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Netflix Top 10 Shows and Movies: New Releases and Trending Today, October 20

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Brennon Lemieux and Alexa Alfia, Love Is Blind

Brennon Lemieux and Alexa Alfia, love is blind

Patrick Wymore/Netflix

Nevertheless, love is blind persisted. If it seems like the second season just ended, that’s because it basically did, but love is blind Season 3 is already in full swing, with new episodes dropping every Wednesday. You can expect to see it falling on and off the TV chart for the next few weeks. Today it’s at No. 3, with The Watcher and Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story taking the top 2 spots. Over on the Top 10 Movies list, the Charlize Theron-starring fantasy movie The School of Good and Evil comes in at No. 1.

But as we all know, popular doesn’t necessarily mean good. Below, we list the top 10 movies and shows on Netflix and give our quick take on whether they’re actually worth watching or not. We’ve also added what’s new on Netflix today so you can find out what will be on the Top 10 list tomorrow.

New Netflix Shows and Movies Today

Today’s Top 10 Netflix TV Shows

Jennifer Coolidge, The Watcher

Jennifer Coolidge, The Watcher

Eric Liebowitz/Netflix

1. The Watcher

For fans of: Lifetime movies with better casts, suspenseful shlock, real estate, AHS: Murder House
Is it good?: It’s a mostly empty, addictive page-turner with a great cast
Trailer | Yesterday’s rank: 1

2. Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

For fans of: The Ryan Murphy effect, true crime
Is it good?: It’s engaging, but like most Ryan Murphy shows, it has serious flaws
Trailer | Yesterday’s rank: 2

3. love is blind

For fans of: Human drama, utter emotional chaos
Is it good?: With Season 3 coming out just a few months after Season 2, we’re feeling some diminishing returns
Trailer | Yesterday’s rank: n/a

4. Unsolved Mysteries

For fans of: Strange-but-true stories, unserious documentaries
Is it good?: It’s not journalismbut it’s something
Trailer | Yesterday’s rank: 3

5. The Sinner

For fans of: Bill Pullman solving disturbing mysteries
Is it good?: Yes, it always was an underrated crime drama
Trailer | Yesterday’s rank: 4

6. Gabriel Iglesias: Stadium Fluffy

For fans of: That high-pitched voice Gabriel Iglesias does
Is it good?: If you generally like Fluffy’s comedy, you’ll like this Dodger Stadium special
Trailer | Yesterday’s rank: n/a

7. The Midnight Club

For fans of: The HauntingYA horror
Is it good?: Yeah, it’s an emotionally potent horror drama
Trailer | Yesterday’s rank: 5

8. The Blacklist

For fans of: Twists, James Spader doing that James Spader thing
Is it good?: It’s a solid network thriller that’s fun and ridiculous
Trailer | Yesterday’s rank: 7

9. The Mole

For fans of: Survivorsabotage
Is it good?: It’s a slick, high-end, and engaging reality TV competition series
Trailer | Yesterday’s rank: 7

10. Cocomelon

For fans of: Wearing diapers, nap time, early developmental brain stimulation
Is it good?: It’s a YouTube video for babies, basically, so it’s literal Hell
Trailer | Yesterday’s rank: n/a

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Today’s Top 10 Netflix Movies

Priah Ferguson and Marlon Wayans, The Curse of Bridge Hollow

Priah Ferguson and Marlon Wayans The Curse of Bridge Hollow

Frank Masi/Netflix

1. The School of Good and Evil

For fans of: The hero/villain binary, Charlize Theron
Is it good?: It’s not Paul Feig’s best directorial venture, that’s for sure
Trailer | Yesterday’s rank: n/a

2. The Curse of Bridge Hollow

For fans of: Goofy Halloween movies, Erica from Stranger Things
Is it good?: Not really, but it has a few laughs and a good cast
Trailer | Yesterday’s rank: 1

3. Luckiest Girl Alive

For fans of: Mediocre Netflix thrillers, Mila Kunis, trauma
Is it good?: It’s an OK story of perseverance
Trailer | Yesterday’s rank: 3

4. Blackout

For fans of: Amnesia, cartels, Josh Duhamel
Is it good?: It’s a forgettable action flick
Trailer | Yesterday’s rank: 2

5. Dracula Untold

For fans of: Dracula like you’ve never seen him before
Is it good?: He should have stayed until!
Trailer | Yesterday’s rank: 4

6. Song 2

For fans of: Singing animals, famous voices, popular music
Is it good?: Kids absolutely love it
Trailer | Yesterday’s rank: 5

7. Megamind

For fans of: Will Ferrell, cool visuals, Despicable Me and The Incredibles
Is it good?: Not bad if you don’t mind a little unoriginality
Trailer | Yesterday’s rank: 6

8. Despicable Me 2

For fans of: minions
Is it good?: Actually, sure
Trailer | Yesterday’s rank: 8

9. 17 Again

For fans of: Zac Efron as young Matthew Perry, reverse Big
Is it good?: It holds up and Efron is at his best
Trailer | Yesterday’s rank: 7

10. Last Seen Alive

For fans of: Gerard Butler Thrillers
Is it good?: When you see those “Vertical Entertainment/Voltage Pictures” title cards, you know you’re in for a bad movie
Trailer | Yesterday’s rank: 10

Based on Netflix’s Top 10 TV Shows and Movies lists and new releases for Thursday, Oct. 20

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Julia Garner, Ozark

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