Two survival movies starring Idris Elba have ascended Netflix’s Global Top 10 chart. The English actor began his career in television, rising to prominence for his compelling performances as the ambitious drug kingpin Stringer Bell in the HBO series The Wire and as the titular brooding detective in the BBC series Luther, the latter earning him four Emmy nominations. Elba has also made notable appearances in other TV shows, including a recurring role as Charles Miner on the NBC sitcom The Office.
Transitioning to film, Elba’s career reached new heights with a series of high-profile roles in blockbuster films, including Heimdall in six Marvel Cinematic Universe movies and Bloodsport in James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad. His versatility was on full display in more blockbuster movies like Prometheus, Pacific Rim, Star Trek Beyond, Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw, and Sonic the Hedgehog. In recent years, Elba has continued to captivate audiences with survival movies, braving the harsh winter conditions and battling a deadly lion in separate films.
Beast & The Mountain Between Us Ascend Netflix’s Global Top 10
They Rank 9th & 10th For The Week
Beast and The Mountain Between Us, two survival movies starring Idris Elba, have ascended Netflix’s Global Top 10 chart. Directed by Hany Abu-Assad, who received two Academy Award nominations for his films Paradise Now and Omar, the 2017 survival drama follows Idris Elba and Kate Winslet as a surgeon and journalist who survive a plane crash and find themselves stranded in the High Uintas Wilderness facing severe weather conditions. The cast also includes Dermot Mulroney and Beau Bridges.
Beast on the other hand – blending elements of survival, action, and horror – follows Idris Elba as a widowed father who takes his teenage daughters to a South African game reserve and find themselves hunted by a ferocious lion. The cast also includes Iyana Halley, Leah Jeffries, and Brett Favre as the voice of Nora, the lion hunting the family.
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The streaming giant Netflix currently has several great movies, and a few TV shows, starring Idris Elba available to watch, and his roles are great.
Now, the two survival movies starring Idris Elba have ascended Netflix‘s global chart. Beast and The Mountain Between Us both rank on Netflix’s Global Top 10 movies this week in ninth and tenth place with 5.9 million and 5.7 million views, respectively. They rank below Carry-On, The Six Triple Eight, That Christmas, Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch, Blacklight, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, Our Little Secret, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
Beast is in the Top 10 in 21 countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean, including #1 in Brazil. The Mountain Between Us is in the Top 10 in 29 countries in the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania, including #1 in Mexico, Italy, and Israel. Both movies aren’t available on Netflix in the United States, though Beast is streaming on Starz.
What The Mountain Between Us & Beast’s Netflix Success Means For Idris Elba
Why Are His Survival Movies Having A Moment?
Idris Elba‘s star power is likely driving the success of these survival movies on Netflix, especially given his global fan base. Both movies feature thrilling, high-stakes scenarios, tapping into audiences’ appetite for intense survival situations. It could also be a coincidence that these films are both trending on Netflix at the same time, aligning with audiences’ broader interest in survival narratives.
Source: Netflix
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Stranded after a tragic plane crash, two strangers must forge a connection to survive the extreme elements of a remote snow covered mountain. When they realize help is not coming, they embark on a perilous journey across hundreds of miles of wilderness, pushing one another to endure and discovering strength they never knew possible.
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Beast is a survival thriller that stars Idris Elba as Dr. Nate Samuels. He visits Mopani Game Reserve, South Africa, with his two daughters, Noah and Meredith, as he tries to reconcile with the passing of his wife. However, after a reunion with an old friend, Martin, who runs the reserve, things turn for the worst when a series of animal attacks culminate into one lion, which has gone rogue and begins to hunt the family. Faced against unknown assailants, a blood-thirsty lion, and unfamiliar land, the Samuels family will fight to survive against all odds.
