The 13 most popular movies on Netflix so far this year — and what critics thought of them

Highest ranking: 1Number of appearances: 2Description: A bank robber joins a plot to commit one final, historic heist before the government turns on a mind-altering signal that will end all criminal behavior.Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 0%Audience score: 23%What critics said: Instantly forgettable tough-guy fantasia. — Hollywood ReporterHighest ranking: 1 (twice)Number of appearances: 4Description: A fiery executive in a spiritless relationship falls victim to a dominant mafia boss, who imprisons her and gives her one year to fall in love with him.Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 0%Audience score: 30%What critics said: Thoroughly terrible, politically objectionable, occasionally hilarious. — VarietyHighest ranking: 1Number of appearances: 2Netflix description: An inept Detroit cop must team up with his girlfriend's foul-mouthed young son when their first crack at bonding time uncovers a criminal conspiracy.Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 20%What critics said: There just isn't much of a movie here, or even much of an homage movie when you compare it to its clear influences like 48 Hours and Lethal Weapon. — RogerEbert.comHighest ranking: 1Number of appearances: 3Description: Tim thinks he's invited the woman of his dreams on a work retreat to Hawaii, realizing too late he mistakenly texted someone from a nightmare blind date.Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 36%What critics said: 'The Wrong Missy' is a lightweight throwaway, the kind of movie it is difficult to suggest one actually choose to watch, but if your algorithm somehow lands on it provides a certain harmless diversion. — Los Angeles TimesHighest ranking: 1 (twice)Number of appearances: 3Netflix description: Spenser, an ex-cop and ex-con, teams up with aspiring fighter Hawk to uncover a sinister conspiracy tied to the deaths of two Boston police officers.Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 37%What critics said: An ending that teases the possibility of sequels, with Wahlberg's Spenser tackling more cases of police officers and emergency personnel who have been falsely accused of crimes, should elicit nothing but groans. — AV ClubHighest ranking: 1Number of appearances: 4Netflix description: Secret Service agent Mike Banning is caught in the crossfire when he's framed for a deadly attack on the president and forced to run for his life. Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 39%What critics said: There's no thrill to this thriller. Nor is there nuance to the characters. — Globe and MailHighest ranking: 1Number of appearances: 3Netflix description: A hardened mercenary's mission becomes a soul-searching race to survive when he's sent into Bangladesh to rescue a drug lord's kidnapped son.Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 69%What critics said: No judgments here if you just want to hang back and let nonstop gore, gunfire, explosions and a gung-ho Chris Hemsworth numb you into submission. — Rolling StoneHighest ranking: 4Number of appearances: 4Netflix description: Enemies turn into frenemies when the Pigs call for a truce with the Birds to unite against a formidable new foe that's threatening all of their homes.Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 73% What critics said: Things move along at such an agreeably fast clip — particularly in the second half, when the mission gets underway — that it'll be a pleasurable experience for kids and adults alike. — RogerEbert.comHighest ranking: 3Number of appearances: 3Description: A young, white writer stirs up the status quo in 1960s Mississippi by interviewing Black housemaids and bringing their stories to the masses.Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 76%What critics said: Suffers from an obsequious lust for stereotypes. — Financial TimesHighest ranking: 5Number of appearances: 3Description: Meddlesome Beverly Hills high school student Cher gets more than she bargained for when she gives a fashion-challenged student a makeover.Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 80%What critics said: The summer's most compelling movie about teenagers. — NewsweekHighest ranking: 1Number of appearances: 7Netflix description: Villainous Gru hatches a plan to steal the moon from the sky. But he has a tough time staying on task after three orphans land in his care.Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 81%What critics said: The Steve Carell-starring animated comedy is an instant classic, and for anyone with kids, this might buy you a couple hours' peace. — Daily BeastHighest ranking: 2Number of appearances: 5Netflix description: Four siblings with horribly selfish parents hatch a plan to get rid of them for good and form a perfectly imperfect family of their own.Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 90%What critics said: There's a lot going on in The Willoughbys, yet if you can get on board with its manic energy and accelerated plotting, the Netflix animated family comedy-adventure has an oddball charm that works surprisingly well. — Hollywood ReporterHighest ranking: 1Number of appearances: 3Netflix description: With his debts mounting and angry collectors closing in, a fast-talking New York City jeweler risks everything in hopes of staying afloat and alive.Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 92%What critics said: It all ends up to be a film in which both Sandler and the Safdies are pulling out all the stops, and it works. — USA Today

The 13 most popular movies on Netflix so far this year — and what critics thought of them

13. "The Last Days of American Crime" (2020, Netflix original)

12. "365 Days" (2020)

11. "Coffee and Kareem" (2020, Netflix original)

10. "The Wrong Missy" (2020, Netflix original)

9. "Spenser Confidential" (2020, Netflix original)

8. "Angel Has Fallen" (2019)

7. "Extraction" (2020, Netflix original)

6. "The Angry Birds Movie 2" (2019)

5. "The Help" (2011)

4. "Clueless" (1995)

3. "Despicable Me" (2010)

2. "The Willoughbys" (2020, Netflix original)

1. "Uncut Gems" (2019)