8 Netflix Movies to Help You Get in the Mood for Spring

Winter has had its dramatic moment: the heavy coats, the dark-at-4-p.m. sunsets, the “I swear this is my last cup of hot cocoa” lies. Spring, though, is all about lightness longer days, fresh starts, and that low-key sense that something good might be just around the corner. If you’d like your movie nights to match that mood, Netflix has plenty of feel-good films and nature docs that feel as bright and hopeful as a sunny April afternoon.

Below are eight Netflix movies that bring spring energy in different ways: swoony romantic comedies, lush travel adventures, and nature documentaries overflowing with green, blooming life. Queue up a few, crack a window, and let your TV do the seasonal reset for you.

Why Spring and Netflix Are a Perfect Match

Spring is the season of second chances: people declutter their homes, revive abandoned hobbies, and sometimes dust off their love life along with the patio furniture. The best Netflix “spring” movies tap into that feeling with stories about new beginnings, travel, feeling braver than usual, or simply noticing the beauty outside your front door.

To keep this list useful, these picks focus on movies that:

• Are currently part of Netflix’s catalog of romantic movies, rom-coms, or nature documentaries.
• Feature themes of renewal, travel, growth, or big emotional do-overs.
• Feel light enough for a cozy night in, but thoughtful enough that you don’t feel like you just watched two hours of pure fluff.

Think of this as your starter bouquet of spring Netflix movies. Add or swap according to your taste but these eight are a strong base for any “good vibes only” watchlist.

1. To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before

Why it feels like the first warm day

Netflix’s teen rom-com To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before follows Lara Jean, a quiet high schooler whose secret love letters accidentally get mailed to every crush she’s ever had, completely detonating her calm little world.
It’s bright, pastel-colored, and emotionally gentle in a way that feels very spring: awkward, hopeful, and a little chaotic.

The movie leans into classic teen-romance beats fake dating, hallway drama, family subplots but it does it with warmth and kindness. Critics often call it a modern throwback to the ’90s rom-com era, with the same comfort-food feeling but a much more diverse cast and updated sensibilities.

Best spring-like moment

Any scene with Lara Jean and Peter Kavinsky wandering around outdoors from track field chats to quiet, in-between moments feels like that in-between weather where you’re not sure if you still need a jacket but you’re happy to be outside anyway. It’s a perfect pick for a low-pressure movie night when you’re in the mood for butterflies (the good kind) and light drama.

2. Always Be My Maybe

Why it’s like brunch on a sunny patio

Always Be My Maybe is a Netflix original rom-com starring Ali Wong and Randall Park as childhood best friends Sasha and Marcus who reconnect as adults after 15 years apart. Sasha is now a high-powered celebrity chef, while Marcus is still playing in a local band and living a much smaller-scale life. Sparks fly, obviously, but not without some hilarious culture and lifestyle clashes.

The film is drenched in food, neon, and West Coast energy. Fussy tasting menus, cozy neighborhood spots, and a legendary cameo (you know the one) give it a playful, slightly chaotic vibe. It feels like spring because it’s ultimately about growth: growing out of your old story about yourself, growing into a relationship that actually fits, and growing past the fear of change.

Best spring-like moment

Any of the scenes set in restaurants from Sasha’s polished cooking to Marcus introducing her to his favorite low-key spots are basically edible spring. It’ll make you want to open a bottle of something cold, order takeout, and plan an overdue meetup with an old friend.

3. A Perfect Pairing

For when you want vineyards, sheep, and big life pivots

In A Perfect Pairing, Lola is a driven LA wine executive who flies to rural Australia to win over a major client. When her pitch doesn’t land, she volunteers to work on the family’s sheep farm to prove she’s serious. Cue early wake-ups, muddy boots, and chemistry with a rugged station manager who might be more than he appears.

Critics and reviewers describe the movie as escapist and Hallmark-style in the best way: cozy, predictable, and full of gorgeous countryside scenery and winery backdrops.
That mix of “quit my job, start something new, surprise myself” is exactly the kind of main-character energy many people feel in spring.

