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The top 9 movies on Netflix this week, from 'Hillbilly Elegy' to 'The Beast'

Travis ClarkDec 5, 2020, 02:22 IST

"Hillbilly Elegy"Lacey Terrell/Netflix

"Hillbilly Elegy" and both "Christmas Chronicles" movies were among the most popular titles on Netflix 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.

Ron Howard's "Hillbilly Elegy," based on the best-selling memoir of the same name, rose up the Netflix rankings this week, as did "The Christmas Chronicles 2." The first "Christmas Chronicles" crept up the list, as well.

Every week, the streaming search engine Reelgood compiles for Business Insider a list of which movies have been most prominent on Netflix's daily lists that week. On Reelgood, users can browse Netflix's entire movie library and sort by IMDb or Rotten Tomatoes ratings.

Below are Netflix's 9 most popular movies of the week in the US:

9. "Hard Kill" (2020)

River Bay Films

8. "The Christmas Chronicles" (2018, Netflix original)

Kurt Russell as Santa Claus in "The Christmas Chronicles." Netflix

7. "Peppermint" (2018)

StX Films

6. "The Beast" (2020, Netflix original)

Netflix

5. "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (2000)

Taylor Momsen in "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." Universal Pictures

4. "The 2nd" (2020)

Voltage Pictures

3. "Hillbilly Elegy" (2020, Netflix original)

Lacey Terrell/Netflix

2. "Dr. Seuss' The Grinch" (2018)

Directed by Scott Mosier and Yarrow Cheney. Universal Pictures

1. "The Christmas Chronicles 2" (2020, Netflix original)

Netflix

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