Claim: Netflix has launched a “Movie Reviewer Program”, which pays $16-$38 per hour for anyone to review “unreleased” movies.
Fact: The claim is a scam. A Netflix spokesperson told Soch Fact Check that it is “not accurate”.
On 23 January 2025, user @sundayprs shared (archive) on Threads an apparent method to earn “passive income”. Their post contains a cropped screenshot of a mobile phone notification and reads as follows:
“Now, this is what you call passive income! 🥹✨ Netflix has launched the Movie Reviewer Program where you review unreleased movies, and you get paid $16-$38/hr. I applied a month ago, and look at my payment! I’m so grateful for this!!! 🍿🫶🏼”
The screenshot — which says the notification was sent “10m ago” — includes the following text:
“Payment sent! $3,130.06 has been sent to your bank account as part of the Netflix Movie Reviewer.”
Fact or Fiction?
Soch Fact Check first observed that the main post only contains the screenshot of a mobile phone notification but does not provide any helpful information. In a comment below, the user wrote, “Btw here is the link to Apply: flixreview.com”.
The URL “flixreview.com” does not lead to the official website of Netflix; the streaming service’s job page is accessible here.
We ran the URL through multiple scam detectors, including Fraud Detector, Get Safe Online, ScamDoc, ScamMinder, Scam Detector, ScamAdviser.com, and anti-malware, anti-virus tool Gridinsoft’s Website Reputation Checker; the results were negative, not safe, 2/100 rating, 31/100 rating, 9.6/100 rating, 71/100 rating, and 45/100 rating with caution advised, respectively.
The tools also noted that the URL “flixreview.com” redirects to another website — “apply.myfunnelish.com/netflix” — which, too, is a scam, according to ScamDoc, ScamMinder, Scam Detector, ScamAdviser.com, and Website Reputation Checker, as they rated it 1, 15, 10.3, 60, and 1 out of 100, respectively.
We also found that websites with the term “myfunnelish” in their URL almost always lead to scams, as per multiple reports available here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.
Another URL being used in this apparent Netflix job scam is “NetReviewFlix.com”, which we ran through the aforementioned tools as well. According to Fraud Detector, Get Safe Online, ScamDoc, ScamMinder, Scam Detector, ScamAdviser.com, and Website Reputation Checker, it is rated negative, not safe, 1/100, 20/100, 12.2/100, 1/100, and 1, respectively.
Two URLs — “apply.myfunnelish.com/netflix” and “NetReviewFlix.com” — were marked as Danger Zone by Gridinsoft’s Website Reputation Checker.
The apparent Netflix job scam has also been discussed in detail on MalwareTips, a website that identifies potentially fraudulent websites or services, here, here, and here.
Netflix Preview Club
Interestingly, we found that the streaming platform does, indeed, have a Netflix Preview Club, but it is not available in Pakistan. Moreover, it does not allow anyone to apply to join it since it is invite-only. According to its website, “members watch early versions of TV shows and movies before they’re released to tell us what they think” in order to help creators “use that feedback when editing the final version”.
The Netflix Preview Club is available in only select countries, including the US, Germany, Japan, Mexico, and the UK.
“Members are pre-selected to join based on things like their viewing behavior and how long they’ve been a Netflix member. We don’t accept requests to join,” the website adds. The company does not mention any monetary compensation for members of the Netflix Preview Club but states that they “get exclusive access to never-before-seen content before the general public”.
The Club was reportedly launched in May 2021, according to Variety, which reported that the streaming service was inviting different small groups of subscribers “to participate in a panel to provide feedback” for its upcoming content before public release — only in the US at that time. This included selected members who were asked to “watch several upcoming movies and series over the course of about six months” before they fill out a survey.
In December 2022, The Wall Street Journal reported that Netflix already had a “base of 2,000-plus subscribers” in the Club and was “planning to expand its group of previewers”.
Taggers, analysts
Soch Fact Check also found that some claims and YouTube vlogs mentioned a job titled “Netflix Tagger”. When we searched for the same, we ascertained that the position exists but is extremely rare.
For example, a July 2014 report on TODAY.com — the website for NBC’s “TODAY” news program — contains an interview of a man who had been working as a Netflix Tagger since 2006 “when he got the gig through a friend who knew a guy” at the company. At that time, he was “one of 40 such taggers” and the job used to be part-time only.
In a June 2015 article, The Washington Post reported that taggers are “paid to watch movie and television content for the Internet streaming service” and their job “involves entering words or phrases that describe the movie or television show into the company’s database in an effort to make Netflix’s search functions more precise”.
One of the subjects in their article was among “40 official taggers”, who worked “only part-time” at that time, the publication added. “Netflix keeps their total amount (sic) of taggers small and job listings for it go down almost as soon as they go up,” it mentioned, adding that the individuals are required to be “familiar with the film industry and have an analytical mind”. As of 2024, it looks like the number is down to 30, as per a report in The New York Times.
Tagger or metadata analyst appears to be an informal or former name for the jobs that are now officially titled “Editorial Creative Content Analyst”, “Editorial Insights Content Analyst” or “Editorial Analyst” and often full-time now, according to multiple old postings.
Moreover, the aforementioned jobs cannot be taken up as a hobby or a side hustle; selected candidates need to conduct “meticulous data analysis” and have a “deep content understanding” in order to translate “emotional and creative depth of content into actionable data”. They would participate in “game-changing A/B tests” and engage in “digging deep into every assigned title, researching, tagging, rating, and enhancing other pieces of metadata”.
They also require prior experience, “deep and broad knowledge and experience of visual media”, understanding of business strategy for specific regions, as well as current affairs, cultural moments, and historical, political, social, and/or sensitive issues, along with “excellent verbal and written communication skills, including presentation skills”.
In the past, the job description has also mentioned a requirement of “a degree in film or film history and/or experience directing, screening writing or filmmaking” or “analysis experience (e.g. as a critic or work in development)”.
Official comment, guidelines
Soch Fact Check reached out to Netflix for an official comment in this regard. In an emailed response, the company’s spokesperson said: “We can confirm these claims are not accurate. The Netflix Preview Club is an invite-only opportunity offered to Netflix members at no additional cost.”
On the other hand, in a section titled “Phishing or suspicious emails or texts claiming to be from Netflix” on its website’s Help page, the streaming service advises users not to click any links or enter any information on a website or application pretending to be from Netflix and to inform them of such instances via email to phishing@netflix.com.
Similarly, Netflix has advised users to “go directly to the company website” if they are not sure about any suspicious link, which can be checked in a computer browser by hovering the cursor over the hyperlink before clicking.
Virality
Soch Fact Check found the claim here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.
We also came across two posts falsely claiming that Netflix has a “secret ‘Movie Reviewer’ program” that lets the user “watch films 6 months early… and pays me to roast/praise”. Both threads mention the names of three films — “The Last Astronaut (Sci-Fi Drama | 2025),” “Midnight in Malibu (Rom-Com | 2024),” and “Shadow Crown (Fantasy Thriller | 2025)” — but none of them are real.
In the comments of the two aforementioned posts, the user has provided the URL “linkbio.co/flixreview”, which leads to the URL “flixreview.com”, which, as we noted above, redirects to another URL — “apply.myfunnelish.com/netflix”. This, too, is a scam.
Conclusion: The so-called “Movie Reviewer Program” is a scam. A Netflix spokesperson confirmed it is “not accurate”. Moreover, a Netflix Preview Club does exist but it is an invite-only opportunity that is neither offered in Pakistan nor does it pay.
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