Netflix U.S. Movie Top 10 This Week: Action, Anime and Comfort Classics Dominate

Movie site Moviefone has published its rundown of the “Netflix Top 10 Movies for the Week of October 5, 2026,” offering a snapshot of what U.S. subscribers are actually watching right now. The chart is a blend of older theatrical hits, long‑tail family animation favorites and more recent Netflix originals that continue to pull in views weeks or months after release.

For each of the ten titles, the article lists basics like release year, runtime and even budget, giving readers a quick sense of a film’s scale alongside its current popularity. That makes the ranking useful not only as a “what should I watch tonight?” guide, but also as a mini data set for anyone curious about how big‑budget studio projects stack up against smaller‑scale crowd‑pleasers in the streaming era.

Unlike Netflix’s own viewership reports, this is a curated editorial piece with short blurbs highlighting what makes each movie worth a slot in your queue—whether that’s franchise familiarity, strong performances or just pure comfort‑watch value. Even for viewers in Japan, comparing this U.S. Top 10 with the local charts can be a fun way to spot global overlaps and regional differences in taste, and to identify catalog films that might be worth seeking out if and when they become available domestically.