Strange Days
“You know you want it.”
In the last days of 1999, ex-cop turned street hustler Lenny Nero receives a disc which contains the memories of the murder of a prostitute. With the help of bodyguard Mace, he starts to investigate and is pulled deeper and deeper in a whirl of murder, blackmail and intrigue.
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Cast
84 people
Ralph Fiennes
Lenny Nero
Known for
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Schindler's List
Angela Bassett
Lornette 'Mace' Mason
Known for
9-1-1
London Has Fallen
Juliette Lewis
Faith Justin
Known for
Natural Born Killers
Yellowjackets
Tom Sizemore
Max Peltier
Known for
Saving Private Ryan
Black Hawk Down
Michael Wincott
Philo Gant
Known for
Nope
The Crow
Vincent D'Onofrio
Burton Steckler
Known for
Marvel's Daredevil
Jurassic World
Glenn Plummer
Jeriko One
Known for
Saw II
Gifted
Brigitte Bako
Iris
Known for
Gargoyles
Godzilla: The Series
Richard Edson
Tick
Known for
Do the Right Thing
Platoon
William Fichtner
Dwayne Engelman
Known for
Prison Break
BEEF
Josef Sommer
Palmer Strickland
Known for
Witness
Patch Adams
Joe Urla
Keith
Known for
The Bodyguard
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
Kathryn Bigelow Director · James Cameron Screenplay Jay Cocks Screenplay
Worldwide gross $17M · Budget $42M · United States release October 13, 1995
Box office
Budget
$42,000,000
Worldwide gross
$17,000,000
Gross vs. budget
0.4×
Production
Lightstorm Entertainment
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish
Release dates
Italy · September 3, 1995
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
United States · October 13, 1995
Theatrical
United States · April 2, 1996
Physical · VHS
United States
October 7, 1995 · Premiere · New York Film Festival
May 22, 1996 · Physical · LaserDisc
May 20, 1997 · Physical · VHS Widescreen Series
July 8, 1998 · Physical · DTS LaserDisc
September 28, 1999 · Physical · DVD
Argentina
February 22, 1996 · Theatrical
Australia
December 28, 1995 · Theatrical
Belgium
April 17, 1996 · Theatrical
Brazil
April 26, 1996 · Theatrical
August 20, 2025 · Physical · Mestres do Cinema: Kathryn Bigelow Blu-ray
Canada
September 28, 1999 · Physical · DVD
Croatia
February 15, 1996 · Theatrical
Czechia
July 11, 1996 · Theatrical
Denmark
May 17, 1996 · Theatrical
Dominican Republic
April 10, 1996 · Theatrical
Finland
April 26, 1996 · Theatrical · (cut)
France
February 7, 1996 · Theatrical
February 20, 1997 · Physical · LaserDisc
Germany
February 1, 1996 · Theatrical
Greece
March 1, 1996 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
February 1, 1996 · Theatrical
Hungary
April 25, 1996 · Theatrical
Iceland
March 22, 1996 · Theatrical
Ireland
March 1, 1996 · Theatrical
Italy
February 20, 1996 · Theatrical
Japan
January 20, 1996 · Theatrical
July 8, 1996 · Physical · LaserDisc
Netherlands
May 9, 1996 · Theatrical
June 19, 2005 · TV · Veronica
April 1, 2009 · Physical · DVD
Norway
April 19, 1996 · Theatrical
Poland
April 26, 1996 · Theatrical
Portugal
March 15, 1996 · Theatrical
Singapore
February 29, 1996 · Theatrical
South Korea
November 2, 1996 · Theatrical
Spain
April 12, 1996 · Theatrical
Sweden
April 19, 1996 · Theatrical
Türkiye
April 26, 1996 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
March 1, 1996 · Theatrical · Cut
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