The five best movies to watch on Netflix on a Sunday
Do you ever feel a weeklong urge to make Sunday the most productive non-working day? But then, when the day arrives, you end up with your cuddly fur buddies under the blanket, so you call it a Netflix & Chill day instead? Well, same!
Although these last-minute changes actually mean more work on your end to find the perfect watchlist, Netflix has fortunately made weekending easier with a November arrival arc that does half the work. The streaming giant is setting the festive mood with holiday films and more, and that alone caters to our weekend mood board.
From Christmassy book-to-screen adaptations to critically acclaimed award-season competitors, Netflix has arranged a rollercoaster ride that sends viewers into a cinematic wonderland. But if work has been hectic, you might feel a little out of place at first.
Leave everything to us and take a chill pill this weekend because the five best movies to watch on Netflix this Sunday will not add to your anxiousness.
The five best movies to stream on Netflix this Sunday
A Dog’s Perfect Christmas (Cathryn Michon, 2026)
Based on W Bruce Cameron’s bestselling 2020 novel, A Dog’s Perfect Christmas is that Netflix Original holiday entry that will make you appreciate your furry friends a little more this holiday season. It centres on the Goss family as they navigate a chaotic holiday season packed with domestic struggles, internal chaos, relationship drama, professional setbacks, high school problems, and an unfortunate health scare that threatens to upend the festive aura.
But amid the turmoil, a tiny, abandoned Corgi puppy finds her way to the Goss family, slowly but surely turning things around with their wise basset hound, Winstead. A Dog’s Perfect Christmas highlights what makes festivities feel festive, making it a heartwarming watch ahead of the holiday season. And just so you know, the Netflix adaptation already has a 98% Rotten Tomatoes rating, which, again, speaks for itself.
Possible Love (Lee Chang-dong, 2026)
As one of this year’s long-awaited films, Possible Love truly deserves a spot on your Sunday watchlist. Directed by Lee Chang-dong, the South Korean drama film follows two married couples from starkly different worlds whose brief but impactful collision sets the story in motion. On one end are Ahn Mi-ok and her husband Choi Ho-seok, a heavy-industry worker who lost his job after a violent strike. Meanwhile, on the other end are Ye-ji, an ambitious documentary filmmaker and her husband Sang-woo, a business tycoon.
They meet at the funeral of one of Ho-seok’s coworkers, where they start off bitter as Ye-ji tries to film Mi-ok and Ho-seok’s argument for her project on laid-off workers. Despite the initial hesitation, they eventually agree to voluntarily participate in the documentary. However, that one decision blooms into a deeper exposure of the deep-seated class divide, unspoken marital tensions, and suppressed desires.
My Best Friend (Susana Garcia, 2026)
Netflix plans to bring the holiday season early, and what better way than a feel-good buddy comedy? My Best Friend follows two lifelong best friends, Julia and Clara, now in their fifties, as they travel to Portugal to tail their teenage daughters going on a student exchange program across the Atlantic. Although the empty-nest syndrome and menopause have clearly gotten to their heads, the trip seems more like a desperate attempt to oversee their kids.
But on vacations, as we know, not everything goes according to plan. Despite their initial agenda, the trip unexpectedly transforms into a chaotic journey of self-discovery as they finally leave behind their roles as mothers, wives, and employees. My Best Friend is the kind of holiday entry that thrives on the inherent vacation mood. So, if you’re missing or planning any getaway, go for the Netflix movie without a second thought.
Unprotected: Murder in Galicia (Jorge Laplace, 2026)
Directed by Jorge Laplace, Unprotected: Murder in Galicia is a chilling true-crime documentary film that revisits the infamous 2015 murder case of Isabel Fuentes. In April that year, Fuentes was found in a near-death state in her home in the small village of Pazos in Verín, Galicia, Spain. Although the incident initially seemed like a violent robbery in the wake of a sudden surge of burglaries in the area, a Guardia Civil sergeant suspected otherwise.
The home-invasion theory didn’t convince the sergeant, and he suspected someone close to home. He even alerted the authorities and requested additional security while Isabel recovered at the hospital. However, authorities didn’t act upon his suggestions or believe his theory. 37 days later, she was found murdered inside her hospital room despite being under medical care. Unprotected: Murder in Galicia highlights the extensive police oversight and systemic incompetence that failed the victim.
One Year to Live, Buy a Man (Hiroki Kazama, 2026)
To wrap up our Sunday marathon, we recommend One Year to Live, Buy a Man, based on Toriko Yoshikawa’s novel With One Year Left to Live, I Buy a Man. The Netflix Original film follows 40-year-old Yui Katakura, a single woman, who lives an intensely mundane life, having seemingly brushed off romance, marriage, and big spending entirely from her life. But during a routine medical exam, she receives a terminal cancer diagnosis that leaves her with one year to live.
While her reaction is nothing out of the ordinary – calm and composed – her sense of liberation comes from the fact that she no longer needs to hoard her savings. So, when a down-on-his-luck nightclub host named Sena approaches Yui to borrow money, she decides to buy him for 720,000yen instead. Although the arrangement starts as strictly transactional, they don’t stay as platonic as they thought it would be.