20 of the Best Movies You Should Watch on HBO Max this Month

The essential question of “What movie should I watch tonight?” grows only more vexing as the streaming landscape becomes ever-oversaturated. Picking a platform from which to stream is dicey enough—Netflix? Hulu? Wait...Peacock, seriously?—even before the thousands of options in seemingly random order flood your screen. Decision fatigue sets in; suddenly, it’s easier to watch The Office again than it is to try that prestige vehicle your #FilmTwitter friends won’t shut up about. Relax, we get it, and we’re here to cut out the guesswork.

If you’re in a movie-watching mood, one of the best streamers to hit first is HBO Max. The Warner Bros. treasure trove is home to not only a crop of the latest Oscar nominees, but collections from Studio Ghibli, Turner Classic Movies, DC Comics, and—of course—HBO itself. The full list of titles available shifts throughout this year, so we’ll update this story regularly to keep you abreast of the best and the latest. In the meantime, read ahead for 20 of the best films streaming on HBO Max this month. Finally, you can put the remote down, and settle in.