Now that Netflix has unveiled its “Top 10” feature, we have an assessment of what people are actually watching on the streaming service. Each day, the “Top 10” feature shows the most popular films and TV shows as viewed by subscribers.
But if you’re looking for not only a quick rundown of the Top 10 most popular movies on Netflix, but also a little more information on what they’re about and who’s in them, we’ve got you covered. Below, we’ve assembled the current list of the most popular movies on Netflix in the US, along with more information about each film.
Bookmark this page to keep up with how the Top 10 changes from week to week, but for now, here’s the current list:
10. Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: A Bad Boy Story
9. Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness
8. It
7. Spiderhead
6. Love & Gelato
5. Hustle
4. Backtrace
3. The Mist
2. The Man From Toronto
1. Sing 2
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Editor’s note: Last updated July 1 to reflect the Top 10 movies on Netflix as of that date.
10. Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: A Bad Boy Story
Director: Daniel Kaufman
Year: 2017
Genre: Documentary
What It’s About:
Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs overcomes adversity and tragedy to become a singer, songwriter, actor, record producer and entrepreneur.
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9. Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness
Directors: Ben Stassen and Benjamin Mousquet
Writer: Dave Collard
Cast: Jordan Tartakow, Joey Lotsko, Laila Berzins, Brad Venable and Chris McCune
Year: 2022
Genre: Animated Adventure Comedy
What It’s About:
A brave young animal explorer teams up with two trusty friends to find a powerful artefact before his greedy uncle can get his paws on it.
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Director: Andy Muschietti
Writers: Chase Palmer, Cary Fukunaga, and Gary Dauberman
Cast: Jaeden Lieberher, Bill Skarsgård, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard
Year: 2017
Genre: Horror
What It’s About:
The horror thriller “IT”, directed by Andrés Muschietti (“Mama”), is based on the hugely popular Stephen King novel of the same name, which has been terrifying readers for decades. When children begin to disappear in the town of Derry, Maine, a group of young kids is faced with their biggest fears when they square off against an evil clown named Pennywise, whose history of murder and violence dates back for centuries.
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Director: Joseph Kosinski
Writers: Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick
Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller, Jurnee Smollett, Mark Paguio
Year: 2022
Genre: Psychological Thriller
What It’s About:
A prisoner in a state-of-the-art penitentiary begins to question the purpose of the emotion-controlling drugs he’s testing for a pharmaceutical genius.
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6. Love & Gelato
Director / Writer: Brandon Camp
Cast: Susanna Skaggs, Tobia De Angelis, Owen McDonnell
Year: 2022
Genre: Romantic Comedy
What It’s About:
Making a promise to her sick mother, a pre-med student, has the summer of a lifetime in Rome, using her mom’s old journal as a guide as she slowly falls for the city’s charms, its people, and of course, the gelato.
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Director: Jeremiah Zagar
Writers: Taylor Materne and Will Fetters
Cast: Adam Sandler, Queen Latifah, Ben Foster, Juancho Hernangómez, and Robert Duvall
Year: 2022
Genre: Sports Drama
What It’s About:
After discovering a once-in-a-lifetime player with a rocky past abroad, a down on his luck basketball scout (Adam Sandler) takes it upon himself to bring the phenom to the States without his team’s approval. Against the odds, they have one final shot to prove they have what it takes to make it in the NBA.
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4. Backtrace
Director: Brian A. Miller
Writer: Mike Maples
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Matthew Modine and Ryan Guzman
Year: 2018
Genre: Action Crime
What It’s About:
An amnesic patient is broken out of a psych ward and given an experimental memory drug in the hopes of recovering a missing bag full of cash.
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Director / Writer: Frank Darabont
Cast: Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Nathan Gamble, Andre Braugher, Toby Jones
Year: 2007
Genre: Sci-Fi Horror
What It’s About:
After a violent storm attacks a town in Maine, an approaching cloud of mist appears the next morning. As the mist quickly envelops the area, a group of people get trapped in a local grocery store -among them, artist David Drayton and his five-year-old son. The people soon discover that within the mist lives numerous species of horrific, unworldly creatures that entered through an inter-dimensional rift, which may or may not have been caused by a nearby military base. As the world around them manifests into a literal hell-on-earth, the horrified citizens try desperately to survive this apocalyptic disaster.
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Director: Patrick Hughes
Writers: Robbie Fox and Chris Bremner
Cast: Kevin Hart and Woody Harrelson
Year: 2022
Genre: Action Comedy
What It’s About:
A case of mistaken identity forces a bumbling entrepreneur to team up with a notorious assassin known as The Man from Toronto in hopes of staying alive.
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Director / Writer: Garth Jennings
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson, Taron Egerton, Tori Kelly
Year: 2021
Genre: Animated Musical Comedy
What It’s About:
Can-do koala Buster Moon and his all-star cast of animal performers prepare to launch a dazzling stage extravaganza in the glittering entertainment capital of the world. There’s just one hitch – he has to find and persuade the world’s most reclusive rock star to join them. What begins as Buster’s dream of big-time success soon becomes an emotional reminder of the power of music to heal even the most broken heart.
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