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 U.S., 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. Kate
9. Safe House
8. Home
7. Vivo
6. Intrusion
5. The Starling
4. Grown Ups
3. My Little Pony: A New Generation
2. No One Gets Out Alive
1. Britney vs Spears
Editor’s note: Last updated September 24th to reflect the Top 10 movies on Netflix as of that date.
10. Kate
Director: Cedric Nicolas-Troyan
Writer: Umair Aleem
Cast: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Woody Harrelson, and Miku Martineau
Year Released: 2021
Genre: Action Thriller
What It’s About:
After she’s irreversibly poisoned, a ruthless criminal operative has less than 24 hours to exact revenge on her enemies and in the process forms an unexpected bond with the daughter of one of her past victims.
9. Safe House
Director: Daniel Espinosa
Writer: David Guggenheim
Cast: Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Vera Farmiga, and Sam Shepard
Year Released: 2012
Genre: Thriller
What It’s About:
Matt Weston (Ryan Reynolds) is safeguarding ex-CIA criminal Tobin Frost (Denzel Washington) when his safe house is infiltrated by mercenaries. Can the two of them work together to survive the attack and escape with their lives?
8. Home
Director: Tim Johnson
Writer: Tom J. Astle and Matt Ember
Cast: Jim Parsons, Rihanna, Steve Martin, Jennifer Lopez
Year Released: 2015
Genre: Animated Comedy/Adventure
What It’s About:
When Oh, a loveable misfit from another planet, lands on Earth and finds himself on the run from his own people, he forms an unlikely friendship with an adventurous girl named Tip who is on a quest of her own. Through a series of comic adventures with Tip, Oh comes to understand that being different and making mistakes is all part of being human, and together they discover the true meaning of the word HOME.
7. Vivo
Director: Kirk DeMicco
Writers: Kirk DeMicco and Quiara Alegria Hudes
Cast: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Zoe Saldana, Juan de Marcos, Brian Tyree Henry, Michael Rooker, Nicole Byer, and Gloria Estefan
Year Released: 2021
Genre: Animated Family Musical
What It’s About: A music-loving kinkajou embarks on a journey to fulfill his destiny and deliver a love song for an old friend.
6. Intrusion
Director: Adam Salky
Writer: Christopher Sparling
Cast: Freida Pinto and Logan Marshall-Green
Year Released: 2021
Genre: Thriller
What It’s About:
When a husband and wife move to a small town, a home invasion leaves the wife traumatized and suspicious that those around her might not be who they seem.
5. The Starling
Director: Theodore Melfi
Writer: Matt Harris
Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Chris O’Dowd, Kevin Kline, Timothy Olyphant, Daveed Diggs, Skyler Gisondo, Loretta Devine, Laura Harrier, Rosalind Chao, Kimberly Quinn
Year Released: 2021
Genre: Drama
What It’s About:
After Lilly (Melissa McCarthy) suffers a loss, a battle with a territorial bird (The Starling) over dominion of her garden provides an unlikely avenue for her grief and the courage to heal her relationships and rediscover her capacity for love.
4. Grown Ups
Director: Dennis Dugan
Writers: Adam Sandler and Fred Wolf
Cast: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade, Salma Hayek, Maria Bello
Year Released: 2010
Genre: Comedy
What It’s About:
A comedy about five friends and former teammates who reunite years later to honor the passing of their childhood basketball coach. With their wives (Salma Hayek, Maria Bello, Maya Rudolph) and kids in tow, they spend the Fourth of July holiday weekend together at the lake house where they celebrated their championship years earlier. Picking up where they left off, they discover why growing older doesn’t mean growing up.
