Best Movies on HBO Max
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Frequently Asked Questions
HBO Max offers everything from action to drama to comedy to documentaries, including Hollywood blockbusters and cult classics. This means you can find new favourites and well-loved classic, as there’s plenty to stream that suits different tastes.
Yes, HBO Max features exclusive original films you won’t find on other platforms. These titles often have high production value and star big names, giving you access to fresh, high-quality content that sets HBO Max apart.
Most movies on HBO Max are available in HD, ensuring clear and sharp viewing. While 4K options are limited, the platform still provides a quality streaming experience on supported devices.
Currently, HBO Max does not support downloading movies for offline use. To stream the best movies on HBO Max, you’ll need an active internet connection.
HBO Max regularly adds new movies, including recent releases and classics. This ensures there’s always fresh content to stream and gives you a steady supply of quality films to explore.
Yes, you can stream movies on several devices like smart TVs, smartphones, tablets, and computers. HBO Max lets you enjoy the best movies wherever you are, making it easy to switch between screens.
One Battle After Another
Crime•Drama•Mystery•Thriller•Action•Adventure
Overview
Washed-up revolutionary Bob exists in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with his spirited, self-reliant daughter, Willa. When his evil nemesis resurfaces after 16 years and she goes missing, the former radical scrambles to find her, father and daughter both battling the consequences of his past.
Director
Paul Thomas Anderson
Duration
170 minutes
Sinners
Drama•Horror•Mystery•Thriller•Action•Adventure•Music•Musical
Overview
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
Director
Ryan Coogler
Duration
131 minutes
Weapons
Horror•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.
Director
Zach Cregger
Duration
129 minutes
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Fantasy•Family•Kids•Action•Adventure
Overview
Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard—with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he learns to harness his newfound powers with the help of the school's kindly headmaster, Harry uncovers the truth about his parents' deaths—and about the villain who's to blame.
Director
Chris Columbus
Cast
Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Richard Harris, Tom Felton
Duration
152 minutes
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Romance•Comedy•Drama
Overview
Cal Weaver is living the American dream. He has a good job, a beautiful house, great children and a beautiful wife, named Emily. Cal's seemingly perfect life unravels, however, when he learns that Emily has been unfaithful and wants a divorce. Over 40 and suddenly single, Cal is adrift in the fickle world of dating. Enter, Jacob Palmer, a self-styled player who takes Cal under his wing and teaches him how to be a hit with the ladies.
Director
John Requa
Cast
Steve Carell, Julianne Moore, Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, Marisa Tomei
Duration
118 minutes
Splitsville
Comedy
Overview
After Ashley asks for a divorce, good-natured Carey runs to his friends, Julie and Paul, for support. He’s shocked to discover that the secret to their happiness is an open marriage, that is until Carey crosses the line and throws all of their relationships into chaos.
Director
Michael Angelo Covino
Duration
105 minutes
Superman
Sci-fi•Action•Adventure
Overview
Superman, a journalist in Metropolis, embarks on a journey to reconcile his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as Clark Kent.
Director
James Gunn
Duration
145 minutes
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Fantasy•Drama•Action•Adventure
Overview
Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along the way, a fellowship is formed to protect the ringbearer and make sure that the ring arrives at its final destination: Mt. Doom, the only place where it can be destroyed.
Director
Peter Jackson
Cast
Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Bean
Duration
171 minutes
Eyes Wide Shut
Drama•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.
Director
Stanley Kubrick
Cast
Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Sydney Pollack, Madison Eginton, Vinessa Shaw
Duration
146 minutes
A Minecraft Movie
Fantasy•Action•Adventure•Comedy•Family•Kids•Animation
Overview
Four misfits find themselves struggling with ordinary problems when they are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld: a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To get back home, they'll have to master this world while embarking on a magical quest with an unexpected, expert crafter, Steve.
Director
Jared Hess
Duration
105 minutes
Colossal
Comedy•Fantasy•Drama•Sci-fi•Horror
Overview
A woman discovers that severe catastrophic events are somehow connected to the mental breakdown from which she's suffering.
