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Best Movies on HBO Max – September 2026
The best movies on HBO Max right now, ranked by critic and audience scores. Updated for September 2026.
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1. 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.
8.6
96%
Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max
Starring: Rumi Hiiragi, Miyu Irino, Mari Natsuki
Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki
2. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.
7.999%
Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, Cinemax Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Cinemax Apple TV channel
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George
Directed by: John Huston
3. 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.
8.595%
Streaming on: Disney Plus, fuboTV, HBO Max Amazon Channel, FXNow, HBO Max
Starring: Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Brian Tyree Henry
Directed by: Justin K. Thompson
4. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
A disturbed, aging Southern belle moves in with her sister for solace — but being face-to-face with her brutish brother-in-law accelerates her downward spiral.
7.997%
Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, YouTube TV, HBO Max
Starring: Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter
Directed by: Elia Kazan
5. 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.
7.697%
Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Chris Pine, Ben Foster
Directed by: David Mackenzie
6. Sing Street (2016)
A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.
7.995%
Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Starz, Starz Apple TV channel, Starz Roku Premium Channel
Starring: Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Lucy Boynton, Jack Reynor
Directed by: John Carney
7. Speed (1994)
Tensions run high when a crazed bomber rigs a Los Angeles bus with a device that will kill everyone on board if the vehicle's speed dips below fifty miles per hour.
7.395%
Streaming on: Netflix, fuboTV, HBO Max Amazon Channel, YouTube TV, FXNow, USA Network, Netflix Standard with Ads, HBO Max
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock
Directed by: Jan de Bont
8. Carrie (1976)
Withdrawn and sensitive teenager Carrie White faces bullying from her classmates and abuse from her fanatically pious mother. When she begins to suspect that she has supernatural powers, things take a dark and violent turn.
7.494%
Streaming on: Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max Amazon Channel, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, Criterion Channel, MGM Plus, Cinemax Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Cinemax Apple TV channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Starring: Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving
Directed by: Brian De Palma
9. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
8.290%
Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, Cinemax Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Cinemax Apple TV channel
Starring: Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
10. Sicario (2015)
An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.
7.791%
Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max
Starring: Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro, Josh Brolin
Directed by: Denis Villeneuve
11. The Brutalist (2024)
When an innovative modern architect flees post-war Europe, he is given the opportunity to rebuild his legacy. Set during the dawn of the modern United States (in Pennsylvania), his wife joins him, and their lives are forever changed by a demanding, wealthy patron.
7.293%
Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max
Starring: Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce
Directed by: Brady Corbet
12. Stand by Me (1986)
After learning that a boy their age has been accidentally killed near their rural homes, four boys decide to go see the body. Gordie, Vern, Chris, and Teddy encounter a mean junk man and a marsh full of leeches, but they also learn more about one another and their very different home lives. Just a lark at first, the boys' adventure evolves into a defining event in their lives.
8.189%
Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, Cinemax Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Cinemax Apple TV channel
Starring: Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman
Directed by: Rob Reiner
13. The Usual Suspects (1995)
Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor – leaving few survivors. Verbal lures his interrogators with an incredible story of the crime lord's almost supernatural prowess.
8.587%
Streaming on: Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max Amazon Channel, Cinemax Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Cinemax Apple TV channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Starring: Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio del Toro
Directed by: Bryan Singer
14. Pearl (2022)
Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, Pearl’s ambitions, temptations, and repressions collide.
7.093%
Streaming on: Hulu, HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max
Starring: Mia Goth, David Corenswet, Tandi Wright
Directed by: Ti West
15. Rain Man (1988)
When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and that his father's $3 million fortune is being left to the mental institution in which Raymond lives. Motivated by his father's money, Charlie checks Raymond out of the facility in order to return with him to Los Angeles. The brothers' cross-country trip ends up changing both their lives.
8.088%
Streaming on: Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max Amazon Channel, Cinemax Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Cinemax Apple TV channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino
Directed by: Barry Levinson
16. Risky Business (1983)
Meet Joel Goodson, an industrious, college-bound 17-year-old and a responsible, trustworthy son. However, when his parents go away and leave him home alone in the wealthy Chicago suburbs with the Porsche at his disposal he quickly decides he has been good for too long and it is time to enjoy himself. After an unfortunate incident with the Porsche Joel must raise some cash, in a risky way.
