Netflix is one of the most popular streaming services in the world thanks to over 300 million subscribers. And just what do those people tend to watch? In particular, what is the most popular movie on Netflix? Each week, the streaming service releases a list of its 10 most-watched movies over a recent seven-day period to keep subscribers informed about its most popular titles.
One of the sweetest movies of 2024, The Wild Robot, has risen to the top of Netflix. Universal’s animated slate tends to do well on Netflix, so expect The Wild Robot to remain in the top 10 for the foreseeable future. A Widow’s Game, a Spanish crime thriller, debuts at No. 2 while Instant Family moves to No. 3. Below, we’ve listed the top 10 movies in the U.S. from May 26 to June 1, along with general information about each film, such as genre, rating, cast, and synopsis.
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10. Havoc (2025)
57%
5.8/10The politician in question, Lawrence Beaumont (Forest Whitaker), orders Walker to find and protect his son. Walker is on Beaumont’s payroll, so he reluctantly obliges. Walker heads down a path of no return, as he navigates corruption, conspiracy, and a ruthless crime syndicate.
9. Untold: The Fall of Favre (2025)
Brett Favre is one of the greatest quarterbacks to ever play football. Favre won three MVPs and one Super Bowl (XXXI) during his 20-year career. Favre’s legendary play resulted in a spot in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
As great as Favre was on the field, his legacy is clouded by controversy because of two off-the-field scandals. The first involves a former Jets employee, as Favre sent her unsolicited photos and inappropriately acted around her. The second is a massive welfare fraud scheme that sent shockwaves in the Mississippi community.
8. Home (2015)
55%
6.5/10While on the run, Oh meets Tip (Rihanna), a young teenager who avoids being sent to the Outback. Oh and Tip form a friendship and agree to help each other. Oh will work to find Tip’s mother, while Tip will help Oh save the Boov from the Gorg.
7. Despicable Me 4 (2024)
52%
6.2/10The popular Minions return in Despicable Me 4. After spending years as a villain, Gru (Steve Carell) is now a secret agent for the Undercover Anti-Villain League (AVL). While attending a class reunion, Gru runs into his old rival, Maxime Le Mal (Will Ferrell). After learning Maxime enhanced himself with cockroach body parts, Gru had him arrested and sent to prison.
The incarceration does not last long after Maxime escapes prison and goes after Gru and his family. Forced into hiding, Gru and his family move to a safe house in a new town. Gru must devise a plan to stop Maxime from turning his son into a cockroach hybrid.
6. Nonnas (2025)
57%
7/10In Nonnas, food is love. From a young age, Joe Scaravella (Vince Vaughn) knew the importance of food and family thanks to his Italian heritage and the strong women in his family. After the death of his mother, Joe is at a crossroads in life and needs a new challenge. Using his inherited money, Joe buys an empty Staten Island restaurant and plans to reopen it.
With no restaurant experience, Joe wants to create an Italian restaurant that makes people feel at home. His solution is to hire four Italian grandmothers (Nonnas) — Gia (Susan Sarandon), Roberta (Lorraine Bracco), Teresa (Talia Shire), and Antonella (Brenda) — to run the kitchen. Nonna is feel-good in every sense of the word.
5. Fear Street: Prom Queen (2025)
44%
5.2/10Head back to Shadyside in Fear Street: Prom Queen. This movie is a standalone film within the Fear Street franchise. The town remains the same, but the characters are different. It’s 1988, and the senior prom at Shadyside High is two days away. Social outcast Lori Granger (India Fowler) unexpectedly runs for prom queen to change the narrative about her family’s dark past. Lori will have tough competition from five other girls, including Tiffany Falconer (Fina Strazza), the school’s princess and bully. Winning prom queen will be tough, but surviving the night from a masked killer will be another ordeal.
4. Pig (2021)
82%
6.9/10In one of his most underrated roles, Nicolas Cage plays a former chef turned truffle hunter in Pig. Rob Feld (Cage) was once a famous Portland chef. Now, he’s a reclusive truffle hunter living in the Oregon wilderness with a pig.
One night, mysterious assailants attack Rob and steal his pig. Upset, Rob reenters society and seeks help from a restaurant supplier, Amir (Alex Wolff). This begins a journey to find his beloved pig, though it eventually transforms into a self-discovery expedition for the isolated chef.
3. Instant Family (2018)
57%
7.3/10Not all households are made the same. In Instant Family, Pete (Mark Wahlberg) and Ellie (Rose Byrne) Wagner become foster parents in hopes of adopting children. The married couple plans to adopt a young child. However, a chance meeting with 15-year-old Lizzie (Isabela Merced) leads the couple to take in the teenager and her two younger siblings.
Parenting is hard work, something Pete and Ellie find out very quickly. It’s trial and error at first, but Pete and Ellie make significant progress with the trio over time. When the children’s mother returns, the Wagners must make an important decision to look out for the kids’ best interest.
2. A Widow's Game (2025)
6.2/10A Widow’s Game is inspired by real events that occurred in Spain back in 2017. In Valencia, a body is found stabbed to death in a parking lot. The police eventually identified the man as Arturo Ferrer Puig. Arturo had been married to María Jesús “Maje” Moreno (Ivana Baquero) for less than a year.
When Detective Eva Torres (Carmen Machi) is assigned to the case, she makes the startling revelation that Maje hasn’t been telling the truth. Her alibi has several holes in it. Maje’s story doesn’t hold up, but what is she hiding? The truth will set you free, and in the case of A Widow’s Game, it will uncover a shocking secret.
1. The Wild Robot (2024)
85%
8.2/10One of the feel-good movies of 2024, The Wild Robot, is now on Netflix. After a ship crashes on an uninhabited island, the only surviving robot is Roz (Lupita Nyong’o). Despite communicating with the animals, Roz feels as though she has no purpose here, so she tries to return home.
Those efforts failed, and to make matters more complicated, Roz becomes the motherly figure to a young gosling she names Brightbill (Kit Connor). Feeling responsible for the young animal, Roz must team with a sly fox, Fink (Pedro Pascal), to teach it to fly before winter migration.
