Netflix released some films featuring some a-list talent this year – but which stars got their movie to the most-watched position in 2021?
Netflix began 2021 by making a commitment to movies, announcing they were going to release a major film every week of the year. And they kept that promise, persuading stars like Dwayne ‚The Rock‘ Johnson, Jake Gyllenhaal and Sandra Bullock to star in some of their films. Previously, Netflix excelled at teen comedies like the To All the Boys films and the Kissing Booth movies. These also continued in 2021, with both of those movies getting a sequel and the streamer also releasing a gender-swapped She’s All That remake. However, it was the action movies that dominated the Netflix charts, with films like Red Notice and Army of the Dead among the most-watched of the year. Here’s the films that most dominated the Netflix top 10 charts across the world according to analytics website FlixPatrol. Netflix often gets criticized for its movies feeling like a computer algorithm just mashed two random popular genres together. A prime example of this is Thunder Force, which brings together the disparate worlds of superhero movies and Melissa McCarthy vehicles. Lara Jean (played by Lana Condor) was probably the first breakout character from any of Netflix’s original movies, and in 2021 the streamer sent her off to college – but not before she charmed her way out of one last love triangle. Just beating out Lara Jean was Elle (Joey King). She is, of course, the star of the Kissing Booth movies which, it has to be admitted, get further and further from being about a kissing booth with every installment the streamer puts out. The battle may be forgotten, but Netflix subscribers definitely remembered to put this on their watch queues. One of the streamer’s many European productions, The Forgotten Battle tells the story of a British pilot, a Dutch resistance agent, and a Nazi soldier whose lives intersect. Aka the My Little Pony film that got the grown adults at Fox News upset. The outlet fans a story that the franchise had “ gone woke “ when it tried to „send a message to kids about empowerment, unity and reform“ with its progressive-leaning ponies. Major Grom is a police detective from a series of comic books released in Russia in 2012. Netflix, however, brought the story of Grom and his hunt for a serial killer in a plague mask to worldwide attention in 2021.
