Netflix chart run slows for The Great Flood

Jan 23, 2026, 07:57 am

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The SF disaster film The Great Flood, starring Kim Da-mi, has seen its four-week run at the top of Netflix’s non-English film chart slow slightly, while maintaining strong global popularity. / Netflix

The controversial SF disaster film The Great Flood has seen its four-week reign atop Netflix’s non-English film rankings come to a halt, though the movie continues to draw strong global viewership.

According to Netflix’s official site Netflix Tudum, The Great Flood logged 2.5 million views between Jan. 12 and 18—calculated by dividing total watch time by running time—slipping to second place behind the Indian romantic comedy De De Pyaar De 2. The number of countries where the film ranked in the Top 10 also fell to 19, including Türkiye, Hong Kong and Jordan, down from 56 the previous week.

Even so, industry observers note that the film’s performance remains solid. By comparison, Face, directed by Yeon Sang-ho, debuted at No. 5 in the same category last week but dropped out of the Top 10 just one week later.

Released on Dec. 19, The Great Flood topped the non-English film chart for four consecutive weeks, posting 27.9 million views in its debut week, 33.1 million in its second week, 11.1 million in its third and 5.2 million in its fourth. It currently ranks seventh on Netflix’s all-time list of most-watched non-English films and remains the only South Korean title to crack the Top 10 in that category.

Despite overseas success, domestic reception has been far cooler. As of Jan. 22, the film holds a low average score of 4.22 out of 10 on Naver’s audience ratings. Internationally, it has posted modest scores of 5.4 on IMDb and a 56% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Analysts attribute the polarized response to the film’s abrupt genre shift—from a conventional disaster movie to an AI-themed time-loop science fiction narrative. Some viewers have rejected the transition as jarring, while others praise it as a bold and refreshing experiment, inadvertently generating buzz through debate.

Film YouTuber Rainer criticized the movie for “starting as a disaster film and ending as an undercooked philosophy lesson,” while critic Jeon Chan-il offered a more favorable view, saying the attempt to move beyond disaster tropes may have resonated with audiences seeking something new.

Meanwhile, in Netflix’s non-English series rankings for Jan. 12–18, Can This Love Be Translated? debuted at No. 2 with 4 million views, From Today, I Am Human placed sixth with 2.1 million views, and Kesharo ranked 10th with 1.2 million views, marking its fourth consecutive week in the Top 10.

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