The five best movies to watch on Netflix on a Sunday
Netflix has effortlessly slipped into our everyday routines, whether we’re commuting on public transport, taking a lunch break, or simply keeping it running in the background while cooking or running errands. But it is just as true that our daily lives don’t have enough room for seamless binge sessions that take commitment. And that’s when the Sunday movie night tradition barges in.
While users may hit the play button on workdays impulsively, returning and completing the same is a different game altogether.
This is probably why subscribers leave titles halfway, often letting it slip from their minds that they will have to pick up where they left off, or simply forgetting what really happened when they last watched it. But since Sunday is just around the corner, leaving movies half-baked is not even an option.
So, sit back, relax if you may and prepare for a movie night unlike any other with the five best movies to watch on Netflix this Sunday.
The five best movies to stream on Netflix on a Sunday:
Remarkably Bright Creatures (Olivia Newman, 2026)
Based on Shelby Van Pelt’s novel of the same name, Remarkably Bright Creatures is probably the most-talked-about Netflix offering of the week that deserves a place on your Sunday watchlist. The Netflix adaptation follows 70-year-old widow Toca, who works as a cleaner at a local aquarium to cope with the decades-old disappearance of her son, Erik.
But while there, she unexpectedly befriends a giant Pacific octopus named Marcellus, who can observe more than humans realise. And when the new-in-town Cameron arrives, searching for answers about his own parents, he joins the aquarium as a worker too. Although Tova and Cameron have their own struggles, Remarkably Bright Creatures highlights how they eventually become each other’s healing apparatus, thanks to the genius Marcellus.
Swapped (Nathan Greno, 2026)
Produced by Skydance Animation, Swapped is a fantasy-adventure comedy on Netflix that has been keeping fans glued to the screen. So, if you have little siblings who would love to join your Sunday night marathon, this is the perfect pick. The animated buddy comedy tells the story of a Pookoo, a brown sea otter-like creature dubbed Ollie and a Javan, a bird-like animal named Ivy, who are naturally sworn enemies in The Valley.
While they share a hostile relationship, when curiosity gets the best of them, Ollie and Ivy accidentally fall into a magical pod, swapping bodies in the process. Desperate to reclaim their former identities, they join forces to restore themselves. However, the task is not as simple as it seems, especially considering the menacing presence of the Firewolf, whom the pair must prevent at any cost.
Good Grief (Daniel Levy, 2023)
Since the Sunday marathon is somewhat light-hearted, how about we take a trip down memory lane to Daniel Levy’s Good Grief? The drama follows Marc, a grieving man mourning the loss of his husband, Oliver, who met an untimely demise in a tragic accident while travelling for a book signing event in Paris. While Marc’s two best friends, Sophie and Thomas, try their best to help their friend through the tragedy, a year later, Marc discovers a note from Oliver, admitting that he had met someone else.
What he also discovers to his surprise is that Oliver had been secretly leasing an apartment in Paris, and Marc decides to take both his best friends to the city, albeit keeping his findings to himself. Good Grief follows this very trio in Paris, who, in hopes of having a good time, end up confronting the hardest truths about their lives, relationships, and friendships, leading to a cathartic shift in perspective.
Thank You, I’m Sorry (Lisa Aschan, 2023)
Directed by Lisa Aschan, Thank You, I’m Sorry is a Swedish dramedy that focuses on Sara, a heavily pregnant woman who suffers an incurable loss when her husband, Daniel, dies in his sleep due to a heart condition. Left all alone with her young son, she reconnects with her estranged older sister Linda, who lives a free-spirited, messy life, unlike her sibling.
When Linda moves in with Sara to help her with her son, Elliot, and the impending birth, old resentments, deep-seated family tensions, and long-held secrets begin to erupt like a boiling pressure cooker. Thank You, I’m Sorry addresses their mutual grief against the backdrop of being raised in a dysfunctional family, exploring the role of maturity in helping the sisters move past their estrangement.
Zombieland: Double Tap (Ruben Fleischer, 2019)
Finally, to wrap up the Sunday marathon, we recommend the post-apocalyptic zombie comedy, Zombieland: Double Tap, for a change of air. Serving as the sequel to Zombieland, released in 2009, centres on the original quartet – Tallahassee, Columbus, Wichita, and Little Rock – a decade after the events of the first film, as they prepare to take on greater, advanced, and more evolved zombies.
Zombieland: Double Tap kicks off with the runaway Little Rock, who leaves with a pacifist named Berkeley to find people her age. But on their journey, they run into fresh survivors while getting ambushed by tougher zombies. The movie revolves around the group and its learning process of how to embrace this found family while adapting to a rapidly approaching apocalypse that screams the end of the world.