Best Movies on HBO Max in the US

1. 1
   The Dark Knight 2008

   Directed by Christopher Nolan · Streaming on HBO Max, YouTube TV
   8.5

   8.5 · 37K votes
2. 2
   Spirited Away 2001

   Directed by Hayao Miyazaki · Streaming on HBO Max
   8.5

   8.5 · 19K votes
3. 3
   The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003

   Directed by Peter Jackson · Streaming on HBO Max, YouTube TV, TNT
   8.5

   8.5 · 28K votes
4. 4
   Your Name. 2016

   Directed by Makoto Shinkai · Streaming on HBO Max
   8.5

   8.5 · 13K votes
5. 5
   The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001

   Directed by Peter Jackson · Streaming on HBO Max, YouTube TV, TNT
   8.4

   8.4 · 29K votes
6. 6
   The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002

   Directed by Peter Jackson · Streaming on HBO Max, YouTube TV, TNT
   8.4

   8.4 · 25K votes
7. 7
   Seven Samurai 1954

   Directed by Akira Kurosawa · Streaming on HBO Max, Kanopy, Shout! Factory TV
   8.4

   8.5 · 4.4K votes
8. 8
   Howl's Moving Castle 2004

   Directed by Hayao Miyazaki · Streaming on HBO Max
   8.4

   8.4 · 12K votes
9. 9
   Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 2023

   Directed by Joaquim Dos Santos · Streaming on Disney Plus, fuboTV, HBO Max
   8.3

   8.3 · 9.4K votes
10. 10
    Princess Mononoke 1997

    Directed by Hayao Miyazaki · Streaming on HBO Max
    8.3

    8.3 · 9.4K votes
11. 11
    Perfect Blue 1998

    Directed by Satoshi Kon · Streaming on HBO Max
    8.3

    8.3 · 3.4K votes
12. 12
    Modern Times 1936

    Directed by Charlie Chaplin · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Kanopy
    8.2

    8.3 · 4.2K votes
13. 13
    High and Low 1963

    Directed by Akira Kurosawa · Streaming on HBO Max, Shout! Factory TV, YouTube Free
    8.2

    8.4 · 1.2K votes
14. 14
    The Great Dictator 1940

    Directed by Charlie Chaplin · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, HBO Max
    8.2

    8.3 · 3.9K votes
15. 15
    The Shining 1980

    Directed by Stanley Kubrick · Streaming on HBO Max
    8.2

    8.2 · 20K votes
16. 16
    Ikiru 1952

    Directed by Akira Kurosawa · Streaming on HBO Max, Kanopy, Criterion Channel
    8.2

    8.3 · 1.4K votes
17. 17
    A Clockwork Orange 1971

    Directed by Stanley Kubrick · Streaming on HBO Max, Cinemax
    8.2

    8.2 · 14K votes
18. 18
    City Lights 1931

    Directed by Charlie Chaplin · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Hoopla
    8.2

    8.2 · 2.6K votes
19. 19
    Wolf Children 2012

    Directed by Mamoru Hosoda · Streaming on HBO Max
    8.2

    8.2 · 2.6K votes
20. 20
    The Departed 2006

    Directed by Martin Scorsese · Streaming on HBO Max, YouTube TV
    8.1

    8.2 · 17K votes
21. 21
    The Usual Suspects 1995

    Directed by Bryan Singer · Streaming on HBO Max, Cinemax
    8.1

    8.2 · 12K votes
22. 22
    Casablanca 1943

    Directed by Michael Curtiz · Streaming on HBO Max
    8.1

    8.1 · 6.3K votes
23. 23
    Joker 2019

    Directed by Todd Phillips · Streaming on HBO Max
    8.1

    8.1 · 29K votes
24. 24
    Full Metal Jacket 1987

    Directed by Stanley Kubrick · Streaming on HBO Max, MGM Plus, Cinemax
    8.1

    8.1 · 12K votes
25. 25
    Bicycle Thieves 1948

    Directed by Vittorio De Sica · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Kanopy
    8.1

    8.2 · 2.8K votes
26. 26
    Justice League Dark: Apokolips War 2020

    Directed by Matt Peters · Streaming on HBO Max
    8.1

    8.2 · 1.6K votes
27. 27
    The Seventh Seal 1957

    Directed by Ingmar Bergman · Streaming on HBO Max, Kanopy, YouTube Free
    8.1

    8.1 · 3.5K votes
28. 28
    Dune: Part Two 2024

    Directed by Denis Villeneuve · Streaming on HBO Max, YouTube TV, TNT
    8.1

    8.1 · 8.8K votes
29. 29
    Singin' in the Rain 1952

    Directed by Stanley Donen · Streaming on HBO Max, TCM
    8.1

    8.1 · 3.7K votes
30. 30
    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 2011

    Directed by David Yates · Streaming on HBO Max, Peacock Premium, YouTube TV
    8.1

