Rentrak Corporation put together the top ten movies-on-demand titles based on consumer transaction rate. Movies-on-demand are transactional (pay-per-purchase) films available through cable and Telco providers.

I find the list covering a whole spectrum of flavors from romance to horror and kiddie movies. I find it interesting that Dear John is the top movie. Why not Avatar or It’s Complicated?

Below are the top ten movies from May 24, 2010 through May 31, 2010:

1.  Dear John 

Channing Tatum stars with Amanda Seyfried about a couple who fall in love.  Yet, Tatum’s character is in the Army and is consistently deployed away from the woman he loves. For seven years they are constantly apart only to stay in touch through a stream of love letters — typical Sparks romance.         

 2. Valentine’s Day          

Watching Gary Marshall movies is like going to a party. They are fun because he has fun making movies. I have a feeling that Taylor Swift is going to stand out in this movie, which will lead her to more movie offers.  After all, she gets to play Taylor Lautner’s girlfriend.

3. Avatar                           

I am excited about this movie, the visuals are breathtaking.  I want to swim in the crystal clear water of Pandora!  If you haven’t seen this move yet, then you are in for a treat.

4. Edge of Darkness

The acting is intense and Mel Gibson does a great job.  It’s a typical cop story but it resonates a better quality than most.  Martin Campbell directed the movie.  Casino Royale is on his resume as well as Mark of Zorro, the guy knows action.  

5. The Road

The best-selling and Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Road, is now a movie. An all-star cast is featured in this epic post-apocalyptic tale of the survival of a father and his young son as they journey across a barren America that was destroyed by a mysterious cataclysm.

 6. The Spy Next Door 

The story is about a spy (Jackie Chan) who is babysitting his neighbor’s children. He is a mild-mannered guy, who winds up having to fight off secret agents after one of the kids his is babysitting inadvertently downloads a secret code.  

7. Tooth Fairy

Dwayne Johnson looks awesome in this movie, especially without his shirt on. That’s all I remember about the movie.   All kidding aside, Julie Andrews, Billy Crystal and Diane Lane also star in this kiddie movie.  Hockey player learns his lesson while being a tooth fairy. I hope they can pull it off and create a fun movie for the kiddies.                     

8.  It’s Complicated

Two-time Academy Award winner Meryl Streep (nominated again this year for Julie and Julia), Emmy and Golden Globe winner Alec Baldwin (“30 Rock,” The Departed) and Emmy winner Steve Martin (The Pink Panther, Baby Mama) star in the latest smart, funny, feel-good comedy that’s the perfect gift for Mother’s Day from Oscar nominated writer and director Nancy Meyers (Something’s Gotta Give, The Holiday, What Women Want).    

9. Invictus

The movie is about the true story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa’s rugby team, Francois Pienaar, to help unite their country. Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa’s underdog rugby team as they make an unlikely run to the 1995 World Cup Championship match.  

10.  Daybreakers                

The movie Daybreakers takes vampires in a new direction with the futuristic sci-fi thriller where a mysterious plague has swept over the earth, transforming the majority of the world’s population into vampires. Humans are now an endangered, second-class species forced into hiding by the Bromley Marks blood bank as they are hunted and farmed for vampire consumption to the brink of extinction.