Now that Netflix has unveiled its “Top 10” feature, we have an assessment of what people are actually watching on the streaming service. Each day, the “Top 10” feature shows the most popular films and TV shows as viewed by subscribers.
But if you’re looking for not only a quick rundown of the Top 10 most popular movies on Netflix, but also a little more information on what they’re about and who’s in them, we’ve got you covered. Below, we’ve assembled the current list of the most popular movies on Netflix in the U.S., along with more information about each film.
Bookmark this page to keep up with how the Top 10 changes from week to week, but for now, here’s the current list:
10. Moneyball
9. American Gangster
8. Yara
7. Army of Thieves
6. The General’s Daughter
5. Seized
4. Father Christmas Is Back
3. Passing
2. The Harder They Fall
1. Love Hard
Editor’s note: Last updated November 12 to reflect the Top 10 movies on Netflix as of that date.
10. Moneyball
Director: Bennett Miller
Writers: Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin
Cast: Brad Pitt, Kerris Dorsey, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Chris Pratt, Robin Wright
Year: 2011
Genre: Sports Drama
What It’s About:
Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) challenges the system and defies conventional wisdom when his is forced to rebuild his small-market team on a limited budget. Despite opposition from the old guard, the media, fans and their own field manager (Philip Seymour Hoffman), Beane – with the help of a young, number-crunching, Yale-educated economist (Jonah Hill) – develops a roster of misfits…and along the way, forever changes the way the game is played.
9. American Gangster
Director: Ridley Scott
Writer: Steven Zaillian
Cast: Russell Crowe, Denzel Washington, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cuba Gooding Jr., Josh Brolin, Ted Levine, Armand Assante, John Ortiz, John Hawkes, RZA
Year: 2018
What It’s About:
Armed with ruthless, streetwise tactics and a strict sense of honor, crime boss Frank Lucas (Washington) rules Harlem’s chaotic drug underworld. When outcast cop Richie Roberts (Crowe) sets out to bring down Lucas’s multimillion-dollar empire, it plunges both men into a legendary confrontation.
8. Yara
Director: Marco Tullio Giordana
Writers: Graziano Diana and Giacomo Martelli
Cast: Isabella Ragonese, Alessio Boni, Roberto Zibetti
Year: 2021
Genre: True Crime
What It’s About:
A determined prosecutor becomes consumed with the case of a missing 13-year-old and goes to extreme lengths to get to the truth.
7. Army of Thieves
Director: Matthias Schweighöfer
Writer: Shay Hatten
Cast: Matthias Schweighöfer, Nathalie Emmanuel, Ruby O. Fee,
Stuart Martin, Guz Khan, Jonathan Cohen, Noémie Nakai
Genre: Heist
Year: 2021
What It’s About:
In this prequel to Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead, small-town bank teller Dieter gets drawn into the adventure of a lifetime when a mysterious woman recruits him to join a crew of Interpol’s most wanted criminals, attempting to heist a sequence of legendary, impossible-to-crack safes across Europe.
6. Seized
Director: Isaac Florentine
Writer: Rico Lowry
Cast: Scott Adkins, Mario Van Peebles, James P. Bennett, Stephen Elder, Karlee Perez
Genre: Action, Thriller
Year Released: 2020
What It’s About:
To save his abducted son, a former special forces agent takes on the arduous mission of wiping out a mysterious crime lord’s rival syndicates.
5. Father Christmas Is Back
Directors: Philippe Martinez and Mick Davis
Writers: David Conolly, Hannah Davis Law, and Dylanne Corcoran
Cast: Elizabeth Hurley, John Cleese, Kelsey Grammer, Nathalie Cox, Talulah Riley, Kris Marshall
Genre: Christmas Comedy
Year Released: 2021
What It’s About:
Four feuding sisters get a crash course in family togetherness when their long-lost father shows up for Christmas at their posh ancestral manor.
4. 21 Jump Street
Directors: Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
Writer: Michael Bacall
Cast: Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Brie Larson, Dave Franco, Rob Riggle, Ice Cube, Ellie Kemper, Jake Johnson
Year: 2012
Genre: Action-Comedy
What It’s About:
Former high school foes turned rookie cop partners can’t catch a break – until they’re assigned to pose as students and bust a drug ring inside their old alma mater. Living like teenagers again, they slip back into their adolescent selves and risk the case – and their friendship – with hysterically disastrous results! Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum and Ice Cube star in this outrageously hilarious action-comedy!
3. Passing
Director/Writer: Rebecca Hall
Cast: Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga, André Holland, Bill Camp, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Antoinette Crowe-Legacy, and Alexander Skarsgard
Year: 2021
Genre: Drama
What It’s About:
Based on the novel by Nella Larsen, the movie follows two black women (Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga) who can pass as white and choose to live on opposite sides of the color line in 1929 New York.
2. The Harder They Fall
Director: Jeymes Samuel
Writers: Jeymes Samuel and Boaz Yakin
Cast: Jonathan Majors, Zazie Beetz, Delroy Lindo, LaKeith Stanfield, Danielle Deadwyler, Edi Gathegi, R.J. Cyler, Damon Wayans Jr., Deon Cole with Regina King and Idris Elba
Year: 2021
Genre: Western
What It’s About:
When outlaw Nat Love (Jonathan Majors) discovers that his enemy Rufus Buck (Idris Elba) is being released from prison he rounds up his gang to track Rufus down and seek revenge. Those riding with him in this assured, righteously new school Western include his former love Stagecoach Mary (Zazie Beetz), his right and left hand men — hot-tempered Bill Pickett (Edi Gathegi) and fast drawing Jim Beckwourth (R.J. Cyler)—and a surprising adversary-turned-ally. Rufus Buck has his own fearsome crew, including “Treacherous” Trudy Smith (Regina King) and Cherokee Bill (LaKeith Stanfield), and they are not a group that knows how to lose.
1. Love Hard
Director: Hernán Jiménez
Writers: Danny Mackey and Rebecca Ewing
Cast: Nina Dobrev, Jimmy O. Yang, Darren Barnet, Matty Finochio, James Saito, Harry Shum Jr.
Year: 2021
Genre: Holiday Rom-Com
What It’s About:
An LA girl, unlucky in love, falls for an East Coast guy on a dating app and decides to surprise him for the holidays, only to discover that she’s been catfished. This lighthearted romantic comedy chronicles her attempt to reel in love.