The top 9 movies on Netflix this week, from 'Thunder Force' to 'Saving Private Ryan'
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Every week, the streaming search engine Reelgood compiles for Insider a list of which movies have been most prominent on Netflix's daily top-10 lists that week.
Netflix counts a view if an account watches a movie or TV show for at least two minutes.
The superhero movie "Thunder Force," starring Octavia Spencer and Melissa McCarthy, was Netflix's most popular movie this week.
9. "Two Distant Strangers" (2021, Netflix original)
Description: "In this Oscar-nominated short film, a man trying to go home to his dog gets stuck in a time loop that forces him to relive a deadly run-in with a cop."
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8. "What Lies Below" (2020)
Description: "Back home at her lake house, a teenager begins to suspect that a sinister force lurks beneath the surface of her mother's too-perfect new lover."
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 62%
What critics said: "What Lies Below mostly coasts on its never-fully exploited main scenario: what would you do if an attractive eccentric tried to be your stepfather?" — RogerEbert.com
7. "Saving Private Ryan" (1998)
Description: "Eight U.S. Army Rangers penetrate German-held territory during World War II to find and bring home a soldier whose three brothers have been killed."
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 93%
What critics said: "An old-fashioned war picture to rule them all — gripping, utterly uncynical, with viscerally convincing and audacious battle sequences." — Guardian
6. "The Stand In" (2020)
Description: "Her career in shambles, a reclusive movie star hires her stand-in to go to rehab for her, not expecting how much the look-alike will relish the role."
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 30%
What critics said: "What's a bigger offense than a movie wasting away a committed Drew Barrymore performance? That would be a movie wasting away two committed Drew Barrymore performances." — Variety
5. "Concrete Cowboy" (2021, Netflix original)
Description: "Sent to live with his estranged father for the summer, a rebellious teen finds kinship in a tight-knit Philadelphia community of Black cowboys."
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 79%
What critics said: "Your classic story about an irritable young man redeemed by an animal, and the embrace of a community. But it's satisfying even so, largely because watching Elba is such a pleasure." — Time
4. "Legally Blonde" (2001)
Description: "When dazzling L.A. sorority girl Elle Woods gets dumped by her snobby boyfriend, she decides to win him back by following him to Harvard Law School."
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 70%
What critics said: "Funny, enjoyable and, above all, relaxing. You won't need much brain power, but you'll certainly have fun." — BBC
3. "Sniper: Ghost Shooter" (2016)
Description: "Snipers ordered to protect a gas pipeline from terrorists suspect a security breach when they're targeted by a ghost shooter who knows their location."
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2. "The Little Rascals" (1994)
Description: "As Alfalfa tries to charm Darla, a group of pint-sized mischief-makers land in all sorts of antics. Inspired by Hal Roach's 'Our Gang' series."
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 23%
What critics said: "A dismal kids' comedy in which all creativity stopped after casting lookalikes for the old 'rascals' was completed." — Chicago Tribune
1. "Thunder Force" (2021, Netflix original)
Description: "Two childhood best friends reunite as an unlikely crime-fighting superhero duo when one invents a formula that gives ordinary people superpowers."
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 25%
What critics said: "Thunder Force might help illustrate why there are so few pure superhero comedy movies ... It's almost as if being a superhero is hard, but being funny is much harder." — Polygon
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