Director
Nacho Vigalondo
Cast
Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis, Tim Blake Nelson, Dan Stevens, Austin Stowell
Duration
105 minutes
Apocalypse Now
War•Drama
Overview
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.
Director
Francis Ford Coppola
Cast
Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Frederic Forrest, Laurence Fishburne
Duration
154 minutes
The Matrix
Sci-fi•Action•Adventure
Overview
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
Director
Lana Wachowski
Cast
Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Joe Pantoliano
Duration
136 minutes
Valentine's Day
Romance•Comedy
Overview
More than a dozen Angelenos navigate Valentine's Day from early morning until midnight. Three couples awake together, but each relationship will sputter. A grade-school boy wants flowers for his first true love. Two high school seniors plan first-time sex at noon. A TV sports reporter gets the assignment to find romance in LA. A star quarterback contemplates his future. Two strangers meet on a plane. Grandparents, together for years, face a crisis. An 'I Hate Valentine's Day' dinner beckons the lonely and the lied to.
Director
Garry Marshall
Cast
Julia Roberts, Bradley Cooper, Anne Hathaway, Taylor Swift, Patrick Dempsey
Duration
119 minutes
Dune
Sci-fi•Adventure•Action•Drama
Overview
Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence-a commodity capable of unlocking humanity's greatest potential-only those who can conquer their fear will survive.
Director
Denis Villeneuve
Cast
Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård
Duration
149 minutes
Zodiac
Crime•Thriller•Mystery•Drama
Overview
The Zodiac murders cause the lives of Paul Avery, David Toschi and Robert Graysmith to intersect.
Director
David Fincher
Cast
Mark Ruffalo, Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Edwards, Chloë Sevigny
Duration
158 minutes
The Town
Crime•Thriller•Drama•Mystery
Overview
Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance to exit the game. When a bank job leads to the group kidnapping an attractive branch manager, he takes on the role of monitoring her – but their burgeoning relationship threatens to unveil the identities of Doug and his crew to the FBI Agent who is on their case.
Director
Ben Affleck
Cast
Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jeremy Renner, Jon Hamm, Blake Lively
Duration
125 minutes
The Dark Knight
Action•Adventure•Crime•Drama•Thriller•Mystery
Overview
Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.
Director
Christopher Nolan
Cast
Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart
Duration
152 minutes
Twisters
Action•Thriller•Adventure•Mystery
Overview
As storm season intensifies, the paths of former storm chaser Kate Carter and reckless social-media superstar Tyler Owens collide when terrifying phenomena never seen before are unleashed. The pair and their competing teams find themselves squarely in the paths of multiple storm systems converging over central Oklahoma in the fight of their lives.
Director
Lee Isaac Chung
Cast
Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos, Brandon Perea, Maura Tierney
Duration
122 minutes
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Fantasy•Action•Adventure
Overview
At the urging of the wizard Gandalf, unassuming hobbit Bilbo Baggins joins 13 dwarves on a perilous quest to reclaim the kingdom of Erebor and gains possession of the powerful One Ring.
Director
Peter Jackson
Cast
Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, James Nesbitt, Ken Stott
Duration
182 minutes
Mickey 17
Sci-fi•Comedy•Fantasy•Action•Adventure
Overview
Unlikely hero Mickey Barnes finds himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job… to die, for a living.
Director
Bong Joon Ho
Cast
Robert Pattinson, Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun, Toni Collette, Mark Ruffalo
Duration
137 minutes
The Prestige
Drama•Mystery•Sci-fi•Thriller
Overview
A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.
Director
Christopher Nolan
Cast
Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall
Duration
125 minutes
Elvis
Music•Drama•Musical
Overview
The life story of Elvis Presley as seen through the complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
Director
Baz Luhrmann
Cast
Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Richard Roxburgh, Helen Thomson, Olivia DeJonge
Duration
159 minutes
Barbie
Comedy•Fantasy•Action•Adventure
Overview
Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.
