The Stranger Beside Me is a 1995 American made-for-television drama film directed by Sandor Stern and starring Tiffani Amber Thiessen as a young newlywed who suspects her charming husband (Eric Close) is not as charming or innocent as he seems. Though the film shares a title with a book about Ted Bundy (and the book's 2003 film adaptation), it is not based on that book nor inspired by the serial killer.