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
The Long Walk
Mystery•Thriller•Horror•Sci-fi
Overview
In a dystopian, alternate-America ruled by a totalitarian regime, 50 teenage boys take part in a deadly annual walking contest, forced to maintain a minimum pace or be executed, until only one survivor remains.
Director
Francis Lawrence
Duration
108 minutes
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Fantasy•Family•Kids
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
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
2001: A Space Odyssey
Sci-fi•Mystery•Thriller•Action•Adventure
Overview
Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.
Director
Stanley Kubrick
Cast
Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Douglas Rain, Daniel Richter
Duration
149 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
Weapons
Horror
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
The Dead of Winter
Action•Adventure•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
A widowed fisherwoman, travelling alone through snowbound northern Minnesota, interrupts the kidnapping of a teenage girl. Hours from the nearest town and with no phone service, she realizes that she is the young girl's only hope.
Director
Brian Kirk
Duration
97 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
Interstellar
Sci-fi•Drama•Action•Adventure
Overview
The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
Director
Christopher Nolan
Cast
Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Ellen Burstyn, John Lithgow
Duration
169 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 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
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 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
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
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
The Life of Chuck
Drama•Fantasy•Sci-fi
Overview
In this extraordinary story of an ordinary man, Charles 'Chuck' Krantz experiences the wonder of love, the heartbreak of loss, and the multitudes contained in all of us.
Director
Mike Flanagan
Duration
110 minutes
The Shawshank Redemption
Drama•Crime
Overview
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
Director
Frank Darabont
Cast
Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, Clancy Brown
Duration
137 minutes
Practical Magic
Comedy•Drama•Fantasy•Romance
Overview
Sally and Gillian Owens, born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Gillian's vicious boyfriend, Jimmy Angelov, dies unexpectedly, the Owens sisters give themselves a crash course in hard magic. With policeman Gary Hallet growing suspicious, the girls struggle to resurrect Angelov -- and unwittingly inject his corpse with an evil spirit that threatens to end their family line.
Director
Griffin Dunne
Cast
Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Goran Visnjic, Stockard Channing, Dianne Wiest
Duration
104 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
Batman Begins
Action•Adventure•Drama•Crime•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corruption that plagues his home, Gotham City. Unable to work within the system, he instead creates a new identity, a symbol of fear for the criminal underworld - The Batman.
Director
Christopher Nolan
Cast
Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Gary Oldman
Duration
140 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
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
Final Destination
Horror•Thriller•Mystery
Overview
After a teenager has a terrifying vision of him and his friends dying in a plane crash, he prevents the accident only to have Death hunt them down, one by one.
Director
James Wong
Cast
Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith, Kristen Cloke, Seann William Scott
Duration
98 minutes
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Kids•Fantasy•Family•Action•Adventure
Overview
Year three at Hogwarts means new fun and challenges as Harry learns the delicate art of approaching a Hippogriff, transforming shape-shifting Boggarts into hilarity and even turning back time. But the term also brings danger: soul-sucking Dementors hover over the school, an ally of the accursed He-Who-Cannot-Be-Named lurks within the castle walls, and fearsome wizard Sirius Black escapes Azkaban. And Harry will confront them all.
Director
Alfonso Cuarón
Cast
Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Gambon
Duration
136 minutes
The Beekeeper
Action•Thriller•Adventure•Crime•Mystery
Overview
One man’s campaign for vengeance takes on national stakes after he is revealed to be a former operative of a powerful and clandestine organization known as Beekeepers.
Director
David Ayer
Cast
Jason Statham, Jeremy Irons, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Bobby Naderi, Josh Hutcherson
Duration
105 minutes
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Kids•Fantasy•Family•Action•Adventure
Overview
Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of his second year at Hogwarts. Adventure and danger await when bloody writing on a wall announces: The Chamber Of Secrets Has Been Opened. To save Hogwarts will require all of Harry, Ron and Hermione’s magical abilities and courage.
Director
Chris Columbus
Cast
Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Kenneth Branagh, John Cleese
Duration
154 minutes
Crazy Rich Asians
Romance•Comedy•Drama
Overview
An American-born Chinese economics professor accompanies her boyfriend to Singapore for his best friend's wedding, only to get thrust into the lives of Asia's rich and famous.
