Netflix is one of the most popular streaming services in the world, with more than 220 million subscribers. And just what do those people tend to watch? In particular, what is the most popular movie on Netflix?
Each week, the streaming service releases a list of its 10 most-watched movies over the preceding seven days. Below, we’ve listed the top 10 movies in the U.S. from February 20 to February 26, along with general information about each film, such as genre, rating, cast, and synopsis.
In this family-friendly movie, Mrs. and Mr. Primm (Constance Wu and Scoot McNairy) move into a New York City brownstone with their young son Josh (Winslow Fegley). The boy struggles to fit in at school and make new friends. That all changes when Josh meets Lyle (voiced by Shawn Mendes), a singing crocodile who lives in the attic.
The duo becomes instant friends, and Lyle’s singing and personality start to win over Josh’s parents. However, the Primm’s downstairs neighbor, Alistair Grumps (Brett Gelman), is not a fan of Lyle and wants him to be put back in the zoo. The film also stars Javier Bardem as Hector P. Valenti, Lyle’s charming and persuasive owner.
Jonah Hill and Kenya Barris team up for the cringe comedy, You People. Hill stars as Ezra Cohen, a mid-30s Jewish podcaster who accidentally stumbles into the car of Amira Mohammed (Lauren London), a Black Muslim woman. The pair start to date, which eventually turns into a relationship. Six months later, Ezra plans to propose to Amira. However, their respective families have yet to meet one another.
When Ezra’s parents (played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus and David Duchovny) finally meet Amira’s parents (played by Nia Long and Eddie Murphy), it’s awkward and uncomfortable as the families clash over culture, societal expectations, and generational differences. It’s a comedic look into the differences between an interracial and interfaith relationship.
After the events of 2016’s Sing, Buster Moon (Matthew McConaughey) and his friends are once again attempting to put on the greatest show in Redshore City.
To impress entertainment owner Jimmy Crystal (Bobby Cannavale), the crew proposes a show involving Clay Calloway (Bono), a once-famous rock star who became a recluse after his wife’s death. Now, it’s up to Buster and his cast to convince Clay to come out of hiding to headline their show.
The sharks were after two female cage divers in 47 Meters Down, and now they are on the hunt for four teenage girls in the sequel 47 Meters Down: Uncaged. Mia (Sophie Nélisse), Sasha (Corinne Foxx), Alexa (Brianne Tju), and Nicole (Sistine Stallone) take part in a boat tour to see great white sharks.
The girls venture off to a secret lagoon with an entrance to a submerged Mayan City. The girls use scuba gear to tour the city, along with Mia’s father, Grant (John Corbett), and his two assistants. When they reach a sacrificial chamber, one of the girls knocks over a column, causing a chain reaction that attracts a group of deadly great white sharks. With the girls trapped, they must navigate to the surface before they run out of air or get devoured by sharks.
2022 might go down as the year of the Minions. Between Minions: The Rise of Gru and the #GentleMinions trend, you cannot escape the lovable, yellow creatures. The sequel to 2015’s Minions depicts the adventures of a 12-year-old Gru, voiced by Steve Carell, an ambitious child who will one day become one of the world’s top supervillains.
After being denied entry into the infamous supervillain group known as the Vicious 6, Gru teams up with the Minions and the group’s ousted leader, Wild Knuckles (Alan Arkin), to steal a prized Zodiac Stone. This is the perfect movie for families with young children.
Who said romantic comedies are a thing of the past? Netflix brought in two rom-com experts, Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher, to star in Aline Brosh McKenna’s (The Devil Wears Prada, 27 Dresses) new film Your Place or Mine. Debbie Dunn (Witherspoon) and Peter Coleman (Kutcher) have been friends for 20 years. When they first met in 2003, the two intimately spent the night with one another. In the present day, Debbie lives as a single mother in Los Angeles with her son teenage son, Jack (Wesley Kimmel), while Peter lives as a bachelor in New York City.
The friends are supposed to spend the week together in New York City because Debbie needs to complete an accounting course at a local college. When Debbie can’t find a babysitter, Peter flies to Los Angeles to watch Jack for a week while Debbie heads to New York to complete her class. As the week goes on, the two friends realize that they may have feelings for one another, even if they are afraid to show it.
In this psychological thriller, Ashley Madekwe stars as Cheryl, a biracial woman struggling to make it by due to marginalization and racism. One day, Cheryl leaves her situation and walks out of the house for good. The film then cuts to 18 years later where Cheryl is now going by Neve.
She is now an upper-middle-class woman who seemingly lives the perfect life. Neve is married with children and works as a deputy headmistress at school. One day, Neve notices a man and then a woman staring at her from afar with ominous intentions. Neve believes these people know her secret, and her life slowly unravels due to the strangers’ presence.
Two of the most prolific action stars of the last 30 years team up for 2 Guns. Bobby Trench (Denzel Washington) is a DEA Special Agent. Michael “Stig” Stigman (Mark Wahlberg) is a Navy Seal in the Office of Naval Intelligence. Unbeknownst to each other, both are working undercover as criminals.
Both men are trying to bring down drug lord Papi Greco (Edward James Olmos). While working together as criminals, Bobby and Stig have been set up as the mob attempts to kill each man. Both men escape death and later team up to exact revenge on Greco and bring down his entire organization.
If you were to combine the epic sweep of Braveheart, the violence of Gladiator, and the fight scenes of Black Panther into one movie, the result would be The Woman King. Set in the 1800s, General Nanisca (Viola Davis) is the leader of a highly skilled group of female fighters called the Agojie.
The Agojie protect the people in the West African kingdom of Dahomey. The Agojie are preparing to go to war with the rival Oyo Empire, who abducted Dahomean women. The Oyo team up with European slave traders as they prepare to attack Dahomey. The all-out war and jaw-dropping fight scenes make The Woman King a must-see film.
The Presley family – Frank (Anthony Mackie), Melanie (Erica Ash), Fulton (Niles Fitch), and Kevin (Jahi Winston) – move into a Chicago house with a dark past. The Presleys soon learn their house is haunted when Kevin encounters a ghost named Ernest (David Harbour) in the attic. Instead of running away, an unafraid Kevin laughs and films the friendly Ernest, posting it on social media. Frank sees the ghost as a cash grab as he monetizes the videos for the financial benefit of the family.
However, Kevin bonds with Ernest, who cannot talk, and does not remember his life before dying in the 1970s. With the help of his friend Joy (Isabella Russo), Kevin searches for answers about Ernest’s past life while trying to avoid the CIA, who wants to capture the ghost.
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