Five movies to watch on Netflix while still in your PJs
The onset of winter can appeal differently towards different sets of people. For some, it could mean decking up in layers, flaunting cold-weather gears, and non-stop party. For others, it could mean slipping into snuggly PJs and doubling down with a Netflix watchlist that screams cosy.
If you’re the second kind, Best of Netflix has just the movie escape planned for you.
You don’t need to move an inch for this PJ-special shenanigan. All you need to do is get comfortable, whether on the couch or the bed. While you’d still need the TV remote or a tab or perhaps a laptop, the phones could do the work just as well, if they’re nowhere around your proximity, put your younger sibling to work.
Once that’s done, all that remains is to hit the play button, and just like that, you’re ready for the five movies to watch on Netflix while still in your PJs.
Five movies to binge on Netflix while still in your PJs
Champagne Problems (Mark Steven Johnson, 2025)
Cinematic trends may come and go, but holiday rom-coms? They are season staples. So, if you’ve a PJ partner right beside you, scrolling through Netflix homepage like their lives depend on it, unwind with Champagne Problems. The Netflix romantic comedy revolves around a budding executive Sydney Price, who’s just about to strike a career milestone with the acquisition of Château Cassell, one of the most beloved champagne houses in France.
On her first night in Paris, Sydney plans to take a break from work to go outside and have a night of her own, when she unexpectedly tumbles into a charismatic stranger, Henri. While they eventually end up spending the entire night with each other, little does she know that this is far from the last time she’s meeting her night owl guest.
The Thursday Murder Club (Chris Columbus, 2025)
Whoever said rom-coms are the only cosy picks for the season didn’t witness a good dose of crime drama like The Thursday Murder Club. Hence, for those still making faces or cringing at lovey-dovey suggestions, join these eccentric set of sleuths who would make every second an unlikely adventure. Set in a retirement community, the Netflix adaptation revolves around a set of friends who unite religiously to solve murders for fun.
But the stakes grow high in their sleuthing party when they find themselves inevitably tangled in a real case when a property developer is killed closed to their home. While it doesn’t take the retirees long to engross themselves into the case, what they don’t realise is that the first body bag is just the beginning.
The Hangover (Todd Phillips, 2009)
Call us crazy, but nothing spells cosier than watching chaos unravel on screen while you sip on wine comfortably on the couch. Thankfully, The Hangover is not short on chaos nor drama. The 2009 comedy film is the first entry of the epic trilogy starring Bradley Cooper as Phil Wenneck, Ed Helms as Dr Stu Price, Zach Galifianakis as Alan Garner, and Justin Bartha as Doug Billings.
The Hangover primarily takes place in Las Vegas, where the group travels to celebrate Doug’s bachelor party. They book a suite at Caesars Palace and definitely gather a little extra liquor courage. But what they find next morning is a prescription for uncontrollable laughter, at least for us, as Doug and Stu’s tooth both go missing, leaving the suite in complete clutter. To top the streak of drunken nights gone wrong, they also have a Bengal tiger in the washroom and a baby in the closet.
Knives Out (Rian Johnson, 2019)
Rian Johnson’s murder mysteries can leave you in a cliffhanger so gripping that you might just want to pull up your pants. But the best thing to do is keep the PJs on and let Benoit Blanc take over. Knives Out revolves around the investigation led by Blanc when a best-selling crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead under mysterious circumstances.
The cops believe it was probably a suicide, but Blanc feels there’s more to the case than meets the eye. As he digs deeper into Thrombey’s dysfunctional family, investigating one member at a time, there comes more proof to the surface that it is anything but a suicide.
Jingle Bell Heist (Michael Fimognari, 2025)
As for those craving the rom-com butterflies as well as thrills, Jingle Bell Heist is here to end the marathon. It kicks off with the story of a down-on-her-luck worker, Sophia Martin, who relocated to London from Philadelphia to take care of her ailing mother. While already juggling two jobs, she spirals into chaos upon learning that the insurance company wouldn’t cover her mother’s surgery.
Desperate to make quick cash, she decides to steal from her horrible boss. But she ends up getting caught by an ex-security consultant, now a phone technician, Nick O’Connor. Lucky for her, Nick isn’t keen on turning her in. All he wants is to team up to fund his daughter’s life after his recent divorce. While that’s a match made in heaven, heist partners may not be the only relationship on their cards.