Best Drama Movies on HBO Max in the UK

1. 1
   The Shawshank Redemption 1994

   Directed by Frank Darabont · Streaming on HBO Max, Sky Go, Now TV Cinema
   8.7

   8.7 · 32K votes
2. 2
   Interstellar 2014

   Directed by Christopher Nolan · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
   8.5

   8.5 · 42K votes
3. 3
   Fight Club 1999

   Directed by David Fincher · Streaming on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max
   8.4

   8.4 · 33K votes
4. 4
   Once Upon a Time in America 1984

   Directed by Sergio Leone · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Disney Plus, JustWatch TV Free
   8.4

   8.4 · 6.3K votes
5. 5
   American History X 1998

   Directed by Tony Kaye · Streaming on HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
   8.3

   8.3 · 13K votes
6. 6
   The Prestige 2006

   Directed by Christopher Nolan · Streaming on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max
   8.2

   8.2 · 18K votes
7. 7
   Casablanca 1943

   Directed by Michael Curtiz · Streaming on HBO Max
   8.1

   8.1 · 6.3K votes
8. 8
   Joker 2019

   Directed by Todd Phillips · Streaming on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max
   8.1

   8.1 · 29K votes
9. 9
   Steven Universe: The Movie 2019

   Directed by Rebecca Sugar · Streaming on HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
   8.0

   8.2 · 887 votes
10. 10
    Gran Torino 2008

    Directed by Clint Eastwood · Streaming on Netflix, HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
    8.0

    8.0 · 12K votes
11. 11
    Barry Lyndon 1975

    Directed by Stanley Kubrick · Streaming on HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
    8.0

    8.0 · 3.3K votes
12. 12
    Bohemian Rhapsody 2018

    Directed by Bryan Singer · Streaming on Disney Plus, HBO Max, Sky Go
    7.9

    7.9 · 18K votes
13. 13
    Before Sunrise 1995

    Directed by Richard Linklater · Streaming on HBO Max
    7.9

    8.0 · 4.9K votes
14. 14
    Blade Runner 1982

    Directed by Ridley Scott · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
    7.9

    7.9 · 16K votes
15. 15
    Gone Girl 2014

    Directed by David Fincher · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Disney Plus, HBO Max
    7.9

    7.9 · 21K votes
16. 16
    The Notebook 2004

    Directed by Nick Cassavetes · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max
    7.9

    7.9 · 13K votes
17. 17
    Gone with the Wind 1939

    Directed by Victor Fleming · Streaming on HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
    7.9

    7.9 · 4.5K votes
18. 18
    Before Sunset 2004

    Directed by Richard Linklater · Streaming on HBO Max
    7.8

    7.8 · 4K votes
19. 19
    Batman Begins 2005

    Directed by Christopher Nolan · Streaming on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max
    7.7

    7.7 · 23K votes
20. 20
    Mystic River 2003

    Directed by Clint Eastwood · Streaming on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max
    7.7

    7.7 · 7.8K votes
21. 21
    Slumdog Millionaire 2008

    Directed by Danny Boyle · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, BBC iPlayer
    7.7

    7.7 · 12K votes
22. 22
    Temple Grandin 2010

    Directed by Mick Jackson · Streaming on HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
    7.7

    7.9 · 599 votes
23. 23
    Magnolia 1999

    Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson · Streaming on HBO Max
    7.7

    7.7 · 4.2K votes
24. 24
    The Color Purple 1985

    Directed by Steven Spielberg · Streaming on HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
    7.7

    7.7 · 2.1K votes
25. 25
    The Blind Side 2009

    Directed by John Lee Hancock · Streaming on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max
    7.6

    7.7 · 7.1K votes
26. 26
    The Normal Heart 2014

    Directed by Ryan Murphy · Streaming on HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
    7.6

    7.7 · 938 votes
27. 27
    Boogie Nights 1997

    Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson · Streaming on HBO Max
    7.6

    7.6 · 3.7K votes
28. 28
    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2008

    Directed by David Fincher · Streaming on Netflix, HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
    7.6

    7.6 · 14K votes
29. 29
    The Last Samurai 2003

    Directed by Edward Zwick · Streaming on Netflix, HBO Max, ITVX
    7.6

    7.6 · 7.9K votes
30. 30
    Something the Lord Made 2004

    Directed by Joseph Sargent · Streaming on HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
    7.6

