Netflix Top 10 Shows and Movies: New and Trending Today, July 27

Yesterday Netflix announced the Global Top 10 movies and shows for the week of July 18-24, which contained The Gray Man's opening weekend. Having the biggest budget of any Netflix original movie ever isn't going to make it the most popular Netflix original movie ever; the Ryan Gosling-led action flick was watched for 88.5 million hours in its first week of release. That's a much smaller number than Red Notice, Netflix's biggest movie, which was watched for 148.7 million hours in its first week of release last year. But 88 million is still good enough to spawn a franchise, whether you like it or not. The Gray Man is still the No. 1 movie on Netflix's Daily Top 10 movies list for Wednesday, July 27, while Virgin River maintains the No. 1 spot on the TV Shows list. New releases include docuseries The Most Hated Man on the Internet and a new season of Dream Home Makeover.

But the fact that people watch something doesn't always mean it's good. We've combined the movies list and the TV shows list into a single article to help you get a complete view of what's popular on Netflix at the moment. We've also added what's new on Netflix today so you can find out what will be on the Top 10 list tomorrow. If you're looking for more Netflix recommendations, we've compiled the best movies on Netflix and the best TV shows on Netflix.

New Netflix Releases Today

• Car Masters: Rust to Riches Season 4: A Discovery-style reality series about a classic car restoration business.  
• Dream Home Makeover Season 3: An HGTV-style home renovation and interior design show. 
• The Most Hated Man on the Internet:  A documentary series about the founder of a notorious "revenge porn" website and the mother who took him down.
• Pipa: An Argentinian film about a retired detective facing secrets from her past. 
• Rebelde Season 2: A teen soap from Mexico about students at an elite private school, for fans of Elite and Gossip Girl.

Today's Top 10 Netflix TV Shows

1. Virgin River

For fans of: Hallmark movies | Is it good?: It's definitely popular

Netflix's soapiest romance drama returns for a new season. The Season 3 finale was packed with cliffhangers, including Jack (Martin Henderson) proposing to Mel (Alexandra Breckenridge), who revealed to him that she's pregnant and unsure if he or her late husband is the father. He's probably still going to be the father even if he's not biologically the father, though, right? That would be very uncool if he was like "OK, bye!" (Yesterday's rank: 1) 

2. Stranger Things

For fans of: Stranger Things | Is it good?: It's so fun 

Now that the kids are older, Season 4 of Netflix's '80s-style sci-fi megahit embraces full-on horror in a way it hasn't done before (the biggest influence on this season is A Nightmare on Elm Street). It also goes supersized with the episode runtimes, which leads to some bloat. It's not the best season of the show, but it's still one of the most entertaining shows on TV. (Yesterday's rank: 2) 

3. Alone

For fans of: Not dying, man vs. squirrel | Is it good?: Yeah, it's great for survival enthusiasts

History Channel's reality competition, in which competitors are dropped in the wilderness and must survive with just their wits and a few tools, is a favorite among the tough set. Season 8 just arrived on Netflix. (Yesterday's rank: 3)

4. Resident Evil

For fans of: Saying "maybe this time it'll be good" and being disappointed | Is it good?: Not even Lance Reddick can save it

Resident Evil is a beloved video game franchise that has been adapted for movies and TV numerous times but never well. This is Netflix's second Resident Evil series (the first one, an anime called Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness, came out last year). Maybe it's time to let it die, because this show doesn't do much to justify its existence. (Yesterday's rank: 4)

5. All American: Homecoming

For fans of: All American | Is it good?: Yes

This spin-off of All American follows Simone Hicks (Geffri Maya) as she embarks on life at an HBCU. It's everything you love about All American, but at college now. (Yesterday's rank: 5)

6. Alba

For fans of: Unbelievable | Is it good?: It's certainly upsetting

This Spanish drama series begins with a woman waking up on a beach, having been sexually assaulted by her boyfriend's friends the night before. She must fight to get justice when people don't believe her, and one of her assailants comes from a rich family about to close a business deal and will do anything to keep her quiet. (Yesterday's rank: 6)

7. Blown Away

For fans of: Glass artistry | Is it good?: It's fun!

Now in its third season, Blown Away is a reality competition series about ten glass artists vying to become, wait for it, BEST IN GLASS. (Yesterday's rank: 7)

8. Street Food USA 

For fans of: Hot dogs, pork belly, carnitas, etc. | Is it good?: It's delicious

The team behind foodie-favorite Chef's Table brings its food-for-the-people series from Asia and Latin America, where Seasons 1 and 2 focused, to America for Season 3, where affordable and culturally rich chow from places including Los Angeles, Portland, Miami, and New York City waft off the screen and certain local chefs are profiled with touching stories. Maybe the local flavor was intentional, maybe it was a result of COVID-related travel restrictions (the pandemic plays a large part in these stories of overcoming struggles), but it's still guaranteed to make your mouth water and you don't need a $1,000 plane ticket to get it. Go ahead, lick the TV screen. (Yesterday's rank: n/a)

