Stranger Eyes

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Stranger Eyes

2h 6m

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After enduring months of a fruitless police investigation into the disappearance of their daughter, a young, estranged couple, Junyang and Peiying, realize they are bring filmed surreptitiously when they begin receiving mysterious packages at their door containing DVDs with footage of their daily lives. The moments captured are unnerving not only for the violation of their privacy, but for what is exposed about Junyang and Peiying's relationship on a most intimate level. Suspecting their voyeur is responsible for taking their daughter, the couple embark on a desperate mission to seek him out, only to find the truth of his identity is more complicated than it seems. Featuring legendary Taiwanese actor Lee Kang-sheng, STRANGER EYES "transmogrifies what looks at first like a creepy crime thriller into something much more tricksy, potent and ultimately puzzling, yet still rooted in recognizable human fragility," (The Hollywood Reporter). Referencing other surveillance thrillers like Michael Haneke's CACHE and Alfred Hitchcock's REAR WINDOW, Singaporean filmmaker Yeo Siew Hua's latest feature is a timely update to the genre as a meditation on voyeurism in the digital age and the contradictory desires around being seen.

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Namrata Joshi

The New Indian Express

...Siew Hua spins a well-paced, taut thriller that keeps the audience guessing and on edge of their seats.

May 13, 2025

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Sophie Monks Kaufman

IndieWire

What begins as a crime thriller ends as a transfixing meditation on our personal need for recognition and the difficulty of finding this for ourselves or providing that for others.

Rated: B+

Dec 5, 2024

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Monica Castillo

RogerEbert.com

Yeo’s layered film goes beyond the conventional plot of a mystery to explore each character’s isolation in a crowded city and how the constant access to a camera has affected us.

Oct 5, 2024

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Filipe Freitas

Always Good Movies

Stranger Eyes leans heavily on its strong performances, and fortunately, the cast delivers even when the film itself doesn’t fully follow through.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 16, 2025

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Paul Emmanuel Enicola

The Asian Cut

Stranger Eyes grips audiences in that low-grade dread kind of way, the kind of menace you don’t feel until it settles into your chest. But then Yeo does something strange, almost counterintuitive: he downshifts.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 5, 2025

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Cain Noble-Davies

FILMINK (Australia)

... establishes the same intimacy between the audience and the characters as it does between the characters themselves.

Rated: 10/20

Jul 16, 2025

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After enduring months of a fruitless police investigation into the disappearance of their daughter, a young, estranged couple, Junyang and Peiying, realize they are bring filmed surreptitiously when they begin receiving mysterious packages at their door containing DVDs with footage of their daily lives. The moments captured are unnerving not only for the violation of their privacy, but for what is exposed about Junyang and Peiying's relationship on a most intimate level. Suspecting their voyeur is responsible for taking their daughter, the couple embark on a desperate mission to seek him out, only to find the truth of his identity is more complicated than it seems. Featuring legendary Taiwanese actor Lee Kang-sheng, STRANGER EYES "transmogrifies what looks at first like a creepy crime thriller into something much more tricksy, potent and ultimately puzzling, yet still rooted in recognizable human fragility," (The Hollywood Reporter). Referencing other surveillance thrillers like Michael Haneke's CACHE and Alfred Hitchcock's REAR WINDOW, Singaporean filmmaker Yeo Siew Hua's latest feature is a timely update to the genre as a meditation on voyeurism in the digital age and the contradictory desires around being seen.

Director: Siew Hua Yeo
Producer: Fran Borgia, Stefano Centini, Jean-Laurent Csinidis, Alex C. Lo
Screenwriter: Siew Hua Yeo
Distributor: Film Movement
Production Co: Akanga Film Asia, Volos Films, Films de Force Majeure, Cinema Inutile
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Chinese
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 29, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 5, 2025
Runtime: 2h 6m