30 Best Movies on HBO Max to Stream Now (September 2025)

Despite multiple rebrands, one thing’s remained the same: HBO Max’s movie catalog never disappoints.

From critically acclaimed A24 indies to blockbuster hits, the streamer offers a massive film library you can’t help but browse. If endless scrolling isn’t your idea of a good time, we’ve done the work for you. Whether you’re after Academy Award contenders like The Zone of Interest, popular franchises like The Hunger Games and The Lord of the Rings or box-office sensations such as Barbie and Dune, there’s something for everyone.

Keep reading for the best flicks streaming on HBO Max.

Sinners

In Ryan Coogler’s supernatural thriller set in 1932, Michael B. Jordan pulls double duty as twins Elijah “Smoke” and Elias “Stack” Moore, who return to their Mississippi hometown from Chicago to rally old friends and launch a juke joint for their community. However, on opening night, the music and revelry are cut short when evil sneaks through the door.

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Mickey 17

Bong Joon Ho’s first directorial feature since 2020’s Parasite is a sci-fi black comedy starring Robert Pattinson as Mickey Barnes, a disposable crew member on a mission to colonize the ice planet Niflheim. As an “Expendable,” Mickey is reprinted with his memories every time he dies. However, after his 17th version unexpectedly survives a mission, a new 18th clone is already in rotation — leaving two Mickeys alive and one slated for annihilation.

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Flow

This Oscar-winning, dialogue-free animated feature — the first Latvian film ever recognized by the Academy — follows an orphaned cat forced to flee their home as rising waters engulf a post-apocalyptic world. Along the way, the cat joins forces with former foes of various species aboard a boat in search of dry land and a new beginning.

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Hunger Games franchise

HBO Max is streaming the entire Hunger Games film franchise for your viewing. Based on the best-selling young adult series, these adaptations star Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen, a young woman living in the dystopian country of Panem. In the first two installments, Katniss is forced to take part in a televised survival competition, whereas the Mockingjay movies focus on an underground rebellion.

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Babygirl

Married with children, tech CEO Romy Mathis (Nicole Kidman) finds her world turned inside out when she meets Samuel (Harris Dickinson), a mysterious yet commanding intern nearly 30 years her junior. The two then dive headfirst into a steamy affair centered around a submission kink, with Samuel using it to leverage control over Romy’s career and personal life.

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Sing Sing

Wrongfully imprisoned, John “Divine G” Whitfield (Colman Domingo) finds an unexpected sense of purpose in a small prison theater group. After recruiting a reluctant inmate (Clarence “Divine Eye” Maclin), Divine G stages a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and proves that art not only brings joy but holds a rehabilitative power.

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We Live in Time

In John Crowley’s drama, Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh portray a couple reflecting on their unorthodox love story. Brought together by a not-so-romantic encounter, they fall in love and build a happy dream life — until time plays its cruel trick, showing them a brutal truth that pushes them to hold tight to what they have.

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Queer

William Lee (Daniel Craig) — a middle-aged American expat in 1950s Mexico City — spends his days lost in a haze of parties and one-night stands with younger men. That is, until he meets Eugene Allerton (Drew Starkey), an American soldier who sparks a new infatuation in William. As the chase turns into a meaningful relationship, William begins to believe that genuine intimacy might finally be within his reach.

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Heretic

When two young Mormon missionaries, Sister Barnes (Sophie Thatcher) and Sister Paxton (Chloe East), visit the home of reclusive Mr. Reed (Hugh Grant), they believe his interest in the Church of Latter-day Saints is genuine, and their time hasn’t been wasted. However, they soon discover they’ve fallen into his trap, as he subjects them to psychological torment meant to undermine their faith and belief systems.

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Aftersun

As a blissfully unaware 11-year-old, Sophie (Frankie Corio, with Celia Rowlson Hall playing the older version) makes core memories basking in the Turkish sun with her lively and kind father, Calum (Paul Mescal) — who hides his inner struggles from her. Two decades later, Sophie revisits their last holiday through her miniDV recordings and an adult perspective, finding the nuances she once overlooked in her youth.

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A Different Man

Sebastian Stan (in a Golden Globe-winning performance) is Edward, a struggling actor living with extreme facial disfigurement. After a groundbreaking medical procedure completely changes his features, Edward assumes the new identity of “Guy Moratz.” However, his well-constructed facade is tested when Oswald (Adam Pearson) — another actor with the same condition — arrives at the theater where “Guy” performs and secures the role Edward has spent his life already being.

