Top 5 Netflix shows to watch for a cozy weekend

Everyone needs a breather every now and then with this hectic world tiring us out. A rom-com on TV, with warm-buttered popcorn in hand, you will not help but feel refreshed after you watch one of these top picks.

Love Hard

Starring Nina Dobrev, Love Hard is a story about a fun holiday twist on modern dating. An LA writer travels across the country to surprise her dating app crush for Christmas, only to find out she's been catfished.

Always Be My Maybe

With Ali Wong, Keanu Reeves and Randall Park coming together, a charming, grounded film was made revolving around childhood sweethearts who reconnect in San Francisco as adults.

To All the Boys I've Loved Before

The ultimate aesthetic, pastel-coded, teen romance. A high schooler's secret love letters are accidentally mailed out, forcing her into a fake-dating pact.

Holidate

With Emma Roberts as the lead, she is seen in a story of two strangers make a pact to be each other's platonic plus-ones for every holiday of the year to avoid family pestering.

Love in the Villa

It is a lighthearted, double-booked vacation tale where a heartbroken teacher must share a beautiful Italian villa with a grumpy wine expert.

With the years of 2025 and 2026 being the year of horror with films like Backrooms and Obsession, it would be good to calm your nerves every once in a while.