These are the 10 biggest movies on Netflix right now

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Netflix announced in November 2021 (in no small part thanks to the success of Squid Game) that it would be publishing a weekly list detailing its most popular movies over a seven-day period. 

Ranking titles based on weekly hours viewed – i.e. the total number of hours subscribers around the world watched each title between Monday and Sunday of the previous week – Netflix regularly shares four separate lists; two for movies (English and Non-English) and two for TV shows (English and Non-English).

Whether or not the best Netflix movies make it to the top of these charts is up to the streamer’s viewing public – and feature-length documentaries have been known to sneak into the rankings, too – but below, we’ve rounded up the 10 most popular English-speaking movies on the streamer this past week.

1. The In Between

Joey King in The In Between

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Release date: April 8, 2022
Hours viewed: 26.77 million
Weeks in Top 10: 1

2. The Adam Project

The Adam Project

(Image credit: Netflix)

Release date: March 11, 2022
Hours viewed: 10.9 million
Weeks in Top 10: 5

3. The Bubble

The cast of The Bubble

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Release date: April 1, 2022
Hours viewed: 9.95 million
Weeks in Top 10: 2

4. Shrek Forever After

A still image from Shrek Forever After

(Image credit: Dreamworks)

Release date: July 2, 2010
Hours viewed: 9.77 million
Weeks in Top 10: 2

5. The Blind Side

Quinton Aaron and Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side

(Image credit: Warner Bros. Pictures)

Release date: November 20, 2009
Hours viewed: 8.71 million
Weeks in Top 10: 2

6. Four Brothers

Mark Wahlberg, Garrett Hedlund and Tyrese Gibson in Four Brothers

(Image credit: Paramount Pictures)

Release date: August 12, 2005
Hours viewed: 8.17 million
Weeks in Top 10: 1

7. Enough

Bill Cobbs and Jennifer Lopez in Enough

(Image credit: Sony Pictures)

Release date: 21 May, 2002
Hours viewed: 5.79 million
Weeks in Top 10: 1

8. How It Ends

Forest Whitaker and Theo James in How It Ends

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Release date: July 13, 2018
Hours viewed: 5.65 million
Weeks in Top 10: 1

9. Shrek

Poster for Shrek

(Image credit: Dreamworks)

Release date: June 29, 2001
Hours viewed: 5.34 million
Weeks in Top 10: 5

10. Return to Space

A still of Elon Musk in Return to Space

(Image credit: Netflix)

Release date: February 1, 2019
Hours viewed: 6.14 million
Weeks in Top 10: 1

Axel Metz
Axel Metz
Phones Editor

Axel is TechRadar's UK-based Phones Editor, reporting on everything from the latest Apple developments to newest AI breakthroughs as part of the site's Mobile Computing vertical. Having previously written for publications including Esquire and FourFourTwo, Axel is well-versed in the applications of technology beyond the desktop, and his coverage extends from general reporting and analysis to in-depth interviews and opinion.  Axel studied for a degree in English Literature at the University of Warwick before joining TechRadar in 2020, where he then earned an NCTJ qualification as part of the company’s inaugural digital training scheme.