Netflix's Sci-Fi Survival Movie With 58% RT Score Officially Cracks Top 5 Most Popular Movies List

Published Mar 10, 2026, 4:11 PM EDT

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Now, three months since its release, The Great Flood has risen to fifth on Netflix's Global Top 10 most popular non-English movies of all time with 85.7 million views and 155.7 million hours viewed. It ranks below Troll in first place (103M views), Under Paris (102.3M views), Society of the Snow (98.5M views), and Exterritorial in fourth (91.7M views).

Rounding out the lower half of the list are Nowhere (85.7M views), The Platform (82.8M views), Counterattack (66.9M views), Ad Vitam (63.1M views), and Brick (61.8M views) in 10th place. These rankings are based on total views in the first 91 days of release, meaning The Great Flood will no longer be eligible to climb the chart after March 20.

Directed by Kim Byung-woo (The Terror Live), who co-wrote the script with Han Ji-su, The Great Flood follows an AI researcher (Kim Da-mi) and her young synthetic son (Kwon Eun-seong) who are stranded by a devastating flood, and a critical mission forces them to risk their escape, and possibly the fate of humanity.

In addition to Kim Da-mi and Kwon Eun-seong, the cast also includes Emmy nominee Park Hae-soo (Squid Game), Kang Bin, Jeon Yu-na (Pachinko), Seo Eun-soo, Jeon Hye-jin, Park Byung-eun, and Lee Hak-joo.

Despite becoming one of Netflix's most-watched movies of all time, The Great Flood has garnered mixed reactions from both critics and audiences. On Rotten Tomatoes, it holds a 58% score from critics, coupled with an even lower 34% score from audiences.

The Great Flood only has 10 more days before it exceeds its first 91 days of release, meaning it could surpass Exterritorial in fourth place next week, but entering Netflix's top three most-watched non-English movies – which includes Society of the Snow, Under Paris, and Troll – seems increasingly unlikely.

Release Date September 18, 2025

Runtime 106 minutes

Director Kim Byung-woo

Writers Han Jisu, Kim Byung-woo

Producers Chun Roy-kyoung

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