HBO Max has a huge selection of shows and movies from all of its partner networks, including HBO, Discovery, Food Network, and more. New shows and movies are always being added, so here are my top choices for this weekend and the week ahead, plus everything new streaming below. Now that we’re into November, we get a deposit of library movies, a new female-centric comedy, cool documentaries, and more.
This Week on Max: PCMag’s Picks
I Love LA (Nov. 2)
As sure as the moon spins around the Earth, HBO must continue to create comedies that define a generation of young women. The 2020s get their due with I Love LA, created by the very funny Rachel Sennott. Moving away from the New York City of Girls and Sex and the City, this one follows a group of zoomers with big ambitions and bigger personality disorders trying to find fame and fortune.
I Am Curious Johnny (Nov. 3)
We tend to think of the “selfie” as a modern invention, but this new film from Julien Temple, who has been delving into the world of celebrity since 1980, puts things into perspective. Jean “Johnny” Pigozzi was the heir to the Simca car company, and in the 1970s he used his wealth to mix with stars around the world, snapping pictures of them with him using a handheld Leica in a way that wouldn’t be out of place in your Instagram grid.
Director: Julien Temple
Genre: Documentary
Rating: NR
Alex Vs. ARod (Nov. 6)
HBO has always been reliable for deep dives into the world of sports, and this three-episode docuseries from production house Religion of Sports looks to be no exception. Alex Vs. ARod checks in with one of the most polarizing players in baseball history. When Alex Rodriguez got busted for using performance-enhancing drugs in 2013, it upended the sport and turned him from a hero to a villain.
HBO Max New Releases This Week
October 31
House Hunters: Volume 10 – Season 246
Jonathan Ross Haunted Homecoming – Season 1
Old Home Stories – Season 1
November 1
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
A Christmas Carol (1938)
A Christmas Story
A United Kingdom
A Woman’s Face
Alex Cross (2012)
Backfire
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Betrayed (1954)
Brick Mansions
Crime Wave
Dangerous Liaisons
Deception (1946)
Desperate
Destination Tokyo
Dillinger
Each Dawn I Die
Elf
Four Christmases
Happy Feet
Hellboy (2004)
House of 1000 Corpses
I Was a Communist for the F.B.I.
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Invisible Stripes
Johnny Angel
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Marine Raiders
Marked Woman
Monster-In-Law
Murder, My Sweet
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Nocturne
Norm of the North
Objective, Burma!
Out of the Fog
Out of the Past
Puss In Boots
Red Light
Red Riding Hood
Roadblock
Screaming Eagles
Sucker Punch
The Bride of Frankenstein
The Devil’s Rejects
The Devil’s Rejects: Director’s Cut
The Kitchen – Season 39
The Locket
The Man I Love
The Mask of Dimitrios
The Polar Express
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
The Public Enemy
The Roaring Twenties
The Set-Up
The Town
The Unsuspected
The Wolfman
The Women (1939)
They Live by Night
They Were Expendable
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
This Woman Is Dangerous
Where Danger Lives
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November 2
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
I Love LA – Season 1
Paranormal Caught on Camera – Season 9
Past Lives
Unlocked: Family Secrets – Season 1
November 3
Barney’s World – Season 1E
Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking – Season 2
I Am Curious Johnny
In the Eye of the Storm – Season 3
Wardens of the North – Season 5
Recommended by Our Editors
November 4
Holiday Baking Championship – Season 12
Supermarket Stakeout – Season 7
Tom and Jerry Gokko Shorts – Season 1A
November 5
The LEGO Ninjago Movie
The Plot Thickens – Season 6
Who Hired the Hitman? – Season 1
November 6
A Man Called Otto
Alex vs ARod
Beat Bobby Flay – Season 39
Expedition Files – Season 3
Expedition Unknown – Season 16
Tournament of Champions: All-Star Christmas – Season 1
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