3. My Little Pony: A New Generation
Directors: Robert Cullen and José Ucha, co-directed by Mark Fattibene
Writers: Gillian Berrow and Tim Sullivan
Cast: Vanessa Hudgens, Sofia Carson, Kimiko Glenn, Liza Koshy and James Marsden
Year Released: 2021
Genre: Kids Animation
What It’s About:
In the new movie, the unimaginable has happened…Equestria has lost its magic! Earth Ponies, Unicorns, and Pegasi are no longer friends and now live separated by species. But idealistic Earth Pony Sunny (Vanessa Hudgens) is determined to find a way to bring enchantment and unity back to their world. Teaming up with open-hearted Unicorn Izzy (Kimiko Glenn), the pair travel to faraway lands where they encounter the likes of charismatic and brave Pegasi Pipp (Sofia Carson) and Zipp (Liza Koshy) and the ever-responsible fellow Earth Pony Hitch (James Marsden). Their mission is full of misadventures, but these new best friends each possess their own unique and special gifts that may be just what this ponyverse needs to restore magic and prove that even little ponies can make a big difference.
2. No One Gets Out Alive
Director: Santiago Menghini
Writers: Jon Croker and Fernanda Coppel
Cast: Cristina Rodlo, Marc Menchaca
Year Released: 2021
Genre: Horror
What It’s About:
Ambar (Cristina Rodlo) is an immigrant in search of the American dream, but when she’s forced to take a room in a boarding house, she finds herself in a nightmare she can’t escape.
1. Britney vs Spears
Director: Erin Lee Carr
Year Released: 2021
Genre: Docuementary
What It’s About:
The world knows Britney Spears: performer, artist, icon. But in the last few years, her name has been publicly tied to another, more mysterious term: conservatorship. Britney vs Spears tells the explosive story of Britney’s life and her public and private search for freedom. Featuring years-long investigative work, exclusive interviews and new documents, this Netflix feature film paints a thorough portrait of the pop star’s trajectory from girl next door to a woman trapped by fame and family and her own legal status. It shows Britney’s life without utilizing the traumatic images that have previously defined her. Director Erin Lee Carr (How To Fix a Drug Scandal, Dirty Money) and journalist Jenny Eliscu work to delve deep into the tangled history of the conservatorship that has been in place for over 13 years. The film weaves a shocking timeline of old and new players, secret rendezvous and Britney’s behind the scenes fight for her own autonomy. Text messages and a voicemail as well as new interviews with key players make clear what Britney herself has attested: the full story has yet to be told.
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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 U.S., 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. Kate
9. Safe House
8. Home
7. Vivo
6. Intrusion
5. The Starling
4. Grown Ups
3. My Little Pony: A New Generation
2. No One Gets Out Alive
1. Britney vs Spears
Editor’s note: Last updated September 24th to reflect the Top 10 movies on Netflix as of that date.
10. Kate
Director: Cedric Nicolas-Troyan
Writer: Umair Aleem
Cast: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Woody Harrelson, and Miku Martineau
Year Released: 2021
Genre: Action Thriller
What It’s About:
After she’s irreversibly poisoned, a ruthless criminal operative has less than 24 hours to exact revenge on her enemies and in the process forms an unexpected bond with the daughter of one of her past victims.
9. Safe House
Director: Daniel Espinosa
Writer: David Guggenheim
Cast: Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Vera Farmiga, and Sam Shepard
Year Released: 2012
Genre: Thriller
What It’s About:
Matt Weston (Ryan Reynolds) is safeguarding ex-CIA criminal Tobin Frost (Denzel Washington) when his safe house is infiltrated by mercenaries. Can the two of them work together to survive the attack and escape with their lives?
8. Home
Director: Tim Johnson
Writer: Tom J. Astle and Matt Ember
Cast: Jim Parsons, Rihanna, Steve Martin, Jennifer Lopez
Year Released: 2015
Genre: Animated Comedy/Adventure
What It’s About:
When Oh, a loveable misfit from another planet, lands on Earth and finds himself on the run from his own people, he forms an unlikely friendship with an adventurous girl named Tip who is on a quest of her own. Through a series of comic adventures with Tip, Oh comes to understand that being different and making mistakes is all part of being human, and together they discover the true meaning of the word HOME.
7. Vivo
Director: Kirk DeMicco
Writers: Kirk DeMicco and Quiara Alegria Hudes
Cast: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Zoe Saldana, Juan de Marcos, Brian Tyree Henry, Michael Rooker, Nicole Byer, and Gloria Estefan
Year Released: 2021
Genre: Animated Family Musical
What It’s About: A music-loving kinkajou embarks on a journey to fulfill his destiny and deliver a love song for an old friend.
