Romantic comedy Nobody Wants This tops Netflix list
October 9, 2024 13.57 Europe/London By Julian Clover


Nobody Wants This, Erin Foster’s semi-autobiographical romantic comedy, was the most watched English language show on Netflix in the week ending September 30.

The show, starring Kristen Bell and Adam Brody, gained 15.9 million views in its second week.

Meanwhile, Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s true-crime drama Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story received 13.1m views for second place. The brothers have spent nearly 35 years behind bars for the murder of their parents. A companion documentary which features new interviews with the brothers, the prosecutors and more can also be streamed on Netflix.

On the Non-English Films List, dystopian-thriller The Platform 2 (Spain) debuted at #1 (19.4m views) and ranked in the Top 10 in 91 countries while the original, The Platform (Spain), returned to the list at #5 (3.7m views) and thrilling crime comedy, Trouble (Sweden) debuted at #2 (10m views). On the English Films List, Greg Jardin’s directorial debut It’s What’s Inside took fans for a psychological thrill ride to land at #8 (3.3m views).

Audiences rediscovered Tim Burton’s dark fantasy Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children as it soared to claim #1 (7.1, views) on the English Films List while the mind-bending adult animation series from Glitch, The Amazing Digital Circus, debuted on the English TV List at #7 (3.4m views).

Korean titles continued to dominate the Non-English TV List. The groundbreaking culinary competition series Culinary Class Wars went all out to claim #1 for a third week in a row with 4m views. Season 2 of Gyeongseong Creature, starring Park Seo-jun and Han So-hee, held at #2 (3.7M views) while the first season re-entered the list at #9 (0.9m views). Limited series Love Next Door rose to take #3 (2.5m views).

Documentaries claimed three spots this week including Jailbreak: Love on the Run at #2 on the English Films List (6.5m views), docuseries Mr. McMahon at #6 on the English TV List (3.4m views) and An Invisible Victim: The Eliza Samudio Case at #7 on the Non-English Films List (3.2m views).