Netflix shipped out their first rental DVD disc in 1998 and it is safe to say that the home entertainment world hasn’t been the same since. The streaming and DVD rental company has changed and grown with the times of movies and television. Going from just renting out DVD’s to streaming almost anything, to now making their own in house content.
But in that 18 years of rentals to millions of customers, they wondered what titles were the most popular. So they looked into it. Here are the 100 most rented movies and TV shows from the last 18 years of their service. (By the way, in case you were wondering, the first movie they ever rented out was 1998’s Beetlejuice. And for some reason that is amazing.) It is also interesting that the first 25 most rented products are all television shows. Maybe Netflix was onto something way early on.
- Dexter
- The Sopranos
- True Blood
- The Wire
- 24
- Mad Men
- Weeds
- Lost
- Six Feet Under
- Game of Thrones
- Breaking Bad
- Entourage
- House, M.D.
- Battlestar Galactica
- Sex and the City
- Deadwood
- The Tudors
- NCIS
- Smallville
- Grey’s Anatomy
- Homeland
- Downton Abbey
- Rome
- Midsomer Murders
- The West Wing
- The Blind Side
- The Big Bang Theory
- Big Love
- Nip/Tuck
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- Crash
- The Hurt Locker
- Sherlock Holmes
- The Bucket List
- The Departed
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Inception
- Criminal Minds
- The Shield
- Sons of Anarchy
- Gilmore Girls
- Date Night
- Iron Man
- No Country for Old Men
- Alias
- Up in the Air
- The Social Network
- Boardwalk Empire
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
- Bones
- Star Trek: Voyager
- John Adams
- Red
- Gran Torino
- Supernatural
- The King’s Speech
- The Office (U.S.)
- Fringe
- Avatar
- Slumdog Millionaire
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Inglourious Basterds
- The Proposal
- The Book of Eli
- The Pursuit of Happyness
- Heroes
- Foyle’s War
- The Notebook
- It’s Complicated
- Blood Diamond
- Stargate SG-1
- Inside Man
- The Dark Knight
- Invictus
- Changeling
- Crazy Heart
- Casino Royale
- State of Play
- Gone Baby Gone
- Band of Brothers
- 3:10 to Yuma
- Twilight
- Iron Man 2
- Desperate Housewives
- The Time Traveler’s Wife
- The Hangover
- Shutter Island
- Seven Pounds
- The Tourist
- Little Miss Sunshine
- Oz
- The Town
- Taken
- Babel
- The X-Files
- Black Swan
- Glee
- Knight and Day
- The Closer
- Michael Clayton
Curious about the top 100 rented titles categorized by television and movies separately? Check it out below:
Top 100 Movies – TV Shows
- The Blind Side – Dexter
- Crash – The Sopranos
- The Hurt Locker – True Blood
- Sherlock Holmes – The Wire
- The Bucket List – 24
- The Departed – Mad Men
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Weeds
- Inception – Lost
- Date Night – Six Feet Under
- Iron Man – Game of Thrones
- No Country for Old Men – Breaking Bad
- Up in the Air – Entourage
- The Social Network – House, M.D.
- Red – Battlestar Galactica
- Gran Torino – Sex and the City
- The King’s Speech – Deadwood
- Avatar – The Tudors
- Slumdog Millionaire – NCIS
- Inglourious Basterds – Smallville
- The Proposal – Grey’s Anatomy
- The Book of Eli – Homeland
- The Pursuit of Happyness – Downton Abbey
- The Notebook – Rome
- It’s Complicated – Midsomer Murders
- Blood Diamond – The West Wing
- Inside Man – The Big Bang Theory
- The Dark Knight – Big Love
- Invictus – Nip/Tuck
- Changeling – CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- Crazy Heart – Criminal Minds
- Casino Royale – The Shield
- State of Play – Sons of Anarchy
- Gone Baby Gone – Gilmore Girls
- 3:10 to Yuma – Alias
- Twilight – Boardwalk Empire
- Iron Man 2 – Curb Your Enthusiasm
- The Time Traveler’s Wife – Bones
- The Hangover – Star Trek: Voyager
- Shutter Island – John Adams
- Seven Pounds – Supernatural
- The Tourist – The Office (U.S.)
- Little Miss Sunshine – Fringe
- The Town – Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Taken – Heroes
- Babel – Foyle’s War
- Black Swan – Stargate SG-1
- Knight and Day – Band of Brothers
- Michael Clayton – Desperate Housewives
- Get Smart – Oz
- The Holiday – The X-Files
