2020 may not have been a good year for most of us, but some low-budget films which used to get ignored every year made out to the top due to the lack of big blockbusters. Polish romantic thriller “365 Days” (365 DNi) was one of those hits whose streaming rights were acquired by Netflix after its limited VOD release.
The film has a 0% critic score on rotten tomatoes, but that didn't stop the Netflix audience to watch it, even though the audience score remained low as well. On IMDb, the film has been rated 3.3 by users still, the BDSM-forward movie about a kidnapping-turned-love-affair was the #1 film worldwide on Netflix for straight 31 days (total 57 days), which is almost double the number of days, “Extraction” (Netflix most-viewed original film) remained on top that is for 16 days.
The film is about Laura, who despite her successful career, was always ignored by her boring boyfriend, which leads her to make her own sexual fantasies. One day, when she woke up, she found herself in a huge mansion with a very handsome and rich man named Massimo. Laura was surprised when Massimo told her that he saw her five years ago. His father was shot to death, and the bullet went through his body, and Laura was the last girl he saw before he almost died. Since then, he is searching for her all over the world but no to avail, until he saw her at the airport. Massimo asked her to stay with him for 365 days to fall in love with him, but Laura refused because he is a stranger, and then he kidnapped her. But Massimo told her that if she doesn't fall in love with him, he will set her free. Laura has no choice but to stay with him. She tried not to fall in love with him, but Massimo was a temptation and a dangerous man.
The film is based on the erotic book written by Blanka Lipinska, she also wrote the screenplay along with other co-writers. As per Lipinska, this female character in this film is much stronger than in Fifty Shades of Grey.
“365 Days” has a lot of similarities with Fifty Shades of Grey due to its erotic nature, but the story is somewhat different, although both the films focus on a billionaire and handsome guy. Many critics referred to the film as a rich porn fantasy with no story whatsoever. But its stunning similarity with Fifty Shades of Grey makes it much easier to guess, why it became so popular among the Netflix audience so that everyone was looking to watch it. It was also one of the most talked-about films in Netflix groups on social media this year.
The film is based on the erotic book written by Blanka Lipinska, she also wrote the screenplay along with other co-writers. As per Lipinska, this female character in this film is much stronger than in Fifty Shades of Grey.
According to the official data released for top films/shows of 2020 by Netflix (Note: Netflix reveals viewership data only for its original content), Extraction, The Old Guard, and Enola Holmes were the most-watched films worldwide. The Kissing Booth 2, Hubie Halloween, UNCUT GEMS were also among the top in the US. The Platform, Lost Bullet, Cuties, and Korean zombie-action ALIVE were the most popular international films. We do not have an official viewership number for 365 Days as Netflix is not releasing the data for non-original content.