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The 10 biggest Netflix original movies of all time

  • Netflix highlighted popular movies like "The Midnight Sky" and "Holidate" in its earnings report on Tuesday.
  • They've entered the top 10 of the biggest Netflix original movies ever.
  • The list includes mostly movies that were released in 2020 as Netflix continues to gain subscribers.

Netflix said it had passed 200 million subscribers in its latest earnings report on Tuesday, and it has the blockbuster movies to reflect its streaming dominance.

The streamer highlighted recent movies like "The Midnight Sky" and "Holidate" in its report, saying that they were watched by 72 million and 68 million households worldwide in their first 28 days of release, respectively. That means they move into the top 10 of the biggest Netflix movies ever.

Netflix provided a list of its top movies to Bloomberg in July, but it's changed even in that time. Based on Netflix's own viewership numbers, other more recent movies like "Enola Holmes" and "Project Power" have also entered the conversation since then.

The list favors newer movies since Netflix has gained subscribers over time. Seven of the 10 movies in this updated list were released last year. Netflix counts a view if an account watches at least two minutes of a movie.

Half of the movies are rated as "rotten" on Rotten Tomatoes, meaning they have below a 60% critic score. The critically acclaimed and Oscar-nominated "The Irishman" was booted from the list, as were three other movies. The four movies no longer in the top 10 are:

  • "The Platform" (2020) - 56 million
  • "The Wrong Missy" (2020) - 59 million
  • "Triple Frontier" (2019) - 63 million
  • "The Irishman" (2019) - 64 million

Below are the top 10 most popular Netflix original movies of all time, based on its own viewership numbers in the first month of release:

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