Netflix UK vs Netflix US: how different are they?

Same app, different shelves. We compared which well-known films and shows Netflix carries in the UK and the US, and whether the two line-ups feel different.

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What we found

  • Of the 626 scored titles on Netflix in either country, only 293 (47%) are on both.
  • Netflix UK carries 496 of them and Netflix US 423.
  • The two line-ups feel almost the same: no average attribute differs by more than 0.09 points out of 5 (the widest gap is realism).

Average attribute scores, UK vs US

Average score out of 5 for the scored titles on each side.

UKUS

  • PaceUK 3.27US 3.22
  • OriginalityUK 3.55US 3.49
  • WholesomenessUK 2.74US 2.74
  • WeightinessUK 3.20US 3.21
  • RealismUK 2.34US 2.43
  • IntricacyUK 3.12US 3.10

Best titles on Netflix UK but not US

  1. 1

    Schindler's List (1993)

    Film8.6

  2. 2

    Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

    Film8.4

  3. 3

    Oppenheimer (2023)

    Film8.1

  4. 4

    The Office (2005)

    TV8.6

  5. 5

    The Truman Show (1998)

    Film8.1

  6. 6

    No Country for Old Men (2007)

    Film7.9

  7. 7

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

    Film7.5

  8. 8

    Manchester by the Sea (2016)

    Film7.5

Best titles on Netflix US but not UK

  1. 1

    The Wild Robot (2024)

    Film8.3

  2. 2

    Band of Brothers (2001)

    TV8.4

  3. 3

    Past Lives (2023)

    Film7.7

  4. 4

    The Departed (2006)

    Film8.2

  5. 5

    Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

    Film7.5

  6. 6

    American Graffiti (1973)

    Film7.1

  7. 7

    Donnie Darko (2001)

    Film7.8

  8. 8

    This Is Us (2016)

    TV8.2

How we worked this out

We compared subscription availability on Netflix in each country for every scored film and show in our pool, documentaries and reality TV left out. The "best" titles are ordered by the Boxlist quality score, with a TMDB rating of at least 7 and the usual vote floor. Attributes are scored 0 to 5. Our pool is the best-known, best-rated films and shows in the Boxlist catalogue (at least 500 TMDB votes for a film, 150 for a show), so the figures describe that slice of each service, not its whole library. Availability counts subscription streaming only, not rental or purchase.

Scores and catalogue data as of 8 November 2026; streaming availability checked on 8 November 2026. Line-ups change, so check a title's page for where it streams today. How we score films and shows

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