It used to be finding a movie to watch at the rental store was a chore. Now there are services like Reelgood.com that can tell you in an instant where to find the film (and TV shows) you might have an interest in streaming.
With 4 million-plus users searching each week for new films, Reelgood extrapolates those queries into a list of the top movies of the week on Netflix. Not just the high-octane originals, but also classic films that are getting new attention, as well as obscure films—especially from overseas—that might be worth your time. Plus we throw in its list of the top films across all the major streaming services at the end. Take a look and see if your favorite flick is on the list; maybe you’ll find a new favorite to view tonight.
Most Watched Streaming Movies This Week
Netflix is far from alone in the world of movie streaming. Here is the list of the top movies across all the video-streaming services.
- Sound of Metal (Amazon Video)
- Elf (Philo, fuboTV, Starz)
- National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (Philo, fuboTV)
- Palm Springs (Hulu)
- Get Duked! (Amazon Video)
- His House (Netflix)
- Die Hard (HBO Max)
- A Christmas Story (TBS / TNT)
- Inception (Amazon Video)
- Mank (Netflix)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Yes, this is the version with Jim Carrey wearing a green suit and makeup to play the mean one with a heart too small. Another Ron Howard “masterpiece.”
Mank
Director David Fincher took his father’s screenplay about the writer and writing of Citizen Kane and made it a black-and-white homage with a killer cast.
His House
This horror story features a Sudanese couple who escape from their war-torn country but lose their daughter along the way. When they finally get safe housing in Britain months later, they end up in, of all things, a haunted house.
Dick Johnson Is Dead
In Dick Johnson Is DeadDick Johnson Is Dead, Director Kirsten Johnson turns the camera on her father, an 86-year-old former psychiatrist now struggling with dementia. Kristen deals with the impending loss of her dad with black humor and this documentary, which sees her father “die” via various slapstick accidents.
I’m Thinking of Ending Things
You want straightforward? You don’t go see a movie by Charlie “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” Kaufman, who both adapted and directed this film about a woman trapped at her boyfriend’s family’s home who starts to question reality.
