Now that the year is drawing to a close, we’ll look ahead to 2022 and review the most popular titles on Netflix in the UK throughout the year. Here are the top 100 most popular movies and series in 2022 according to Netflix’s top 10.

This list is compiled using raw data from our partner’s top 10, Flix Patrol. Every day, they compile the top 10 from around the world and assign point values ​​to each movie and TV show.

If a movie is the #1 movie on a particular day, FlixPatrol assigns ten points to that title. Conversely, if a movie is the 10th most popular on a given day, it is awarded one point.

Netflix has provided a list of the best performing titles in terms of hours watched which we compiled in our news post here.


The 50 most popular movies on Netflix UK in 2022

Yes, your eyes will not deceive you; a Christmas movie scored the most points in 2022, appearing in Netflix’s top 10 almost every day until December 2022. Its ability to top the charts over the festive period allowed it to become Netflix’s best-performing movie UK in the top 10.

It is one of many Universal Pictures films that dominated the Netflix UK ratings all year long.

The documentary The Tinder Scammer was the best-performing Netflix original in the UK, beating even the action thriller the gray man.

  1. How the Grinch stole Christmas
    • Total Points: 354
    • Days in top 10: 43
  2. Sing
    • Total Points: 280
    • Days in top 10: 56
  3. The Tinder Scammer
    • Total Points 269
    • Days in top 10: 32
  4. the gray man
    • Total Points: 266
    • Days in top 10: 40
  5. The Adam Project
    • Total Points: 260
    • Days in top 10: 43
  6. the sea beast
    • Total Points: 250
    • Days in top 10: 40
  7. I came for
    • Total Points: 243
    • Days in top 10: 32
  8. the man from toronto
    • Total Points: 235
    • Days in top 10: 37
  9. The Knights
    • Total Points: 232
    • Days in top 10: 32
  10. don’t look up
    • Total Points: 221
    • Days in top 10: 33
  11. purple hearts
    1. Total Points: 215
    2. Days in top 10: 28
  12. Last year
    • Total Points: 196
    • Days in top 10: 23
  13. Hustle
    1. Total Points: 189
    2. Days in top 10: 26
  14. Adults
    • Total Points: 188
    • Days in top 10: 32
  15. Personal time
    • Total Points: 176
    • Days in top 10: 30
  16. luckiest girl alive
    • Total Points: 174
    • Days in top 10: 24
  17. Day shift
    • Total Points: 170
    • Days in top 10: 24
  18. girl in the photo
    • Total Points: 170
    • Days in top 10: 23
  19. falling in love with christmas
    • Total Points: 168
    • Days in top 10: 33
  20. All calm on the west front
    • Total Points: 163
    • Days in top 10: 23
  21. Enola Holmes 2
    • Total Points: 161
    • Days in top 10: 21
  22. trolls world tour
    • Total Points: 161
    • Days in top 10: 30
  23. Elite murderer
    • Total Points: 158
    • Days in top 10: 22
  24. the good nurse
    1. Total Points: 157
    2. Days in top 10: 23
  25. Legend
    • Total Points: 156
    • Days in top 10: 29
  26. get revenge
    • Total Points: 152
    • Days in top 10: 18
  27. look both ways
    • Total Points: 145
    • Days in top 10: 18
  28. Sonic the Hedgehog
    • Total Points: 142
    • Days in top 10: 30
  29. rogue agent
    • Total Points: 137
    • Days in top 10: 22
  30. The school of good and evil
    • Total Points: 137
    • Days in top 10: 17
  31. the weekend away
    • Total Points: 136
    • Days in top 10: 18
  32. Persuasion
    • Total Points: 135
    • Days in top 10: 20
  33. Grown Ups 2
    • Total Points: 133
    • Days in top 10: 25
  34. The Curse of Bridge Hollow
    • Total Points: 130
    • Days in top 10: 19
  35. lou
    • Total Points: 128
    • Days in top 10: 17
  36. Bohemian Rhapsody
    • Total Points: 128
    • Days in top 10: 17
  37. How it ends
    1. Total Points: 122
    2. Days in top 10: 22
  38. Mr. Harrigan’s phone
    • Total Points: 119
    • Days in top 10: 19
  39. jester
    • Total Points: 118
    • Days in top 10: 16
  40. Made in the USA.
    • Total Points: 117
    • Days in top 10: 20
  41. spider head
    • Total Points: 116
    • Days in top 10: 14
  42. Munich: on the brink of war
    • Total Points: 116
    • Days in top 10: 17
  43. Nativity!
    • Total Points: 115
    • Days in top 10: 27
  44. Interceptor
    • Total Points: 114
    • Days in top 10: 14
  45. 365 days: this day
    • Total Points: 114
    • Days in top 10: 13
  46. Troll
    • Total Points: 112
    • Days in top 10: 13
  47. love in the village
    • Total Points: 112
    • Days in top 10: 18
  48. Blond
    • Total Points: 111
    • Days in top 10: 14
  49. dolittle
    • Total Points: 108
    • Days in top 10: 17
  50. The invisible man
    • Total Points: 105
    • Days in top 10: 16

The 50 most popular series on Netflix UK in 2022

It’s no surprise which shows stayed in the top 10 the longest on Netflix UK in 2022, with Stranger Things spending 135 days (over a third of the year) in the top 10 in total.

