The Stranger (2022 film)

The Stranger
The Stranger
	Australian release poster
Directed by	Thomas M. Wright
Written by	Thomas M. Wright
Based on	The Sting: The Undercover Operation That Caught Daniel Morcombe's Killer; by Kate Kyriacou
Produced by	Rachel Gardner; Emile Sherman; Iain Canning; Joel Edgerton; Kerry Kohansky Roberts; Kim Hodgert;
Starring	Joel Edgerton; Sean Harris; Jada Alberts;
Cinematography	Sam Chiplin
Edited by	Simon Njoo
Music by	Oliver Coates
Production; companies	See-Saw Films; Anonymous Content; Blue-Tongue Films;
Distributed by	Transmission Films (Australia); Netflix (worldwide);
Release dates	18 May 2022 (Cannes); 6 October 2022 (Australia);
Running time	116 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English

The Stranger is a 2022 Australian psychological crime thriller film written and directed by Thomas M. Wright, starring Joel Edgerton and Sean Harris. Based on the non-fiction book The Sting: The Undercover Operation That Caught Daniel Morcombe's Killer by Kate Kyriacou, and inspired by the murder investigation of Daniel Morcombe, the film follows an investigation of a child abduction case, with an undercover police officer (Edgerton) in a sting operation tasked with getting close to and forming a friendship with the prime suspect (Harris).

The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 2022, under the Un Certain Regard section. It had a limited theatrical release in Australia by Transmission Films on 6 October 2022 and streamed worldwide on Netflix on 19 October. The film received positive reviews from critics.