4 Spanish films dominate the top of the most watched in history on Netflix: 3 survival films and a romantic comedy – Film news

Our country’s productions are sweeping the world

We’re not bad at telling stories in Spain. We have known this for decades because several of our directors have an enormous reputation outside our borders – the usual examples: Almodóvar and Buñuel – and because, without going any further, Spain is one of the countries that has had the most titles nominated for the Oscar. in the category of Best International Film.

But it never hurts to remember it and The top of the most viewed non-English speaking films in history on Netflix speaks for itself. In a list of 10 titles, 4 are Spanish: The Snow Society (2023), Nowhere (2023), The hole (2019) and through my window (2022). Here is the complete list:

1. troll (2022) – 103 million views in the first 91 days
2. The Snow Society (2023) – 98.5 million views in the first 91 days
3. Nowhere (2023) – 85.7 million views in the first 91 days
4. The hole (2019) – 82.8 million views in the first 91 days
5. through my window (2022) – 61.1 million views in the first 91 days
6. Alias (2023) – 60.9 million views in the first 91 days
7. blood red sky (2021) – 60.9 million views in the first 91 days
8. My name is revenge (2022) – 56.4 million views in the first 91 days
9. black crab (2022) – 53.9 million views in the first 91 days
10. No news at the front (2022) – 52.1 million views in the first 91 days

The data is collected from the official Netflix website, where they share the most viewed in recent weeks, but they have also enabled a history to be able to consult the global lists, by country and the most popular productions. The data does not go beyond June 28, 2021, hence the vast majority are releases from recent years. In any case, given that the platform reaches more and more people, naturally the most viewed will always be recent.

Another conclusion we drew from consulting the list is that we are quite good at survival topics. So much The Snow Societyas Nowhere either The hole They have in common that they present protagonists in extreme situations trying to survive.

through my window, on the other hand, escapes that trend. The romantic film adapts the novels by Ariana Godoy, which already had millions of followers on Wattpad before its arrival on the platform. The fan community responded to the premiere with a tremendous reception and has thus placed it at the top of Netflix.