Netflix Top 10 Shows and Movies: New Releases and Trending Today, January 12

If it feels like The Circle is just always on, you're sort of right. But that's probably because the reality competition is still incredibly popular, and it's currently dropping new episodes of its fifth season weekly. After falling off for a few days, it re-enters the TV chart at No. 4 today, while the second season of Ginny & Georgia still sits undisturbed at No. 1. Over on the movies list, The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker, the true crime documentary with the grabbiest title ever, rises to No. 1.

But as we all know, popular doesn't necessarily mean good. Below, we list the top 10 movies and shows on Netflix and give our quick take on whether they're actually worth watching or not. We've also added what's new on Netflix today so you can find out what will be on the Top 10 list tomorrow.

New Netflix Shows and Movies Today

• The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House: A TV adaptation of the manga Kiyo in Kyoto from acclaimed Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda.
• Vikings: Valhalla: The Vikings sequel series returns for Season 2.
• Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight: Season 2 of the animated Kung Fu Panda series.
  

Today's Top 10 Netflix TV Shows

1. Ginny & Georgia

For fans of: High school dramas, murder dramas, and relationship dramas all in one
Is it good?: It's an addictive, twisty, genre-bending binger
Trailer | Yesterday's rank: 1

2. The Walking Dead

For fans of: Survival, shows with a lot of episodes
Is it good?: Some seasons are better than others (the final one just got added to Netflix)
Trailer | Yesterday's rank: 2

3. New Amsterdam

For fans of: Medical dramas, getting one's tears jerked
Is it good?: Not really, but it knows what it is
Trailer | Yesterday's rank: 3

4. The Circle

For fans of: People being stuck in one place with no way of getting out, social media
Is it good?: Five seasons in, it's still a stupid good time
Trailer | Yesterday's rank: n/a

5. Wednesday

For fans of: Supernatural teen dramas, Tim Burton, goths
Is it good?: It feels algorithmically generated, but the algorithm knows what people want
Trailer | Yesterday's rank: 5

6. Kaleidoscope

For fans of: Streaming gimmicks, freedom of choice, heists
Is it good?: It's a decent thriller unnecessarily packaged in a "watch in any order you want" format
Trailer | Yesterday's rank: 4

7. Love Island (USA)

For fans of: Inferior American knockoffs, abs, boobs
Is it good?: This is the CBS version, not the U.K. version that is on Hulu. So no.
Trailer | Yesterday's rank: 6

8. Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street

For fans of: Melodramatic reenactments, notorious thieves
Is it good?: Those reenactments are pretty ridiculous, but it's a fascinating story
Trailer | Yesterday's rank: 7

9. Pressure Cooker

For fans of: Big Brother, Iron Chef, unholy mixing of genres
Is it good?: It's for reality die-hards and no one else
Trailer | Yesterday's rank: 8

10. Emily in Paris

For fans of: Rom-coms by the numbers, American idiocy
Is it good?: It's not very good, but you'll click "watch next episode" anyway
Trailer | Yesterday's rank: n/a

More on Netflix:

• The Best Movies on Netflix Right Now
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• Everything Coming to and Leaving Netflix in January 2023
• The Ultimate Guide to What's on Netflix, Prime Video, HBO Max, and More in January 2023

Today's Top 10 Netflix Movies

1. The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker

For fans of: Fun viral videos, slow falls from fame, sadness (in that order)
Is it good?: It's an interesting look at media, mental illness, and humanity
Trailer | Yesterday's rank: 2

2. The Pale Blue Eye

For fans of: Gloom, Edgar Allan Poe
Is it good?: Reviews have been underwhelming
Trailer | Yesterday's rank: 1

3. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

For fans of: Knives Out, fun mysteries, great casts
Is it good?: You betcha [Review]
Trailer | Yesterday's rank: 3

4. Transformers: Dark of the Moon

For fans of: Robots in disguise
Is it good?: Nope! But no one cares.
Trailer | Yesterday's rank: 4

5. Life

For fans of: When Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence put on prosthetic makeup
Is it good?: It's pretty underrated
Trailer | Yesterday's rank: 6

6. Trolls

For fans of: Little weird-looking things, kids movies
Is it good?: Yeah it's fine
Trailer | Yesterday's rank: 8

7. Daddy Day Care

For fans of: Eddie Murphy family comedies
Is it good?: Wow, imagine if dads took care of kids! Ha ha ha, what a concept.
Trailer | Yesterday's rank: 10

8. King Kong

For fans of: That big ol' ape
Is it good?: It's everything Peter Jackson does best
Trailer | Yesterday's rank: 7

9. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

For fans of: That specific Michael Bay touch, giant robots
Is it good?: It's pretty stupid
Trailer | Yesterday's rank: n/a

10. The Longest Yard

For fans of: Adam Sandler, prison, football
Is it good?: It's just fine
Trailer | Yesterday's rank: n/a

Based on Netflix's Top 10 TV Shows and Movies lists and new releases for Thursday, Jan. 12

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