HBO Max: How to Watch, What to Stream
WarnerMedia joins the streaming wars on May 27 with the launch of HBO Max.
Priced at $14.99 a month, it will be one of the more expensive video-streaming services out there, though it includes access to more than just HBO, which already runs $14.99 per month. And if you pre-order now, you can get HBO Max for $11.99 per month for 12 months. HBO Now subscribers will also get HBO Max access at no extra cost, as will HBO GO subscribers who get HBO via AT&T TV, DirecTV, AT&T U-Verse, Hulu, or Spectrum.
Similar to Disney+, HBO Max is a conglomeration of AT&T’s major media assets. By combining HBO with the deep library of Warner Bros., and making a few key acquisitions, HBO Max promises 10,000 hours of content at launch, including a healthy selection of original programming within the first few months of launch.
All told, the service will feature content from Adult Swim, Cartoon Network, CNN, The CW, DC Entertainment, New Line Cinema, TBS, TNT, TruTV, and Turn Classic Movies. Additionally, content from BBC, the Criterion Collection, Crunchyroll, Rooster Teeth, and Studio Ghibli will also be available to stream. Here’s what will be available on HBO Max at launch and this summer.
Love Life
Debuting at launch, Love Life is a romantic comedy anthology series with each episode focusing on a new character and story. Anna Kendrick serves as executive producer and stars in the first episode
Looney Tunes Cartoons
At launch, Warner Bros. Animation will provide HBO Max with Looney Tunes Cartoons, a brand-new collection of animated shorts featuring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and more in an animation style reminiscent of the classic cartoons.
Adventure Time: Distant Lands- BMO
Adventure Time returns on June 25 with the first of four hour-long specials that focus on the supporting characters of the original show. The first of these specials focuses on BMO, who must travel to outer space and save the galaxy.
Doom Patrol
Also on June 25, Doom Patrol returns for a second season on HBO Max. Conceived for DC Entertainment’s DC Universe streaming platform, the show was so well-received that WarnerMedia decided to air it simultaneously on both platforms.
The series follows the eponymous Doom Patrol, a collection of super-powered freaks and misfits who try to save the day while taking care of each other. The impressive cast includes Timothy Dalton, Brendan Fraser, and Matt Bomer
Search Party
Initially airing on TBS for the two seasons, Search Party has been moved to HBO Max just in time for the June 25 debut of season three. The show focuses on a group of friends in New York City who investigate the disappearance of an acquaintance.
HBO Max Originals
HBO Max will launch with six original series, but more will be added later in the summer, including several HBO originals:
Available May 27, 2020
Craftopia
Legendary
Looney Tunes Cartoons
Love Life
The Not Too Late Show with Elmo
On the Record
Available June 7, 2020
I May Destroy You (HBO)
Available June 18, 2020
Karma
Available June 21, 2020
Perry Mason (HBO)
Available June 25, 2020
Adventure Time: Distant Lands- BMO
Doom Patrol (Season two)
Esme & Roy (Season two)
Search Party (Season three)
Available June 28, 2020
I’ll Be Gone in the Dark (HBO)
Available July 9, 2020
Close Enough
Expecting Amy
House of Ho
Available July 23, 2020
Tig n’ Seek
Available July 24, 2020
Room 104 (Season four; HBO)
Available July 30, 2020
The Dog House
Frayed
Available August 6, 2020
An American Pickle
Anime Available at Launch
Thanks to a partnership with Crunchyroll, HBO Max subscribers will be able to enjoy a curated selection of anime series each month, including:
Berserk
Bungo Stray Dogs
ERASED
In/Spectre
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress
Keep Your Hands off Eizouken
Kill la Kill
Kiznaiver
KONOSUBA
91 Days
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Re:ZERO
Rokka -Braves of the Six Flowers
Rurouni Kenshin
Schwarzes Marken
The Testament of Sister New Devil
Your Lie in April
Films on HBO Max
HBO Max will feature hundreds of movies at launch, thanks to the deep library of Warner Bros. and HBO’s existing television rights. This will also include a selection of films from The Criterion Collection. HBO Max will offer the following movies at launch:
Alien (Director’s Cut)
Alien 3
Alien Resurrection
Aliens
An American in Paris
American Pie films
Analyze This
Anastasia
Annie Hall
Apocalypse Now
Aquamarine
Aquaman
Armageddon
Art of Racing in the Rain
Babe
Batman & Robin
Batman Beyond: The Return of the Joker
Batman Forever
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Batman vs. Robin
Batman: Gotham Knight
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 & 2
Blade Runner: The Final Cut
Blood Diamond
Boys Don’t Cry
Big Top Pee Wee
Braveheart
Bridesmaids
Broken Arrow
Casino Royale
Cast Away
Closer
Cold Mountain
Contact
Crazy Rich Asians
Crazy, Stupid, Love
Critters
D2: The Mighty Ducks
D3: The Mighty Ducks
Darjeeling Limited
The Dark Knight Rises
Deep Blue Sea
The Devil’s Advocate
Dick Tracy
Die Hard films
Downtown Abbey
Dr. Strangelove
Drop Dead Fred
Empire of the Sun
The Family Stone
Hobbs & Shaw
Fast Five
Fight Club
The Flintstones
Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare
Friday the 13th
Gangs of New York
Gia
Glengarry Glen Ross
Godzilla
Good Will Hunting
Great Expectations
Green Lantern
Gremlins films
Grosse Pointe Blank
Hackers
Half Nelson
Hairspray
Hairspray (musical remake)
Happy Death Day
Harold & Kumar go to White Castle
Hellboy
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Her Smell
The Hobbit
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Hope Floats
The Hot Chick
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Howl’s Moving Castle
In Bruges
The Indian in the Cupboard
Isn’t it Romantic
Jaws films
John Tucker Must Die
John Wick 3
Joker
Josie and the Pussycats
The Kids Are All Right
The Land Before Time
The Lego Batman Movie
The Lego Movie
Lethal Weapon films
Little Shop of Horrors
Lord of the Rings films
Love Actually
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
The Meg
The Mighty Ducks
Monsters vs. Aliens
Moulin Rouge!
