The Netflix Underdog That Just Knocked The Rip Off Its Throne

Netflix pulled a 180 this week: a South Korean tearjerker sprinted past a star-stuffed cop thriller and claimed the top movie spot. Yes, romance just outmuscled gunfights.

A tearjerker takes the crown

As of February 5, 2026, 'Even If This Love Disappears Tonight' is sitting at No. 1 on Netflix's Top Movies list, nudging 'The Rip' out of the lead and muscling aside a handful of other recent climbers. It landed on Netflix on February 3 and rocketed straight up the chart.

• Even If This Love Disappears Tonight
• The Investigation of Lucy Letby
• The Rip
• Sweet Home Alabama
• 96 Minutes
• Dhurandhar
• In the Land of Saints, Sinners
• A Royal Winter
• Trap
• Awake

What it is (and why people are crying about it)

The film is a South Korean romantic drama led by Choo Young Woo and Shin Shi Ah, directed by Kim Hye Young, and released as a Netflix original. It comes with a fun, nerdy wrinkle: it is adapted from the Japanese film 'Even if This Love Disappears from the World Tonight,' which itself is based on Ichijo Misaki's novel 'Konya, Sekai Kara Kono Koi ga Kietemo.'

The story tracks Kim Jae Won, a young man living with hereditary heart failure, and Han Seo Yun, a woman whose amnesia wipes each passing day. They make a decision that is both sweet and brutal: build a relationship one day at a time, knowing every new sunrise resets the slate.

Meanwhile, the dethroned contender

'The Rip' premiered January 16, 2026, and arrived with plenty of buzz. Written and directed by Joe Carnahan and starring Matt Damon and Ben Affleck as Miami-Dade narcotics officers, the action thriller drew generally favorable reviews and attention for its high-stakes plot and marquee cast. It is still hanging near the top, just not at the very top anymore.

So, a two-day-old romance just jumped the line ahead of a mid-January heavy hitter. Streaming moves fast. Tears move faster.