6.893%
Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Cinemax Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Cinemax Apple TV channel
Starring: Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay, Joe Pantoliano
Directed by: Paul Brickman
17. Barbarian (2022)
In town for a job interview, a young woman arrives at her Airbnb late at night only to find that it has been mistakenly double-booked and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgement, she decides to stay the night anyway.
7.092%
Streaming on: fuboTV, HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max
Starring: Georgina Campbell, Justin Long, Bill Skarsgård
Directed by: Zach Cregger
18. The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
Five friends set out for a weekend at a remote cabin in the woods, expecting nothing more than fun and relaxation. As night falls, they discover that something far more unsettling is at work and that nothing about their getaway is what it seems.
7.092%
Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max
Starring: Kristen Connolly, Fran Kranz, Chris Hemsworth
Directed by: Drew Goddard
19. X (2022)
In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast find themselves fighting for their lives.
6.594%
Streaming on: Hulu, HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max
Starring: Mia Goth, Jenna Ortega, Brittany Snow
Directed by: Ti West
20. The Lighthouse (2019)
Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
7.490%
Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max
Starring: Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe, Valeriia Karaman
Directed by: Robert Eggers
21. 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.
7.390%
Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max
Starring: Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Gabriel Byrne
Directed by: Ari Aster
22. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
In a near-future Britain, young Alexander DeLarge and his pals get their kicks beating and raping anyone they please. When not destroying the lives of others, Alex swoons to the music of Beethoven. The state, eager to crack down on juvenile crime, gives an incarcerated Alex the option to undergo an invasive procedure that'll rob him of all personal agency. In a time when conscience is a commodity, can Alex change his tune?
8.286%
Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, Cinemax Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Cinemax Apple TV channel
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Carl Duering
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
23. Zombieland (2009)
Columbus has made a habit of running from what scares him. Tallahassee doesn't have fears. If he did, he'd kick their ever-living ass. In a world overrun by zombies, these two are perfectly evolved survivors. But now, they're about to stare down the most terrifying prospect of all: each other.
7.589%
Streaming on: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads, HBO Max
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone
Directed by: Ruben Fleischer
24. Misery (1990)
After an accident, acclaimed novelist Paul Sheldon is rescued by a nurse who claims to be his biggest fan. Her obsession takes a dark turn when she holds him captive in her remote Colorado home and forces him to write back to life the popular literary character he killed off.
7.886%
Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max
Starring: Kathy Bates, James Caan, Richard Farnsworth
Directed by: Rob Reiner
25. Heretic (2024)
Two young missionaries are forced to prove their faith when they knock on the wrong door and are greeted by a diabolical Mr. Reed, becoming ensnared in his deadly game of cat-and-mouse.
7.089%
Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, Cinemax Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Cinemax Apple TV channel
Starring: Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher, Chloe East
Directed by: Scott Beck
26. 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.
8.083%
Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, YouTube TV, TNT, TBS, tru TV, HBO Max
Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac
Directed by: Denis Villeneuve
27. Gremlins (1984)
After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet, which unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous creatures on a small town.
7.386%
Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max
Starring: Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton
Directed by: Joe Dante
28. The Long Walk (2025)
In a dystopian 1970s America, fifty teenage boys take part in a deadly annual walking contest, forced to maintain a minimum pace or be executed, until only one survivor remains.
6.788%
Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Starz Apple TV channel
Starring: Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Garrett Wareing
Directed by: Francis Lawrence
29. Magnolia (1999)
On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game show host and an estranged daughter will each become part of a dazzling multiplicity of plots, but one story.
8.082%
Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, Cinemax Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Cinemax Apple TV channel
Starring: Tom Cruise, Philip Baker Hall, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson
30. Deadpool 2 (2018)
Wisecracking mercenary Deadpool battles the evil and powerful Cable and other bad guys to save a boy's life.
7.683%
Streaming on: Disney Plus, HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin, Morena Baccarin
Directed by: David Leitch
31. American Made (2017)
The true story of pilot Barry Seal, who transported contraband for the CIA and the Medellin cartel in the 1980s.
7.185%
Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, Cinemax Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Cinemax Apple TV channel
Starring: Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright
Directed by: Doug Liman
32. Beetlejuice (1988)
A newly dead New England couple seeks help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home.
7.483%
Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Winona Ryder
Directed by: Tim Burton
33. It Comes at Night (2017)
Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, a man has established a tenuous domestic order with his wife and son, but this will soon be put to test when a desperate young family arrives seeking refuge.