    8.0 · 333 votes
31. 31
    God's Own Country 2017

    Directed by Francis Lee · Streaming on ITVX, ITVX Premium, HBO Max
    7.6

    7.7 · 1K votes
32. 32
    Drive 2011

    Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Rakuten TV, Tubi TV
    7.6

    7.6 · 14K votes
33. 33
    Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1966

    Directed by Mike Nichols · Streaming on HBO Max, Now TV
    7.6

    7.7 · 955 votes
34. 34
    King Richard 2021

    Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green · Streaming on HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
    7.5

    7.6 · 3K votes
35. 35
    JFK 1991

    Directed by Oliver Stone · Streaming on Disney Plus, JustWatch TV Free, Rakuten TV
    7.5

    7.6 · 2.5K votes
36. 36
    A Streetcar Named Desire 1951

    Directed by Elia Kazan · Streaming on HBO Max
    7.5

    7.6 · 1.5K votes
37. 37
    Training Day 2001

    Directed by Antoine Fuqua · Streaming on Netflix, HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
    7.5

    7.5 · 6.9K votes
38. 38
    Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 1958

    Directed by Richard Brooks · Streaming on HBO Max
    7.5

    7.6 · 876 votes
39. 39
    A Star Is Born 2018

    Directed by Bradley Cooper · Streaming on HBO Max, Sky Go, Now TV Cinema
    7.5

    7.5 · 12K votes
40. 40
    Eyes Wide Shut 1999

    Directed by Stanley Kubrick · Streaming on Now TV Cinema, HBO Max
    7.5

    7.5 · 7.4K votes
41. 41
    The Devil's Advocate 1997

    Directed by Taylor Hackford · Streaming on HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
    7.5

    7.5 · 7.1K votes
42. 42
    A Perfect World 1993

    Directed by Clint Eastwood · Streaming on HBO Max
    7.5

    7.5 · 2K votes
43. 43
    Man on Fire 2004

    Directed by Tony Scott · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Disney Plus, HBO Max
    7.4

    7.5 · 6K votes
44. 44
    Rebel Without a Cause 1955

    Directed by Nicholas Ray · Streaming on HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
    7.4

    7.5 · 1.8K votes
45. 45
    Bonnie and Clyde 1967

    Directed by Arthur Penn · Streaming on HBO Max
    7.4

    7.5 · 1.9K votes
46. 46
    Elvis 2022

    Directed by Baz Luhrmann · Streaming on HBO Max
    7.4

    7.4 · 4.1K votes
47. 47
    Badlands 1973

    Directed by Terrence Malick · Streaming on HBO Max
    7.4

    7.5 · 1.4K votes
48. 48
    Interview with the Vampire 1994

    Directed by Neil Jordan · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max
    7.4

    7.4 · 6.7K votes
49. 49
    The Big Short 2015

    Directed by Adam McKay · Streaming on JustWatch TV Free, Rakuten TV, HBO Max
    7.4

    7.4 · 10K votes
50. 50
    The Great Gatsby 2013

    Directed by Baz Luhrmann · Streaming on HBO Max
    7.3

    7.3 · 13K 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
   Splendor in the Grass 1961

   Directed by Elia Kazan · Streaming on HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
   7.2

   7.5 · 320 votes
2. 2
   Conspiracy 2001

   Directed by Frank Pierson · Streaming on HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
   7.1

   7.3 · 511 votes
3. 3
   The Sunset Limited 2011

   Directed by Tommy Lee Jones · Streaming on HBO Max
   7.0

   7.2 · 539 votes
4. 4
   Maria Full of Grace 2004

   Directed by Joshua Marston · Streaming on HBO Max
   7.0

   7.2 · 444 votes
5. 5
   American Splendor 2003

   Directed by Shari Springer Berman · Streaming on HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
   7.0

   7.1 · 569 votes
6. 6
   Citizen X 1995

   Directed by Chris Gerolmo · Streaming on HBO Max
   7.0

   7.2 · 405 votes
7. 7
   The Tale 2018

   Directed by Jennifer Fox · Streaming on HBO Max
   6.9

   7.1 · 491 votes
8. 8
   Taking Chance 2009

   Directed by Ross Katz · Streaming on HBO Max
   6.9

   7.2 · 257 votes
9. 9
   Turtles All the Way Down 2024

   Directed by Hannah Marks · Streaming on HBO Max
   6.9

   7.2 · 234 votes
10. 10
    You Don't Know Jack 2010

    Directed by Barry Levinson · Streaming on HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
    6.9

    7.0 · 457 votes