Netflix's 10 Most-Watched Films Ever: Red Notice at 2, Who's at 1?

The animated musical Demon Hunters has completely rewritten Netflix's all-time movie record, pulling in 325.1 million views during its first 91 days on the platform. That's more than 94 million views ahead of Red Notice, which had held the top spot for years.

Netflix ranks films by the number of views they receive in their first 91 days, giving newer releases a defined window to compete with older hits. The numbers are global.

And the current list makes for an interesting mix. There are big Hollywood stars, apocalyptic thrillers, sci-fi adventures, action movies- and now two animated films.

Here are the 10 biggest movies in Netflix history.

1. KPop Demon Hunters — 325.1 million views

KPop Demon Hunters follows Rumi, Mira and Zoey, a trio of K-pop stars who spend their time offstage hunting supernatural threats. Their biggest problem arrives in the form of a rival boy band whose members are, inconveniently, demons.

The film's mix of K-pop, fantasy, comedy and animation turned out to be an enormous global draw.

2. Red Notice — 230.9 million views

Before KPop Demon Hunters arrived, Red Notice was Netflix's biggest movie.

The 2021 action comedy stars Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot in a globe-trotting chase involving an FBI profiler and two rival art thieves. In other words, it has pretty much everything you'd expect from a modern streaming blockbuster: enormous stars, exotic locations, elaborate action sequences and plenty of jokes.

3. Carry-On — 172.1 million views

The film stars Taron Egerton as a TSA officer working on Christmas Eve who is forced into helping a mysterious traveller get a dangerous package onto a plane. From there, things spiral quickly.

The straightforward premise proved remarkably effective. Carry-On recorded 172.1 million views in its first 91 days, putting it just ahead of Don't Look Up.

4. Don't Look Up — 171.4 million views

Adam McKay's dark comedy about the end of the world became one of Netflix's biggest films and one of its most talked-about.

Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence play astronomers who discover that a comet is heading towards Earth.

With Meryl Streep, Jonah Hill and Timothée Chalamet also in the cast, Don't Look Up had plenty of star power behind it.

5. The Adam Project — 157.6 million views

Ryan Reynolds makes his second appearance on the list with The Adam Project.

The sci-fi adventure follows a time-travelling pilot who accidentally lands in the past and comes face-to-face with his 12-year-old self. The two Adams eventually have to work together, with their family and the future hanging in the balance.

6. Bird Box — 157.4 million views

Before Netflix's original films became almost indistinguishable from Hollywood blockbusters, Bird Box was one of the movies that proved just how big a streaming release could become.

Sandra Bullock stars as a mother trying to protect her children in a world where an unseen force causes anyone who looks at it to die. The survivors have little choice but to move through the outside world blindfolded.

7. Back in Action — 147.2 million views

Cameron Diaz returned to the screen alongside Jamie Foxx in Back in Action, a spy comedy about a married couple who thought they had left their secret-agent lives behind. Naturally, things don't quite go according to plan.

The film combines action, comedy and a familiar "retired spies pulled back in" premise. It proved to be another strong Netflix performer

8. Leave the World Behind — 143.4 million views

Starring Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali and Ethan Hawke, is a much slower and more unsettling proposition. Based on Rumaan Alam's novel, the film follows two families whose lives are thrown into chaos when a mysterious technological disaster cuts them off from the outside world.

The less you know about what is happening, the better, at least when you're watching it.

9. War Machine — 139.9 million views

War Machine is one of the newest additions to Netflix's all-time top 10.

The 2026 sci-fi action film stars Alan Ritchson as an Army Ranger whose training mission takes an unexpected turn when his unit encounters a gigantic, seemingly unstoppable killing machine.

10. Swapped — 139.8 million views

Rounding out the list is Swapped, an animated adventure starring the voices of Michael B. Jordan and Juno Temple.

The story follows two sworn enemies who mysteriously swap species and have to experience life from each other's perspective while trying to save their shared wilderness.