This Intense New Thriller is Now One of the Most-Watched Netflix Movies Ever Made
If you were to ask me the recipe for success on Netflix, I wouldn’t be able to tell you. While I’m certain there’s some kind of formula at play when it comes to the films that most successfully capture increasingly ephemeral streaming attention spans, the bulk of the streamer’s most-watched titles of all time bear almost nothing in common. Consider, for instance, both Bird Box and The Adam Project cracking the Top 10. Oh, and that Jennifer Lopez thriller, Mother, that released last year? Yeah, it’s in the Top 10 as well.
There is something to be said, however, for how often genre titles appear on the ranking. The Top 3 most-streamed shows of all time, for instance, are either horror or sci-fi. I guess audiences really just love genre? I love genre, too, so bully for all of us. The latest entry to crack the list is one of Netflix’s most recent successes, and arguably one of the quickest titles to ever make the ranking. Learn more below:
Per Netflix: A crowded airport. A dangerous suitcase. A mysterious criminal mastermind. On Christmas Eve, a security officer faces the ultimate travel nightmare.
Jaume Collet-Serra’s (Orphan, House of Wax, The Shallows) action thriller Carry-On is officially the third most-watched movie on Netflix of all time, generating an impressive 320,100,000 hours viewed. Collet-Serra is one of this generation’s most dependable directorial talents. His stylish chamber pieces are remarkably excessive, culling considerable polish from high-concept malarky. Remember in The Shallows when Blake Lively befriended a seagull? No one but Collet-Serra could make that work.
It’s only natural, then, that his latest foray into action-heavy suspense would prove so successful. Taron Egerton’s Ethan Kopek is a TSA officer at LAX drawn into a mysterious conspiracy when Jason Bateman’s Traveler demands via earbud Ethan let a particular suitcase through the carry-on scanner lest his girlfriend be killed. It’s nonsense, but festive, impressive nonsense, and it was one of last year’s late, great surprises.
Fans have been thrilled with Carry-On since its release, no doubt carrying the film on to soaring success. Check out some choice reactions below:
Carry-On (2024) on Netflix is very good.
— kyle alex brett (@kyalbr) December 16, 2024
TSA agent gets blackmailed by a terrorist who is aiming a sniper rifle at his girlfriend to allow a suitcase with a bomb pass through security.
There’s a car fight sequence with Danielle Deadwyler towards the end that’s astonishing. pic.twitter.com/lpnUJa8dUZ
I finally got around to watching Netflix’s “Carry-On,” which I had started but paused after just the opening scene on its release day. It was great fun. While it lacks some realism, it’s a “Christmas movie” with a 90s action-thriller vibe that the whole family can enjoy.
— HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN) December 21, 2024
Taron… pic.twitter.com/KHZbHcpymH
Carry-On is now the #3 biggest @Netflix movie of all time. Wild. Congrats @SofiaCarson @Theorossi @JColletSerra @TaronEgerton and everyone else involved! pic.twitter.com/ya64OnN8b9
— TJ Fixman (@TJFixman) January 22, 2025
Just watched Carry On on Netflix, I love Jason Bateman so much… 10/10.
— Rebekka (@rebekkarnold) January 13, 2025
Consider me a big fan of Netflix’s new release #CarryOn. There’s nothing in this film you haven’t seen before & this movie doesn’t try to reinvent the wheel: it’s just a good old fashion, throwback thriller. Taron Egerton has long been one of the most overlooked young… pic.twitter.com/cXicszdZnu
— Cinema Tweets (@CinemaTweets1) December 14, 2024
What do you think? Any plans to check out Carry-On? What other \ titles are worth streaming on Netflix? Let me know over on Twitter @Chadiscollins.
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