Who says end of year, says top films and series. AlloCiné spectators gave their verdict thanks to their ratings and named the best Netflix film of the year 2024.
The favorite Netflix film of AlloCiné viewers this year is also one of the biggest hits for the platform in 2024. Critics and audiences were almost unanimous on this breathtaking Spanish-American historical drama.
Rated 4.2 out of 5 by AlloCiné spectators, The Snow Circle by Juan Antonio Bayona (The Orphanage, The Impossible) stands out as THE Netflix film of the year thanks to its moving true story, its immersive side and its prodigious staging.
A mind-blowing true story
The Snow Circle takes on the incredible true story of the survivors of the infamous plane crash in the Andes in 1972. It is inspired by the events linked to Fuerza Aérea Uruguaya Flight 571 and the book The snow society by Pablo Vierci, born in 2009.
The young Uruguayan rugby team victim of this accident had to survive for more than two months in extreme conditions and had to indulge in cannibalistic practices to hold on.
Despite this exceptional and morally questionable scenario, the 16 survivors out of the 45 passengers who were rescued were not judged or condemned for this radical survival method for a very specific reason, which you can read in this article.
An immersive and technically unstoppable film
If the true story at the heart of the Circle of Snows is already quite gripping, the director wanted to make us experience it from the inside in his film, impressive in its realism and intensity, thanks to his know-how, his concern for detail and its shots in real settings.
– “Below 28 degrees, it’s cardiac arrest”: an emergency doctor helps us better understand The Snow Circle, the Netflix phenomenon film
And this requires production under high tension: 140 days of filming and 7 months of preparation. The young actors had to prepare their bodies to be able to film in difficult climatic conditions, such as climbing to 4,000 meters of altitude in the Sierra Nevada ski resort.
To extend the experience of the film, Netflix has shared a very complete making-of in which we can discover the phenomenal process of making the Snow Circle.
A phenomenal success for the platform
The Circle of Snows is quite simply the third most viewed Netflix film this year, but it is above all the third most viewed non-English language film in the entire history of the platform with almost 100 million views recorded by the streaming service .
Praised by critics, this historical drama won twelve Goya awards (the Spanish equivalent of the Césars) and garnered two Oscar nominations. The film won other awards and allowed its director to return to the forefront in triumph.
As for AlloCiné spectators, who gave a rating of 4.2 out of 5, the critics are rave and everyone agrees that they took “a huge slap” ! And we can only agree.
What are four other favorite Netflix movies of the year?
In 2024, Netflix has been able to seduce viewers with immersive films at the heart of the action. Here are the four other public favorites:
– Nicky Larson : Adaptation of the manga shōnen City Hunter signed Tsukasa Hōjō, Nicky Larson is a new revisitation of the story of the famous private detective. Sniper and eternal seducer, Nicky Larson reluctantly teams up with his former partner’s sister to investigate his former partner’s death.
Rated 3.4 out of 5 by AlloCiné spectators, the Japanese film directed by Sato Yuichi is an effective police comedy which does honor to the original material and which can count on the impeccable performances of its main actors Ryohei Suzuki (Nicky Larson ) and Misato Morita (Laura Marconi).
– Rebel Ridge: After Green Room, Jeremy Saulnier signs a muscular and effective action fiction in which an ex-Marine tackles corruption in a small town in the United States when the police unjustly seize the bag containing the money scheduled to pay his cousin’s bail.
Rated 3.3 out of 5 by AlloCiné spectators, Rebel Ridge won over subscribers to the platform thanks to the performance of its hero Aaron Pierre (Old, Mufasa), its explosive action scenes and its well-crafted storyline between conspiracy, racism and revenge.
– Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F.: The return of Inspector Axel Foley thirty years after the famous Beverly Hills Cop trilogy was expected around the corner. Eddie Murphy has returned to duty for a new investigation for which he reunites with old friends but must also team up with a new partner to uncover a conspiracy.
Spectators took great pleasure in rediscovering the energy and humor of Eddie Murphy in this fourth installment of Beverly Hills Cop, full of winks, soaring stunts and a good dose of comedy thanks to dialogues that hit the mark. It is rated 3.3 out of 5.
– Uprising: co-written and produced by Park-Chan Wook, one of the greatest South Korean filmmakers of his generation, this dramatic-historical film takes us back to the Joseon era, a tormented post-war era, where two Childhood friends from opposite social backgrounds have become adversaries.
Rated 3.2 out of 5, this film is a large-scale epic that relies on its breathtaking sets and high-quality costumes and on a grandiloquent staging oscillating between a blockbuster war film and an intimate soap. Obviously with bloody and breathtaking fights.
This year, French viewers flocked to Netflix for action, drama, fights, adrenaline and a hint of humor. And they found what they wanted!
* Ranking stopped on December 2, 2024 and established using an internal analytical tool based on the ratings of Netflix productions released in 2024 and having at least 100 viewer ratings.