Best spring-like moment

The vineyard and campfire scenes where Lola and Max explore the property, talk under the stars, and share quiet moments surrounded by green hills are tailor-made for spring viewing. It’s the sort of movie you put on when you’re plotting your own fresh start, even if it’s just finally planting herbs on your balcony.

4. Love at First Sight

Airport meet-cute, blooming feelings

Love at First Sight is a romantic drama about two strangers, Hadley and Oliver, who connect on a flight from New York to London, only to be separated by chance once they land. The odds of finding each other again in a huge city are terrible, but this being a rom-com love is annoyingly persistent.

Based on the YA novel The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight, the movie is tender and slightly wistful, with plenty of talk about fate, timing, and whether one random encounter can change your life. It’s a mood that fits early spring perfectly: you’re still shaking off winter, but you’re quietly open to something unexpected.

Best spring-like moment

The airport and London street scenes lit with soft, golden light and backed by gentle music resemble that first week where you notice trees budding and people lingering outside a little longer. It’s ideal for viewers who like their spring movies cozy, not cheesy.

5. A Tourist’s Guide to Love

Spring break energy, but grown-up

In A Tourist’s Guide to Love, a travel industry executive named Amanda takes an undercover work assignment in Vietnam after an unexpected breakup and promptly finds herself falling for her charming tour guide.
It’s a classic “work trip becomes life reset” rom-com, with markets, motorbikes, temples, and family celebrations woven into the love story.

Reviewers highlight how much the movie leans into Vietnamese culture and scenery, from city bustle to lantern-lit rivers and countryside stops.
If you’re craving travel but your bank account is firmly saying “absolutely not,” this is a fantastic spring substitute: you get the sensory experience of a new place plus the emotional arc of someone stepping into a braver version of themselves.

Best spring-like moment

The festival and street-market sequences, with bright colors, lights, and live music, feel like the cinematic version of shedding your winter shell. Watch it with snacks that are a little more exciting than your usual microwave popcorn think fresh fruit, iced drinks, anything that makes your living room feel like vacation.

6. Irish Wish

Green landscapes and magical second chances

Lindsay Lohan’s Netflix rom-com Irish Wish follows Maddie, a book editor whose dream guy gets engaged to her best friend. While in Ireland to be a bridesmaid, she makes a spontaneous wish for true love on an ancient stone and wakes up as the bride-to-be instead only to realize her real soulmate might be someone else entirely.

Critics are mixed on the movie’s clichés, but pretty much everyone agrees that the Irish scenery is stunning: castle hotels, rolling green hills, coastal views, and pub nights that look straight out of a tourism ad.
That combination of magical realism, “what if my life had gone differently?” and lush nature makes it a surprisingly great pick for a spring night when you’re in the mood for something shamelessly cheesy and scenic.

Best spring-like moment

The outdoor wedding and countryside exploration scenes really sell the fantasy of a fresh chapter in a beautiful place. It’s perfect to watch right around St. Patrick’s Day as an unofficial kickoff to spring or whenever you need a green, cozy escape.

7. Our Planet

When you want actual blossoms and baby animals

If romance isn’t your thing but you still want a spring mood, Netflix’s nature documentary series Our Planet is hard to beat. Narrated by David Attenborough, it showcases Earth’s ecosystems forests, grasslands, coastal seas, frozen worlds, and more with jaw-dropping cinematography and a strong focus on how climate change is reshaping all of it.

You’ll see migrations, blooms, and baby animals finding their place in the world the exact themes that spring represents. The series is also a reminder that the planet is still stunningly beautiful, even as it faces serious challenges. Watching it in spring, when you’re already noticing more birdsong and greener sidewalks, adds an extra emotional punch.

Best spring-like moment

The episodes focusing on forests, grasslands, and freshwater habitats are especially spring-coded: flowers opening, rivers thawing, and animals emerging after harsh seasons. It’s a great choice for a Sunday afternoon when you’re cleaning, repotting plants, or just letting nature play on your TV while you recharge.

