<p><img src="https://static3.businessinsider.com/image/601445a86dfbe10018e00c4c-2400/homefront-1.jpg" border="0" alt="homefront" data-mce-source="Justin Lubin/Open Road Films"></p><p></p><bi-shortcode id="summary-shortcode" data-type="summary-shortcode" class="mceNonEditable" contenteditable="false">Summary List Placement</bi-shortcode><p>The 2013 Jason Statham movie "Homefront" saw a surge in popularity on Netflix this week, while Robert Rodriguez's "We Can Be Heroes" is still holding strong.</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 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><section data-slideshow-intro-content=""><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></section><p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/netflix-says-bridgerton-is-its-biggest-debut-series-all-time-2021-1" >Netflix says 'Bridgerton' is its biggest series of all time, beating 'The Witcher'</a></strong></p><h3>9. "Pinkfong & Baby Shark's Space Adventure" (2019)</h3><img src="https://static5.businessinsider.com/image/600af6c6c94799001992cc5f-400-300/9-pinkfong-and-baby-sharks-space-adventure-2019.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81362788" data-analytics-module="body_link" data-analytics-post-depth="60" data-uri="453625ca14bb2b79aa52a5babc295371"><strong>Description</strong></a>: "Joined by new friends from other planets, Pinkfong and Baby Shark explore outer space and search for missing star pieces to return home."</p><p><strong>Rotten Tomatoes critic score</strong>: N/A</p><p><strong>What critics said</strong>: N/A</p></p><br/><br/><h3>8. "We Can Be Heroes" (2020, Netflix original)</h3><img src="https://static6.businessinsider.com/image/6014484da7c0c4001991de13-400-300/8-we-can-be-heroes-2020-netflix-original.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/80994666'source=35" data-analytics-module="body_link" data-analytics-post-depth="80" data-uri="ff6b9426ad799e9a7d1e7ec9500f579f"><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>: 73%</p><p><strong>What critics said</strong>: "'Heroes' is colorful and garish and relentlessly energized; as such, it's not designed to work for anyone who wouldn't be permitted into a PG-13 movie without a guardian." — <a href="https://theplaylist.net/we-can-be-heroes-review-robert-rodriguez-20201228/">The Playlist</a></p></p><br/><br/><h3>7. "Outside the Wire" (2021, Netflix original)</h3><img src="https://static4.businessinsider.com/image/5ffcab7cbde805001980c398-400-300/7-outside-the-wire-2021-netflix-original.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81074110'source=35" data-analytics-module="body_link" data-analytics-post-depth="100" data-uri="6dca29e747ab4db323b3820da3ab49ad"><strong>Description</strong></a>: "In the near future, a drone pilot sent into a war zone finds himself paired with a top-secret android officer on a mission to stop a nuclear attack."</p><p><strong>Rotten Tomatoes critic score</strong>: 37%</p><p><strong>What critics said</strong>: "The half-brained drudgery that Håfström's delivers here only leaves you with the regret that this war wasn't more fun to watch." — <a href="https://www.indiewire.com/2021/01/outside-the-wire-review-netflix-1234609669/">Indiewire</a></p></p><br/><br/><h3>6. "The White Tiger" (2021, Netflix original)</h3><img src="https://static2.businessinsider.com/image/60144cc86dfbe10018e00c83-400-300/6-the-white-tiger-2021-netflix-original.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/80202877'source=35"><strong>Description</strong></a>: "The ambitious driver for a rich Indian family uses his wit and cunning to escape from poverty and become an entrepreneur. Based on the bestselling novel."</p><p><strong>Rotten Tomatoes critic score</strong>: 92%</p><p><strong>What critics said</strong>: "The White Tiger feels like a fable, one that illustrates how trapping people in poverty so there will always be someone to do wealthier folks' bidding is as much a function of psychology and culture as of economic opportunity." — <a href="https://www.vox.com/22242340/white-tiger-review-netflix-ramin-bahrani">Vox</a></p></p><br/><br/><h3>5. "Penguins of Madagascar" (2014)</h3><img src="https://static4.businessinsider.com/image/543458046bb3f74671c8d07f-400-300/5-penguins-of-madagascar-2014.