<p><img src="https://static4.businessinsider.com/image/5fda26356524f10019792553-1366/the midnight sky netflix.png" border="0" alt="the midnight sky netflix" data-mce-source="Netflix"></p><p></p><bi-shortcode id="summary-shortcode" data-type="summary-shortcode" class="mceNonEditable" contenteditable="false">Summary List Placement</bi-shortcode><p>George Clooney's new directorial effort "Midnight Sky" and Robert Rodriguez's follow-up to 2005's "Adventures of Sharkboy and Lava Girl" were among Netflix's most popular movies this week. </p><p>Every week, <a href="https://reelgood.com/" data-analytics-module="body_link" data-analytics-post-depth="20" data-uri="f31f5072d3c303e73f0408b12527e204">the streaming search engine Reelgood</a> compiles for Business Insider a list of which movies have been most prominent on Netflix's daily top-10 lists that week. On Reelgood, users <a href="https://reelgood.com/movies/source/netflix" data-analytics-module="body_link" data-analytics-post-depth="20" data-uri="e4bf91b3ce6fbddeac6c152ea9a2f3a8">can browse</a> Netflix's entire movie library and sort by IMDb or Rotten Tomatoes ratings.</p><p>Seven of the top nine movies this week had a "rotten" score (below 60%) on Rotten Tomatoes, including the top movie, Liam Neeson's "Unknown."</p><section data-slideshow-intro-content=""><section data-slideshow-intro-content=""><p><strong>Below are Netflix's 9 most popular movies of the week in the US:</strong></p></section></section><p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/top-streaming-shows-this-week-cobra-kai-expanse-mandalorian-2021-1" >The top 9 streaming TV shows this week, from 'Cobra Kai' to 'The Expanse'</a></strong></p><h3>9. "The Midnight Sky" (2020, Netflix original)</h3><img src="https://static6.businessinsider.com/image/5ff88db3d184b30018aadc6d-400-300/9-the-midnight-sky-2020-netflix-original.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><strong><a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/80244645'source=35">Description</a>:</strong> "In the aftermath of a global catastrophe, a lone scientist in the Arctic races to contact a crew of astronauts with a warning not to return to Earth."</p><p><strong>Rotten Tomatoes critic score</strong>: 52%</p><p><strong>What critics said</strong>: "The Midnight Sky is a good example of a movie that sells itself short by trying to be one thing — serious, heavy, emotional — when, by all available indicators, it should be more of a thriller, or more ridiculous, or at the very least more fun." — <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/midnight-sky-george-clooney-netflix-1103343/">Rolling Stone</a></p></p><br/><br/><h3>8. "S.W.A.T." (2003)</h3><img src="https://static5.businessinsider.com/image/5ff89256bde805001980be67-400-300/8-swat-2003.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/60029196"><strong>Description</strong></a>: "A veteran cop is tasked with drafting and training a special weapons and tactics team, who soon find themselves up against an international criminal."</p><p><strong>Rotten Tomatoes critic score</strong>: 48%</p><p><strong>What critics said</strong>: "As summer shoot-'em-ups go, this is pretty well executed, with plenty of macho posing and gunfire." — <a href="http://onfilm.chicagoreader.com/movies/capsules/24119_SWAT">Chicago Reader</a></p></p><br/><br/><h3>7. "Four Christmases" (2008)</h3><img src="https://static6.businessinsider.com/image/5ff892ecd184b30018aadc9f-400-300/7-four-christmases-2008.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/70099614'source=35"><strong>Description</strong></a>: "A dating couple is forced to spend their first Christmas together visiting each of their four divorced parents — in a single day."</p><p><strong>Rotten Tomatoes critic score</strong>: 25%</p><p><strong>What critics said</strong>: "Gordon's stars are charmless, his script cheerless, and his sterling supporting cast can't seem to figure out what they've been brought on board to do." — <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php'storyId=97484262">NPR</a></p></p><br/><br/><h3>6. "Rango" (2011)</h3><img src="https://static5.businessinsider.com/image/5d6e8b6121214c2cba7211b5-400-300/6-rango-2011.