If you ever wanted to spend time with seven Noomi Rapaces at once, Netflix has a film for you: What Happened to Monday, a sci-fi thriller from Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters director Tommy Wirkola.

Set in the not too distant future, where overpopulation has forced governments to undertake a “One Child Policy,” Rapace plays seven sisters who live in secret and who each venture out into the world one day a week under the identity of one person. The sisters have been able to keep up the ruse for years, guided by their grandfather (Willem Dafoe). But when the Child Allocation Bureau, led by Glenn Close using a nondescript accent, gets wind of this, trouble comes calling.

What Happened to Monday is just the latest film to debut on Netflix in the U.S. rather than theaters, although things are a bit different internationally. “It actually is a little bit...