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/80013941'source=35" data-analytics-module="body_link" data-analytics-post-depth="60" data-uri="4afb3a0afa730a7b321503d38226ad56"><strong>Description</strong></a>: "Elite penguin spies Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private join forces with the suave agents of the North Wind to defeat power-mad genius Octavius Brine."</p><p><strong>Rotten Tomatoes critic score</strong>: 73%</p><p><strong>What critics said</strong>: "Penguins of Madagascar is an unexpected pleasure, a 3D kids' animated feature that combines a wildly inventive visual style with enough in-jokes and self-reflexive references to keep film- loving adults happy, too." — <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/penguins-of-madagascar-3d-film-review-an-animated-squawk-on-the-wildly-inventive-side-9904554.html">Independent</a></p></p><br/><br/><h3>4. "The Next Three Days" (2010)</h3><img src="https://static5.businessinsider.com/image/60144e486dfbe10018e00c8e-400-300/4-the-next-three-days-2010.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/70135743'source=35"><strong>Description</strong></a>: "When his wife becomes a murder suspect and is sent to prison, a professor plots a meticulous plan to take back her freedom and reunite his family."</p><p><strong>Rotten Tomatoes critic score</strong>: 51%</p><p><strong>What critics said</strong>: "Neither Crowe nor Banks matches the levels of determination and despair that Vincent Lindon and Diane Kruger brought to the same roles in the original film." — <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/jan/09/next-three-days-russell-crowe-review">Guardian</a></p></p><br/><br/><h3>3. "Cut-Throat City" (2020)</h3><img src="https://static2.businessinsider.com/image/60145016a7c0c4001991de4b-400-300/3-cut-throat-city-2020.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/80202711'source=35"><strong>Description</strong></a>: "Bereft of opportunities in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, a young man and his close friends turn to a life of crime in the 9th Ward of New Orleans."</p><p><strong>Rotten Tomatoes critic score</strong>: 70%</p><p><strong>What critics said</strong>: "RZA tells this story (from a screenplay by Paul Cuschieri) with deliberation and imaginative daring. With 'Cut Throat City,' his third feature, he comes into his own as a director." — <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/20/movies/cut-throat-city-review.html">New York Times</a></p></p><br/><br/><h3>2. "The Vanished" (2020)</h3><img src="https://static4.businessinsider.com/image/6014504ca7c0c4001991de4e-400-300/2-the-vanished-2020.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81333314'source=35" data-analytics-module="body_link" data-analytics-post-depth="80" data-uri="923a9e02c3994457d282a58aaa844570"><strong>Description</strong></a>: "When their daughter disappears during a family vacation, two terrified parents launch their own investigation that soon exposes local secrets."</p><p><strong>Rotten Tomatoes critic score</strong>: 21%</p><p><strong>What critics said</strong>: "Wildly implausible and improbably entertaining." — <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/the-vanished-film-review">Hollywood Reporter</a></p></p><br/><br/><h3>1. "Homefront" (2013)</h3><img src="https://static3.businessinsider.com/image/5b6dc0ee5c5e520b308b4fad-400-300/1-homefront-2013.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/70281529'source=35" data-analytics-module="body_link" data-analytics-post-depth="20" data-uri="91105dee1b098691c125e83239fc7ad8"><strong>Description</strong></a>: "When an ex-DEA agent is widowed, he moves with his young daughter to a small town, but his quiet life is shattered by a meth-making drug trafficker."</p><p><strong>Rotten Tomatoes critic score</strong>: 43%</p><p><strong>What critics said</strong>: "The car chases aren't done especially well, but overall, Homefront delivers the enjoyment you'd expect from a shoot-'em-up." — <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/11/-em-homefront-em-exploiting-the-classic-american-rationale-for-violence/281885/">The Atlantic</a></p></p><br/><br/>
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