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Anyone who’s had the privilege of an internet connection and a streaming device would know that much of 2020 – more so than the year prior — was spent streaming movies online, particularly through services like Netflix. According to the streaming giant, viewing went up across all genres, compared to 2019.
The list of top titles per genre according to Netflix Philippines are:
- Romance: Through Night and Day
- Drama: Enola Holmes
- K-drama: The King: Eternal Monarch
- Comedy: Ang Pangarap Kong Holdap
- Kids & Family: Over The Moon
- Action: Extraction
- Thriller: Money Heist: Part 4
- Horror: #Alive
- Documentary: American Murder: The Family Next Door
- Anime: Weathering With You
Romance titles, in particular, saw a 400% increase in viewership in 2020, according to Netflix Philippines. Titles like The Kissing Booth 2, The Princess Switch: Switched Again and To All The Boys P.S. I Still Love You, Start-Up, Crazy Rich Asians, Once Before, The Hows of Us, It’s Okay to Not Be Okay, Alter Me, and Just a Stranger were among those that Netflix highlighted.
Trailing Enola Holmes as the top drama title were On Vodka, Beers, and Regrets, The Queen’s Gambit, Ordinary People, 21 Bridges, How She Let Me, Unforgettable, Cuddle Weather and Lucifer: Season 5. Netflix Philippines said drama went up over 150%.
K-drama viewership went up by more than 350% compared to 2019 (is that ever a surprise?). Top titles aside from The King: Eternal Monarch include Kingdom: Season 2, It’s Okay to Not Be Okay (which was in the Top 10 of Netflix Philippines for 103 days – its most enduring title), Itaewon Class, Start-Up, The World of the Married, Record of Youth, Extracurricular, The School Nurse Files, VIP and Hi Bye, Mama!.
Trailing the comedy Ang Pangarap Kong Holdap were Emily in Paris, Jowable, Sex Education 2, Holidate and Hubie Halloween, and Jo Koy: In His Elements. Thriller titles that topped viewership included Money Heist: Part 4, The Platform, Kingdom: Season, The Call, Spenser Confidential and Dangerous Lies. Netflix Philippine said both comedy and thriller viewership doubled in 2020 compared to 2019.
Aside from #Alive, other horror titles that stood out in 2020 were Train to Busan, Metamorphosis, The Maid, The Babysitter: Killer Queen, The First Purge, and The Haunting of Bly Manor. Horror viewership was up by over 150%, according to Netflix Philippines.
Action viewership went up 200%, led by Extraction, The Old Guard, Anna, The Meg, and Project Power, Charlie’s Angels, and The Umbrella Academy.
Titles for kids were aplenty in 2020, with viewership almost doubling in the Philippines. Over the Moon topped the list, followed by The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, The Willoughbys, The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two, The Babysitter’s Guide To Monster Hunting, Pets United, Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey and The Angry Birds Movie 2.
There was also an influx of Filipino content in 2020, with Through Night and Day being the top title. Trailing the Paolo Contis and Alessandra de Rossi starrer were Hayop Ka! The Nimfa Dimaano Story, Alter Me, Finding Agnes, Ang Pangarap Kong Holdap, Love the Way U Lie, Once Before, On Vodka, Beers, and Regrets, Ordinary People, The Hows of Us, Jowable, How She Left Me, Unforgettable, Just a Stranger, and Cuddle Weather.
Top anime titles include Yu Yu Hakusho, Blood of Zeus, A Whisker Away.
Documentaries that topped Netflix Philippines’ 2020 records include American Murder: The Family Next Door, Blackpink: Light Up the Sky, and The Last Dance. – Rappler.com
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