    8.1 · 23K votes
31. 31
    Tokyo Story 1953

    Directed by Yasujirō Ozu · Streaming on HBO Max, Kanopy, Plex
    8.1

    8.2 · 1.3K votes
32. 32
    The Kid 1921

    Directed by Charlie Chaplin · Streaming on JustWatch TV Free, fuboTV, HBO Max
    8.1

    8.1 · 2.5K votes
33. 33
    Zack Snyder's Justice League 2021

    Directed by Zack Snyder · Streaming on HBO Max
    8.1

    8.1 · 11K votes
34. 34
    My Neighbor Totoro 1988

    Directed by Hayao Miyazaki · Streaming on HBO Max
    8.1

    8.1 · 9.2K votes
35. 35
    In the Mood for Love 2000

    Directed by Wong Kar-wai · Streaming on HBO Max, Shout! Factory TV
    8.0

    8.1 · 3.4K votes
36. 36
    Hidden Figures 2016

    Directed by Theodore Melfi · Streaming on HBO Max, Cinemax
    8.0

    8.1 · 11K votes
37. 37
    Stalker 1979

    Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky · Streaming on HBO Max
    8.0

    8.1 · 2.6K votes
38. 38
    Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 2017

    Directed by Martin McDonagh · Streaming on HBO Max, Cinemax
    8.0

    8.1 · 11K votes
39. 39
    Portrait of a Lady on Fire 2019

    Directed by Céline Sciamma · Streaming on Kanopy, HBO Max
    8.0

    8.1 · 3.1K votes
40. 40
    Persona 1966

    Directed by Ingmar Bergman · Streaming on HBO Max, Darkroom, Artiflix
    8.0

    8.1 · 2.5K votes
41. 41
    2001: A Space Odyssey 1968

    Directed by Stanley Kubrick · Streaming on HBO Max
    8.0

    8.0 · 13K votes
42. 42
    Night and Fog 1956

    Directed by Alain Resnais · Streaming on HBO Max, Criterion Channel
    8.0

    8.3 · 594 votes
43. 43
    Ne Zha 2 2025

    Directed by Jiao Zi · Streaming on HBO Max
    8.0

    8.2 · 856 votes
44. 44
    8½ 1963

    Directed by Federico Fellini · Streaming on HBO Max, Kanopy, Shout! Factory TV
    8.0

    8.1 · 2.6K votes
45. 45
    The Tale of The Princess Kaguya 2013

    Directed by Isao Takahata · Streaming on HBO Max
    8.0

    8.1 · 2.1K votes
46. 46
    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2004

    Directed by Alfonso Cuarón · Streaming on HBO Max, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus
    8.0

    8.0 · 24K votes
47. 47
    Paris, Texas 1984

    Directed by Wim Wenders · Streaming on HBO Max, Shout! Factory TV, Plex
    8.0

    8.1 · 2.4K votes
48. 48
    M 1931

    Directed by Fritz Lang · Streaming on HBO Max, Kanopy, Criterion Channel
    8.0

    8.1 · 2.6K votes
49. 49
    Wild Strawberries 1957

    Directed by Ingmar Bergman · Streaming on HBO Max, Kanopy, Criterion Channel
    8.0

    8.1 · 1.9K votes
50. 50
    Yojimbo 1961

    Directed by Akira Kurosawa · Streaming on HBO Max
    8.0

    8.1 · 1.8K votes

Smart score = (votes × rating + 82 × 6.03) ÷ (votes + 82): the TMDB rating, pulled toward the catalog average as if every film had 82 extra average votes. Streaming data by JustWatch.

1. 1
   Dave Chappelle: Killin' Them Softly 2000

   Directed by Stan Lathan · Streaming on HBO Max
   7.5

   8.1 · 184 votes
2. 2
   The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion 2020

   Directed by Marcus Raboy · Streaming on HBO Max
   7.4

   8.1 · 175 votes
3. 3
   Early Summer 1951

   Directed by Yasujirō Ozu · Streaming on HBO Max
   7.4

   7.9 · 219 votes
4. 4
   For All Mankind 1989

   Directed by Al Reinert · Streaming on HBO Max, Cinemax
   7.2

   7.8 · 165 votes
5. 5
   Bruce Lee, the Legend 1984

   Directed by Raymond Chow · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Philo
   7.1

   7.9 · 114 votes
6. 6
   Tokyo Twilight 1957

   Directed by Yasujirō Ozu · Streaming on HBO Max, Criterion Channel, Plex
   7.2

   7.7 · 161 votes
7. 7
   The Big City 1963

   Directed by Satyajit Ray · Streaming on HBO Max, Criterion Channel
   7.1

   7.8 · 113 votes
8. 8
   Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills 1996

   Directed by Joe Berlinger · Streaming on Hoopla, HBO Max
   7.2

   7.6 · 215 votes
9. 9
   The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness 2013

   Directed by Mami Sunada · Streaming on HBO Max
   7.1

   7.6 · 194 votes
10. 10
    Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires 2025

    Directed by Juan Meza-Leon · Streaming on HBO Max
    7.1

    7.6 · 169 votes