Netflix has released the first full trailer for Stranger Things Season 5, offering fans their best look yet at the final chapter in one of the most popular streaming shows of all time.
Stranger Things 5 releases on Netflix across three premiere dates, with Volume 1 on November 26 (four episodes), Volume 2 on Christmas (three episodes), and the finale on New Year’s Eve. Each volume releases at 5pm PT.
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Stranger Things 5 release schedule:
- Volume 1: November 26, 2025 @ 5pm PT
- Volume 2: December 25, 2025 @ 5pm PT
- The Finale: December 31, 2025 @ 5pm PT
Here’s the official blurb on Season 5:
The fall of 1987. Hawkins is scarred by the opening of the Rifts, and our heroes are united by a single goal: find and kill Vecna. But he has vanished — his whereabouts and plans unknown. Complicating their mission, the government has placed the town under military quarantine and intensified its hunt for Eleven, forcing her back into hiding. As the anniversary of Will’s disappearance approaches, so does a heavy, familiar dread. The final battle is looming — and with it, a darkness more powerful and more deadly than anything they’ve faced before. To end this nightmare, they’ll need everyone — the full party — standing together, one last time.
Netflix previously revealed the episode titles of Stranger Things Season 5, which arrives over three years after the finale of Season 4. For more, check out the burning questions we still have from Stranger Things Season 4.
The cast includes Winona Ryder (Joyce Byers), David Harbour (Jim Hopper), Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven), Finn Wolfhard (Mike Wheeler), Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin Henderson), Caleb McLaughlin (Lucas Sinclair), Noah Schnapp (Will Byers), Sadie Sink (Max Mayfield), Natalia Dyer (Nancy Wheeler), Charlie Heaton (Jonathan Byers), Joe Keery (Steve Harrington), Maya Hawke (Robin Buckley), Priah Ferguson (Erica Sinclair), Brett Gelman (Murray), Jamie Campbell Bower (Vecna), Cara Buono (Karen Wheeler), Amybeth McNulty (Vickie), Nell Fisher (Holly Wheeler), Jake Connelly (Derek Turnbow), Alex Breaux (Lt. Akers), and Linda Hamilton (Dr. Kay).
Created by the Duffer Brothers, Stranger Things debuted in July 2016 and quickly became one of Netflix’s most popular television series ever with its fourth season alone amassing over 140.7 million views globally.
Stranger Things was so popular it rekindled interest in ‘80s pop culture items like Eggo waffles, New Coke, and even boosted Kate Bush’s iconic track Running Up That Hill into the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the first time in its 38-year history.
While Stranger Things is coming to an end in terms of its main Netflix series, there’s plenty more from the franchise to look forward to. Stage play Stranger Things: The First Shadow made its Broadway debut this April, there’s a Stranger Things animated series that will take fans back to Hawkins in 2026, a collection of books, and the touring Stranger Things Experience.
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