Mr & Mrs Smith
Mrs. Doubtfire
Muriel’s Wedding
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Nightmare on Elm Street films
Nocturnal Animals
Notting Hill
One Fine Day
The Others
The Outsiders
Out of Africa
Pearl Harbor
Pet Sematary (1989)
Policy Academy films
Ponyo
Piranha
Practical Magic
Pretty in Pink
Princess Mononoke
Prisoners
Punch-Drunk Love
Quantam of Solace
Raising Arizona
Ready or Not
Requiem for a Dream
Save the Last Dance
Scary Movie 3
Scooby-Doo
Selena
Set it Off
Shazam!
Sherlock Holmes
The Shining
Shutter Island
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (1 & 2)
The Skulls
Slumdog Millionaire
Snakes on a Plane
Snatchers
Spirited Away
A Star is Born
Striptease
Sucker Punch
Suicide Squad
Supergirl
Swingers
Teen Witch
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
That Thing You Do!
The Thomas Crown Affair
Three Kings
A Time to Kill
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Tropic Thunder
Twins
Two Weeks Notice
Unbreakable
Unfriended
V for Vendetta
Varsity Blues
A Walk to Remember
Wes Craven’s New Nightmare
What About Bob?
What Women Want
The Witches of Eastwick
Wonder Woman (2017)
Xanadu
X-Men: Dark Phoenix
Yesterday
Classic Movies on HBO Max
HBO Max goes beyond the blockbuster hits and really digs deep into the Warner Bros. film collection. The classic films available at launch include:
2001: A Spacey Odyssey
42nd Street
A Hard Day’s Night
A Star is Born (1954, 1976)
A Streetcar Named Desire
An American in Paris
Annie Hall
Babette’s Feast
Belle De Jour
Ben-Hur
Bonnie and Clyde
Casablanca
Citizen Kane
Cool Hand Luke
Diabolique
Dirty Harry
East of Eden
Giant
Gone with the Wind
How the West Was Won
King Kong
Klute
Lolita
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Network
North by Northwest
Point Blank
Polyester
Pride and Prejudice
Rebel Without a Cause
Rio Bravo
Singin’ in the Rain
The Maltese Falcon
The Philadelphia Story
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Searchers
The Singing Nun
The Wild Bunch
The Wizard of Oz
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Woodstock
Television on HBO Max
HBO Max’s collection of television shows includes content from every major network owned by WarnerMedia. That includes Adult Swim, Cartoon Network, CNN, The CW, TBS, TNT, along with HBO and BBC originals. Here’s what you’ll be able to watch:
Adam Ruins Everything
Adventure Time
The Alienist
American Dynasties: The Kennedys
Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
At Home with Amy Sedaris
The Bachelor
The Bachelorette
Barry
Batwoman
The Big Bang Theory
Big Little Lies
The Boondocks
The Carbonaro Effect
Chernobyl
The Closer
CNN Decade Series
Conan Travel Specials
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Deadwood
Dexter’s Laboratory
Doctor Who
Doom Patrol
Ellen’s Game of Games
Entourage
Euphoria
Falling Skies
The Flintstones
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Friends
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Game of Thrones
Ghosts
Gossip Girl
Happily Ever Avatar
Home
The Honorable Woman
Impractical Jokers
Independent
Insecure
The Jetsons
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Little Big Shots
Lipstick Empire
Looney Tunes Cartoons
Luther
Mad TV
Miracle Workers
My Brilliant Friend
The OC
Oz
The Office (British version)
The Powerpuff Girls
Pretty Little Liars
Pride and Prejudice
Primal
Real Time with Bill Maher
Rick & Morty
The Righteous Gemstones
Rizzoli & Isles
Robot Chicken
Samurai Jack
Sesame Street
Sex and the City
Silicon Valley
Six Feed Under
The Smurfs
The Sopranos
South Park
Stath Lets Flats
Steven Universe
Succession
This Is Life with Lisa Ling
Top Gear
Torchwood
Trigonometry
True Blood
True Detective
United Shades of America with Kamau Bell
Veep
Watchmen
The West Wing
Westworld
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
The Wire
Originally published at https://www.pcmag.com.
