Best Shows on HBO Max
HBO Max is going from strength to strength in the streaming world. It offers everything from gripping dramas to sharp comedies to thrilling mysteries, so where do you start? Explore the best shows on HBO Max and discover your next binge-worthy series today.
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What to watch on HBO Max right now: the TV shows Australians are streaming most, out of 628 we track, updated October 2026.
Most popular TV shows on HBO Max this week
Ranked by JustWatch popularity in Australia over the last 7 days.
1
The assorted humiliations, disasters and rare triumphs of four very different twenty-something girls: Hannah, an aspiring writer; Marnie, an art gallery assistant and cousins Jessa and Shoshanna.
- Cast
- Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke, Adam Driver
- Duration
- 28 min
2
The staff of Pittsburgh's Trauma Medical Center work around the clock to save lives in an overcrowded and underfunded emergency department.
- Cast
- Noah Wyle, Tracy Ifeachor, Patrick Ball, Katherine LaNasa, Supriya Ganesh
3
With a construction crew, a legion of actors, and seemingly unlimited resources, Nathan Fielder allows ordinary people to prepare for life’s biggest moments by “rehearsing” them in carefully crafted simulations of his own design. When a single misstep could shatter your entire world, why leave life to chance?
- Cast
- Nathan Fielder
- Duration
- 43mins
4
An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law.
- Cast
- Matthew McConaughey, Colin Farrell, Mahershala Ali, Woody Harrelson
- Duration
- 55 min
5
The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional presidential administration. These interesting characters have humor and dedication that touches the heart while the politics that they discuss touch on everyday life.
- Cast
- Allison Janney, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford, Martin Sheen
- Duration
- 44 min
6
Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the Night's Watch, is all that stands between the realms of men and icy horrors beyond.
- Cast
- Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Kit Harington
- Duration
- 57 min
7
Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.
- Cast
- Dominic West, John Doman, Deirdre Lovejoy, Wendell Pierce
- Duration
- 59 min
8
The story of New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads. Those difficulties are often highlighted through his ongoing professional relationship with psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi. The show features Tony's family members and Mafia associates in prominent roles and story arcs, most notably his wife Carmela and his cousin and protégé Christopher Moltisanti.
- Cast
- James Gandolfini, Edie Falco, Michael Imperioli, Steven Van Zandt
- Duration
- 55 min
9
Follow the exploits of various guests and employees at an exclusive tropical resort over the span of a week as with each passing day, a darker complexity emerges in these picture-perfect travelers, the hotel’s cheerful employees and the idyllic locale itself.
- Cast
- Amber Abara, Murray Bartlett, Connie Britton
10
The prequel series finds the Targaryen dynasty at the absolute apex of its power, with more than 15 dragons under their yoke. Most empires-real and imagined-crumble from such heights. In the case of the Targaryens, their slow fall begins almost 193 years before the events of Game of Thrones, when King Viserys Targaryen breaks with a century of tradition by naming his daughter Rhaenyra heir to the Iron Throne. But when Viserys later fathers a son, the court is shocked when Rhaenyra retains her status as his heir, and seeds of division sow friction across the realm.
- Cast
- Paddy Considine, Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Emma D'Arcy, Steve Toussaint
- Duration
- 1mins
11
When 2% of the world's population abruptly disappears without explanation, the world struggles to understand just what they're supposed to do about it. The drama series 'The Leftovers' is the story of the people who didn't make the cut.
- Cast
- Justin Theroux, Amy Brenneman, Christopher Eccleston, Chris Zylka
- Duration
- 60 min
12
The sitcom is centered on five characters living in Pasadena, California: roommates Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper; Penny, a waitress and aspiring actress who lives across the hall; and Leonard and Sheldon's equally geeky and socially awkward friends and co-workers, mechanical engineer Howard Wolowitz and astrophysicist Raj Koothrappali. The geekiness and intellect of the four guys is contrasted for comic effect with Penny's social skills and common sense.
- Cast
- Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg
- Duration
- 22 min
13
Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.
- Cast
- Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman
- Duration
- 43 min
14
Friends is an American television sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, lasting ten seasons. With an ensemble cast starring Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer, the show revolves around six friends in their 20s and 30s who live in Manhattan, New York City. The series was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television. The original executive producers were Kevin S. Bright, Kauffman, and Crane.
- Cast
- Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc
- Duration
- 22 min
15
The lives of the Roy family as they contemplate their future once their aging father begins to step back from the media and entertainment conglomerate they control.
- Cast
- Brian Cox, Kieran Culkin, Sarah Snook, Jeremy Strong
- Duration
- 60 min
16
Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as their journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men from paratrooper training in Georgia through the end of the war. As an elite rifle company parachuting into Normandy early on D-Day morning, participants in the Battle of the Bulge, and witness to the horrors of war, the men of Easy knew extraordinary bravery and extraordinary fear - and became the stuff of legend. Based on Stephen E. Ambrose's acclaimed book of the same name.
