These movies have dominated the Top 10 charts on Netflix more than any other in 2021.
For a large portion of the year, some familiar films have sat atop the rankings for the most popular movies on Netflix in 2021: We Can Be Heroes, War Dogs, Bigfoot Family and I Care a Lot, to name a few. But this past week catapulted two new movies into the top four positions, which means we have a much different looking Top 25 than compared to last week. How is the Top 25 determined, you ask? Well, I record where each movie places on Netflix’s Top 10 list and assign points accordingly. Then over a longer period of time, I add up those points and track where each film moves. Because Netflix doesn’t release viewership data on its programs, this is the closest we get to day-by-day reflections of which movies are dominating the Netflix platform. Which brings us to the 2021 charts. As of April 3, these have been the 25 most popular movies on Netflix this year: Click here if you’d like to see the 2021 show rankings as well. There actually weren’t any new additions to the Top 25 this week. As the year carries on, it will become harder and harder to break onto the yearly charts.
