Whenever I'm not sure what to watch next, I hit Netflix's Top 10 Of course, there's no guarantee that all of them will be winners (just look at this week's #1, “SING/SING”), but it's a good tool to cut through the noise quickly

And now there are plenty of outstanding gems in the Netflix top 10 After a careful examination of the list, we've found three of the best worth adding to your watch list They include a haunting true crime documentary, a dystopian thriller, and a remake of one of the best slasher films in recent memory Without further ado, let's take a look at the top 10 most talked-about films on Netflix

This article is based on the Netflix Top 10 movies as of 12 pm ET on October 5

While I didn't like the first “The Platform,” I can at least credit it with bringing something new to the well-trodden dystopian genre Given its success, it is no wonder that Netflix has ordered a prequel In The Platform 2, again helmed by Gardel Gaztel Urrutia, the inmates are periodically moved between floors and back to the “pit,” a tower prison where the only source of food, the platform, is lowered from the top in turn This time, the inmates have signed a precarious truce to ensure that everyone is fed, but with a mysterious supervisor pulling the strings behind the scenes, it quickly devolves into an all-out war between the different camps

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The 2018 “Halloween” reboot was widely hailed as the return of the iconic horror slasher series Directed by David Gordon Green and screenwriter Danny McBride, with Jamie Lee Curtis reprising her role as Laurie Strode from the original, the film follows the masked and murdered Michael Myers (James Jude Courtney) who escapes from prison and and once again wreaks havoc on the town of Haddonfield The film delivers the rematch between Laurie and Michael that fans have been hoping for since John Carpenter's original version of “Halloween” in a bloody and satisfying finale

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Netflix's latest true-crime documentary looks at one of the most shocking prison escapes in history Directed by Dan Abrams and executive produced by Rachel Stockman: Love on the Run follows the relationship between Casey White, an inmate convicted of attempted murder and robbery, and Vicki White, a corrections officer who broke him out after her retirement party in 2022 their The romance shocked the world and led to a high-profile investigation and media frenzy Jailbreak: “Love on the Run” brings together Vicki White's friends and former co-workers as they attempt to uncover why everything went wrong”

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1 “The Thing” (2016) 2 “The Platform 2” (2024) 3 “The Mechanic” (2011) 4 “The Garfield Movie” (2024) 5 “Escape Plan” (2013) 6 “Two Guns” (2013) 7 “It Chapter Two” (2019) 8 “Robin Hood” (2018) 9 “Jailbreak Love on the Run” (2024) 10 “Halloween” (2018)[19]