With over 300 million subscribers, Netflix is one of the most popular streaming services in the world. 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.
It’s always a party with Madea in town. Tyler Perry’s latest movie, Madea’s Destination Wedding, is the No. 1 movie on Netflix. Staying in the No. 2 spot is KPop Demon Hunters, which continues to impress in the rankings thanks to its catchy songs. Below, we’ve listed the top 10 movies in the U.S. from July 7 to July 13, along with general information about each film, such as genre, rating, cast, and synopsis.
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10. Red Eye (2005)
After playing Scarecrow in Batman Begins, Cillian Murphy continued his run of villains by portraying a terrorist in Red Eye. After her grandmother’s funeral, hotel manager Lisa Reisert (Rachel McAdams) boards a red-eye flight from Dallas to Miami. She meets Jackson Rippner (Cillian Murphy), a dashing gentleman she meets at the bar, who ends up sitting next to her.
Unfortunately for Lisa, Jackson works for a terrorist organization that plans to kill the U.S. Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security. Jackson needs Lisa to move the secretary’s family into a different room at her hotel. It starts a cat-and-mouse game between Lisa and Jackson, but there’s nowhere to run 30,000 feet in the air.
Stream Red Eye on Netflix.
9. Almost Cops (2025)
In Almost Cops, two opposites must come together to work together and expose the truth. Ramon (Jandino Asporaat) is a committed special investigating officer who wants to clean up his Rotterdam neighborhood.
Ramon must work with Jack (Werner Kolf), an impulsive detective demoted after an incident gone wrong. As the two investigate a killer, the duo learn they have more in common than they think.
Stream Almost Cops on Netflix.
8. Grown Ups (2010)
In typical Adam Sandler fashion, the comedian recruits his best friends to star alongside him in Grown Ups. Five lifelong friends — Lenny Feder (Adam Sandler), Eric Lamonsoff (Kevin James), Kurt McKenzie (Chris Rock), Marcus Higgins (David Spade), and Rob Hilliard (Rob Schneider) — reunite in their hometown to honor their late basketball coach over the Fourth of July weekend.
The friends have not kept in touch over the years. Despite the time apart, the friends pick up where they left off and slip into their usual hijinks. This time, it’s a family affair, as the guys bring their families into the fold.
Stream Grown Ups on Netflix.
7. Brick (2025)
Brick utilizes a common thriller trope — locked in a room. The German movie stars Matthias Schweighöfer as Tim, a video game developer whose relationship with his wife, Olivia (Ruby O. Fee), is on the rocks. The couple has not been the same since a failed pregnancy.
When Olivia finally ends the marriage and opens the door to the outside, she’s surprised to see a brick wall. In fact, bricks block every entrance and window in the apartment. Tim and Olivia eventually learn that their neighbors are also trapped in the building. Can the residents find a way past the bricks, or is there no way out?
Stream Brick on Netflix.
6. Grown Ups 2 (2013)
The boys are back in town in Grown Ups 2. After falling in love with small-town living in the first film, Lenny Feder (Adam Sandler) moves back to his hometown to be closer to his friends: Eric Lamonsoff (Kevin James), Kurt McKenzie (Chris Rock), Marcus Higgins (David Spade), and Rob Hilliard (Rob Schneider).
Lenny quickly learns that regardless of living situations, the same problems seem to follow him and his friends everywhere they go. If the group has learned anything over the years, it’s that the only way to solve a problem is to face it with a little help from your friends.
Stream Grown Ups 2 on Netflix.
5. Penguins of Madagascar: The Movie (2025)
Remember those lovable penguins from the Madagascar movies? Those fearless creatures became the stars of their own spinoff, The Penguins of Madagascar. A group of Antarctic penguins — including Skipper (Tom McGrath), Kowalski (Chris Miller), Rico (Conrad Vernon), and Private (Christopher Knights) — become spies and join forces with the North Wind, an interspecies intelligence agency.
Led by Agent Classified (Benedict Cumberbatch), the North Wind needs the penguins to help stop an evil octopus, Dave, from exacting his revenge and destroying the world.
Stream Penguins of Madagascar: The Movie on Netflix.
4. Trainwreck: The Real Project X (2025)
Remember the movie Project X? The comedy depicted a group of teenagers who set out to throw the party of a lifetime. The party gets out of hand and becomes rager, attracting hundreds of people from all over. The party became so wild that the cops could not interfere until it died down.
In 2012, a teenage girl from a Dutch town plans a small 16th birthday party. However, the Facebook event is made public, not private. The invitation is seen by thousands of partygoers who want to throw a Project X-like party. Like in the movie, the real party gets out of hand and transforms into a dangerous riot.
Stream Trainwreck: The Cult of American Apparel on Netflix.
3. The Old Guard 2 (2025)
Five years after The Old Guard, the Immortals are back for the sequel in The Old Guard 2. After the events of the first film, Andy (Charlize Theron) is mortal, Booker (Matthias Schoenaerts) is banished, and Quỳnh is still alive (Veronica Ngô). Andy tracks down Tuah (Henry Golding), an old friend and wise immortal, and learns that the first immortal, Discord (Uma Thurman), is now an arms dealer.
Discord wants to watch the world destroy itself. Andy and her team won’t let that happen. However, Andy must be careful because, unlike her teammates, she cannot heal herself and live forever.
Stream The Old Guard 2 on Netflix.
2. KPop Demon Hunters (2025)
KPop Demon Hunters is exactly what you think it’s about: K-Pop singers who kill demons in their spare time. In this world, demons have been preying on humans for generations and feeding their souls to their ruler, Gwi-Ma (Lee Byung-hun). One K-pop girl group, HUNTR/X, sets out to fight demons when they’re not performing their hit songs onstage.
The group consists of Rumi (Arden Cho), Mira (May Hong), and Zoey (Ji-young Yoo). The girls are winning the battle between humans and demons, so the latter fight music with music by creating a rival boy band, the Saja Boys. Something has to give in the war to rule the world.
Stream KPop Demon Hunters on Netflix.
1. Madea’s Destination Wedding (2025)
Tyler Perry’s most iconic character returns in Madea’s Destination Wedding. Madea (Perry) and the entire family head to the Bahamas for the surprise wedding of her grandniece, Tiffany (Diamond White), and her rapper boyfriend, Zavier (Xavier Smalls). This quick engagement does not sit well with Brian (Perry), Madea’s nephew and Tiffany’s father, and his ex-wife Debra (Taja V. Simpson).
While Brian tries to stop the wedding, Debra surprisingly wants it to happen, which raises Madea’s suspicions. Anything can happen at a wedding, especially when Madea is around. Expect a lot of hijinks.
Stream Madea’s Destination Wedding on Netflix.
