Netflix keeps its ratings fairly confidential, but with 222 million subscribers worldwide and a culture dedicated to marathon binging sessions, it’s safe to say they’re putting up some pretty staggering numbers.


Netflix is both a streaming service and Celebrity Feed a movie studio; its original content ranges from Oscar-nominated to critically panned. But while accolades are nice, Netflix’s movies exist for one reason and one reason only: to rack up those viewing hours. Netflix has compiled a list of their top ten most popular English-language films based solely on hours viewed in their first 28 days of release.

'Spenser Confidential' - 197,320,000 Viewing Hours
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Mark Wahlberg plays Spenser, an ex-cop just out of prison who should quickly flee Boston but stays to help his old boxing coach (Alan Arkin) with his promising new trainee. Winston Duke plays the tough MMA fighter, and he comes in handy when Spenser’s former associates turn up murdered, and Spenser unwisely decides to investigate.


Rotten Tomatoes awarded Spenser Confidential a mere 37%, and audiences didn’t rate it much higher, but with Wahlberg starring, they were clearly willing to give it a chance. Most found it derivative and boring. Some critics even wondered whether it was written entirely by Netflix’s charmless algorithm. Spenser Confidential would likely have flopped big-time at the box office, but since it was "free" to watch with a paid Netflix subscription, many people did.