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Netflix & chill has evolved into an integral step of weekend unwinding, since workweeks rarely leave room for downtime. As a result, an away-day roster is no longer a backup; it’s the plan.

Although it can get difficult to pack everything Netflix has to offer in a weekend watchlist, the lineup shouldn’t rob fans of the weekly highlights.

While Netflix specifically went a little wild last week with its arrival arc, leaving viewers’ hands full and eyes confused, this weekend calls for comfort viewing with no-rush content.

So, if you plan to kick back and relax with a watchlist that fits the bill, here are the five best series to binge on Netflix this weekend.

The five best series to stream on Netflix this weekend:

The Gentlemen (Guy Ritchie, Eran Creevy, and Nick Rowland, 2024-Present)

Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen returned with its highly anticipated sophomore season this week, and it’s only natural that we bring out the big guns to kick-start the weekend. Set a year after Eddie unwillingly became the heir to his aristocratic family’s estate and paired up with Susie to work for Bobby’s criminal empire overseas, the Netflix Original action comedy follows Eddie as he sets his sights on strengthening his foothold in the criminal underworld.

But as the duo works closely to expand the enterprise, Bobby’s decisions start looking overwhelmingly irrational. Put in a dilemma, Eddie and Susie must choose between sprinting into action or putting everything on the line. In the second season of The Gentlemen, the stakes are undoubtedly higher, as the dynamic duo leaps from a cannabis farm concealed underneath Halstead to the serene lakeside of Italy.

Graveyard (Abdullah Oğuz and Ömer Baykul, 2022-2026)

Speaking of higher stakes, if you missed the third season of the Turkish crime drama Graveyard, the weekend is the time to catch up! The latest instalment of the show distances itself from segregated investigations to focus on a targeted campaign against working women, including officer Önem herself. Season three opens with the Special Task Force’s reunion after some time apart, when a series of mysterious, threatening boxes are sent to working women.

While the season is built around pairs of episodes covering separate femicide cases, a central overarching mystery seems to connect them all, promising a full circle. The eight-episode season of Graveyard hinges on a deeply destructive and seemingly personal threat that forces the Special Task Force to race against the clock in a cat-and-mouse chase that pushes them to their emotional limits.

Blood Sacrifice (Kristoffer Nyholm, 2026)

If you’re craving an action-packed pit stop on the weekend marathon, the Netflix Swedish crime thriller Blood Sacrifice is here to save the day. The intense Nordic noir drama opens with a frantic call to the emergency services, with a woman on the other end reporting a violent attack at a vacation home that turns out to be a trap, luring two responding officers inside the secluded place where their brutally murdered bodies are found the next day.

As more law enforcement officers are targeted in similar late-night set-ups, Stockholm detective Thomas Berg is assigned to the case before more cops turn up dead. Blood Sacrifice follows Thomas on a race against time to prevent further killings and capture the perpetrator, as he finds himself pressured by a ticking clock to reluctantly join forces with his estranged father, Alfred, an ex-cop, to expose a deep web of corruption.

Leanne (Nikki Lorre, 2025-Present)

Since last week was rather content-heavy, we understand if you missed a show or two. But if Leanne is one of them, you need to catch up with season two this weekend. The sophomore season of the multi-cam sitcom follows Leanne Murphy as she prepares to step into her sixties and takes in her ageing parents to live with her and her sister Carol, unknowingly opening the door to relentless family chaos and heartfelt moments.

In the second season of Leanne, the protagonist also breaks free of the shell of heartbreak, moving on from her ex-husband Bill, while opening her heart to new romantic possibilities with a special connection seemingly brewing between her and Andrew. And as this weekend especially calls for unwinding, you may not find a better outlet than the quirky drama, which brings equal parts heart and humour.

Lovesick (Catalina Aguilar Mastretta, 2026)

To wrap up the weekend marathon, we recommend the latest Mexican romance limited series, Lovesick, directed, produced, and written by Catalina Aguilar Mastretta. Set on the brink of the Mexican Revolution, the seven-episode period drama follows Emilia Sauri, an aspiring doctor who works in her family’s apothecary, harbouring ambitions and dreams that go against the social conventions and expectations of the time.

As she finds herself caught in a dilemma, she must choose between Daniel Cuenca, an adventurer and revolutionary who shaped her childhood dreams and Antonio Zavalza, a doctor urging peace amidst war. Lovesick captures Emilia’s journey of emancipation and evolution as she sets her priorities straight against the backdrop of a monumental, literal social revolution.