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.
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 Housemaid
Mystery•Thriller•Drama
Overview
Trying to escape her past, Millie Calloway accepts a job as a live-in housemaid for the wealthy Nina and Andrew Winchester. But what begins as a dream job quickly unravels into something far more dangerous—a sexy, seductive game of secrets, scandal, and power.
Director
Paul Feig
Duration
131 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
One Battle After Another
Crime•Mystery•Thriller
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
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
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
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
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 Substance
Drama•Horror•Sci-fi
Overview
A fading celebrity decides to use a black market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.
Director
Coralie Fargeat
Cast
Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid, Gore Abrams, Hugo Diego Garcia
Duration
141 minutes
The Long Walk
Mystery•Thriller•Horror
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
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
Temple Grandin
Drama•History
Overview
A biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic American who has become one of the leading scientists in humane livestock handling.
Director
Mick Jackson
Cast
Claire Danes, David Strathairn, Barry Tubb, Melissa Farman, Charles Baker
Duration
108 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
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
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
The Dark Knight
Crime•Thriller•Mystery•Action•Adventure
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
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
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Kids•Fantasy•Family
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
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
Good Fortune
Comedy•Fantasy•Romance
Overview
A well-meaning but rather inept angel named Gabriel meddles in the lives of a struggling gig worker and a wealthy capitalist.
Director
Aziz Ansari
Duration
98 minutes
2001: A Space Odyssey
Sci-fi•Action•Adventure•Mystery•Thriller
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
Batman Begins
Crime•Drama•Action•Adventure
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
Dog Day Afternoon
Crime•Drama•Thriller•Mystery
Overview
Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and stand-off with the police. As Sonny's motives for the robbery are slowly revealed and things become more complicated, the heist turns into a media circus.
Director
Sidney Lumet
Cast
Al Pacino, John Cazale, Charles Durning, Chris Sarandon, James Broderick
Duration
120 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
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 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
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
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
The Dish
Comedy•Drama•History
Overview
A group of maverick scientists on a remote Australian sheep farm are the globe's only hope for obtaining the epic images of man's first steps on the moon.
Director
Rob Sitch
Cast
Sam Neill, Patrick Warburton, Kevin Harrington, Tom Long, Eliza Szonert
Duration
101 minutes
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Fantasy•Family•Kids•Action•Adventure
Overview
When Harry Potter's name emerges from the Goblet of Fire, he becomes a competitor in a grueling battle for glory among three wizarding schools—the Triwizard Tournament. But since Harry never submitted his name for the Tournament, who did? Now Harry must confront a deadly dragon, fierce water demons and an enchanted maze only to find himself in the cruel grasp of He Who Must Not Be Named.
Director
Mike Newell
Cast
Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane, Ralph Fiennes
Duration
151 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
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
Kids•Comedy•Family•Fantasy•Action•Adventure
Overview
A young Peruvian bear travels to London in search of a new home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he meets the kindly Brown family.
Director
Paul King
Cast
Ben Whishaw, Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Samuel Joslin, Madeleine Harris
Duration
91 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
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 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
The Dark Knight Rises
Thriller•Mystery•Crime•Drama
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
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
The Nightingale
Thriller•Drama•Western•Mystery
Overview
In 1825, Clare, a 21-year-old Irish convict, chases a British soldier through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. She enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past.
Director
Jennifer Kent
Cast
Aisling Franciosi, Sam Claflin, Baykali Ganambarr, Damon Herriman, Harry Greenwood
Duration
131 minutes
Wicked Little Letters
Comedy•Drama•Crime•History•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
When deeply conservative English local Edith Swan and fellow residents begin to receive wicked letters full of unintentionally hilarious profanities, her rowdy, foul-mouthed, Irish migrant neighbor Rose Gooding is charged with the crime. The anonymous letters prompt a national uproar, and a trial ensues. However, as the town’s women—led by Police Officer Gladys Moss—begin to investigate the crime themselves, they suspect something is amiss and Rose may not be the culprit after all.
Director
Thea Sharrock
Cast
Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Anjana Vasan, Joanna Scanlan, Gemma Jones
Duration
100 minutes
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Drama•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
In the early 1900s, Miranda attends a girls boarding school in Australia. One Valentine's Day, the school's typically strict headmistress treats the girls to a picnic field trip to an unusual but scenic volcanic formation called Hanging Rock. Despite rules against it, Miranda and several other girls venture off. It's not until the end of the day that the faculty realizes the girls and one of the teachers have disappeared mysteriously.
Director
Peter Weir
Cast
Rachel Roberts, Vivean Gray, Helen Morse, Kirsty Child
Duration
115 minutes
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Fantasy•Family•Kids•Action•Adventure
Overview
In 1926, Newt Scamander arrives at the Magical Congress of the United States of America with a magically expanded briefcase, which houses a number of dangerous creatures and their habitats. When the creatures escape from the briefcase, it sends the American wizarding authorities after Newt, and threatens to strain even further the state of magical and non-magical relations.
Director
David Yates
Cast
Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Colin Farrell
Duration
127 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
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
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
Godzilla
Sci-fi•Action•Adventure•Thriller•Mystery•Drama
Overview
Ford Brody, a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father, Joe. Soon, both men are swept up in an escalating crisis when an ancient alpha predator arises from the sea to combat malevolent adversaries that threaten the survival of humanity. The creatures leave colossal destruction in their wake, as they make their way toward their final battleground: San Francisco.
Director
Gareth Edwards
Cast
Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Juliette Binoche, Bryan Cranston, Ken Watanabe
Duration
118 minutes
Megalopolis
Drama•Sci-fi•Fantasy
Overview
Genius artist Cesar Catilina seeks to leap the City of New Rome into a utopian, idealistic future, while his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero, remains committed to a regressive status quo, perpetuating greed, special interests, and partisan warfare. Torn between them is socialite Julia Cicero, the mayor’s daughter, whose love for Cesar has divided her loyalties, forcing her to discover what she truly believes humanity deserves.
Director
Francis Ford Coppola
Cast
Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Shia LaBeouf
Duration
138 minutes
The Iron Giant
Animation•Kids•Adventure•Action•Family•Sci-fi•Drama
Overview
In the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957, a giant metal machine befriends a nine-year-old boy and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfishly saving people from their own fears and prejudices.
Director
Brad Bird
Cast
Eli Marienthal, Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick Jr., Vin Diesel, James Gammon
Duration
87 minutes
Dead Calm
Horror•Thriller•Mystery•Drama
Overview
An Australian couple take a sailing trip in the Pacific to forget about a terrible accident. While on the open sea, in dead calm weather conditions, they come across a ship with one survivor who is not at all what he seems.
Director
Phillip Noyce
Cast
Nicole Kidman, Sam Neill, Billy Zane, George Shevtsov, Rod Mullinar
Duration
96 minutes