The five best movies to watch on Netflix on a Sunday
Everybody needs a bit of Netflix-stamped entertainment at the end of the week to get going through to the next one. Yet, by the time Sunday comes around after a hectic workweek, every plan, even the ones made indoors, boils down to a retelling of a modern version of Sleeping Beauty, where the curse is weeklong exhaustion of simply surviving.
But since we have worked hard to make this a tradition in itself, there’s no going back now, is it? Of course, we wish we could transfer all the weariness and fatigue. However, let’s be real: while it may be nearly impossible to pathologically make you free from the burdens, Best of Netflix can always ensure a jolly good time entertainment-wise.
Although Netflix already ensured they met halfway with just as much exciting new content rolling out left and right throughout March, for the last Sunday of the month, prepare for a showbiz feast unlike any other.
So, in case you thought you were skipping on the weekend watchlists, here are the five best movies to watch on Netflix this Sunday to make you think otherwise.
The five best movies to binge on Netflix on a Sunday
Gaslit by My Husband: The Metzer Morgan Story (Lee Gabiana, 2024)
Originally a Lifetime movie, released in 2024, Gaslit by My Husband: The Metzer Morgan Story is one of those recent additions on Netflix that you cannot overlook, even if you try to. Based on real events, the gritty thriller details the chilling true story of Morgan Metzer’s survival of extreme emotional, psychological, and physical abuse at the hands of her ex-husband, Rodney.
Gaslit by My Husband: The Metzer Morgan Story starts right at the beginning, exploring how a teenage love story evolved into a marriage that was anything but blissful. Family tragedies, including the death of Rodney’s brother to leukaemia and the loss of their first child, transformed him for the worse, resulting in intense gaslighting and commonplace abuse. Although Metzer ultimately gained the courage to file for divorce years later, what followed next was an even more horrific turn of events.
53 Sundays (Cesc Gay, 2026)
Based on Goya Award-winning Cesc Gay’s own play and directed by him, 53 Sundays is a Spanish comedy-drama movie about three adult siblings who find themselves at odds with each other over how they plan to handle their 86-year-old father’s mental decline. Middle child Natalia, a professor by profession, summons the meeting with her two brothers following a series of events that indicate their father is verging towards dementia.
But during their meeting, their fragile family dynamics transform the situation’s urgency into one of chaos. When Natalia and Victor suggest that Julian help their father, noting he has more free time, a war of egos breaks out between the brothers, with the sister trying her best to de-escalate and re-focus, only for her attempt to backfire entirely. 53 Sundays explores whether the three can get ahead of their differences and put a plan in place that actually benefits their dad, or do they make the situation all about themselves and burst into a long-held, explosive confrontation?
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man (Tom Harper, 2026)
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal is the eye of the cinematic storm hovering over Netflix. So, if you’re yet to catch up with March’s best offering, Sunday is the time. Four years after bidding farewell to the Birmingham mobsters in the series finale of Peaky Blinders, Thomas Shelby and his crew are back to introduce the new generation of Shelbys.
Set in 1940, Birmingham, England, amidst the upheaval of World War II, Peaky Blinders, The Immortal Man follows Tommy’s return from his self-imposed exile to confront his most destructive reckoning yet. This time, he must choose whether to pass the torch of his legacy or let it burn to ashes. While only the movie has answers to what he chooses, one thing is for sure: with the country at war, so are the Peaky Blinders.
The Bad Guardian (Claudia Myers, 2024)
Although not a Netflix original, The Bad Guardian, released in 2024, was added to the platform relatively recently. Since then, it has broken into the global weekly charts, drawing massive attention, making it absolutely worthy of a spot on the Sunday watchlist. Inspired by multiple real accounts of guardianship abuse, the thriller tells the story of Leigh, on a mission to free her father from a corrupt, dangerous court-appointed guardian.
It all begins when Leigh’s father, Jason, suffers from a fall while she’s out of town, resulting in his placement under the court-appointed guardian, Janet Timms. Initially, she comes across as seemingly helpful, but soon restricts Leigh’s access to Jason, further threatening to cut off anybody who challenges her. The Bad Guardian explores the dark sides of guardianship, capturing the unforeseen dangers of an institution designed to protect the elderly.
A Different Man (Aaron Schimberg, 2024)
Lastly, to end the Sunday marathon, the 2024 psychological thriller, A Different Man, is streaming on Netflix. And we thought, you might need a nudge, in case you didn’t know. Directed by Aaron Schimberg, the movie follows Edward, an aspiring actor with neurofibromatosis, who undergoes a radical, painful procedure to transform his appearance, hoping it will end his insecurities.
But his new appearance and persona fail to bring internal peace when he meets Oswald, a man with the same condition Edward so desperately wanted to get rid of. Unlike Edward, Oswald is confident and well-liked by everyone, which triggers the former’s jealousy. The Different Man explores how Edward spirals into madness, eventually trying to reclaim his old life, highlighting the irony that his new life is less fulfilling than expected.