The five best movies to watch on Netflix on a Sunday
There’s no point in gatekeeping quality content, so if you have friends, siblings, or anyone in your life, for that matter, who’s keeping you away from enjoying the best of Netflix, rinse them off your shared user account and reclaim that watchlist this Sunday.
Although Netflix has given plenty of reasons to ensure you’re glued to the screens throughout the week, in any case, if you’re running out of content to make this weekend a blockbuster, just know that we’ve got you covered.
While we cannot exactly promise slow Sundays, we promise to travel the extra mile to make it the cosiest one.
So, if you’re struggling to prepare that watchlist, here are the five best movies to watch on Netflix on a Sunday.
The five best movies to binge on Netflix on a Sunday
Nothing to Hide (Fred Cavayé, 2018)
Adapted from Paolo Genovese’s 2016 Italian film Perfect Strangers, Nothing to Hide is a French dramedy about seven close friends and married couples who gather at a dinner party during a rare lunar eclipse. While chatting over dinner, the group discusses a recent anecdote where a woman found out about her husband’s affairs only after his death via his now unlocked phone.
While peer pressure can always take a dark turn, so it does when the hosts propose playing a similar, seemingly harmless game, and everyone agrees to it. The rules are simple: everyone has to put their unlocked phones in the centre of the table and share all incoming calls, texts, and emails out loud with the group from then on. Although the plan may have been to spice up the evening, as the secrets are unveiled, it becomes clear that everyone has something to hide.
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Rian Johnson, 2022)
Serving as the second instalment in the Knives Out film series, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery doubles down on the idea that friends’ gatherings can always go south. Set during the COVID-19 pandemic, the murder mystery follows tech billionaire Miles Bron, who invites his closest group of friends to his private Greek island to host, ironically, a murder-mystery party.
Detective Benoit Blanc also makes it to the party, despite having nothing to do with the group, or so it seems. Although the party spirit is completely fun and games, the game doesn’t stay funny for so long when one of their own actually dies amidst. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery finds Blanc on a race against time – on a desperate pursuit to track down the elusive killer before any more tragedy takes place.
The Thursday Murder Club (Chris Columbus, 2025)
Get-togethers may or may not go wrong, but cosy murder mysteries can never, when it comes to Sundays. Directed by Chris Columbus, The Thursday Murder Club is a critically acclaimed modern crime comedy movie based on Richard Osman’s 2020 novel. Set in a retirement community called Coopers Chase, the Netflix adaptation follows four whip-smart retirees who solve cold cases for fun.
But their casual sleuthing takes a dramatic turn when a cold-blooded murder takes place in the premises of their community. Before they can make sense of the event, another murder takes place close to the home, leaving them no choice but to thrust themselves into an active murder investigation. And to outwit the police and catch the killer, they must pool their skills to use and navigate a web of deceit, hidden identities, long-buried secrets, and devastating motivations.
The Theory of Everything (James Marsh, 2014)
For those who haven’t noticed, Netflix recently added The Theory of Everything to its library, offering viewers the perfect opportunity to watch or rewatch the biographical drama movie chronicling three decades of theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking’s life. Adapted from Jane Hawking’s memoir, Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen, the film tracks Hawking’s early Cambridge days and how he fell in love with literature student Jane Wilde.
The Theory of Everything captures their blossoming romance, which is abruptly derailed by his ALS diagnosis. But despite the devastating prognosis and his declining physical condition, they eventually marry. The movie also revisits his groundbreaking work on black holes and the pair’s enduring struggle against formidable odds until they mutually decide to separate.
Enola Holmes 2 (Harry Bradbeer, 2022)
To wrap up the Sunday marathon, we strongly recommend revisiting (or watching for the first time) Enola Holmes 2 because the third instalment isn’t as far down the line as you think. In the second entry of the Enola Holmes franchise, the titular sleuth opens her own detective agency only to struggle with an acute shortage of clients due to a lack of experience and reputation.
Although she ultimately lands her first case from a factory girl named Bessie, on a desperate lookout for her missing sister, Enola’s investigation takes her into far more dangerous alleyways than she started out with. But knowing she isn’t someone to back down in the face of danger, you can follow the little detective in Enola Holmes 2 as she uncovers a deadly corporate conspiracy, eventually tying it with her brother, Sherlock’s, ongoing case.