Netflix has released some huge movies throughout 2026, but only a select handful hold a place among its most-watched originals of the year. For as much attention as previously released films, both big and small, can garner on the streaming service, those acquisition deals are just a portion of Netflix’s focus. How well their exclusive titles perform is what really matters.
These movies are routinely the ones that top Netflix’s streaming charts in the United States and across the world. And when they really click with subscribers, record-setting viewership comes. The streamer has experienced that a lot recently, with KPop Demon Hunters becoming Netflix’s most-watched movie of all time last year. 2025 even saw Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz’s Back in Action become a top 10 all-time release.
That is why Netflix’s original 2026 movies often came with lofty viewership expectations. With popular genres like action, thrillers, rom-coms, and animation and typically star-studded casts frequently part of its new releases, Netflix has a clear strategy to greenlighting or acquiring new movies with the hopes that they’ll pop with audiences.
This has happened time and time again in 2026, and thanks to official viewership data, here are Netflix’s most-watched original movies this year.
- The data is from January 1 to June 28 and collected from Netflix’s top 10 global charts
- Movement in the new update: Office Romance moves to 6th, Maternal Instinct moves to 9th, Voicemails for Isballe enters top 10 (knocking out Remarkably Bright Creatures)
- Title to watch: Little Brother, John Cena and Eric Andre’s comedy, which debuted to 14 million views
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Voicemails For Isabelle
Zoey Deutch and Nick Robinson’s rom-com has charmed Netflix subscribers rather quickly. Voicemails for Isabelle has already generated 48.5 million views in its first two weeks of release, putting it on track to be the streamer’s biggest hit in this genre for the year.
After a solid 17.5 million views in its first week, Voicemails for Isabelle jumped to 31 million views in week 2. That’s significantly higher than the year’s other rom-coms that are higher up in total viewership. With it also moving up to #1 on the charts in week 2, there’s a good chance interest propels it further up this list in the weeks ahead.
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Maternal Instinct
One of Netflix’s 2026 documentaries has cracked the top 10, as subscribers have been really drawn to Maternal Instinct. The true-crime doc has already pulled in 49 million views in its first three weeks. It debuted with 15 million views before increasing by 70% in week 2 to finish as Netflix’s #1 movie, earning 25.5 million views.
While interest fell after this, down 66% to 8.5 million views in week 3, Maternal Instinct has already become the streamer’s most-watched documentary for the year. And since it is still in the top 3, it should get at least another week of reported viewership to increase its total.
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Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
After finding lots of success with the Peaky Blinders show, the sequel movie, Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, arrived to great anticipation this year. The results were fairly favorable, with it managing 50.6 million views in three weeks.
This started with a strong 25.3 million view count in the first week. 19.4 million views came in week 2, allowing it to hold onto the top spot on the global charts. But it was out of the top 5 a week later and vacated the top 10 chart entirely by week 4.
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People We Meet On Vacation
People We Meet On Vacation was the first of Netflix’s original movies in 2026, launching on January 9. The romantic comedy starring Emily Bader and Tom Blyth, and adapting Emily Henry’s novel, has officially collected 54.3 million views during its four weeks in the top 10 global charts.
This performance began with 17.2 million views over its opening weekend. The following week brought in another 23.3 million views, even though it fell to second place on the global charts. It then fell out of the top 5 by its fourth week and was on the outside of the top 10 chart a week later. Still, People We Meet On Vacation‘s popularity is undeniable.
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Office Romance
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Jennifer Lopez and Brett Goldstein’s rom-com has been a very strong performer for Netflix. Office Romance has totaled 57.6 million views within its first four weeks of release, allowing it to climb through the top 10. This was likely from the second it debuted to 20.9 million views in its first week, the best launch for a Netflix rom-com this year.
It repeated at #1 in its second weekend, where it totaled 24.6 million views. While interest dropped considerably in week 3, down to 7.8 million views, it remained in third place for the week. The 4.3 million views in week 4 gave it enough to become Netflix’s most-watched rom-com in 2026. Office Romance‘s performance was good enough to be Netflix’s most-watched movie in June 2026.
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Thrash
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The strength of these numbers is whyWar Machine spent eight weeksinNetflix ‘stop10charts , whichis thelongeststretchofanytitle ,andgenerated128 .4millionviewsduringthat time .Theremainder11 .5millionviews came duringthe restofitsfirst91daysofrelease ,allowingNetflixtoannouncitsall-timegreatviewershipfigures .
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