6. Intrusion
Director: Adam Salky
Writer: Christopher Sparling
Cast: Freida Pinto and Logan Marshall-Green
Year Released: 2021
Genre: Thriller
What It’s About:
When a husband and wife move to a small town, a home invasion leaves the wife traumatized and suspicious that those around her might not be who they seem.
5. The Starling
Director: Theodore Melfi
Writer: Matt Harris
Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Chris O’Dowd, Kevin Kline, Timothy Olyphant, Daveed Diggs, Skyler Gisondo, Loretta Devine, Laura Harrier, Rosalind Chao, Kimberly Quinn
Year Released: 2021
Genre: Drama
What It’s About:
After Lilly (Melissa McCarthy) suffers a loss, a battle with a territorial bird (The Starling) over dominion of her garden provides an unlikely avenue for her grief and the courage to heal her relationships and rediscover her capacity for love.
4. Grown Ups
Director: Dennis Dugan
Writers: Adam Sandler and Fred Wolf
Cast: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade, Salma Hayek, Maria Bello
Year Released: 2010
Genre: Comedy
What It’s About:
A comedy about five friends and former teammates who reunite years later to honor the passing of their childhood basketball coach. With their wives (Salma Hayek, Maria Bello, Maya Rudolph) and kids in tow, they spend the Fourth of July holiday weekend together at the lake house where they celebrated their championship years earlier. Picking up where they left off, they discover why growing older doesn’t mean growing up.
3. My Little Pony: A New Generation
Directors: Robert Cullen and José Ucha, co-directed by Mark Fattibene
Writers: Gillian Berrow and Tim Sullivan
Cast: Vanessa Hudgens, Sofia Carson, Kimiko Glenn, Liza Koshy and James Marsden
Year Released: 2021
Genre: Kids Animation
What It’s About:
In the new movie, the unimaginable has happened…Equestria has lost its magic! Earth Ponies, Unicorns, and Pegasi are no longer friends and now live separated by species. But idealistic Earth Pony Sunny (Vanessa Hudgens) is determined to find a way to bring enchantment and unity back to their world. Teaming up with open-hearted Unicorn Izzy (Kimiko Glenn), the pair travel to faraway lands where they encounter the likes of charismatic and brave Pegasi Pipp (Sofia Carson) and Zipp (Liza Koshy) and the ever-responsible fellow Earth Pony Hitch (James Marsden). Their mission is full of misadventures, but these new best friends each possess their own unique and special gifts that may be just what this ponyverse needs to restore magic and prove that even little ponies can make a big difference.
2. No One Gets Out Alive
Director: Santiago Menghini
Writers: Jon Croker and Fernanda Coppel
Cast: Cristina Rodlo, Marc Menchaca
Year Released: 2021
Genre: Horror
What It’s About:
Ambar (Cristina Rodlo) is an immigrant in search of the American dream, but when she’s forced to take a room in a boarding house, she finds herself in a nightmare she can’t escape.
1. Britney vs Spears
Director: Erin Lee Carr
Year Released: 2021
Genre: Docuementary
What It’s About:
The world knows Britney Spears: performer, artist, icon. But in the last few years, her name has been publicly tied to another, more mysterious term: conservatorship. Britney vs Spears tells the explosive story of Britney’s life and her public and private search for freedom. Featuring years-long investigative work, exclusive interviews and new documents, this Netflix feature film paints a thorough portrait of the pop star’s trajectory from girl next door to a woman trapped by fame and family and her own legal status. It shows Britney’s life without utilizing the traumatic images that have previously defined her. Director Erin Lee Carr (How To Fix a Drug Scandal, Dirty Money) and journalist Jenny Eliscu work to delve deep into the tangled history of the conservatorship that has been in place for over 13 years. The film weaves a shocking timeline of old and new players, secret rendezvous and Britney’s behind the scenes fight for her own autonomy. Text messages and a voicemail as well as new interviews with key players make clear what Britney herself has attested: the full story has yet to be told.
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