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Netflix: The most watched movies of all time

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Not sure what to watch for your next movie night? Then may we recommend starting with the top 10 most watched films of all time on Netflix.

The top 10 most watched films on Netflix are ordered by the completed views they received in their first 91 days of release. Amongst the top 10 are a lot of action films, a few thrillers, and one children's film, so there's sure to be something for everyone in the top most watched. Now, where's our popcorn?

The most watched Netflix movies of all time

  1. Red Notice
  2. Don't Look Up
  3. The Adam Project
  4. Bird Box
  5. The Gray Man
  6. We Can Be Heroes
  7. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
  8. Extraction
  9. The Mother

The most watched non-English Netflix movies of all time

  1. Troll
  2. Society of the Snow
  3. Nowhere
  4. The Platform
  5. Under Paris
  6. Through My Window
  7. AKA
  8. Blood Red Sky
  9. My Name Is Vendetta
  10. Black Crab

1. Most Watched Non-English Films - Troll

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Hours viewed: 178,600,000

What's it about? When an explosion in the Norwegian mountains awakens an ancient troll, officials appoint a fearless paleontologist to stop it from wreaking deadly havoc.

2. Most Watched Non-English Films - Society Of The Snow

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Hours viewed: 239,700,000

What's it about? Following a plane crash in the remote heart of the Andes, survivors join forces and become each other's best hope as they navigate their way back home.

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3. Most Watched Non-English Films - Nowhere

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Hours viewed: 155,600,000

What's it about? Pregnant, alone and drifting in the sea, a woman trapped in a shipping container tries to survive after fleeing a devastated totalitarian country.

4. Most Watched Non-English Films - The Platform

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Hours viewed: 129,700,000

What's it about? A slab of food descends floor by floor in a prison. The inmates above eat heartily, leaving those below starving and desperate. A rebellion is imminent.

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5. Most Watched Non-English Films - Under Paris

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Hours viewed: 120,700,000

What's it about? In order to save Paris from an international bloodbath, a grieving scientist is forced to face her tragic past when a giant shark appears in the Seine.

6. Most Watched Non-English Films - Through My Window

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Hours viewed: 116,000,000

What's it about? Raquel's longtime crush on her next-door neighbor turns into something more when he starts developing feelings for her, despite his family's objections.

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7. Most Watched Non-English Films - AKA

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Hours viewed: 125,900,000

What's it about? A steely special ops agent finds his morality put to the test when he infiltrates a crime syndicate and unexpectedly bonds with the boss' young son.

8. Most Watched Non-English Films - Blood Red Sky

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Hours viewed: 124,800,000

What's it about? When a group of terrorists hijacks an overnight transatlantic flight, a mysteriously ill woman must unleash a monstrous secret to protect her young son.

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9. Most Watched Non-English Films - My Name Is Vendetta

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Hours viewed: 86,500,000

What's it about? When enemies from the past kill his wife and brother-in-law, a former mafia enforcer and his daughter flee to Milan to plot their revenge.

10. Most Watched Non-English Films - Black Crab

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Hours viewed: 103,300,000

What's it about? To end an apocalyptic war and save her daughter, a reluctant soldier embarks on a desperate mission to cross a frozen sea carrying a top-secret cargo.

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1. Most Watched Netflix Films - Red Notice

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The most watched Netflix movie of all time is officially Red Notice, which had 230,900,000 views in its first 91 days of release.

The 2021 action movie sees John Hartley (Dwayne Johnson), an FBI profiler join forces with the world's greatest art thief Nolan Booth (Ryan Reynolds) in order to catch the world's most wanted art thief 'The Bishop' (Gal Gadot).

The adventure film sees the trio travel across the world, end up in prison and party on the dance floor.

2. Most Watched Netflix Films - Don't Look Up

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It was the movie of the festive season in 2021, which may explain why Don't Look Up is the second most watched Netflix film of all time, with 171,400,000 views in its first 91 days of release.

Made up of an iconic ensemble cast including Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett and Tyler Perry, Don't Look Up tells the story of two astronomers on a mission to alert the world of an imminent world destroying comet. Spoiler alert: it's not as easy as you think to convince people of impending doom.

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3. Most Watched Netflix Films - The Adam Project

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The second film starring Ryan Reynolds in the top 10 is The Adam Project which was released in 2022, and had 157,600,000 views in the first 91 days of release.

If you haven't seen it, The Adam Project is about a time travelling pilot who teams up with his younger self and his late father to come to terms with his past, whilst also saving the future.

Also starring in the film is Zoe Saldaña, Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo and Walker Scobell.

4. Most Watched Netflix Films - Bird Box

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It was the thriller film that had everyone talking in 2018, and turns out Bird Box had 157,400,000 views in its first 91 days of release.

Bird Box stars Sandra Bullock as a woman dealing with a very scary new threat in which unknown beings descend on the Earth, forcing people to commit suicide every time they see them.

If Sandra Bullock isn't enough of a pull, the film also stars Sarah Paulson and John Malkovich.

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5. Most Watched Netflix Films - The Gray Man

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Starring an impressive cast of Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana De Armas, and Regé-Jean Page, The Gray Man had an equally impressive 139,300,000 views in its first 91 days of release in 2022.

The film follows CIA operative Court Gentry (Ryan Gosling), who is being hunted by a former cohort at the CIA, Lloyd Hansen (Chris Evans).

6.Most Watched Netflix Films - We Can Be Heroes

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The only children's film to make the top 10 list is the 2020 movie We Can Be Heroes which had 137,300,000 views in its first 91 days of release.

We Can Be Heroes tells the heartwarming and action filled story of what happens when the earth's superheroes are captured by aliens, and it is up to their children to team up and save the world, and get their parents back too.

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7. Most Watched Netflix Films - Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

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The second instalment of the Knives Out movies, Glass Onion came out at Christmas 2022 and became one of Netflix's most watched films with 136,300,000 views in its first 91 days of release.

The ensemble cast movie starring Daniel Craig, Kate Hudson, Janelle Monáe, Madelyn Cline, Edward Norton, and Dave Bautista, sees Daniel Craig return as detective Benoit Blanc who is invited to join a billionaire's murder mystery game, that soon turns into a real life murder investigation.

8. Most Watched Netflix Films - Extraction

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2020 action thriller movie Extraction, starring Chris Hemsworth is next on the list, with 135,700,000 views in its first 91 days of release.

The film sees Chris Hemsworth take on the role of Tyler Rake, a a former Australian SAS operator turned black ops mercenary. Tyler takes on the mission to save an Indian drug lord's son, but things don't go to plan when Tyler gets double crossed.

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9. Most Watched Netflix Films - The Mother

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The most recent addition to the list is The Mother starring Jennifer Lopez which had 133,000,000 views in the first 91 days of its release back in May 2023.

Jennifer stars as an assassin who comes out of hiding to save her teenage daughter, whom she gave up in order to protect her, after she is kidnapped.

10. Most Watched Netflix Films - Spenser Confidential

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And the final movie in the top 10 most watched on Netflix is the 2020 action comedy movie Spenser Confidential, which had 129,100,000 views in its first 91 days of release.

Starring Mark Wahlberg and Winston Duke, Spenser Confidential sees Spenser (Wahlberg), an ex-police officer, team up with an aspiring fighter Hawk (Winston Duke) to uncover a rather sinister plot tied to the death of two police officers.

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