Director
Greta Gerwig
Cast
Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon, Ariana Greenblatt
Duration
114 minutes
Inception
Action•Sci-fi•Adventure•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.
Director
Christopher Nolan
Cast
Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ken Watanabe, Tom Hardy, Elliot Page
Duration
148 minutes
Companion
Sci-fi•Thriller•Mystery•Horror
Overview
During a weekend getaway at a secluded lakeside estate, a group of friends finds themselves entangled in a web of secrets, deception, and advanced technology. As tensions rise and loyalties are tested, they uncover unsettling truths about themselves and the world around them.
Director
Drew Hancock
Cast
Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, Megan Suri, Harvey Guillén
Duration
97 minutes
Trap
Thriller•Horror•Mystery•Crime
Overview
A father and teen daughter attend a pop concert, where they realize they're at the center of a dark and sinister event.
Director
M. Night Shyamalan
Cast
Josh Hartnett, Ariel Donoghue, Saleka, Hayley Mills, Alison Pill
Duration
105 minutes
Mortal Kombat
Action•Adventure•Fantasy•Sci-fi•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
Washed-up MMA fighter Cole Young, unaware of his heritage, and hunted by Emperor Shang Tsung's best warrior, Sub-Zero, seeks out and trains with Earth's greatest champions as he prepares to stand against the enemies of Outworld in a high stakes battle for the universe.
Director
Simon McQuoid
Cast
Lewis Tan, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Joe Taslim, Mehcad Brooks
Duration
106 minutes
Dune: Part Two
Sci-fi•Adventure•Action•Drama
Overview
Follow the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a path of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, Paul endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.
Director
Denis Villeneuve
Cast
Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler
Duration
167 minutes
The Conjuring: Last Rites
Horror•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren take on one last terrifying case involving mysterious entities they must confront.
Director
Michael Chaves
Duration
135 minutes
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Family•Fantasy•Comedy•Kids
Overview
When eccentric candy man Willy Wonka promises a lifetime supply of sweets and a tour of his chocolate factory to five lucky kids, penniless Charlie Bucket seeks the golden ticket that will make him a winner.
Director
Mel Stuart
Cast
Gene Wilder, Peter Ostrum, Jack Albertson, Roy Kinnear, Julie Dawn Cole
Duration
100 minutes
Paddington in Peru
Comedy•Family•Kids•Action•Adventure
Overview
Paddington travels to Peru to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for Retired Bears. With the Brown Family in tow, a thrilling adventure ensues when a mystery plunges them into an unexpected journey through the Amazon rainforest and up to the mountain peaks of Peru.
Director
Dougal Wilson
Cast
Ben Whishaw, Hugh Bonneville, Emily Mortimer, Antonio Banderas, Olivia Colman
Duration
106 minutes
Ocean's Eleven
Crime•Thriller•Mystery
Overview
Less than 24 hours into his parole, charismatic thief Danny Ocean is already rolling out his next plan: In one night, Danny's hand-picked crew of specialists will attempt to steal more than $150 million from three Las Vegas casinos. But to score the cash, Danny risks his chances of reconciling with ex-wife, Tess.
Director
Steven Soderbergh
Cast
George Clooney, Matt Damon, Andy García, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts
Duration
117 minutes
The Island
Action•Sci-fi•Thriller•Adventure•Mystery
Overview
When resident Lincoln Six Echo discovers the chilling truth about his utopian city, he tries to break out with his friend, Jordan Two Delta.
Director
Michael Bay
Cast
Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson, Djimon Hounsou, Sean Bean, Steve Buscemi
Duration
136 minutes
Olympus Has Fallen
Action•Thriller•Adventure•Mystery
Overview
When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As the national security team scrambles to respond, they are forced to rely on Banning's inside knowledge to help retake the White House, save the President and avert an even bigger disaster.
Director
Antoine Fuqua
Cast
Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Finley Jacobsen, Dylan McDermott, Rick Yune
Duration
119 minutes
We Live in Time
Romance•Drama
Overview
An up-and-coming chef and a recent divorcée find their lives forever changed when a chance encounter brings them together, in a decade-spanning, deeply moving romance.
