The top 9 movies on Netflix this week, from ‘The Midnight Sky’ to ‘We Can Be Heroes’
Jan 9, 2021, 01:02 IST
- “The Midnight Sky” and “We Can Be Heroes” were some of Netflix’s most popular movies this week.
- Netflix introduced daily top lists of the most popular titles on the streaming service in February.
- Streaming search engine Reelgood keeps track of the lists and provides Business Insider with a rundown of the week’s most popular movies on Netflix every Friday.
George Clooney’s new directorial effort “Midnight Sky” and Robert Rodriguez’s follow-up to 2005’s “Adventures of Sharkboy and Lava Girl” were among Netflix’s most popular movies this week.
Every week, the streaming search engine Reelgood compiles for Business Insider a list of which movies have been most prominent on Netflix’s daily top-10 lists that week. On Reelgood, users can browse Netflix’s entire movie library and sort by IMDb or Rotten Tomatoes ratings.
Seven of the top nine movies this week had a “rotten” score (below 60%) on Rotten Tomatoes, including the top movie, Liam Neeson’s “Unknown.”
Below are Netflix’s 9 most popular movies of the week in the US:
8. “S.W.A.T.” (2003)
7. “Four Christmases” (2008)
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6. “Rango” (2011)
5. “Death to 2020” (2020, Netflix original)
4. “30 Minutes or Less” (2011)
3. “17 Again” (2009)
2. “We Can Be Heroes” (2020, Netflix original)
1. “Unknown” (2011)
