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New Releases on Netflix This Week and Top 10 Movies & Series: August 1, 2026
With 75 new releases hitting Netflix US over the past seven days, we break down the absolute best movies and…
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What the World Watched on Netflix in H1 2026
Explore Netflix’s latest engagement report, covering viewing between January and June 2026. Search any title, compare releases and see how viewing changed across every reporting period.
17,370
Titles & seasons
23.4B
Total CVE views
96.8B
Hours viewed
Most watched in H1 2026
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#1
War Machine (2026) Movie146.9M views
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#2
The Rip Movie136.1M views
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#3
Swapped Movie130.8M views
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#4
KPop Demon Hunters Movie130.4M views
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#5
Apex Movie129.0M views
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#6
Thrash Movie100.0M views
- #7 77.7M views
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#8
The Crash Movie65.2M views
- #9 63.9M views
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#10
Office Romance Movie58.4M views
- #1 104.0M views
- #2 100.2M views
- #3 63.9M views
- #4 55.6M views
- #5 50.3M views
- #6 48.2M views
- #7 47.3M views
- #8 40.4M views
- #9 37.3M views
- #10 36.1M views
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Standouts from recent releases — titles we think are worth your time.
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Something\'s Gotta Give (2026)
Charming sexagenarian Harry meets his match in playwright Erica when he has a heart attack at her beach…
6.8
72
66
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About Last Night (2026)
Rob Lowe and Demi Moore star as two veterans of the Chicago singles scene trying their best to…
6.3
65
70
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The Exorcism (2026)
A troubled actor cast in a horror movie sees life imitate art when a series of strange on-set…
4.2
46
Movie
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TÁR (2026)
As celebrated conductor Lydia Tár starts rehearsals for a career-defining symphony, the consequences of her past choices begin…
7.4
91
93
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Shoplifters (2026)
Poor but close-knit, the Shibatas steal to survive. Rescuing a young girl from her family puts them on…
7.9
99
93
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Must watch
Ordinary Angels (2026)
Sidestepping her own struggles, a salon co-owner focuses on helping a grieving man saddled with insurmountable medical debt…
7.4
84
57
Movie
Must watch
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2026)
Mentor to an idealistic tribute in the 10th Hunger Games, a young Coriolanus Snow battles between their growing…
6.6
64
54
Movie
Must watch
She Said (2026)
New York Times reporters investigate the bombshell allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein in this award-winning newsroom thriller.
7.3
88
74
Movie
Must watch
Hamnet (2026)
In 16th-century England, a young woman falls in love with a Latin tutor, but their marriage is tested…
7.8
86
84
TV Series
Must watch
Dark Winds (Season 4)
The series follows three Navajo Tribal Police officers, Joe Leaphorn, Bernadette Manuelito, and Jim Chee, in the 1970s…
7.7
100
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72 HOURS
To save his career, a 40-year-old ad exec joins a crew of twentysomethings for a wild Miami bachelor party after they mistakenly add him to a group chat.
- 2. Elize: Shadows of a Woman
- 3. The Debt Collector
- 4. The Truthers
- 5. A Toxic Love Story
- 6. Fast Charlie
- 7. Kung Fu Panda 4
- 8. Desire
- 9. Aquaman
- 10. The Running Man
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- 12. Love in Slow Motion
- 13. Max
- 14. Ladies in Black
- 15. Gatta Kusthi 2
TV series
#1 series
1.
The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare
Through bodycam footage, texts and interviews with loved ones, this documentary investigates the horrifying murder of four University of Idaho students.
- 2. The Bombing of Pan Am 103
- 3. Elite Force
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- 13. The Polygamist
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- 15. Teach You a Lesson
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On This Day in Netflix History
Releases from this date in previous years — August 1st.
Released
1 year ago
2025
My Oxford Year
2025
Perfect Match
Season 3
Released
2 years ago
2024
Borderless Fog
2024
Love is Blind: Mexico
Season 1
Mon Laferte, te amo
2024
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Season 1
From Me to You: Kimi ni Todoke
Season 3
Unstable
Season 2
Released
3 years ago
2023
Untold: Jake Paul the Problem Child
2023
Released
4 years ago
2022
Big Tree City
Season 1
Released
6 years ago
2020
Super Monsters: The New Class
2020
Released
8 years ago
2018
QB1: Beyond the Lights
2018
Switched
Season 1
Released
9 years ago
2017
Heavy Rescue: 401
2017
Maz Jobrani: Immigrant
2017
Surviving Escobar - Alias JJ
2017
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