6.188%
Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max
Starring: Joel Edgerton, Christopher Abbott, Carmen Ejogo
Directed by: Trey Edward Shults
34. 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.
7.183%
Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max
Starring: Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, William Jackson Harper
Directed by: Ari Aster
35. Dumb Money (2023)
Vlogger Keith Gill sinks his life savings into GameStop stock and posts about it. When social media starts blowing up, so do his life and the lives of everyone following him. As a stock tip becomes a movement, everyone gets rich—until the billionaires fight back, and both sides find their worlds turned upside down.
6.884%
Streaming on: Hulu, fuboTV, HBO Max Amazon Channel, YouTube TV, HBO Max
Starring: Paul Dano, Shailene Woodley, America Ferrera
Directed by: Craig Gillespie
36. The Revenant (2015)
In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.
8.078%
Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson
Directed by: Alejandro G. Iñárritu
37. Blockers (2018)
When three parents discover that each of their daughters have a pact to lose their virginity at prom, they launch a covert one-night operation to stop the teens from sealing the deal.
6.284%
Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max
Starring: Leslie Mann, John Cena, Ike Barinholtz
Directed by: Kay Cannon
38. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
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.
7.577%
Streaming on: HBO Max
Starring: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Sydney Pollack
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
39. Miss Sloane (2016)
An ambitious lobbyist faces off against the powerful gun lobby in an attempt to pass gun control legislation.
7.576%
Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, Cinemax Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Cinemax Apple TV channel
Starring: Jessica Chastain, Mark Strong, Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Directed by: John Madden
40. Horton Hears a Who! (2008)
An imaginative elephant named Horton hears a faint cry for help coming from a tiny speck of dust floating through the air. Horton suspects there may be life on that speck and despite a surrounding community, who thinks he has lost his mind, he is determined to save the tiny particle.
6.879%
Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, Cinemax Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Cinemax Apple TV channel
Starring: Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, Carol Burnett
Directed by: Steve Martino
41. Atomic Blonde (2017)
An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents.
6.779%
Streaming on: Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max Amazon Channel, Cinemax Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Cinemax Apple TV channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Starring: Charlize Theron, James McAvoy, Eddie Marsan
Directed by: David Leitch
42. The Firm (1993)
Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his company. Then, two Associates are murdered. The FBI contact him, asking him for information and suddenly his life is ruined. He has a choice - work with the FBI, or stay with the Firm. Either way he will lose his life as he knows it. Mitch figures the only way out is to follow his own plan...
6.977%
Streaming on: fuboTV, HBO Max Amazon Channel, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, MGM Plus, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Cinemax Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Cinemax Apple TV channel
Starring: Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman
Directed by: Sydney Pollack
43. 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.
6.876%
Streaming on: Hulu, fuboTV, HBO Max Amazon Channel, YouTube TV, FXNow, HBO Max
Starring: Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Eugenio Mastrandrea
Directed by: Antoine Fuqua
44. Normal (2026)
An unassuming substitute sheriff with a troubled past responds to a bank robbery in a small, sleepy town and unknowingly uncovers something far more explosive.
6.377%
Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max
Starring: Bob Odenkirk, Henry Winkler, Lena Headey
Directed by: Ben Wheatley
45. Romeo + Juliet (1996)
In this contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly wed. Though the film is visually modern, the bard's dialogue remains.
6.775%
Streaming on: Hulu, Cinemax Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Cinemax Apple TV channel
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, Jesse Bradford
Directed by: Baz Luhrmann
46. 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.
6.575%
Streaming on: Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max Amazon Channel, MGM Plus, HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair
Directed by: Robert Luketic
47. Les Misérables (2012)
An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France. Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
7.570%
Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried
Directed by: Tom Hooper
48. Saltburn (2023)
Struggling to find his place at Oxford University, student Oliver Quick finds himself drawn into the world of the charming and aristocratic Felix Catton, who invites him to Saltburn, his eccentric family's sprawling estate, for a summer never to be forgotten.
7.072%
Streaming on: Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Starring: Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike
Directed by: Emerald Fennell
49. 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.
7.1N/A
Streaming on: Hulu, fuboTV, HBO Max Amazon Channel, YouTube TV, HBO Max
Starring: Archie Madekwe, David Harbour, Orlando Bloom
Directed by: Neill Blomkamp
50. Talk to Me (2023)
When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.
7.1N/A
Streaming on: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max
Starring: Sophie Wilde, Alexandra Jensen, Joe Bird
Directed by: Michael Philippou