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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

“The Juice is loose!” Over three decades since the 1988 classic, the long-awaited Beetlejuice sequel brings back some familiar faces, including Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder — while sprinkling plenty of nods to the original — and welcoming fresh flesh like Jenna Ortega and Justin Theroux. Step once more into Tim Burton’s macabre universe as a grown-up Lydia Deetz (Ryder) who desperately conjures up Beetlejuice to help save her daughter, Astrid (Ortega), from the Afterlife.

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Civil War

Civil War presents a dystopian, alternate reality of the United States. Written and directed by Alex Garland — the filmmaker behind Ex Machina (2014), Annihilation (2018) and Men (2022) — this A24 thriller follows a team of journalists making the perilous journey from New York City to Washington, D.C., as a fictional American civil war reaches its final, chaotic days. The movie features an all-star ensemble, including Kirsten Dunst, Cailee Spaeny, Wagner Moura, Stephen McKinley Henderson and Nick Offerman (as well as Dunst’s real-life husband, Jesse Plemons, in a terrifying confrontation sequence).

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The Boy and the Heron

From the studio that brought you animated classics like Spirited Away (2001), Howl’s Moving Castle (2004) and Ponyo (2008) comes a tale about the companionship between 12-year-old Mahito and a talking bird. When Mahito struggles to adjust to life after his mother’s death, he meets a heron who reveals that his mother is still alive, leading him to an abandoned tower that opens the door to a fantastical world. The film is available in both English and Japanese, with its English voice cast boasting Luca Padovan, Pattinson, Gemma Chan, Christian Bale, Mark Hamill, Pugh, Willem Dafoe, Dave Bautista and more.

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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Nearly a decade after 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road, George Miller returns with 2024’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, revealing the origins of Charlize Theron’s iconic apocalyptic warrior before she became the fierce Imperator we know now. This thrilling prequel stars Anya Taylor-Joy as Furiosa and Alyla Browne as young Furiosa, who is abducted by the savage warlord Dementus (Chris Hemsworth) — leader of the Biker Horde — and spends the next decade in captivity plotting her revenge and escape.

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Love Lies Bleeding

Set in 1989 New Mexico, Rose Glass’ 2024 neo-noir romantic thriller stars Kristen Stewart as Lou, a withdrawn gym manager raised by a local crime lord and gunrunner. However, when Lou develops a hefty infatuation with Jackie (Katy O’Brian) — a go-getting bodybuilder making a pitstop before competing in Las Vegas — she must shield her from her father’s grid of corruption and violence.

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Dune: Part Two

Adapting the second half of Frank Herbert’s 1965 sci-fi tome, Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two resumes on planet Arrakis as Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) rallies Chani (Zendaya), Stilgar (Javier Bardem) and the Fremen against the Harkonnens, the household who wrecked Paul’s family and murdered his father in the first film. With the fate of the known universe at stake, Paul has to choose between love and the prevention of a dire future. The movie also features a star-studded ensemble, including Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Christopher Walken, Bautista and Pugh.

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The Iron Claw

A24’s 2023 sports drama chronicles the real-life saga of the Von Erich brothers, who body-slammed their way into professional wrestling esteem in the 1980s while shouldering multiple family tragedies and the burden of their father’s (Holt McCallany) towering legacy in the ring. Helmed by Sean Durkin, The Iron Claw features a stacked cast, including Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, Dickinson, Stanley Simons, Lily James and more.

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The Zone of Interest

Jonathan Glazer’s unsettling historical drama masterfully employs sound — which earned it an Oscar in 2024 — and what remains unseen to depict the horrors of the Holocaust. The Zone of Interest delves into the lives of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss (Christian Friedel), his wife Hedwig (Sandra Hüller) and their children as they enjoy domestic paradise directly next to the concentration camp.

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Dream Scenario

Have you ever found yourself meeting Nicolas Cage in your dreams? Well, in this 2023 fantasy comedy, he’s popping up in everyone’s. Dream Scenario features Cage as biology professor Paul Matthews, who unexpectedly becomes a viral sensation when his likeness starts showing up in people’s subconscious.

