The five perfect movies to watch on Netflix on a Sunday
New years may come and go, but the allure of sitting home on a Sunday with a Netflix watchlist that screams blockbuster? That’s constantly irresistible.
While Netflix consistently unleashes content every week, the interface doesn’t exactly help our exploration. If anything, the search becomes a task, and viewers are left with hours of scrolling with no potential titles in sight to take a chance on.
This is something the audience experiences regularly when it comes to streaming, but thankfully, that’s right where we enter the chat.
So, for those who thought they would have to settle on a subpar watchlist this weekend, here are the five perfect movies to watch on Netflix this Sunday.
The five best movies to stream on Netflix on a Sunday
Speak No Evil (James Watkins, 2024)
Back in our childhood, Sundays were all about horror marathons. So, we thought, why don’t we turn back time this weekend as well? Since everyone’s caught up in a throwback mood on social media, let’s make this Sunday watchlist true to our gone-by traditions with a modern horror flick that has made a significant mark on the genre, Speak No Evil, which doubles as a remake of the 2022 Danish-Dutch film.
Speak No Evil follows an American family who are invited to a secluded farmhouse in Devon by a British couple they met while vacationing in Italy. Hoping this would bring a change of air to their family and their preteen daughter Agnes, who’s unbelievably attached to a stuffed rabbit named Hoppy, they joyously accept the invitation. But upon their arrival, the hosts soon unmask their real identities, testing their limits with escalating and disturbing passive-aggressive behaviour, culminating in a violent confrontation.
Bring Her Back (Danny and Michael Philippou, 2025)
The chances of Speak No Evil leaving you craving more from the horror catalogue is a 100% if not more. So, when that happens, park your car at the next thrilling pit-stop, Bring Her Back. The supernatural folk horror movie follows two step-siblings, Andy and Piper, orphaned after the unfortunate death of their terminally ill father.
They soon find themselves placed under the care of eccentric former counsellor Laura, who’s also fostering another pre-teen, Oliver. While their strange behaviour eventually freaks Andy and Piper out, what they don’t realise is that behind the façade, Laura has been brewing a conspiracy to resurrect her dead daughter by using Piper as a vessel. Bring Her Back revolves around Andy’s uncovering of a deadly scheme, sparking a violent confrontation.
Seven Women and a Murder (Alessandro Genovesi, 2021)
Serving as the remake of 8 Women by Francois Ozon, Seven Women and a Murder is an Italian comedy mystery that can ensure a smooth landing from the park of horror on Sunday. Based on Robert Thomas’s play, Huit femmes, the mystery thriller takes place during the Christmas holidays and follows Susanna’s arrival at her home in Milan early in the morning.
But when the live-in maid is sent to call the family patriarch for breakfast, they’re shocked to learn that he has been murdered. With phone lines cut, the car engine tampered with, and with an extreme blizzard leaving seven women trapped within the house with a killer on the loose, they have no option but to take the investigation into their own hands. While that leads to the uncovering of scandalous secrets, making everyone turn on each other, Seven Women and a Murder follows this process of investigation that only gets dirtier and more comedic with each passing minute.
Scoop (Philip Martin, 2024)
Once you’re done with the weekend dose of horror and crime dramas, make some room for the British biographical drama, Scoop, which is a dramatic retelling of the process of securing and shooting the 2019 BBC television interview of the Duke of York, Prince Andrew. For those unaware, he was interviewed by presenter and journalist Emily Maitlis.
Scoop practically details the behind-the-scenes negotiations led by BBC journalists, producer Sam McAlister, and anchor Maitlis, to land the infamous Newsnight interview about his connection to Jeffrey Epstein. The movie examines the world of high-stakes journalism against the backdrop of themes such as power and privilege, recounting the unwavering efforts made to get the story out.
The End of the Tour (James Ponsoldt, 2015)
With the onset of 2026, everybody is back at reminiscing about 2016, but what about 2015? Well, now that we’ve reached the end of the Sunday marathon, we turn back time with The End of the Tour. Directed by James Ponsoldt, starring Jason Segel and Jesse Eisenberg, the biographical drama film is adapted from David Lipsky’s 2010 memoir, Although of Course You Ended Up Becoming Yourself.
The End of the Tour revisits the poignant five-day road trip through the Midwest and accompanying interview between prolific novelist David Foster Wallace and Rolling Stone writer, Lipsky, following the publication of Wallace’s breakthrough novel in 1996, Infinite Jest. The film captures their evolving dynamic as they talk fame, loneliness, and self-discovery against the backdrop of unrelenting humour and mind games.