Top 10 for Week of Aug. 17-23, 2026

Outer Banks Strikes Gold at No. 1 in This Week's Top 10

Plus: Don't Say Good Luck tops the English film list, and I Will Find You hits a new high.

Audiences are relishing the latest treasures of Outer Banks, as its fifth and final season debuted at the top of the English TV list with 9.4 million views. The newest episodes of the young adult series see the North Carolina barrier island town's working-class Pogues grappling with a major loss, and pursuing a stolen artifact that may have the power to change their fortunes. This marks the series' fourth consecutive season to debut at the top of the list. OBX fans are also tuning in to the show's five-season soundtrack, including The Pogue's viral anthem, "Left Hand Free" by alt-J.

YA fans also pushed Don't Say Good Luck to the top of the English film list, where it collected 12.8 million views. Sunny Sandler (You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah) stars in the coming-of-age dramedy as a student who nabs the lead in her high school musical. She seizes center stage while also dealing with her own drama at home with her parents, played by Melanie Lynskey and Max Greenfield.

My Brilliant Career traversed the Australian bush to land at No. 2 on the English TV list with 4.7 million views. Based on Miles Franklin's book, the period drama follows headstrong aspiring writer Sybylla Melvyn (Philippa Northeast), who is sent to live with her wealthy grandmother and suddenly finds herself pulled between ambition and love Speaking of romance, My Life with the Walter Boys Season 3 wrangled the No. 3 spot for its third week on the list, earning 4.3 million views. It sees lovestruck teen Jackie (Nikki Rodriguez) make a big decision between polar-opposite brothers Cole (Noah LaLonde) and Alex (Ashby Gentry). Season 4 is currently in production.

The third season of the edgy workplace sitcom Tires, about cousins (Steve Gerben and Shane Gillis) who operate their family's auto repair business, rose to the No. 5 spot - the highest-ever ranking for the series - with 2.8 million views. Holding No. 7 on the English TV list this week with 2.5 million views, the Harlan Coben adaptation I Will Find You moved up to No. 7 on Netflix's ranking of the Most Popular Shows of All Time - it had 115.4 million views across 10 weeks.

The Last House, the sci-fi thriller starring Greta Lee and Wagner Moura as parents surviving against a mysterious threat, moved into the No. 2 spot on the English film list with 12 million views. That's followed by Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing, the documentary that investigates the iconic aviation giant, in the No. 3 spot with 4.7 million views. And the Kevin Hart comedy 72 Hours held the No. 4 spot in its fifth week on the list, collecting 4 million views.

Viewers continue to tune into true-crime documentary series. Conversations with a Killer: The Charles Manson Tapes, tracing the cult leader's rise and the media frenzy that surrounded his trial, called up the No. 4 spot on the English TV list with 3.1 million views. Additionally, The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare, chronicling the 2022 murder cases of four University of Idaho students, took the No. 10 spot on the list with 1.8 million views.

Facing El Chapo premiered at the top of the non-English film list with 18 million views. Inspired on a true story, the Mexican crime thriller from director Chava Cartas (Counterattack) kicks off when a pair of police officers pull over a stolen vehicle - only to discover the infamous drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán inside.

Swedish crime thriller Blood Sacrifice launched in the top spot on the non-English TV list with 7 million views. Created by George Kay (Lupin), the series follows a detective who's forced to work with his estranged father while investigating a string of violent murders targeting his fellow officers.

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weekly_rank season_title weekly_hours_viewed runtime weekly_views cumulative_weeks_in_top_10

Films (English)
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2 The Last House 22400000 1.8667 12000000 3
3 Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing 7500000 1.5833 4700000 1
4 72 HOURS 7000000 1.75 4000000 5
5 The Dating App Killer: The Monica White Story 4900000 1.45 3400000 1
6 KPop Demon Hunters 5200000 1.6667 3100000 62
7 Breaking In 4500000 1.4667 3100000 1
8 To Catch a Cheater 4400000 1.45 3000000 1
9 Swapped 4100000 1.7 2400000 13
10 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 4400000 1.9167 2300000 2

Films (Non-English)
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2 A Child of My Own 10100000 1.6167 6200000 2
3 The Wave 7400000 1.6833 4400000 1
4 To the Max 8200000 1.8833 4400000 1
5 Cocktail 2 10100000 2.5 4000000 2
6 Nando Between Two Worlds - A Sintonia Film 7100000 1.8167 3900000 2
7 Daddy's in Trouble 5200000 1.7 3100000 3
8 My Best Friend, His Girlfriend and Me 4400000 1.6333 2700000 2
9 Chompoo: Lost & Forgotten 2500000 1.4167 1800000 1
10 Here the Whole Time 2700000 1.6833 1600000 1

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2 My Brilliant Career: Season 1 21800000 4.6333 4700000 2
3 My Life With the Walter Boys: Season 3 33900000 7.8667 4300000 3
4 Conversations with a Killer: The Charles Manson Tapes: Season 1 8800000 2.8833 3100000 2
5 Tires: Season 3 13800000 4.9333 2800000 2
6 Raw: August 17, 2026 5000000 1.8 2700000 1
7 I Will Find You: Limited Series 13800000 5.4833 2500000 10
8 Seal Team: Season 1 36400000 15.7333 2300000 1
9 Danny Go!: Season 1 4000000 2.0333 2000000 9
10 The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare: Season 1 4000000 2.2333 1800000 4

TV (Non-English)
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2 Our Sticky Love: Limited Series 43300000 11.7333 3700000 3
3 Umthetho: Season 1 18500000 5.35 3500000 2
4 Spooky in Love: Limited Series 33900000 12.6167 2700000 6
5 Moria: Season 1 10900000 4.8833 2200000 2
6 Operation Safed Sagar: The Highest Air Force Mission: Season 1 10800000 5.5333 2000000 3
7 Badly in Love: Season 2 15700000 8.2167 1900000 3
8 My Daughter's Father: Season 1 9700000 7.2833 1300000 5
9 The Apartment Job: Limited Series 14400000 12.85 1100000 5
10 Teach You a Lesson: Limited Series 11900000 10.6833 1100000 10