Director
Jon M. Chu
Cast
Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh, Gemma Chan, Lisa Lu
Duration
116 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
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
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
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 Dry
Crime•Mystery•Drama•Thriller
Overview
Aaron Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral. But his return opens a decades-old wound - the unsolved death of a teenage girl.
Director
Robert Connolly
Cast
Eric Bana, Genevieve O'Reilly, Keir O'Donnell, John Polson, Matt Nable
Duration
117 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
Beetlejuice
Comedy•Fantasy
Overview
A newly dead New England couple seeks help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home.
Director
Tim Burton
Cast
Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Jeffrey Jones, Catherine O'Hara, Winona Ryder
Duration
88 minutes
The Dark Knight Rises
Action•Adventure•Thriller•Mystery•Drama•Crime
Overview
Eight years after he took the blame for Harvey Dent's death and vanished into the night, Batman is forced out of his self-imposed exile by a cunning cat burglar and a merciless terrorist called Bane.
Director
Christopher Nolan
Cast
Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy
Duration
158 minutes
Kangaroo
Comedy•Family•Kids
Overview
Ex TV personality, Chris Masterman, becomes stranded in an Outback town outside Alice Springs. There, he teams up with 12-year-old Indigenous girl Charlie. The pair form an unlikely friendship and work together to rescue and rehabilitate orphaned joeys in the remote but stunning Outback community - an endeavour that proves to be life-changing for them both.
Director
Kate Woods
Duration
107 minutes
You've Got Mail
Romance•Comedy•Drama
Overview
Book superstore magnate, Joe Fox and independent book shop owner, Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet—both blissfully unaware that he's trying to put her out of business.
Director
Nora Ephron
Cast
Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Greg Kinnear, Parker Posey, Steve Zahn
Duration
119 minutes
Don't Worry Darling
Thriller•Mystery•Drama•Sci-fi•Horror
Overview
Alice and Jack are lucky to be living in the idealized community of Victory, the experimental company town housing the men who work for the top-secret Victory Project and their families. But when cracks in their idyllic life begin to appear, exposing flashes of something much more sinister lurking beneath the attractive façade, Alice can’t help questioning exactly what they’re doing in Victory, and why.
Director
Olivia Wilde
Cast
Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Chris Pine, Olivia Wilde, Gemma Chan
Duration
122 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
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
Comedy•Family•Kids
Overview
Sue Ellen Crandell is a teenager eagerly awaiting her mother's summer-long absence. While the babysitter looks after her rambunctious younger siblings, Sue Ellen can party and have fun. But then the babysitter abruptly dies, leaving the Crandells short on cash. Sue Ellen finds a sweet job in fashion by lying about her age and experience on her résumé. But, while her siblings run wild, she discovers the downside of adulthood
Director
Stephen Herek
Cast
Christina Applegate, Joanna Cassidy, John Getz, Josh Charles
Duration
102 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
Mad Max: Fury Road
Action•Adventure•Sci-fi
Overview
An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order.
Director
George Miller
Cast
Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne
Duration
120 minutes
Basic Instinct
Thriller•Drama•Mystery•Romance
Overview
Catherine, a novelist with an insatiable sexual appetite, becomes a prime suspect when her boyfriend is brutally murdered -- a crime she had described in her latest story.
Director
Paul Verhoeven
Cast
Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Leilani Sarelle
Duration
123 minutes
Source Code
Thriller•Sci-fi•Action•Drama•Mystery•Adventure
Overview
When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train.
Director
Duncan Jones
Cast
Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, Jeffrey Wright, Michael Arden
Duration
93 minutes
Lee
Drama•History•War
Overview
The true story of photographer Elizabeth 'Lee' Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II.
Director
Ellen Kuras
Cast
Kate Winslet, Josh O'Connor, Andrea Riseborough, Andy Samberg, Alexander Skarsgård
Duration
117 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
Mulholland Drive
Thriller•Drama•Mystery
Overview
Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.
Director
David Lynch
Cast
Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux, Ann Miller, Robert Forster
Duration
146 minutes