The closest competitor he had was ozark, and both were frankly helped by split-season releases.

Netflix Originals dominated the list of series with the closest thing to a licensed title at number 15 in the form of Better call Saul (although it is labeled as a Netflix Original in the UK).

  1. Strange things
    • Total Points: 1,010
    • Days in the top 10: 135
  2. ozark
    • Total Points: 633
    • Days in top 10: 96
  3. The crown
    • Total Points: 539
    • Days in top 10: 78
  4. Love is blind
    • Total Points: 481
    • Days in top 10: 77
  5. Bridgerton
    • Total Points: 413
    • Days in top 10: 61
  6. Dahmer’s Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
    • Total Points: 363
    • Days in top 10: 44
  7. inventing ana
    • Total Points: 353
    • Days in top 10: 57
  8. cobra kai
    • Total Points: 344
    • Days in the top 10: 50
  9. Wednesday
    • Total Points: 338
    • Days in top 10: 36
  10. The Lawyer Lincoln
    • Total Points: 318
    • Days in top 10: 41
  11. The Sandman
    • Total Points: 318
    • Days in top 10: 41
  12. pieces of her
    • Total Points: 312
    • Days in top 10: 47
  13. the umbrella academy
    • Total Points: 300
    • Days in top 10: 40
  14. virgin river
    • Total Points: 289
    • Days in top 10: 44
  15. Better call Saul
    • Total Points: 286
    • Days in top 10: 62
  16. stay close
    • Total Points: 276
    • Days in top 10: 39
  17. The vigilant
    • Total Points: 266
    • Days in top 10: 35
  18. top boy
    • Total Points: 266
    • Days in top 10: 36
  19. anatomy of a scandal
    • Total Points: 247
    • Days in top 10: 33
  20. we are all dead
    • Total Points: 243
    • Days in top 10: 32
  21. Lucifer
    • Total Points: 241
    • Days in top 10: 54
  22. the last kingdom
    • Total Points: 238 –
    • Days in top 10: 39
  23. one of us is lying
    • Total Points: 236
    • Days in top 10: 41
  24. sunset sale
    • Total Points: 208
    • Days in top 10: 25
  25. 1899
    • Total Points: 203
    • Days in top 10: 30
  26. Emily in Paris
    • Total Points: 197
    • Days in top 10: 30
  27. Too hot to handle
    • Total Points: 191
    • Days in top 10: 35
  28. meet, marry, murder
    • Total Points: 191
    • Days in top 10: 32
  29. Dynasty
    • Total Points: 182
    • Days in top 10: 27
  30. stopshearts
    • Total Points: 175
    • Days in top 10: 30
  31. after life
    • Total Points: 174
    • Days in top 10: 26
  32. harry and meghan
    • Total Points: 171
    • Days in top 10: 22
  33. Is it cake?
    • Total Points: 169
    • Days in top 10: 28
  34. devil in ohio
    • Total Points: 169
    • Days in top 10: 25
  35. dead to me
    • Total Points: 161
    • Days in top 10: 28
  36. paddington adventures
    • Total Points: 153
    • Days in top 10: 46
  37. Fate: The Winx Saga
    • Total Points: 152
    • Days in top 10: 21
  38. The Wizard
    • Total Points: 148
    • Days in top 10: 28
  39. The sinner
    • Total Points: 145
    • Days in top 10: 27
  40. echoes
    • Total Points: 144
    • Days in top 10: 20
  41. resident demon
    • Total Points: 144
    • Days in top 10: 21
  42. The ultimatum: marry or move on
    • Total Points: 142
    • Days in top 10: 23
  43. I have never
    • Total Points: 141
    • Days in top 10: 21
  44. Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story
    • Total Points: 136
    • Days in top 10: 20
  45. Taboo
    • Total Points: 134
    • Days in top 10: 26
  46. firefly lane
    • Total Points: 133
    • Days in top 10: 20
  47. the midnight club
    • Total Points: 133
    • Days in top 10: 21
  48. sweet magnolias
    • Total Points: 132
    • Days in top 10: 21
  49. The woman in the house across the street from the girl in the window
    • Total Points: 130
    • Days in top 10: 21
  50. Vikings: Valhalla
    • Total Points: 127
    • Days in top 10: 17

What have you enjoyed the most on Netflix UK in 202? Let us know in the comments below.