Best Movies on HBO Max – July 2026

The best movies on HBO Max right now, ranked by critic and audience scores. Updated for July 2026.

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Poster of Hell or High Water (2016)

1. Hell or High Water (2016)

A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's farm in West Texas.

IMDb7.6Rotten Tomatoes97%

Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, YouTube TV, HBO Max

Starring: Jeff Bridges, Chris Pine, Ben Foster

Directed by: David Mackenzie

Poster of Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

2. Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society, a team of Spider-People charged with protecting the Multiverse's very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must set out on his own to save those he loves most.

IMDb8.5Rotten Tomatoes95%

Streaming on: Disney Plus, fuboTV, HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max

Starring: Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Brian Tyree Henry

Directed by: Kemp Powers

Poster of The Lighthouse (2019)

3. The Lighthouse (2019)

Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.

IMDb7.4Rotten Tomatoes90%

Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, YouTube TV, HBO Max

Starring: Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe, Valeriia Karaman

Directed by: Robert Eggers

Poster of Hereditary (2018)

4. Hereditary (2018)

Following the death of the Leigh family matriarch, Annie and her children uncover disturbing secrets about their heritage. Their daily lives are not only impacted, but they also become entangled in a chilling fate from which they cannot escape, driving them to the brink of madness.

IMDb7.3Rotten Tomatoes90%

Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max

Starring: Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Gabriel Byrne

Directed by: Ari Aster

Poster of Dune (2021)

5. Dune (2021)

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.

IMDb8.0Rotten Tomatoes83%

Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, YouTube TV, HBO Max

Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac

Directed by: Denis Villeneuve

Poster of Deadpool 2 (2018)

6. Deadpool 2 (2018)

Wisecracking mercenary Deadpool battles the evil and powerful Cable and other bad guys to save a boy's life.

IMDb7.6Rotten Tomatoes83%

Streaming on: Disney Plus, HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max

Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin, Morena Baccarin

Directed by: David Leitch

Poster of Midsommar (2019)

7. Midsommar (2019)

Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. What begins as a dream vacation in a place where the sun never sets, gradually turns into a dark nightmare as the mysterious inhabitants invite them to participate in their disturbing festive activities.

IMDb7.1Rotten Tomatoes83%

Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, YouTube TV, HBO Max

Starring: Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, William Jackson Harper

Directed by: Ari Aster

Poster of The Equalizer 3 (2023)

8. The Equalizer 3 (2023)

Robert McCall finds himself at home in Southern Italy but he discovers his friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly, McCall knows what he has to do: become his friends' protector by taking on the mafia.

IMDb6.8Rotten Tomatoes76%

Streaming on: Hulu, fuboTV, HBO Max Amazon Channel, YouTube TV, HBO Max

Starring: Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Eugenio Mastrandrea

Directed by: Antoine Fuqua

Poster of Legally Blonde (2001)

9. Legally Blonde (2001)

Fashionable sorority queen Elle Woods has it all, but, she wants nothing more than to be Mrs. Warner Huntington III. But he dumps her before heading to Harvard Law School. Elle rallies all of her resources and gets into Harvard, determined to win him back. While there, she figures out that there is more to herself than just good looks.

IMDb6.5Rotten Tomatoes75%

Streaming on: Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max Amazon Channel, YouTube TV, HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video with Ads

Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair

Directed by: Robert Luketic

Poster of Army of Darkness (1992)

10. Army of Darkness (1992)

Ash, a handsome, shotgun-toting, chainsaw-armed department store clerk, is time warped backwards into England's Dark Ages, where he romances a beauty and faces legions of the undead.

IMDb7.4Rotten Tomatoes68%

Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max

Starring: Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz, Marcus Gilbert

Directed by: Sam Raimi

Poster of The Mummy (1999)

11. The Mummy (1999)

Dashing legionnaire Rick O'Connell stumbles upon the hidden ruins of Hamunaptra while in the midst of a battle to claim the area in 1920s Egypt. It has been over three thousand years since former High Priest Imhotep suffered a fate worse than death as a punishment for a forbidden love—along with a curse that guarantees eternal doom upon the world if he is ever awoken.

IMDb7.1Rotten Tomatoes64%

Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, YouTube TV, HBO Max

Starring: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah

Directed by: Stephen Sommers

Poster of Godzilla x Kong The New Empire (2024)

12. Godzilla x Kong The New Empire (2024)

Following their explosive showdown, Godzilla and Kong must reunite against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence – and our own.

IMDb6.0Rotten Tomatoes54%

Streaming on: Hulu, HBO Max Amazon Channel, YouTube TV, Cinemax Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Cinemax Apple TV Channel

Starring: Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens

Directed by: Adam Wingard

Poster of Gran Turismo (2023)

13. Gran Turismo (2023)

The ultimate wish-fulfillment tale of a teenage Gran Turismo player whose gaming skills won him a series of Nissan competitions to become an actual professional racecar driver.

IMDb7.1Rotten TomatoesN/A

Streaming on: Hulu, fuboTV, HBO Max Amazon Channel, YouTube TV, HBO Max

Starring: Archie Madekwe, David Harbour, Orlando Bloom

Directed by: Neill Blomkamp

Poster of Spirited Away (2001)

14. Spirited Away (2001)

A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.

IMDbN/ARotten TomatoesN/A

Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, YouTube TV, HBO Max

Starring: Rumi Hiiragi, Miyu Irino, Mari Natsuki

Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki

Poster of The Order (2007)

15. The Order (2007)

When a new professor's methods leave Hogwarts unprepared to fight the rising tide of evil, Harry teaches students how to defend against the dark arts.

IMDbN/ARotten TomatoesN/A

Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, Peacock Premium, YouTube TV, HBO Max, Peacock Premium Plus

Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson

Directed by: David Yates

Scores reflect critic ratings at time of publish. Streaming availability is US only.