30 Best Movies On Max Right Now (March 2025)

The best movies on Max include not only the best Warner Bros. movies but also a ton of other films that make it one of the best destinations for entertainment in the streaming world. In April 2025, Max will add several major movies and TV shows to the service, including the award-winning Aftersun, the classic comedy Friday, Nicole Kidman’s critically acclaimed 2024 movie Babygirl, the original Terminator, and the second season of the video game adaptation The Last of Us.

In some new HBO Max news concerning its upcoming Harry Potter streaming series, the streamer has chosen Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead) to play Hagrid (via Deadline). Max will also add a new music documentary to its already impressive library this summer, with Billy Joel: And So It Goes (via Media Play News). However, not all news is good, as Max has canceled Sex Lives of College Girls after just three seasons (via Variety).

• Carrie

  (1976) [Horror] – Stephen King’s first novel adapted into a story of a young girl, bullied by her friends and persecuted by he mother, who gains bloody revenge.

• Goodfellas

  (1990) [Crime Drama] – Martin Scorsese’s mafia masterpiece about allies, loyalties, and betrayals, based on the true story of Henry Hill.

• Stand By Me

  (1986) [Coming-Of-Age Drama] – Four young boys set off on a dangerous trek to see a dead body only to have their lives changed forever in that one fateful afternoon.

• Heretic

  (2024) [Religious Horror] – Hugh Grant stars as a man who places two young missionaries into a situation that forces them to question their beliefs.

• The Hangover

  (2009) [R-Rated Comedy] – Three friends have to retrace their night of hard partying to discover what happened to their best friend before he misses his wedding.

• Speed

  (1994) [Action] – Keanu Reeves is a cop who has to save a bus driven by Sandra Bulluck by making sure it doesn’t drop below 50 mph or else it will explode.

• Juror #2

  (2003) [Legal Thriller] – A juror has to face a shocking moral decision when he realizes he might be guilty of the crime he has been selected to work the case of.

• Paddington

  (2014) [Family Animation] – A bear with a love of marmalade sets out to find a world of adventure but finds a loving family instead.

• RoboCop

  (1987) [Sci-Fi Action] – A Paul Verhoeven satire about fascism in the police force by creating a robot killing machine from the body of a dead cop.

• The Lighthouse

  (2019) [Psychological Horror] – Two lighthouse keepers marooned at a remote outpost in a story begin to see things and begin to question their sanity.

• I Saw the TV Glow

  (2024) [Psychological Horror] – High school students begin to question their reality when they believe they are living in their favorite TV show.

• Blue Velvet

  (1986) [Psychological Horror] – David Lynch’s surreal horror movie is about a criminal conspiracy, strange dreams, sexual deviancy, and a very twisted Dennis Hopper.

• Everything Everywhere All at Once

  (2022) [Fantasy Drama] – An Oscar-winning sci-fi drama about a woman who seeks to find her place in the multiverse.

• The Wizard of Oz

  (1939) [Fantasy] – L. Frank Baum’s seminal fantasy classic brings Dorthy and her little dog Toto in glorious technicolor as she finds friendship and saves the land from the Wicked Witch of the West.

• Black Swan

  (2010) [Horror Drama] – Darren Aronofsky brings fans a twisted tale of a ballerina who battles her self-doubts to become both the White Swan and Black Swan, with horrific consequences.

• Scream

  (1996) [Slasher Horror] – Ghostface is one of the most iconic slasher killers in cinema history, and Scream is the movie that introduced him to the world long before he caught the attention of modern audiences in the 2022 reboot starring Jenna Ortega.

• Dune: Part Two

  (2024) [Epic Sci-Fi] – Paul Atreides and Chani continue their journey to free the planet Arrakis from the evil rule of House Harkonnen and lead the rise of the Fremen.

• Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

  (2024) [Apocalyptic Sci-Fi] – The Fury Road prequel Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is the first entry to focus on a character other than Max Rockatansky and cements a new hero in Imperator Furiosa, with Anya Taylor-Joy riding into action for George Miller.

• The Dark Knight

  (2008) [Superhero Crime Thriller] – More of a gritty crime thriller than a comic book movie, Batman battles The Joker in a superhero movie that proves it can rise above the genre while helping develop the look of the future Zack Snyder DCEU.

• Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

  (2010) [Action Romance] – Scott Pilgrim wants to date Ramona Flowers, but he must first battle all her evil exes in the greatest video game movie not based on a video game.

• Lawrence of Arabia

  (1962) [Historical Epic] – One of the greatest historical epics ever made, with David Lean bringing the vast Arab deserts to vibrant life.

• Deadpool

  (2016) [Superhero Comedy] – Ryan Reynolds made R-rated Marvel superhero movies successful when he broke the fourth wall and introduced the world to the Merc with a Mouth.

• The Boy and the Heron

  (2023) [Animated Adventure] – The final film of legendary director Hayao Miyazaki, The Boy and the Heron leads a boy to a magical world after his mother’s tragic death.

• How to Train Your Dragon

  (2010) [Animated Fantasy] – A young Viking befriends a dragon in an era where his people slay the beasts for their own protection, eventually bringing the two sides together.

• Singin in the Rain

  (1952) [Classic Musical] – Singin’ in the Rain follows Don and Lina, two popular silent film stars whose latest film is remade into a musical, becoming one of the best movie musicals in history.

• Howl’s Moving Castle

  (2004) [Animated Fantasy] – Set in a kingdom with magic and 19th-century technology and against the backdrop of war, Howl’s Moving Castle follows a young hatmaker named Sophie, who is cursed by a witch and turned into an elderly woman.

• Joker

  (2019) (2019) [Crime Drama]—Joker is an extended character study that explores just how far a single person can be pushed before they become the spark that ignites city-wide chaos.

• 2001: A Space Odyssey

  (1968) [Classic Sci-Fi] – Stanley Kubrick’s epic masterpiece where the discovery of a mysterious monolith on the lunar surface leads the discovery of the universe’s origins and future.

• Casablanca

  (1942) [Classic Romance] – American expatriate and nightclub owner Rick Blaine and his former lover Ilsa Lund, who left Rick without explanation years before, reunite during World War II at a little bar in Casablanca.

• Barbie The Movie

  (2023) [Fantasy Comedy] – Barbie is more than just a riot of pink — it’s also an incredible examination of growing up, the pressures of expectations on women, the need to become someone outside a relationship, toxic masculinity, and the feminism that Barbie dolls were created for.

These may be the best 30 movies currently on Max, but there are plenty of other great films on there too. For a more focused selection, you can read our lists on the best Thrillers on Max, best sci-fi movies on Max, or the best 4k movies on Max.

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