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The 10 Netflix movies we’re all watching as new horror racks up 29,100,000 views

FRANKENSTEIN. Mia Goth as Elizabeth in Frankenstein. Cr. Ken Woroner/Netflix ?? 2025.
Netflix has always relied on a mixture of bought-in and original content. For both its films and television shows. Each week, the streaming titans release its global top 10 most watched movies and shows. Often, there will only be one, maybe two runners from their original Netflix stable. This past week, however, sees them cheering on a whole band of homegrown talents galloping out into people’s homes. The latest? A big budget picture that’s sprinted into pole position. And it’s quite the beast. We mean that literally too. Here’s the most recent top 10 most watched movie chart from Netflix… (Picture: Netflix)

10. Baramulla – 3,700,000 views last week

Baramulla Netflix
A wintry thriller set in Kashmir, Baramulla is far from your average ghost story. A police officer investigating missing children finds himself tangled up in something far older, colder and scarier than police bureaucracy. Directed by Aditya Suhas Jambhale and fronted by Manav Kaul, it mixes crime drama with hints of the supernatural and a generous dose of local folklore. The tone is bleak, the snow is constant and the moral takeaway more than a little murky. It’s not one to watch if you’re already nervous about flickering lights or midnight noises at your window, put it that way. (Picture: Netflix)

9. The Woman in the Line – 4,000,000 views

The Woman in the Line Original title: La mujer de la fila
Some films shout about civil rights and justice, while others queue quietly for it. The Woman in the Line follows Andrea, an Argentine mother waiting patiently outside a prison where her son’s been detained by authorities for reasons no one will fully explain to her. What begins as a routine visit becomes a study in solidarity and endurance, as women in the same situation bond over their shared situation and the sheer injustice of it all. Natalia Oreiro gives it heart, while director Benjamín Ávila keeps sentimentality in check. This is a study in quiet fury led by a powerful performance from I’m Gilda’s Oreiro. (Picture: Netflix)

8. Ballad of a Small Player – 4,900,000 views

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Colin Farrell as Doyle peers under to look at his cards with piles of chips around him on the table in Ballad of a Small Player
No one does haunted and hangdog quite like Colin Farrell (see: In Bruges and The Banshees of Inisherin for more details). In Ballad of a Small Player, the ever-watchable Irishman plays a washed-up gambler/fraudster hiding out in Macau, hoping to shake off both his bad luck and his angry creditors. Conclave’s Edward Berger directs with a steady, unnerving calm, letting the neon blur into something almost dreamlike. It’s a film about losing more than money: identity, dignity and hope among them. That’s something you realise quite quickly watching the thing, however. So the slow stagger to its conclusion is a little trying, but it’s a worthy tale to be told nonetheless. (Picture: Netflix/Everett/Shutterstock)

7. Jack Reacher: Never Go Back – 5,100,000 views

Editorial use only. No book cover usage. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Paramount/Kobal/Shutterstock (7745854z) Tom Cruise 'Jack Reacher: Never Go Back' Film - 2016
Tom Cruise’s Jack Reacher may not be quite as bruising or gargantuan as Alan Ritchson’s behemoth version over on Amazon Prime, but Never Go Back – like its diminutive star – still punches above its weight. Cruise’s Reacher, both ageless and constantly scowling, is framed for a crime he didn’t commit (again) and clears his name with an admirable disregard for both health and safety. It’s comfort viewing for anyone who likes their heroes gruff, their dialogue minimal and their plots conveniently resolvable within two hours. Cobie Smulders lends a hand in this above average 2016 sequel. (Picture: Paramount/Kobal/Shutterstock)

6. Shrek Forever After – 5,200,000 views

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The big green fella is back again. Shrek Forever After continued to prove that the less-than-handsome swamp-dweller with commitment issues was still bankable back in 2010. This final chapter sees Shrek swap family life for a disastrous deal with Rumpelstiltskin and then immediately regret it. 15 years later, its mix of fairytale chaos, daft donkey banter and self-awareness still lands. (Picture: Animation/Kobal/Shutterstock)

5. Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers – 5,600,000 views

Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers (Picture: Netflix)
True crime doesn’t get much darker than Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers. This documentary revisits the disturbing life and times of one Aileen Wuornos, a sex worker who murdered seven men in Florida and became a grim cultural touchstone in the process. Mixing interviews, courtroom footage and tabloid hysteria, it resists sensationalism just enough to unsettle. You might finish it less sure about evil and more certain about desperation. As ever, Netflix’s documentary team knows how to make moral unease consumable. And it’s actually quite refreshing to watch a Netflix documentary about a serial killer that isn’t spun out across four or six hours. (Picture: Netflix)

4. Mango – 5,800,000 views

No Merchandising. Editorial Use Only. No Book Cover Usage. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Netflix/Everett/Shutterstock (15735751c) MANGO, from left: Dar Salim, Josephine Park, 2025. ph: Ana Belen Fernandez/ ? Netflix /Courtesy Everett Collection Mango - 2025
If you require a palate cleanser after all that serial killer unpleasantness, Mango offers up an altogether sunnier escape. A Danish mother and daughter find themselves in Spain, where the mum’s supposed to turn a mango orchard into a luxury resort. Josephine Park brings charm to a story that treads fairly familiar ground – professional burnout meets Mediterranean self-discovery – but the scenery does most of the heavy lifting. It’s holiday escapism that’s a pleasingly easy watch. As nearly six million Netflix subscribers discovered last week. Borgen and The Convenant’s charming Dar Salim co-stars. (Picture: Netflix/Everett/Shutterstock)

3. A House of Dynamite – 10,200,000 views

A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE
For anyone missing serious grown-up thrillers, A House of Dynamite arrived recently to restore a little order. Kathryn Bigelow directs a taut political drama set during a nuclear standoff, told from a number of intersecting viewpoints. Idris Elba is the edgy president, while Rebecca Ferguson quietly props up proceedings in the lead. It’s the sort of film that makes you double-check your news alerts afterward, just in case art decided to imitate life a bit too closely (and vice versa). It’s incredibly realistic, to the point of actually being a little dull in places. But for sheer nuclear dread, it certainly makes the viewer uncomfortable. (Picture: Eros Hoagland/Netflix)

2. KPop Demon Hunters – 12,400,000 views

KPOP DEMON HUNTERS - When they aren't selling out stadiums, Kpop superstars Rumi, Mira and Zoey use their secret identities as badass demon hunters to protect their fans from an ever-present supernatural threat. Together, they must face their biggest enemy yet ??? an irresistible rival boy band of demons in disguise. ??2025 Netflix
Yep, it’s KPop Demon Hunters. Again. You don’t need us to explain what this animation is all about. It’s been at – or near – the top of these charts for a full 21 weeks now, comfortably becoming Netflix’s most watched movie ever. It’s almost frightening how this phenomenon shows absolutely no signs of slowly down, either. And that’s at the moment, while there’s just one of them. In the near future, when there are a number of Kpop Demon Hunter movies, TV shows, soundtracks, live shows and who knows what else… The world will just be entirely Kpop Demon Hunters. There’s no escaping this inevitable conclusion. So if you’re not already into it, you may as well get into it. Only world domination is now unavoidable. (Picture: Netflix)

1. Frankenstein – 29,100,000 views

This image released by Netflix shows Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein in a scene from "Frankenstein." (Ken Woroner/Netflix via AP)
Finally, topping the past week’s charts… It’s Frankenstein. Mary Shelley’s gothic literary classic has been adapted plenty of times before now. But never with this kind of scale or budget. Guillermo del Toro directs Oscar Isaac as the obsessive creator and Jacob Elordi as the creature who learns too much, too quickly. Every frame glows with the Mexican director’s trademark melancholy and theatricality – it’s all flickering candles, dripping cellars and sad monsters. The film rather clumsily asks who the real monster actually is, while never really giving you any opportunity to answer ‘the actual monster’. It’s not subtle, but it’s effective. Isaac is good, Elordi is better. But, of course, it’s the top tier scream queen Mia Goth who steals the show. (Picture: AP/Netflix)
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