- Cast
- Scott Grimes, Damian Lewis, Ron Livingston, Shane Taylor
- Duration
- 594 min
17
Rick is a mentally-unbalanced but scientifically gifted old man who has recently reconnected with his family. He spends most of his time involving his young grandson Morty in dangerous, outlandish adventures throughout space and alternate universes. Compounded with Morty's already unstable family life, these events cause Morty much distress at home and school.
- Cast
- Justin Roiland, Chris Parnell, Spencer Grammer, Sarah Chalke
- Duration
- 23 min
18
When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America ... and he taught them how to kill it. Now, the Winchester brothers crisscross the country in their '67 Chevy Impala, battling every kind of supernatural threat they encounter along the way.
- Cast
- Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Misha Collins
- Duration
- 44 min
19
A look into American politics, revolving around former Senator Selina Meyer who finds being Vice President of the United States is nothing like she expected and everything everyone ever warned her about.
- Cast
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Anna Chlumsky, Tony Hale, Reid Scott
- Duration
- 28 min
20
The true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history: the catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl. A tale of the brave men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.
- Cast
- Jessie Buckley, Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, Adam Nagaitis
- Duration
- 330 min
21
Georgie and Mandy raise their young family in Texas while navigating the challenges of adulthood, parenting, and marriage.
- Cast
- Montana Jordan, Emily Osment, Rachel Bay Jones, Will Sasso, Dougie Baldwin
22
The tale of three mothers of first graders whose apparently perfect lives unravel to the point of murder.
- Cast
- Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley, Zoë Kravitz
- Duration
- 60 min
23
The off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe in which he can't seem to do anything right, and, by his standards, neither can anyone else.
- Cast
- Larry David, Jeff Garlin, Cheryl Hines, Susie Essman
- Duration
- 28 min
24
Twenty years after modern civilisation has been destroyed, Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse the Unites States and depend on each other for survival.
- Cast
- Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Gabriel Luna, Merle Dandridge, Anna Torv
- Duration
- 73mins
25
Gabriel Book, proprietor of an antiquarian bookshop, relies on his vast collection to unravel baffling cases. He nurtures a group of lovable yet troubled individuals, providing informal protection and guidance.
- Director
- Carolina Giammetta
- Cast
- Actor A, Actor B, Actor C, Actor D, Actor E
26
Mad Men is set in the 1960s, initially at the fictional Sterling Cooper advertising agency on Madison Avenue in New York City, and later at the newly created firm, Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, located nearby in the Time-Life Building, at 1271 Avenue of the Americas. According to the show's pilot, the phrase "mad men" was a slang term coined in the 1950s by advertisers working on Madison Avenue to refer to themselves. The focal point of the series is Don Draper, creative director at Sterling Cooper and a founding partner at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, and the people in his life, both in and out of the office. The plot focuses on the business of the agencies as well as the personal lives of the characters, regularly depicting the changing moods and social mores of the United States in the 1960s.
- Cast
- Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, January Jones
- Duration
- 47 min
27
A war veteran turned private detective operates out of a tiny office in London’s Denmark Street. Although wounded both physically and psychologically, his unique insight and background as a military police investigator prove crucial in solving complex crimes that have baffled the police. Based on the bestselling novels written by J.K. Rowling under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.
- Cast
- Tom Burke, Holliday Grainger, Kerr Logan, Killian Scott
- Duration
- 60 min
28
Banshee is an American drama television series set in a small town in Pennsylvania Amish country and features an enigmatic ex-con posing as a murdered sheriff who imposes his own brand of justice while also cooking up plans that serve his own interests.
- Cast
- Antony Starr, Ivana Milicevic, Ulrich Thomsen, Frankie Faison
- Duration
- 60 min
29
A down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic.
- Cast
- Kevin McKidd, Ray Stevenson, Polly Walker, Kerry Condon
- Duration
- 52 min
30
After a night of partying with a female stranger, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder.
- Cast
- Riz Ahmed, Bill Camp, Payman Maadi, John Turturro
- Duration
- 525 min
31
In the cutthroat world of international finance, a group of young graduates compete for a limited set of permanent positions at a top investment bank in London. The boundaries between colleague, friend, lover, and enemy soon blur as they immerse themselves in a company culture defined as much by sex, drugs and ego as it is by deals and dividends.
- Cast
- Marisa Abela, Myha'la Herrold, David Jonsson, Harry Lawtey
- Duration
- 397 min
32
In a uniquely hilarious odyssey of self-discovery and cultural observation, documentary filmmaker and self-described "anxious New Yorker" John Wilson covertly and obsessively films the lives of his fellow New Yorkers while attempting to give everyday advice on relatable topics. The awkward contradictions of modern life are eased by Wilson’s candid, unpolished commentary. Building upon Wilson’s previously released "how to" short films, each episode takes wildly unexpected turns but is grounded in John's refreshing honesty.
- Cast
- John Wilson, Cynthia Larson, Ron Low
- Duration
- 30 min
33
When an insidious supernatural force edges its way into a seemingly straightforward investigation into the gruesome murder of a young boy, it leads a seasoned cop and an unorthodox investigator to question everything they believe in.
