The top 9 movies on Netflix this week, from 'The Midnight Sky' to 'We Can Be Heroes'

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"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:

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The top 9 movies on Netflix this week, from 'The Midnight Sky' to 'We Can Be Heroes'

9. "The Midnight Sky" (2020, Netflix original)

8. "S.W.A.T." (2003)

7. "Four Christmases" (2008)

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)