The five best movies to watch on Netflix on a Sunday
Sundays can always feel like a bit of a drag when not spent right. But then again, if you believe in man-made miracles, a cup of piping hot chocolate from your favourite bistro around the block and a cosy Netflix watchlist can take you far.
After braving the freezing temperatures throughout the week to restart the professional grind following that belly-full holiday break, it’s most likely that you’ll be cancelling your weekend outings to renew your subscription as a couch potato.
While you’re at it, don’t forget to catch up with your favourite movies from showbiz that feel like a dessert to your festive feast.
Considering Netflix has already rolled up its sleeves to bring the best of entertainment in 2026, it’s time we step up with our recommendations too, with the five best movies to watch on Netflix this Sunday.
The five best movies to stream on Netflix on a Sunday
I Care a Lot (J Blakeson, 2020)
Nothing hits home like a black comedy crime film on a Sunday. So, when you kick off the cinematic marathon on Netflix this weekend, do so with the Rosamund Pike starrer I Care a Lot. Having had its world premiere at the 45th Toronto International Film Festival, the twisted crime comedy stars Pike as Marla Grayson, a seasoned con artist who makes a living posing as a court-appointed guardian, seizing and selling assets and properties by exploiting vulnerable elderly people.
By convincing the justice system that these individuals can no longer take care of themselves and having them declared incapacitated, Marla places her victims in an assisted living facility where they slowly lose touch with the outside world. While she has made a fortune out of her schemes, her greed gets the best of her when her new, seemingly perfect victim turns out to be someone deeply connected to the criminal underworld.
Do Revenge (Jennifer Kaytin, 2022)
The best part about watching black comedies on Netflix is that you can never stop at one, and neither do you have to. If you want to extend the marathon, simply do so with Do Revenge, an equally gripping teen black comedy drama starring two fan-favourite Netflix stars, Camila Mendes and Maya Hawke. Somewhat loosely based on Patricia Highsmith’s novel Strangers on a Train and Alfred Hitchcock’s 1951 film adaptation of the book, the Netflix movie pays tribute to several other 1990s high school films and classics, such as Heathers, Jawbreakers, and Mean Girls.
Do Revenge primarily tells the story of two high school girls, Drea and Eleanor, who swear to exact revenge on their bullies at their elite private school. Their plans involve exposing devastating secrets and targeting popular kids. But their extended act of vengeance comes to bite them in their back when, in a curveball no one saw coming, they realise Drea was Eleanor’s tormentor all along.
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Wes Anderson, 2023)
Once you’re done with black comedies, make room for a comedy with adventure, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, adapted from Roald Dahl’s 1977 short story of the same name. Serving as the second adaptation of a Dahl work directed by Anderson after Fantastic Mr Fox, this fantasy short film stars Benedict Cumberbatch as the titular character and is framed like a story within a story.
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar begins with Henry, a self-serving gambler who comes across a doctor’s notes on Imdad Khan, the “Man Who Sees Without His Eyes,” which motivates him to learn the yogic techniques to gain sight through objects through intense meditation. Although his dedication is rooted in his urge to cheat at gambling, his newfound ability becomes a vehicle of change and self-transformation in ways he couldn’t have begun to think of.
People We Meet on a Vacation (Brett Haley, 2026)
To keep the laughter rolling, now we leap straight into the world of romantic comedies, because holiday or not, it’s the season of guilty pleasures. While Netflix already went all out with rom-coms in December, the streamer is clearly far from done, as is evident from People We Meet on Vacation, which only recently landed on the streamer on January 9, serving as the film adaptation of Emily Henry’s 2021 novel.
People We Meet on a Vacation follows two unlikely best friends, free-spirited writer Poppy and reserved teacher Alex, who have been taking annual summer vacation trips for a decade. But two years after an unprecedented fallout puts an end to their long-held tradition, Poppy decides to persuade an unwilling Alex to go on one last trip to reconcile, unaware that it would ultimately force them to open up to each other about the unspoken feelings they had long concealed from themselves.
Colours of Evil: Red (Adrian Panek, 2024)
Just in case the sugar dose gets a little too overwhelming, wrap up the marathon with a mystery crime thriller to balance it all out, Colours of Evil: Red. Set in Tricity, an urban area in Pomeranian Voivodeship, in Northern Poland, the Polish mystery thriller, based on Malgorzata Oliwia Sobczak’s 2019 novel, kicks off with the murder of a young woman, discovered naked with torn lips on a beach, identified as Monika Bogucka.
As local public prosecutor Young Leopold Bilski is tasked with the investigation of unmasking the culprit, the corner realises that the murder carries an eerie resemblance to one that happened a decade and a half earlier. What adds to the coincidence is that the man condemned for the murder back in the day was released a week prior. But is this enough to point the fingers already?