With the cast headlined by Ryan Reynolds, Dwayne Johnson and Gal Gadot, it should be no surprise that Red Notice pulled in the numbers for Netflix. Top 5 Netflix Movies in 2021 According to the Top 10s With that preamble out of the way, let’s dive into the most popular movies on Netflix globally in 2021. We’ve also compiled a list of the most popular Spanish shows of 2021 and Korean shows with more lists on the way. Netflix themselves have started releasing hourly data but alas, that doesn’t give us a full year’s worth so we couldn’t give an accurate picture of that below.
Plus, measuring top 10s globally often gives advantages to Netflix Original movies because they’re available globally and licensed movies may only go to a handful of regions and therefore, not register. For example, The Unforgiveable picked up more hours of streaming in its first 28 days but didn’t stay in the top 10s as long as Army of the Dead. Top 10s also don’t give us an overall idea of volume for any given day or month. For example, FlixPatrol is always adding new regions which adds lots of new points into the pool.
Now this data, while useful, isn’t perfect.
