The top 7 movies on Netflix this week, from 'The Platform' to '2012'

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7. "Lost Girls" (Netflix original)

7. "Lost Girls" (Netflix original)

Netflix description: "Desperate to find her missing daughter, a mother fights to uncover the truth — and helps expose a string of unsolved murders. Based on a true story."

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 74%

What critics said: "It's serious, respectful, gravely melancholic. Yet anger best describes the movie's atmosphere, its overall mood and its authorial tone." — New York Times

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6. "Aftermath"

6. "Aftermath"

Netflix description: "After an air traffic controller's mistake results in a tragic accident, a man who lost his wife and daughter seeks answers from the man responsible."

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 42%

What critics said: "Unfortunately, the film's commendably atypical focus on characters, mood, and psychological realism does not make Schwarzenegger's latest necessarily good." — RogerEbert.com

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5. "The Angry Birds Movie 2"

5. "The Angry Birds Movie 2"

Netflix 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: "The Angry Birds Movie 2 is the very definition of empty-calorie cinema ... It's also fast-paced, interesting to look at, and notably less irritating than the original, which is all you can really ask of a film like this one." — AV Club

4. "Outbreak"

4. "Outbreak"

Netflix description: "When a deadly virus spreads throughout a small town, a team of Army doctors works to contain it before the military can execute an extreme alternative."

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 60%

What critics said: "Outbreak will keep you on the edge of your scat, and every time someone sneezes or coughs in the audience, you'll pay attention." — Associated Press

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3. "The Platform" (Netflix original)

3. "The Platform" (Netflix original)

Netflix description: "In a prison where inmates on high floors eat better than those below, who get the scant scraps, one man tries to effect change so everyone gets enough."

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 82%

What critics said: "A must-see in our increasingly unequal world, Gaztelu-Urrutia's astonishing debut makes a strong case for the masses to eat the rich." — Los Angeles Times

2. "2012"

2. "2012"

Netflix description: "When a flood of natural disasters threatens to destroy the world, a divorced dad desperately attempts to save his family in this doomsday thriller."

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 39%

What critics said: "2012 is reminiscent of yesteryear '80s shlock-tastic blockbusters — total popcorn entertainment with ridiculous dialogue and impossible situations and special effects that will boggle the brain for a good two-plus hours." — Observer

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1. "Spenser Confidential" (Netflix original)

1. "Spenser Confidential" (Netflix original)

Netflix 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: 38%

What critics said: "While this will feel like Citizen Kane by the time the cinemas reopen, it's probably best left for when the teenagers have exhausted every other avenue." — The Sun