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Alan Ritchson’s Netflix Sci-Fi Movie Suddenly Vanishes From Streaming Charts

By Sofia Martinez · Culture & Entertainment Editor

April 21, 2026· 9 min read

Chris McPherson

Published Apr 21, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT

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For a while there, War Machine looked basically untouchable. Netflix’s 2026 sci-fi action play came out swinging and turned into one of the platform’s biggest movie launches of the year, the kind of title that seemed to be everywhere all at once. But that first-wave momentum is finally starting to cool. After weeks of dominating conversation, the movie has now slipped out of the Netflix worldwide Top 10 chart.

FlixPatrol’s world chart no longer lists War Machine in Netflix’s global Top 10 movies, while the title’s own page still shows just how huge the run was overall: No. 1 for the month on Netflix, 22,327 points this year, and 43 total days in Top 10 tracking. In other words, it hasn’t disappeared because nobody cared. It’s dropped because even huge streaming hits eventually run out of runway.

What’s notable is that the film hasn’t collapsed everywhere at once. Its FlixPatrol weekly breakdown still shows it charting in markets like Jordan, Egypt, Bulgaria, and Kuwait on April 18, even as it falls away from the bigger worldwide picture. That makes this less of a crash and more of a natural post-hype slide. Still, for one of Netflix’s biggest genre swings of the year, dropping out of the global Top 10 is a moment worth clocking.

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Is 'War Machine' Worth Watching?

Collider’s review stated that War Machine gives Ritchson a massive opportunity to lead his own big-budget blockbuster, and he delivers. Aidan Kelley said the Netflix sci-fi thriller combines brutal military training with an unexpected alien invasion, delivering plenty of action even if the story rarely breaks new ground. What elevates the film most is Ritchson himself, whose committed performance provides the movie with its strongest source of momentum.

** "War Machine does indeed struggle to stand out in a crowded subgenre of alien invasion movies, but it also does enough to likely satisfy action and sci-fi fans. There are glimmers of brilliance with Ritchson's surprisingly nuanced performance in the lead role and at least one truly great action sequence, but just about every other aspect falls into 'just fine' territory. Is it Ritchson's breakout actioner that will finally put him on the filmmaking map? Maybe not, but it's still a fun enough adventure that streaming fans should find a good amount of enjoyment in."

War Machine is streaming on Netflix now.