I Was a Stranger
A Syrian doctor and her daughter flee Aleppo, setting off a chain of events that binds five strangers together. A smuggler, a soldier, a poet, and a coast guard captain collide in a crisis that tests their courage, their choices, and their humanity.
At a glance
Countries
Jordan, Turkey, Palestinian Territory, United States of America
Ratings
TMDB users
6.5/10
23 votes
Rating consensus
65/100 blend
Sources: TMDB
Moderate-to-positive blended read — weighted ~65/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
Cast
Yasmine Al Massri
Amira Homsi
Yahya Mahayni
Mustafa
Omar Sy
Marwan
Ziad Bakri
Fathi
Constantine Markoulakis
Stavros
Jason Beghe
Dr. Kroft
Ayman Samman
Shaheen
Massa Daoud
Rasha Homsi
Angeliki Papoulia
Helena
Saleh Bakri
Alaa
Jay Abdo
Papa Homsi
Vicky Papadopoulou
Charoula
Community Ledger
No logs yet — yours would be the first on Risocast.
I Was a Stranger (2025)
Brandt Andersen
Similar films & shows
From TMDB’s similar-title graph — shared genres, tone, cast, or who also watched this.