8. My Octopus Teacher

A quiet, reflective kind of renewal

My Octopus Teacher is a Netflix Original documentary that follows filmmaker Craig Foster as he free-dives daily in a South African kelp forest and forms an unexpected bond with a wild octopus.
On the surface, it’s about marine life; emotionally, it’s about burnout, connection, and learning to pay attention again.

The film has been widely praised for its intimate storytelling and hypnotic underwater visuals and it even won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature.
The arc of the story, where Foster gradually feels more grounded, present, and emotionally awake through his daily visits, feels like a deeply personal version of spring: instead of flowers blooming, it’s a person thawing out.

Best spring-like moment

Any sequence where the camera drifts through the sunlit kelp forest shafts of light, drifting plants, fish and the octopus moving around feels like a meditation. Put this on when your brain is tired, your phone is face down, and you want a quieter kind of reset.

How to Build Your Own Spring Netflix Marathon

You don’t have to watch all eight of these in a single week (unless you’re really committed to the bit). Instead, think of them as different “spring mood” flavors you can mix and match:

• Soft and sweet romance: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, Love at First Sight.
• Funny and foodie: Always Be My Maybe, A Perfect Pairing.
• Travel-core escapism: A Tourist’s Guide to Love, Irish Wish.
• Nature reset: Our Planet, My Octopus Teacher.

Pair them with small real-life rituals opening a window, lighting a floral candle, starting a new habit, or even just changing your bedsheets to something lighter and you’ve got yourself a home-made seasonal reboot.

What It Really Feels Like to Watch These Springy Movies (Experience Section)

Imagine this: it’s early evening, you’ve just noticed that it’s finally still light outside at dinnertime, and there’s that faint smell of rain and cut grass drifting in through a barely open window. You flop onto the couch, remote in hand, and instead of doom-scrolling, you decide to build a little spring ritual out of your Netflix queue.

You start with a rom-com, maybe A Perfect Pairing or A Tourist’s Guide to Love. Within ten minutes, you’re in another hemisphere, watching the main character lug a suitcase across a vineyard or through a bustling market. You don’t have to pack, deal with airport security, or calculate exchange rates you just get the fun part: the new smells, new food, the possibility that your life could re-route dramatically over the course of one trip. By the time the leads are sharing an outdoor meal under string lights, you’re half convinced you could change your own life just by ordering a different flavor of takeout.

Another night, you hit play on Love at First Sight. Suddenly you’re inside a softly lit airport, where strangers trade barbed jokes over dead phone batteries and delayed flights. The movie reminds you of all the tiny decisions that changed your life the coffee shop you happened to walk into, the seat you chose on a train, the text you did or didn’t send. Spring has that same feeling baked in: everything looks about the same, but you know the next few months could unfold in a completely new direction.

On a Sunday afternoon, you might swap romance for the deep calm of Our Planet or My Octopus Teacher. There’s something strangely grounding about watching entire ecosystems wake up while you’re folding laundry or repotting a plant. The camera follows tiny animals taking enormous risks just to eat, migrate, or raise young, and it shrinks your own worries down to a more manageable size. Your to-do list still exists, but it feels less urgent after you’ve spent 50 minutes in a kelp forest or across an African plain.

Over a few weeks of casual viewing, these movies start to blend with the season itself. A line from Always Be My Maybe pops into your head when you pass a favorite restaurant. You think of To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before when you see teens taking graduation photos in the park. A random patch of moss or a roadside field suddenly reminds you of a shot from Our Planet, and you catch yourself paying more attention to the small, beautiful things you’d normally ignore on a hurried walk home.

That’s the real magic of a spring-themed Netflix lineup: it doesn’t just entertain you, it gently nudges you into acting more “springlike” in your actual life. You text a friend you’ve drifted from. You try a new recipe. You finally book that haircut, start that language app, or put one plant on the windowsill and see if you can keep it alive. The movies don’t change your world overnight, but they give your brain a story where change is possible and once you’ve watched enough people in cute outfits reinvent themselves on screen, it suddenly feels a little more realistic to reinvent yourself, too.