The five best movies to watch on Netflix on a Sunday
Whenever the weekend is around the corner, the audience tends to go overboard with their pre-plans. While this weekend preparation is no different, once everyone’s done restocking their favourite snacks and munchies, how about we move on to the Sunday watchlist on Netflix?
Netflix has been giving subscribers a run for their money throughout August, with each new release outshining the last.
But if you’re someone who has to wait until Sunday for a proper movie marathon, you’re in for a rollercoaster ride this weekend.
So, sit back and keep the restocks handy because the five best movies to watch on Netflix this Sunday will not leave any room for excuses to hit pause.
The five best movies to binge on Netflix this Sunday
The Last House (Louis Leterrier, 2026)
A Sunday marathon deserves to kick-start on a high note, and this time, Louis Leterrier’s gritty new sci-fi thriller, The Last House, is doing the bid on Netflix’s behalf. Starring Greta Lee and Wagner Moura, the gripping mystery thriller follows an ordinary family of four who find themselves permanently sealed inside their house by an enigmatic, invisible force, as a heavy rainstorm pours outside.
With every door, window, and exit inexplicably sealed shut, days turn into weeks, then years, cutting the family off from the outside world and basic supplies. The Last House follows the family through years as they navigate survival, transforming their house into an improvised, self-sustaining ecosystem to ration food, water, and sanity. At the same time, they prepare themselves physically and mentally to tackle the mysterious external creature trapping them inside.
Don’t Say Good Luck (Julia Hart, 2026)
If you love the Sandler brand of comedy, Netflix has something new in store this Sunday. Directed by Julia Hart, Don’t Say Good Luck is a teen dramedy about high schooler Sophie Birenbaum, starring Sunny Sandler, as she lands the lead role in her school’s production of Waitress, only to face a devastating personal crisis when her mother Elizabeth’s cancer returns from remission, fumbling the family.
While Sophie tries her best to navigate mundane teenage milestones – rehearsals, school crushes, and friends’ group friction – she steps up to process heavy grief at home. But in Don’t Say Good Luck, the stage production becomes a vital emotional outlet for Sophie, who owes it to channel her real-life sorrow, pain, and agony, showcasing a potent blend of the ups and downs that make life ordinary and extraordinary.
A Child of My Own (Maite Alberdi, 2026)
Directed by Oscar-nominated Maite Alberdi, A Child of My Own is a hybrid documentary film that sheds light on the shocking true story of Eleonor Alejandr Marin Mendoza, who faked a pregnancy to appease her husband’s demands for a son and to meet societal expectations and family pressures of parenthood, unknowingly resulting in an unbelievable crime. It explores the 2009 case through dramatisation, real-life interviews, and reenactments.
A Child of My Own tells the story of a young Mexican woman who suffered multiple miscarriages and ended up facing intense scrutiny from everyone around her. As a result, when she experienced her third miscarriage in 2009, instead of telling her in-laws and husband the truth, she faked a full-term pregnancy with plans of allegedly arranging a child from an expectant mother who was ready to give up her infant that ultimately fell apart.
Desire (Teresa Simone, 2026)
Since Sundays are incomplete without thrills, we recommend this steamy new thriller, Desire, currently streaming on Netflix. The Mexican drama follows Lucero, a successful lawyer, who appears to have a perfect marriage with her husband, Fernando. But the truth is the spark has truly faded, and the relationship has boiled down to petty scheming. Soon enough, Lucero begins a passionate affair with her daughter’s swimming coach, Matias.
It turns out, however, that Fernando had actually hired the coach to start an affair with Lucero and document it. While the plan seems foolproof, that’s only until Matias actually falls in love with Lucero, leading her to break things off. Left on a bitter note, Matias now starts blackmailing Lucero, and Desire revolves around the follow-up web of deception and blackmail Lucero finds herself a victim of.
Drop (Christopher Landon, 2026)
Although we generally opt for palate cleansers for our final Sunday stop, this marathon begins and ends with equal scales of thrill. Directed by Christopher Landon, the 2025 thriller Drop follows a widowed mother, Violet, as she goes out on her first blind date in years at an exclusive Chicago hotspot. The person she meets at dinner is Henry, the mayor’s official photographer, and that’s one reason her date soon turns into a hotbed of danger.
Briefly into the dinner, she starts receiving anonymous messages via a mysterious app, threatening that a masked intruder is holding her young son and sister hostage, who was supposed to babysit him and forcing her to carry out dangerous tasks. Drop follows Violet on a date gone terrifyingly wrong as she navigates a high-stakes situation, all while trying to save her family and the stranger across the table whom she has just met.