Director
John Crowley
Cast
Andrew Garfield, Florence Pugh, Grace Delaney, Lee Braithwaite, Aoife Hinds
Duration
108 minutes
The Batman
Action•Adventure•Crime•Drama•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
In his second year of fighting crime, Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to his own family while facing a serial killer known as the Riddler.
Director
Matt Reeves
Cast
Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, John Turturro
Duration
169 minutes
It
Horror•Mystery•Thriller•Drama
Overview
In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.
Director
Andy Muschietti
Cast
Jaeden Martell, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Chosen Jacobs
Duration
129 minutes
The Wizard of Oz
Fantasy•Family•Kids•Action•Adventure
Overview
Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the things they miss most in their lives. The Wicked Witch of the West is the only thing that could stop them.
Director
Victor Fleming
Cast
Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, Margaret Hamilton
Duration
102 minutes
The Shining
Horror•Thriller•Drama•Mystery
Overview
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
Director
Stanley Kubrick
Cast
Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers, Joe Turkel
Duration
138 minutes
New Year's Eve
Romance•Comedy
Overview
The lives of several couples and singles in New York intertwine over the course of New Year's Eve.
Director
Garry Marshall
Cast
Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Hilary Swank, Jessica Biel, Zac Efron
Duration
113 minutes
Game Night
Comedy•Action•Crime•Thriller•Mystery•Adventure
Overview
Max and Annie's weekly game night gets kicked up a notch when Max's brother Brooks arranges a murder mystery party -- complete with fake thugs and federal agents. So when Brooks gets kidnapped, it's all supposed to be part of the game. As the competitors set out to solve the case, they start to learn that neither the game nor Brooks are what they seem to be. The friends soon find themselves in over their heads as each twist leads to another unexpected turn over the course of one chaotic night.
Director
John Francis Daley
Cast
Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Kyle Chandler, Billy Magnussen, Sharon Horgan
Duration
96 minutes
John Wick
Action•Thriller•Crime•Mystery•Adventure
Overview
Ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.
Director
Chad Stahelski
Cast
Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Adrianne Palicki, Bridget Moynahan
Duration
101 minutes
Final Destination Bloodlines
Horror•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
Plagued by a violent recurring nightmare, college student Stefanie heads home to track down the one person who might be able to break the cycle and save her family from the grisly demise that inevitably awaits them all.
Director
Zach Lipovsky
Duration
109 minutes
Tenet
Action•Sci-fi•Thriller•Mystery•Adventure
Overview
Armed with only one word - Tenet - and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time.
Director
Christopher Nolan
Cast
John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Kenneth Branagh, Dimple Kapadia
Duration
144 minutes
Beetlejuice 2
Comedy•Horror•Fantasy
Overview
After a family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Betelgeuse, Lydia's life is turned upside down when her teenage daughter, Astrid, accidentally opens the portal to the Afterlife.
Director
Ryan Perez
Cast
Natasha Lyonne, Allan McLeod, Annie Monroe
Duration
104 minutes
Blade Runner
Sci-fi•Thriller•Action•Drama•Mystery•Adventure
Overview
In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.
Director
Ridley Scott
Cast
Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, M. Emmet Walsh
Duration
112 minutes
Dumb and Dumber
Comedy
Overview
Lloyd and Harry are two men whose stupidity is really indescribable. When Mary, a beautiful woman, loses an important suitcase with money before she leaves for Aspen, the two friends (who have found the suitcase) decide to return it to her. After some "adventures" they finally get to Aspen where, using the lost money they live it up and fight for Mary's heart.
Director
Peter Farrelly
Cast
Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Lauren Holly, Teri Garr, Charles Rocket
Duration
107 minutes
Chopper
Drama•Crime•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
The true and infamous story of Australia's notorious criminal Mark 'Chopper' Read and his years of crime, interest in violence, drugs and prostitutes.
Director
Andrew Dominik
Cast
Eric Bana, Vince Colosimo, Simon Lyndon, David Field, Dan Wyllie
Duration
90 minutes