9. Married at First Sight

For fans of: Crazy people, weddings | Is it good?: It's actually pretty great

This reality series throws together two total strangers who agree to get married on the same day they meet for the first time. The show keeps up with them in the aftermath as they actually get to know each other, and after a few weeks, they decide whether or not to stay together. Much like other shows of this nature, it's impossible to look away from once you start watching. (Yesterday's rank: 9)

10. Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous

For fans of: Dinosaurs, kids saving the day | Is it good?: It's pretty cute

The animated kids show about why we shouldn't open an amusement park with man-eating dinosaurs inside continues with its fifth season. Believe it or not, this series is better than the last Jurassic World movie! (Yesterday's rank: 8)

Today's Top 10 Netflix Movies

1. The Gray Man

For fans of: Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, big budgets | Is it good?: All that money and it's still pretty dull

Ryan Gosling's first movie since 2018 is this mega-budgeted action thriller from Endgame and Infinity War directors the Russo Brothers. He plays Six, an off-the-books CIA black ops guy who comes into possession of a flash drive with incriminating secrets the CIA doesn't want getting out. So they send another black ops guy named Lloyd Hansen (Chris Evans) — who you can tell is a psychopath from his mustache — to kill him. This leads to a lot of chases, explosions, and sound and fury signifying nothing. The ubiquitous Ana de Armas and aspiring superstar Regé-Jean Page co-star. (Yesterday's rank: 1)

2. Sing 2

For fans of: Singing animals, famous voices, popular music | Is it good?: For kids, sure

If I know anything about the kids' movies of today, it's that they all seem to be built around covers of popular songs. That trend continues in Sing 2, an animated jukebox musical about a bunch of singing animals — voiced by incredibly famous people like Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson, and Pharrell Williams — who have to convince a rock star (voiced by Bono) to join their musical extravaganza. (Yesterday's rank: 2)

3. The Sea Beast

For fans of: Sea creatures, accidental father figures | Is it good?: It is!

Most Netflix original kids movies are just re-dubs of second-tier CGI films from foreign studios, but The Sea Beast, from Moana and Big Hero 6 director Chris Williams, looks like a legitimate contender for best family film of the year. A young girl stows away on her idol's ship to help him hunt gigantic sea creatures, leading to seafaring adventure and action. It's getting great reviews, and features three TV Guide favorites as voice actors: The Boys' Karl Urban, Legion's Dan Stevens, and Chernobyl's Jared Harris. (Yesterday's rank: 3)

4. Persuasion

For fans of: The Fleabag-ification of Jane Austen | Is it good?: Unfortunately not

Dakota Johnson stars as Anne Elliot in this adaptation of Jane Austen's final novel, in which she reconnects with the man to whom she was once betrothed years after calling off their engagement. You really want this to be better, but it mangles most of Austen's nuanced storytelling. (Yesterday's rank: 4)

5. Too Old for Fairy Tales

For fans of: Coming-of-age stories, video games | Is it good?: I guess it depends on how much you like coming-of-age stories about Polish gamers

This Polish comedy follows a kid who has to decide between his obsession with video games and his love for his mother after she gets sick. (Yesterday's rank: 5)

6. The Man From Toronto

For fans of: Throwback buddy comedy dynamics | Is it good?: It's pretty dumb

Kevin Hart and Woody Harrelson form an unlikely friendship when Hart's bumbling character, Teddy, gets mistaken for Harrelson's notorious assassin, known only as the Man From Toronto. (Yesterday's rank: 7)

7. 12 Strong

For fans of: The U.S. military | Is it good?: If you like U.S. military propaganda

Based on a true story and set in the aftermath of 9/11, a U.S. Special Forces unit learns to fight on horseback while on a mission in Afghanistan. (Yesterday's rank: 6)

8. Trading Paint

For fans of: Crappy John Travolta movies | Is it good?: It is not

This cheapo sports drama stars John Travolta as a washed-up dirt track race car driver who decides to start being competitive again in order to teach his son a lesson when the young man starts racing for another team owner because he wants to win, not lose every time in his dad's junker. Travolta puts in effort, as always, but the movie is lifeless. (Yesterday's rank: 8)

9. Umma

For fans of: Sandra Oh, mothers and daughters | Is it good?: You want it to be better

The great Sandra Oh stars in this just fine horror movie about about a woman being haunted by visions of her dead mother. (Yesterday's rank: 9)

10. CHIPS

For fans of: Buddy cops | Is it good?: Absolutely not

Dax Shepard directs, writes, and stars in this movie adaptation of the classic TV series, which follows two cops who join the California Highway Patrol and form, wait for it, an unlikely partnership to investigate a heist. (Yesterday's rank: 10)

Based on Netflix's Top 10 TV Shows and Movies lists and new releases for Wednesday, July 27

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