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/70137742'source=35"><strong>Description</strong></a>: "When he becomes lost in the desert, pet chameleon Rango pretends he's a tough guy and ends up sheriff of a corrupt and violent frontier town."</p><p><strong>Rotten Tomatoes critic score</strong>: 88%</p><p><strong>What critics said</strong>: "Though young children may enjoy it, the film is built for viewers of any age with a taste for joyful anarchy." — <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/film/rango_verbinski">New Yorker</a></p></p><br/><br/><h3>5. "Death to 2020" (2020, Netflix original)</h3><img src="https://static6.businessinsider.com/image/5ff89523bde805001980be72-400-300/5-death-to-2020-2020-netflix-original.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81332175'source=35"><strong>Description</strong></a>: "As the year we all want to end finally does, take a look back at 2020's mad glory in this comedic retrospective from the creators of 'Black Mirror.'"</p><p><strong>Rotten Tomatoes critic score</strong>: 37%</p><p><strong>What critics said</strong>: "Death to 2020 is ultimately just more of the same painfully humorless noise that's made up most of the year." — <a href="https://www.vox.com/22203327/death-to-2020-review-social-media">Vox</a></p></p><br/><br/><h3>4. "30 Minutes or Less" (2011)</h3><img src="https://static3.businessinsider.com/image/5ff8959ed184b30018aadcb1-400-300/4-30-minutes-or-less-2011.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/70167074'source=35"><strong>Description</strong></a>: "Two crooks planning a bank heist wind up abducting a pizza delivery driver and force him to commit the robbery — with a strict time limit."</p><p><strong>Rotten Tomatoes critic score</strong>: 45%</p><p><strong>What critics said</strong>: "It all goes horribly wrong, with the characters and the audience united in anguish." — <a href="http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/1ccaf270-df7b-11e0-845a-00144feabdc0.html'ftcamp=rss#axzz1Y3NN8AXl">Financial Times</a></p></p><br/><br/><h3>3. "17 Again" (2009)</h3><img src="https://static1.businessinsider.com/image/5b1e94185e48ec1f008b45a5-400-300/3-17-again-2009.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/70107406'source=35"><strong>Description</strong></a>: "Nearing a midlife crisis, thirty-something Mike wishes for a "do-over" — and that's exactly what he gets when he wakes up to find he's 17 again."</p><p><strong>Rotten Tomatoes critic score</strong>: 56%</p><p><strong>What critics said</strong>: "When 17 Again isn't pilfering from its betters, it's engaging in the most Pavlovian button-pushing." — <a href="http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review/17-again">Slant Magazine</a></p></p><br/><br/><h3>2. "We Can Be Heroes" (2020, Netflix original)</h3><img src="https://static2.businessinsider.com/image/5ff897cdbde805001980be87-400-300/2-we-can-be-heroes-2020-netflix-original.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/80994666'source=35"><strong>Description</strong></a>: "When alien invaders capture Earth's superheroes, their kids must learn to work together to save their parents — and the planet." </p><p><strong>Rotten Tomatoes critic score</strong>: 69%</p><p><strong>What critics said</strong>: "This was clearly made for kids, not critics, and the design and action are vibrant enough to divert them. Rodriguez is well-versed in superhero tropes for parents who can appreciate comic-book satire." — <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/25/entertainment/we-can-be-heroes-review/index.html">CNN</a></p></p><br/><br/><h3>1. "Unknown" (2011)</h3><img src="https://static3.businessinsider.com/image/5ff8987fbde805001980be8a-400-300/1-unknown-2011.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/70139387"><strong>Description</strong></a>: "Liam Neeson stars as a man who regains consciousness after a car accident, only to discover that another man is impersonating him."</p><p><strong>Rotten Tomatoes critic score</strong>: 55%</p><p><strong>What critics said</strong>: "A nifty final twist, but it is so joyless and heavy-handed I found it impossible to like." — <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/mar/03/unknown-review">Guardian</a></p></p><br/><br/>
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