The most-watched Netflix movies of all time
We list the most-viewed English-language and non-English-language Netflix movies ever.
While it's not as straightforward as working out how much money a movie has made at the box office, Netflix has often tinkered with its ranking data to work out which movies and TV shows are the most popular on the streaming service.
The top ten most-viewed chart changes daily based on the country you're watching Netflix in, but you might be wondering what is the most-watched Netflix movie of all time worldwide. We're talking specifically about Netflix Original movies, as Netflix doesn't include non-original movies in its overall top ten.
In June 2023, Netflix updated its rankings by adding 'views' alongside 'hours viewed', with the 'views' being worked out by the total time spent watching a movie divided by the runtime of a movie. It's not specific to people but to accounts, so even if four people are watching a movie on the same account, it counts for only one view.
Simple, right? It's all we've got at the moment.
So with that in mind, here are the top ten most-watched Netflix movies, both English-language and non-English language, of all time which is based on a movie's first 91 days of release. (Whether you consider them the best Netflix movies is another matter entirely, though.)
Last updated: 18 February 2026
Most-watched English-language Netflix movies of all time
The all-time top ten when it comes to English-language Netflix movies is dominated by some of the biggest stars around, but KPop Demon Hunters has defeated them all.
On 26 August 2025, the record-breaking animation officially became the most-watched Netflix movie ever, and has since crossed the 500 million views mark. That won't be what you see in the chart below though as it's only based on a movie's first 91 days of release.
Remarkably the movie still hasn't left the weekly top ten most-watched on Netflix since its release in June 2025.
Away from that, Ryan Reynolds has two movies in the current most popular list, and even Chris Evans does if you count his uncredited cameo in Don't Look Up.
But you've also got major movies from Sandra Bullock, Jennifer Lawrence and Gal Gadot among the most-watched list.
10. Damsel (2024)
Hours viewed: 253 million
Views: 138 million
9. The Gray Man (2022)
Hours viewed: 299.5 million
Views: 139.3 million
8. Leave the World Behind (2023)
Hours viewed: 339.3 million
Views: 143.4 million
7. Back in Action (2025)
Hours viewed: 279.7 million
Views: 147.2 million
6. Bird Box (2018)
Hours viewed: 325.3 million
Views: 157.4 million
5. The Adam Project (2022)
Hours viewed: 281 million
Views: 157.6 million
4. Don't Look Up (2021)
Hours viewed: 408.6 million
Views: 171.4 million
3. Carry-On (2024)
Hours viewed: 344.1 million
Views: 172.1 million
2. Red Notice (2021)
Hours viewed: 454.2 million
Views: 230.9 million
1. KPop Demon Hunters (2025)
Hours viewed: 541.8 million
Views: 325.1 million
Most-watched non-English language Netflix movies of all time
Where the English-language top ten is dominated by action movies, the most popular non-English language outings are more genre-based.
You've got some horrors in there, some thrillers and one multi-award-winning war epic among the most-watched foreign-language Netflix movies to date.
The Great Flood is the newest movie on this list, following its release in December 2025.
10. Brick (2025)
Hours viewed: 104 million
Views: 61.8 million
9. Ad Vitam (2025)
Hours viewed: 103 million
Views: 63.1 million
8. Counterattack (2025)
Hours viewed: 94.8 million
Views: 66.9 million
7. The Platform (2019)
Hours viewed: 129.7 million
Views: 82.8 million
6. The Great Flood (2025)
Hours viewed: 152.1 million
Views: 83.7 million
5. Nowhere (2023)
Hours viewed: 155.6 million
Views: 85.7 million
4. Exterritorial
Hours viewed: 166.5 million
Views: 91.7 million
3. Society of the Snow (2023)
Hours viewed: 239.7 million
Views: 98.5 million
Movies Editor, Digital Spy Ian has more than 10 years of movies journalism experience as a writer and editor. Starting out as an intern at trade bible Screen International, he was promoted to report and analyse UK box-office results, as well as carving his own niche with horror movies, attending genre festivals around the world. After moving to Digital Spy, initially as a TV writer, he was nominated for New Digital Talent of the Year at the PPA Digital Awards. He became Movies Editor in 2019, in which role he has interviewed 100s of stars, including Chris Hemsworth, Florence Pugh, Keanu Reeves, Idris Elba and Olivia Colman, become a human encyclopedia for Marvel and appeared as an expert guest on BBC News and on-stage at MCM Comic-Con. Where he can, he continues to push his horror agenda – whether his editor likes it or not.
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