hero | Millie Bobby Brown | Nominated | |
| Best Villain | Demogorgon | Nominated | |
| Show of the Year | Stranger Things | Won | |
| IGN Awards | Best Action Series | Stranger Things | Won |
| Best TV Episode | The Gate (episode) | Won | |
| IGN People's Choice Award[10] | Best Dramatic TV Performance | Millie Bobby Brown | Won |
| Young Artist Awards | Best Performance in a Digital TV Series or Film – Young Actor | Noah Schnapp | Nominated |
| Best Performance in a Digital TV Series or Film – Young Actress | Millie Bobby Brown | Nominated | |
| Best Performance in a Digital TV Series or Film – Teen Actor | Finn Wolfhard | Nominated | |
| Gaten Matarazzo | Nominated | ||
| Caleb McLaughlin | Nominated | ||
| Best Performance in a Digital TV Series or Film – Teen Actress | Natalia Dyer | Nominated |
2018[]
| Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series | Millie Bobby Brown | Nominated |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series | David Harbour | ||
| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Main Cast | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series | Stunt Team | Nominated | |
| Golden Globe Awards | Best Television Series – Drama | Stranger Things | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Awards | Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | David Harbour | Won |
| Empire Awards | Best TV Series | Stranger Things | Nominated |
| Best Actress in a TV Series | Millie Bobby Brown | Nominated | |
| SOC Lifetime Achievement Awards | Camera Operator of the Year – Television | Stranger Things | Won |
| NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Youth | Caleb McLaughlin | Won |
| Golden Reel Awards | Best Sound Editing: TV Short Form – Music | David Klotz | Won |
| ICG Publicists Awards | Publicist Showmanship Television Award | Denise Godoy | Won |
| Kid's Choice Awards | Favorite TV Show | Stranger Things | Won |
| Favorite TV Actress | Millie Bobby Brown | ||
| Golden Trailer Awards[11] | Best Fantasy Adventure (TV Spot/Trailer/Teaser for a series) | Stranger Things | Won |
| Best Music (TV Spot/Trailer/Teaser for a series) | Stranger Things | Won | |
| Best Sound Editing (TV Spot/Trailer/Teaser for a series) | Stranger Things | Won | |
| MTV Movie & TV Awards[12] | TV Show of the Year | Stranger Things | Won |
| Best Performance in a Show | Millie Bobby Brown | Won | |
| Best Kiss | Finn Wolfhard & Millie Bobby Brown | Nominated | |
| Most Frightened Performance | Noah Schnapp | Won | |
| Scene Stealer | Dacre Montgomery | Nominated | |
| Best On-Screen Team | Gaten Matarazzo, Finn Wolfhard, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp & Sadie Sink | Nominated | |
| Best Musical Moment | Stranger Things | Won | |
| Primetime Emmy Awards[13] | Outstanding Drama Series | Stranger Things | Nominated |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | David Harbour | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Millie Bobby Brown | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series | The Duffer Brothers (for "Chapter Nine: The Gate") | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series | Nominated | ||
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards[13] | Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series | Carmen Cuba, Tara Feldstein, and Chase Paris | Nominated |
| Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour) | Tim Ives (for "Chapter One: MADMAX") | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Music Supervision | Nora Felder (for "Chapter Eight: The Mind Flayer") | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series | Kevin D. Ross (for "Chapter Nine: The Gate") | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series | Bradley North, Craig Henighan, Tiffany S. Griffith, Jordan B. Wilby, David Werntz, Antony Zeller, David Klotz, Zane Bruce, and Lindsay Pepper (for "Chapter Eight: The Mind Flayer") | Won | |
| Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour) | Joe Barnett, Adam Jenkins, Michael P. Clark, and Bill Higley | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Special Visual Effects | Paul Graff, Christina Graff, Michael Maher, Fred Raimondi, Seth Hill, Joel Sevilla, Alex Young, Steven Michael Dinozzi, and Caius Man | Nominated | |
| Teen Choice Awards [14] | Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Show | Stranger Things | Nominated |
| Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actor | Finn Wolfhard | Nominated | |
| Gaten Matarazzo | Nominated | ||
| Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actress | Millie Bobby Brown | Won | |
| Choice TV Villain | Mind Flayer | Nominated | |
| Choice TV Ship | Finn Wolfhard & Millie Bobby Brown | Nominated | |
| Choice Liplock | Millie Bobby Brown & Finn Wolfhard | Nominated | |
| Choice Hissy Fit | Joe Keery | Nominated | |
| Choice Scene Stealer | Charlie Heaton | Nominated | |
| Gold Derby TV Awards [15] | Best Drama Series | Stranger Things | Nominated |
| Best Drama Supporting Actress | Millie Bobby Brown | Nominated | |
| Best Drama Supporting Actor | David Harbour | Won | |
| Noah Schnapp | Nominated | ||
| Best Drama Episode | "Chapter Nine: The Gate" (Written by The Duffer Brothers ) | Nominated | |
| Annual Grammy Awards | Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media | Stranger Things 2 (original soundtrack) | Nominated |
2019[]
| Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite TV Show | Stranger Things | Nominated |
| Favorite Female TV Star | Millie Bobby Brown | Nominated | |
| Favorite Male TV Star | Caleb McLaughlin | Nominated | |
| Teen Choice Awards [16] | Choice Summer TV Show | Stranger Things | Won |
| Choice Summer TV Actress | Millie Bobby Brown | Won | |
| Choice Summer TV Actor | Caleb McLaughlin | Nominated | |
| Finn Wolfhard | Nominated | ||
| Gaten Matarazzo | Nominated | ||
| Noah Schnapp | Won | ||
| People's Choice Awards[17] | The Show of 2019 | Stranger Things | Won |
| Drama Show of the Year | Won | ||
| Favorite Bingeworthy Show | Nominated | ||
| Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show | Nominated | ||
| The Female TV Star of 2019 | Millie Bobby Brown | Won | |
| Drama TV Star of the Year | Nominated | ||
| The Male TV Star of 2019 | Finn Wolfhard | Nominated |
2020[]
| Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Screen Actors Guild Awards[18] | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series | David Harbour | Pending |
| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Stranger Things | Pending | |
| Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series | Pending |
2021[]
References[]
- ↑ "‘Stranger Things’ Named Most In-Demand Series In the World"Deadline. January 22, 2019.
- ↑ "'Stranger Things' Makes Guinness Record Book"Broadcasting Cable. August 28, 2018.
- ↑ "2016 Music in Visual Media Nominees" Hollywood Music in Media.
- ↑ "HMMA Winners" Hollywood Music in Media.
- ↑ "AFI AWARDS 2016" American Film Awards.
- ↑ Critics Choice Awards 2016 Nominations.
- ↑ "59th Annual Grammy Awards Winners & Nominees" The Grammys. (archived version)
- ↑ "2017 Nominees & Winners" The Writers Guild Awards. (archived version)
- ↑ "International Press Academy 21st Annual Satellite Awards Nominations" Press Academy. November 28, 2016.
- ↑ "Best of 2017 Best Dramatic TV Performance" IGN
- ↑ "“Stranger Things: Season 2” and “Westworld Season 2” won the most awards for television" Variety
- ↑ "‘Stranger Things own the night at MTV Movie & TV Awards " Syfy
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Emmy Winners 2018: Full List" Deadline
- ↑ "Teen Choice Awards 2018 Winners: The Complete List " EONLINE
- ↑ "[1]"Gold Derby
- ↑ "Teen Choice Awards 2019: See the full list of winners and nominees" EW
- ↑ "People’s Choice Awards Winners List: ‘Avengers: Endgame’, ‘Stranger Things’ Among Honorees"Deadline.
- ↑ SAG Award Nominations: The Complete List" Variety.