There are so many movies and TV shows on Netflix now that it can be quite intimidating to go through them all and try to figure out what to watch next. If you’d like to check out what the rest of the Philippines has been watching, here are the top 10 most popular movies and TV shows on the streaming app from July 2020:
Top 10 Movies on Netflix in the Philippines (August 2020)
10. Work It
A brilliant but clumsy high school senior vows to get into her late father’s alma mater by transforming herself and a misfit squad into dance champions.
9. Kung Paano Siya Nawala
A young man suffering from face blindness and a young woman with a troubled past fall in love.
8. The Hitman’s Bodyguard
The world’s top bodyguard gets a new client, a hitman who must testify at the International Court of Justice. They must put their differences aside and work together to make it to the trial on time.
7. Bloodshot
After he and his wife are murdered, marine Ray Garrison is resurrected by a team of scientists. Enhanced with nanotechnology, he becomes a superhuman, biotech killing machine—’Bloodshot’.
6.Ocean’s 8
Debbie Ocean, a criminal mastermind, gathers a crew of seven other female thieves to pull off the heist of the century at New York’s annual Met Gala.
5. 12 Strong
A team of CIA agents and special forces head into Afghanistan in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks in an attempt to dismantle the Taliban.
4. Metamorphosis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0gydfgiWvw
An evil spirit that changes faces infiltrates one family placing one brother in danger while the other tries to save him.
3. Love the Way U Lie
With the help of a spunky, lonely-in-love psychic; a deceased wife tries to get her grieving husband to move on. In the process, sparks begin to fly.
2. Project Power
An ex-soldier, a teen and a cop collide in New Orleans as they hunt for the source behind a dangerous new pill that grants users temporary superpowers. Read more about it here.
1. Hindi Tayo Pwede
After a tragic car crash, Gabby finds herself in a love triangle with the ghost of her fiancé and a friend seeking more than a platonic relationship.
Top 10 TV Shows on Netflix in the Philippines (August 2020)
10. Reply 1988
Being the second daughter in the family with an elder sister and a younger brother, Sung Deok Sun often feels that she is being neglected by her parents. She finds out later that family is her only source of support when she is being harmed.
9. Girl from Nowhere
A mysterious, clever girl named Nanno transfers to different schools, exposing the lies and misdeeds of the students and faculty at every turn.
8. Crash Landing on You
A paragliding mishap drops a South Korean heiress in North Korea… and into the life of an army officer who decides he will help her hide. (READ: Captain Ri is the King of Long Distance Relationships)
7. Lucifer
Bored and unhappy as the Lord of Hell, Lucifer Morningstar abandoned his throne and retired to Los Angeles, where he has teamed up with LAPD detective Chloe Decker to take down criminals.
6. Dark Desire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw1AG2q55_8
Married Alma spends a fateful weekend away from home that ignites passion, ends in tragedy and leads her to question the truth about those close to her.
5. Grey’s Anatomy
Follow the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. Read more about ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ on Netflix here.
4. A Love to Last
Sometimes we find love in the most unexpected places, and it comes in the most unexpected moment. Can two broken hearts make their love last?
3. Was It Love
After 14 years devoid of romance, a struggling movie producer and single mom faces the unexpected arrival of 4 men into her life—an author, an actor, a CEO, and a younger man—who might just revive her dormant desire for love.
2. The Umbrella Academy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me0eoCwLj-A
A dysfunctional family of superheroes comes together to solve the mystery of their father’s death, the threat of the apocalypse and more. Read our review of Season 2 of ‘The Umbrella Academy’ here.
1. It’s Okay to Not be Okay
Desperate to escape from his emotional baggage and the heavy responsibility he’s had all his life, a psychiatric ward worker begins to heal with help from the unexpected—a woman who writes fairy tales but doesn’t believe in them. Here are 6 reasons why you should watch ‘It’s Okay to Not be Okay’.
How many of these have you watched? 
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