A Stranger Among Us
Original title: Close to Eden
“In a dangerous world of mystery and intrigue, she's going undercover searching for the truth.”
1992 · 1 h 50 min
Sidney LumetCast
Melanie Griffith 
Eric Thal 
John Pankow 
Tracy Pollan 
Lee Richardson 
Mia Sara
Credits
Written by: Robert J. Avrech
Plot
A New York cop goes undercover in a Hasidic community to solve a jewel theft and murder.
Sinekatalog’s take
Sidney Lumet's thriller, with Melanie Griffith, is sincere but undercooked, a mild culture-clash mystery.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 5.6 / 10 (4,642 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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