- Cast
- Ben Mendelsohn, Bill Camp, Jeremy Bobb, Mare Winningham
- Duration
- 60 min
34
In the high-tech gold rush of modern Silicon Valley, the people most qualified to succeed are the least capable of handling success. Partially inspired by Mike Judge’s own experiences as a Silicon Valley engineer in the late ‘80s, Silicon Valley is an American sitcom that centers around six programmers who are living together and trying to make it big in the Silicon Valley.
- Cast
- Thomas Middleditch, Josh Brener, Martin Starr, Kumail Nanjiani
- Duration
- 28 min
35
Based on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City tells the story of four best friends, all single and in their late thirties, as they pursue their careers and talk about their sex lives, all while trying to survive the New York social scene.
- Cast
- Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon
- Duration
- 30 min
36
The continuing story of Peacemaker - a compellingly vainglorious man who believes in peace at any cost, no matter how many people he has to kill to get it - in the aftermath of the events of “The Suicide Squad.”
- Cast
- John Cena, Danielle Brooks, Freddie Stroma
37
Love & Death (2023)
The true story of Candy and Pat Montgomery and Betty and Allan Gore - two churchgoing couples enjoying their small town Texas life… until an extramarital affair leads somebody to pick up an axe.
- Cast
- Elizabeth Olsen, Jesse Plemons, Patrick Fugit, Lily Rabe, Keir Gilchrist
- Duration
- 58mins
38
An English teacher travels back in time to prevent the Kennedy assassination, but discovers he is attached to the life he has made in a bygone era.
- Cast
- James Franco, Sarah Gadon, George MacKay, Chris Cooper
- Duration
- 60 min
39
A behind-the-scenes look at the people who make a nightly cable-news program. Focusing on a network anchor, his new executive producer, the newsroom staff and their boss, the series tracks their quixotic mission to do the news well in the face of corporate and commercial obstacles-not to mention their own personal entanglements.
- Cast
- Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, John Gallagher Jr., Alison Pill
- Duration
- 55 min
40
Reporter Camille Preaker confronts the psychological demons from her past when she returns to her hometown to investigate the murders of two young girls.
- Cast
- Amy Adams, Patricia Clarkson, Chris Messina, Eliza Scanlen
- Duration
- 421 min
41
Adventure Time (2010-2018)
Fantasy • Sci-Fi • Comedy • Animation • Adventure • Family • Action • Short
Fionna and Cake - with the help of the former Ice King, Simon Petrikov - embark on a multiverse-hopping adventure and journey of self-discovery. All the while a powerful new antagonist determined to track them down and erase them from existence, lurks in the shadows.
- Cast
- John DiMaggio, Jeremy Shada, Tom Kenny, Hynden Walch
- Duration
- 11 min
42
A group of high school students navigate love and friendships in a world of drugs, sex, trauma, and social media.
- Cast
- Zendaya, Hunter Schafer, Jacob Elordi, Maude Apatow
- Duration
- 55 min
43
A hit man from the Midwest moves to Los Angeles and gets caught up in the city's theatre arts scene.
- Cast
- Bill Hader, Stephen Root, Sarah Goldberg, Anthony Carrigan
- Duration
- 30 min
44
Set in the charming town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, the series follows the captivating lives of Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, a mother/daughter pair who have a relationship most people only dream of.
- Cast
- Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel, Keiko Agena, Scott Patterson
- Duration
- 44 min
45
Husband Kody Brown, along with his four wives (only one of which is legally married to Kody) and their combined 18 children, attempts to navigate life as a "normal" family in a society that shuns their lifestyle.
- Cast
- Meri Brown, Kody Brown
- Duration
- 42 min
46
The early life of child genius Sheldon Cooper, later seen in The Big Bang Theory.
- Cast
- Iain Armitage, Zoe Perry, Lance Barber, Montana Jordan
- Duration
- 30 min
47
Over the Garden Wall (2014)
Drama • Fantasy • Horror • Mystery • Thriller • Animation • Adventure • Family
Two brothers, Wirt and Greg, find themselves lost in the Unknown; a strange forest adrift in time. With the help of a wise old Woodsman and a foul-tempered bluebird named Beatrice, Wirt and Greg must travel across this strange land, in hope of finding their way home. Join them as they encounter surprises and obstacles on their journey through the wood.
- Cast
- Elijah Wood, Collin Dean, Melanie Lynskey
- Duration
- 110 min
48
When a deep space freighter is damaged by a solar flare its surviving crew are stranded on a beautiful and unforgiving planet. They begin to learn the true nature of this planet as they try to survive long enough to escape or be rescued.
- Cast
- Anna Akana, Kurt Yaeger, Jessica DiCicco, Michael G. Coleman, Jesse James Keitel
49
The story of two vampire brothers obsessed with the same girl, who bears a striking resemblance to the beautiful but ruthless vampire they knew and loved in 1864.
- Cast
- Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder, Kat Graham, Candice King
- Duration
- 43 min
50
A darkly comic look at members of a dysfunctional L.A. family that run a funeral business. When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least as challenging as--and far less predictable than--the one inside.
- Cast
- Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall, Frances Conroy, Lauren Ambrose
- Duration
- 55 min
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