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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Based on the Scott Pilgrim graphic novels, this 2010 action comedy knows how to pack a punch. After falling for Manic Pixie Dream Girl Ramona (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), musician Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) has to defeat all seven of her evil exes through arcade-style fight sequences. The critically acclaimed film also features an ensemble cast, including Kieran Culkin, Chris Evans, Brie Larson, Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza and more.

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Wonka

Craving a sweet escape? In his first-ever musical role — which later served him well playing the iconic singer Bob Dylan in 2024’s A Complete Unknown — Chalamet slips into the comically large top hat of the titular chocolatier first introduced in Roald Dahl’s 1964 novel, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. With the help of unexpected allies, a mix of ambition and a sprinkle of genius (and giraffe milk?), the young Wonka wields his “pure imagination” to carve his place in the confectionery world in this 2023 prequel movie.

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The Color Purple

Almost two decades after her 2004 stint on American Idol — and reprising a role she played on Broadway — Fantasia Barrino made her feature film debut in 2023 as Celie Harris, a compassionate Black woman navigating a lifetime of harrowing challenges in the early-1900s U.S. South. Based on the stage musical (inspired by Alice Walker’s seminal 1982 novel), The Color Purple boasts stellar performances from an ensemble cast, including Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Domingo, Corey Hawkins, H.E.R., Halle Bailey and Phylicia Pearl Mpasi, among others.

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Priscilla

In contrast to Baz Luhrmann’s acclaimed 2022 biopic Elvis — which focused on the rise and fall of the King of Rock and Roll’s career — the following year offered another side of his story through a different perspective. Drawing from Priscilla Presley’s 1985 memoir Elvis and Me, Sofia Coppola delves into the lesser-known, more uncomfortable facets of Priscilla’s (Spaney) sensationalized relationship with Elvis (Jacob Elordi). Despite its lack of recognition at the Oscars, the biographical drama dazzles with its evocative cinematography, detailed costumes and a soundtrack devoid of Elvis’ hits.

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Barbie

Hi Barbie! In this $1.4 billion-earning fantasy adventure from Greta Gerwig, Margot Robbie steps into the high heels of Stereotypical Barbie, who travels to the Real World to find her owner and prevent their existential musings from rubbing off on her. Oh, and Ken (Ryan Gosling) is there, too — getting a crash course on the patriarchy. Join the fun in Barbie Land, where Barbies and Kens (and Cera’s Allan) are played by stars like Issa Rae, Kate McKinnon, Simu Liu, Ncuti Gatwa, Dua Lipa and more.

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Dune

Villeneuve’s 2021 film adaptation is sprawling. With a star-studded cast that includes Chalamet, Zendaya, Oscar Isaac, Jason Momoa and more, Dune follows Paul (Chalamet), the heir of House Atreides, as he’s thrust into a war over a life-extending drug, “the spice.” However, Paul has trouble focusing on politics when he begins to have powerful visions of his own.

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The Lord of the Rings trilogy

Settle in for a movie marathon with The Lord of the Rings trilogy (and it will be a marathon — in total, the three films span over 11 hours). J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic tales of Middle-earth follow hobbit Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood) and the Fellowship of the Ring as they embark on a quest to destroy the One Ring. Featuring performances from Orlando Bloom, Sir Ian McKellen and Cate Blanchett, the Lord of the Rings franchise is a necessary binge for any fantasy lover.

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Joker

Joaquin Phoenix’s harrowing depiction of the classic DC villain earned him an Oscar for Best Actor in 2020. His celebrated performance also led to the 2024 musical sequel Folie à Deux, costarring Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn. Joker tracks Arthur Fleck, a feeble clown and struggling stand-up comedian, as he descends into madness and slowly becomes the famed criminal mastermind.

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2001: A Space Odyssey

Stanley Kubrick’s trippy 2001: A Space Odyssey explores the meaning of humanity itself. Known for its pioneering special effects and scientifically accurate portrayal of space flight, the 1968 epic sci-fi film zeroes in on a group of astronauts (Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood and William Sylvester) and the sentient supercomputer named HAL (voiced by Douglas Rain) as they investigate an alien monolith on Jupiter.

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Singin’ in the Rain

In one of the greatest musical films of all time, Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O’Connor star as three silent film stars working on their first “talkie” to keep up with the industry’s transition to sound. With iconic numbers like “Make ‘Em Laugh,” “Broadway Melody” and, of course, “Singin’ in the Rain,” the film is sure to put a smile on your face.

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