Netflix is one of the most popular streaming services in the world, with more than 220 million subscribers. And just what do those people tend to watch? In particular, what is the most popular movie on Netflix?
Each week, the streaming service releases a list of its 10 most-watched movies over the preceding seven days. Below, we’ve listed the top 10 movies in the U.S. from February 27 to March 5, along with general information about each film, such as genre, rating, cast, and synopsis.
Two years after the events of The Hangover, Stu Price (Ed Helms) is set to marry Lauren Srisai (Jamie Chung) in Thailand. Joining Stu are his best friends — Phil Wenneck (Bradley Cooper), Alan Garner (Zach Galifianakis), and Doug Billings (Justin Bartha). Stu also adds Lauren’s brother, Teddy (Mason Lee), to the mix.
Wanting to avoid what happened in Las Vegas, the guys elect to have one beer and roast marshmallows around the fire the night before the wedding. However, Stu, Alan, and Phil wake up the following morning in a Bangkok hotel room with no recollection of the night before. Stu had had his face tattooed, Alan’s head is shaved, and Teddyis missing. It’s up to the guys to find Teddy before the wedding or accept that Bangkok has him now.
Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence), girl on fire. After winning the 74th Hunger Games with her fellow District 12 resident Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson), President Snow (Donald Sutherland) forces the supposed lovers to go on a Victory Tour to stop rebellions from happening across Panem. Katniss reluctantly agrees, but the rebellions only get worse, not better.
Threatened by Katniss, President Snow announces that the 75th Hunger Games will include previous victors among the tributes. Katniss and Haymitch are selected, but Peeta volunteers as the tribute for Haymitch. Thrown back into the games once again, Katniss and Peeta must survive a new environment, but soon learn there are larger forces at play than just winning a tournament.
In this psychological thriller, Ashley Madekwe stars as Cheryl, a biracial woman struggling to make it by due to marginalization and racism. One day, Cheryl leaves her situation and walks out of the house for good. The film then cuts to 18 years later where Cheryl is now going by Neve.
She is now an upper-middle-class woman who seemingly lives the perfect life. Neve is married with children and works as a deputy headmistress at school. One day, Neve notices a man and then a woman staring at her from afar with ominous intentions. Neve believes these people know her secret, and her life slowly unravels due to the strangers’ presence.
2022 might go down as the year of the Minions. Between Minions: The Rise of Gru and the #GentleMinions trend, you cannot escape the lovable, yellow creatures. The sequel to 2015’s Minions depicts the adventures of a 12-year-old Gru, voiced by Steve Carell, an ambitious child who will one day become one of the world’s top supervillains.
After being denied entry into the infamous supervillain group known as the Vicious 6, Gru teams up with the Minions and the group’s ousted leader, Wild Knuckles (Alan Arkin), to steal a prized Zodiac Stone. This is the perfect movie for families with young children.
Sequels tend to be bigger, with more at stake than the original. Magic Mike took that idea literally, resulting in the sequel Magic Mike XXL. Three years after the events of Magic Mike, Mike (Channing Tatum) has quit stripping and owns a furniture business. Mike learns that his former boss (Matthew McConaughey) moved to Macau to start a new show.
Mike reunites with his stripper friends, the Kings of Tampa, and learns the group will be attending a stripper convention in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Yearning for the days of the past, Mike joins his friends at the convention, rediscovering his love for dancing and being on the stage.
In The Hunger Games, two representatives, or tributes, from the 12 Districts of Panem compete in a televised competition to the death. The competition is a way to keep peace and strike fear into the residents to prevent future rebellions. When her sister is picked to represent District 12, Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her place. Representing District 12 alongside Katniss is Peeta Mellark.
While preparing for the games at the Capitol, Katniss becomes a favorite to win the competition because of her brash and rebellious attitude. When the games finally begin, it’s an all-out war for survival, but Katniss slowly learns that victory is only the first step to taking down the system.
Two years after the events of The Hangover Part II, Phil, Doug, and Stu have normal, happy lives. However, Alan’s life is in disarray. After purchasing a giraffe, Alan accidentally decapitates it on the freeway, and his refusal to accept responsibility for his action leads to his father’s death. The guys confront Alan, who is off his meds, and conduct an intervention, where they agree to take Alan to a rehab facility in Arizona.
On their trip to the facility, the Wolfpack is captured and taken hostage by a crime lord who wants to know the whereabouts of Leslie Chow (Ken Jeong). Chow stole millions of dollars worth of gold shortly after the events in The Hangover. The crime lord takes Doug hostage and forces the Wolfpack to find Chow and turn him over, or Doug will die.
After their father passes away, the Altman siblings are forced to return to their childhood home and live together for one week. The siblings include Judd (Jason Bateman), Wendy (Tina Fey), Phillip (Adam Driver), and Paul (Corey Stoll). Also at the house is their mother, Hilary (Jane Fonda).
The siblings are joined by a multitude of ex-significant others, current spouses, and old flings. It’s chaos in the Altman household as they try to honor the wishes of their late father. As the siblings spend time together, they start to reconnect and rekindle their relationships as hilarity and hijinks ensue along the way.
When Boston police detective Nick Walker (Ryan Reynolds) is killed by his own partner over stolen gold, he’s recruited to join the R.I.P.D., better known as the “Rest In Peace Department.” The police force is tasked with finding monstrous spirits (deados) who hide out with the living instead of facing their final judgment. Nick is partnered with veteran lawman Roicephus “Roy” Pulsipher (Jeff Bridges).
While on the job, the duo encounters a deado that eventually leads back to Nick’s former partner, Bobby Hayes (Kevin Bacon), who is hiding a huge secret. When Nick and Roy discover a plot that could bring evil deados from the afterlife back into the real world, they must stop the plan from happening before it’s too late.
The Presley family – Frank (Anthony Mackie), Melanie (Erica Ash), Fulton (Niles Fitch), and Kevin (Jahi Winston) – move into a Chicago house with a dark past. The Presleys soon learn their house is haunted when Kevin encounters a ghost named Ernest (David Harbour) in the attic. Instead of running away, an unafraid Kevin laughs and films the friendly Ernest, posting it on social media. Frank sees the ghost as a cash grab as he monetizes the videos for the financial benefit of the family.
However, Kevin bonds with Ernest, who cannot talk, and does not remember his life before dying in the 1970s. With the help of his friend Joy (Isabella Russo), Kevin searches for answers about Ernest’s past life while trying to avoid the CIA, who wants to capture the ghost.
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