Stranger Things borrows from all the best movies of the ’70s and ’80s. This side-by-side analysis created by Ulysse Thevenon shows how perfectly it does this:
Obviously, we've got your E.T. references aplenty:
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Alien, too.
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Let's not forget The Goonies:
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Dustin IS Chunk!
And Stand by Me:
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Lots of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, as well.
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And duh, Eleven is totally Drew in Firestarter!
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