Netflix
Netflix is undoubtedly the most important name in streaming. The company, which started out as a mail-order DVD service in the late ‘90s, completely upended the traditional media industry when it launched an online streaming service in 2007 and remains the biggest player in the space today.
As a pioneer in streaming, it’s no wonder that it boasts the highest subscriber numbers, biggest global reach and greatest volume of original content compared to its many competitors, which include Disney Plus and Amazon Prime Video. Netflix has some of the best movies and TV shows on its platform, and is constantly adding more.
Netflix was launched by co-founders Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in 1997. Hastings is now executive chairman, with Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters the co-CEOs.
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By Amelia Schwanke published
Netflix's Society of the Snow has gripped audiences but it isn't the only true survival story streaming right now.
Best Netflix movies: the 42 best films worth watching in January 2024
By Tom Power last updated
Updated These are the best Netflix movies to stream on the world's biggest streaming platform.
First trailer for The Vince Staples Show suggests it's the genre-bending, oddball series Netflix needed
By Carrie Marshall published
The first trailer for The Vince Staples Show is making us think of Atlanta and Uncut Gems.
Netflix just revealed a new classic movie anniversary feature, but I can't use it
By Tom Power published
Netflix's Milestone Movies collection aims to celebrate classic films through the decades – but only in one country.
Netflix might drop its movie and show recommendations for genre tags – and I'm all in
By Carrie Marshall published
Tags such as "gritty", "romantic" or "soapy" could replace the match percentage scores to help you find things worth watching.
Lift is Netflix’s #1 movie but here are 3 superior crime capers to watch instead
By Carrie Marshall published
Netflix's "absurd but fun" heist movie Lift isn't a hit with critics – here are three thrillers to watch instead.
Netflix's Spaceman trailer sees Adam Sandler get life advice from a giant telepathic alien spider
By Tom Power published
Adam Sandler's new Netflix movie sees a mentally unstable astronaut befriend a wise alien spider – no, really.
Netflix gives Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen the streaming treatment with a thrillingly stylish trailer
By Carrie Marshall published
Guy Ritchie and gangsters go together like motors and shooters in this new crime caper series that's coming to Netflix.
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