The five best movies to watch on Netflix on a Sunday
Imagine surviving the entire week only to be left without a plan on Sunday. Sucks, right? Well, of course, it does. But with Netflix working day and night to bring both premium quality and quantity of content, how is there even room for wasted weekends?
From the beginning of 2026, Netflix has pledged to take the content game to a league above. And now that we’re over five months into the year, it’s safe to put out the verdict that the streaming giant hasn’t disappointed so far and perhaps even the sky is not its limit.
This also serves as a reminder that the year has been sprinting by at a blink-and-you-miss speed, and Sundays are the only days when we can slow down.
So, if you’re planning to devote a minute to yourself, here are the five best movies to watch on Netflix this Sunday to keep you company.
The five best movies to binge on Netflix on a Sunday
Ladies First (Thea Sharrock, 2026)
Fresh out of Netflix’s oven, Ladies First is a star-studded comedy headlined by Sacha Baron Cohen and Rosamund Pike that tells the story of a ladies’ man who gets a very unlikely reality check. It follows highly successful executive Damien Sachs, who, in any which way, is neither short of money, power, or flings. But just as he gears up to take charge as CEO of a famous ad agency, his life is upended with a wake-up call no one sees coming.
Ladies First revolves around Damien as he wakes up in an alternate universe, dominated entirely by women. While there, he finds himself going up against the dauntless Alex Fox, who, in the original dimension, was an underestimated and underappreciated employee working under none other than Sachs himself. However, now with a literal turn of the tables, it remains to be seen how he sustains himself and secures the promotion.
Trap (M Night Shyamalan, 2026)
Ladies First on Netflix will definitely leave you high on energy, and to ensure it doesn’t go wasted, continue the Sunday marathon with a gritty thriller directed by M Night Shyamalan, Trap. The psychological thriller follows Philadelphia firefighter Cooper Abbott, who, hoping to celebrate his daughter, Riley’s, academic achievement, takes her to see her favourite pop star, Lady Raven, at a concert where thousands of teens are in attendance.
But right after they reach the venue, Cooper notices the unusually extensive surveillance as guards remove other dads and their daughters. With every exit closed, he soon learns from the FBI that the infamous killer, dubbed The Butcher, is also present at the very arena, and this is a trap to capture him. As every seemingly ordinary glare turns into hawk eyes, Trap revolves around whether The Butcher can make it out without getting himself or his daughter caught.
The Crash (Gareth Johnson, 2026)
Netizens really cannot stop discussing and debating Netflix’s latest true-crime movie, The Crash, and if you’re still not in on it, don’t miss out on this Sunday. The Netflix documentary revisits a shocking 2022 incident that shook the Strongsville community of Ohio when a car travelling at 100 kmph rammed into the side of a building, killing two passengers. The driver was 17-year-old Mackenzie Shirilla, who was returning with her boyfriend, Dom, and his best friend Davion, from a high school graduation get-together.
What initially came across as a tragic accident to the world out there, however, soon evolved into an investigation of a calculated crime as police dug deeper and deeper into the details. The Crash reconstructs the events of the fateful night through body-cam and surveillance footage, call recordings, and interviews with those close to the three travelling in the car that night, capturing the months-long investigation that led to groundbreaking discoveries.
Hoax: The Kidnapping of Sherri Papini (Marta Borowski, 2026)
The next recommendation on our Sunday watchlist is a Lifetime movie, Hoax: The Kidnapping of Sherri Papini, whose titular subject has experienced extensive media attention over the years. Based on a shocking true story, the dramatised thriller revisits the mysterious disappearance of suburban mom, Sherri Papini, on November 2nd, 2016, who did not make it back home from her daily jog. After her husband, Keith, returned to find no signs of her, he reported a missing persons case, triggering a nationwide FBI-assisted search.
Although the search program couldn’t track her down, she was spotted walking roughly 150 miles from her home in Redding, California, three weeks later, ultimately leading to her family reunion on Thanksgiving Day. While she alleged having been kidnapped by armed Hispanic women, Hoax: The Kidnapping of Sherri Papini captures how the years-long investigation boiled down to a chilling revelation, making people reconsider whether she’s the victim at all.
Remarkably Bright Creatures (Olivia Newman, 2026)
Lastly, to top off the Sunday list, we suggest Remarkably Bright Creatures, if you haven’t yet. While the adaptation of Shelby Van Pelt’s novel is a hit on its own, in case you just watched The Boroughs and are still craving more mysteries that prefer heart over horror, this is it. The feel-good movie follows grieving widow Tova, who befriends a giant Pacific octopus called Marcellus at the local aquarium where she works.
Meanwhile, a 30-something aspiring musician, Cameron, arrives in town, looking for information about his estranged father, crossing paths with Tova in the way. Although they both have their own tragedies without closure, Remarkably Bright Creatures highlights how the bond these three develop leads to the healing process that Tova and Cameron had long been searching for.