A 2016 Critical Flop Is The Top Movie On Netflix Right Now

“The Legend of Tarzan” is currently the most popular movie on Netflix, according to the streaming service’s public ranking system.

In the 2016 adventure film, the titular character returns to his childhood home in the Congo after living in Victorian England ― only to get wrapped up in a nefarious plot that puts his wife at risk. Though panned by critics, the movie was a commercial success and seems to be finding new fans in the streaming world eight years later.

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“The Legend of Tarzan” stars Alexander Skarsgård, Samuel L. Jackson, Margot Robbie, Djimon Hounsou, Jim Broadbent and Christoph Waltz.

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“The Good Mother”

The top movie on Hulu right now is the 2023 crime thriller “The Good Mother.”

Starring Hilary Swank and Olivia Cooke, the film follows a journalist who teams up with her estranged son’s pregnant girlfriend to find those responsible for his murder.

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“It Comes At Night”

One of the top trending movies on Max at the moment is “It Comes at Night” ― a 2017 psychological horror film starring Joel Edgerton, Christopher Abbott, Riley Keough and Carmen Ejogo.

Released by A24, the movie is set during a mysterious apocalypse in which a highly contagious disease has wiped out most of humanity. “It Comes at Night” centers around two families’ struggle to survive together in the forest.

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“The Holdovers”

There’s already lots of awards season buzz around “The Holdovers,” which