The five best movies to watch on Netflix on a Sunday
With Sunday just around the corner, it is finally that time of the week when you can put off your weeklong alarms and wake up as late as you want. In fact, the only thing waiting for you on the other end of a good sleep is a blockbuster Netflix watchlist and not a desk full of pending work.
That said, even curating a watchlist that’s new and appealing each and every week is no less than a task. And it completely makes sense when you’re all alone, trying to brave thousands of titles to settle on a select few.
While it could be hard to keep up at times, thanks to the streamer’s overwhelming lineup, we’re yet to run out of options in 2026.
So, if you’re worried about making peace with repeat recommendations, let us change your mind with the five best movies to watch on Netflix on a Sunday.
The five best movies to binge on Netflix on a Sunday
Roommates (Chandler Levack, 2026)
The Netflix roster has lately been inclined towards gritty thrillers, but for a change of pace, let’s begin Sunday with a hard-hitting black comedy movie, Roommates. Directed by Chandler Levack, the Netflix movie follows reserved first-year college student Devon, who meets the polar opposite Celeste at their outdoor orientation program. They barely have a string in common, but once Celeste agrees to be Devon’s roommate, they become simply inseparable.
Roommates revolves around the duo as they navigate freshman-year chaos – wild parties, wilder hangovers, wildest friends, alongside a packed academic schedule. While initially it is their friendship that helps Devon stay afloat during her first time away from her family, she soon begins to get irritated by Celesta, growing distrustful to an extent. Although Devon doesn’t exactly confront, rest assured that she doesn’t hold it back for long either.
Husband, Father, Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story (Elisabeth Röhm, 2024)
Netflix recently added yet another gripping Lifetime movie to its library, Husband, Father, Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story. And if you haven’t tuned in yet, you’d better save that for Sunday. Based on a chilling true story, the Lifetime movie, currently streaming on Netflix, tells the story of Alyssa and Steven Pladl, who are reunited with their biological child, Katie, whom they gave up 18 years ago amidst a messy divorce.
What began as a natural opportunity for them to reconnect soon became a nightmare for Alyssa. Although the meet and greet went so well that their daughter deferred her college plans to move in with the Pladls, this family reunion took a critical turn when, through coercions and exploitations, Steven began an incestuous relationship with Katie. Husband, Father, Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story recounts the real-life incident, exploring the far-reaching impacts of this relationship that turned everything upside down.
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (Nia DaCosta, 2026)
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is not exactly a recent release nor a Netflix original. But since it just arrived on the streamer, how can we not make it a part of our cherished Sunday list? The post-apocalyptic horror movie serves as the direct sequel to 28 Days Later, the second part of a planned trilogy, and the fourth entry of the 28 Days Later film series. The film follows Spike, who is saved by Sir Lord Jimmy Crystal and his crew after a run-in with an infected.
But the tracksuit-wearing saviours are called The Fingers, who have adopted the name Jimmy or a close variation of it. They are basically people who are recruiting members, threatening them or simply killing others as sacrifices. And with no option left but to join them, Spike now has to fit in the group, that is, if he wants to stay alive.
180 (Alex Yazbek, 2026)
Up next on our Sunday watchlist is an intense South African thriller, 180, centring on a reformed man who’s forced back into the world of violence following a brutal road rage incident. The revenge thriller follows Zak, whose peaceful life turns upside down when an altercation with gangsters leads to his son being shot, leaving him in a terribly critical condition.
Devastated and determined to take matters into his own hands, 180 revolves around Zak as he spirals back into a dark, emotional quest for retribution, taking a morally ambiguous path. The movie explores themes of grief, the consequences of violence, and the thin line between justice and vengeance, with a backdrop of cutthroat action that highlights the moral collapse.
Humint (Ryoo Seung-wan, 2026)
Lastly, to wrap up the Sunday marathon, Netflix has a gripping action spy movie, Humint. The South Korean espionage thriller follows South Korean NIS agent Zo In-sung and North Korean state security officer Park Jeong-min, who collide while investigating a smuggling network spanning the drug trade and human trafficking on the Russo-North Korean border.
The investigation primarily leads them to a North Korean restaurant employee who becomes a key human intelligence resource. But the investigation is soon corrupted by a North Korean Consul General. Although Humint starts as a slow-burning espionage story, it transitions into a high-stakes action, featuring stylised shootouts and intense confrontations. So, if you haven’t already, add it to the queue.