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Mostly, HBO gets credit for its original, prestige series — people’s opinions about the ending of Game of Thrones not withstanding. (Is anyone else completely obsessed with Run right now?) It’s almost easy to forget that, in addition to marquee titles like Westworld, The Outsider, The Plot Against America, Avenue 5, and Succession, that HBO subscription gets you access to a huge library of movies. Next time you’ve got a couple hours to kill — and don’t feel like taking on the commitment of starting a new series — plug in one of the best movies on HBO instead.
The good thing about HBO movies is that, while other streaming services focus on either very-new or original-to-the-platform films, HBO gets you access to some of those older titles. If you’re looking to revisit a classic action franchise from the ’70s or ’80s or one of the films that came out of the indie boom in the ’90s, HBO might be a good place to start. But that doesn’t mean there are no recent movies on the site, either: You can catch up lots of movies from last year, t00, from romantic comedies to indie flicks.
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Long Shot (2019)
Long Shot was an under-seen romantic comedy when it hit theaters in 2019, but features really charming performances from Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron. Rogen plays a writer who reconnects with his old babysitter — who just so happens to be a powerful politician running for president. She brings him on board to write for her campaign, and an unexpected attraction forms.
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John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019)
Keanu Reeves proves once again he can be a charismatic and convincing action star in this film, which takes place in a heightened world similar to our own. He plays an assassin who, having broken the code that killers are supposed to live by, has to get himself back into the good graces of the powers that be (or destroy them once and for all).
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Blinded by the Light (2019)
Based on a true story, Blinded By the Light follows a Pakistani-British teenager living in a small town in the U.K. in the 1980s. He discovers the music of Bruce Springsteen, and it speaks to him as a working-class kid from an immigrant family, though others around him don’t understand his obsession.
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Us (2019)
The second horror film from Get Out director Jordan Peele, Us tells the story of a family menaced by creepy doppelgänger versions of themselves. But how do you fight someone who knows your every move?
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Good Boys (2019)
It’s hard to find honest movies about 12-year-olds: They’re either aspirational characters in movies aimed at much younger kids, or the little siblings in movies about high schoolers. Good Boys is a sometimes-crass, sometimes-heartwarming comedy about what it’s really like to be on the brink of being a teenager, wrapped in Superbad-style hi-jinx.
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The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)
Her Smell (2019)
Elisabeth Moss goes all out in a tour-de-force performance playing an extremely unlikable character. She is “Becky Something,” a charismatic and brilliant leader of a punk-rock band who exerts total control over her bandmates and fends off the up-and-comers who idolize her — even if it leads to her ruin.
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Aquaman (2018)
A Star Is Born (2018)
Teen Titans Go! to the Movies (2018)
If you dig the zany comedy of the Teen Titans Go! TV show, the feature film version only gets more meta and exaggerated. Bonus: Nicolas Cage cameos as Superman.
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The Nice Guys (2016)
The Nice Guys is ostensibly a California noir, in the vein of something like Chinatown. But, in the hands of Lethal Weapon director Shane Black and starring Ryan Gosling, it’s also way more of a comedy than you’d expect.
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Bridesmaids (2011)
With Bridesmaids, Kristen Wiig proved that movies about extended adolescence don’t just have to be about dudes. With a supporting cast of powerhouse comedians including Maya Rudolph, Melissa McCarthy, and Rose Byrne, she makes female arrested development pretty darn funny, too.
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Fast Five (2011)
The next Fast and Furious movie has been delayed until 2021. Just head to HBO and watch the best one instead.
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The Tree of Life (2011)
This film is a wistful and nostalgic look at growing up in Texas in the 1950s. It’s told mostly through images and memories, so expect gorgeous imagery to take the place of a plot-heavy story.
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Greenberg (2010)
If you can stand to cringe a little, Greenberg has Ben Stiller play a prickly, misanthropic New York musician. When he agrees to housesit for his brother in Los Angeles for a few weeks, he has to come to terms with his toxic personality.
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The Town (2010)
Ben Affleck directed, wrote, and starred in this movie, about Boston’s criminal underbelly. He plays a crook who wants to get out of the game when, of course, he meets a woman — but leaving isn’t as easy as it seems.
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Winter’s Bone (2010)
The movie that put Jennifer Lawrence on the map, Winter’s Bone tells the story of a teenage girl growing up in the Ozarks who goes off in search of her missing father. Of course, in the process, she uncovers a lot more about her family and the area where she lives.
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The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
Three brothers, still grieving the death of their father and other family traumas, decide to escape on a train trip through India. In the hands of director Wes Anderson, the movie is not only emotional, it’s a feast of carefully arranged colors and patterns.
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Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
Adam Sandler in a romantic comedy that’s actually, in its own, twisted way, romantic? Believe it. He plays a lonely business owner who finds himself in an unexpected romance after a set-up by one of his overbearing sisters.
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Moulin Rouge! (2001)
Baz Luhrmann’s multi-colored musical blends songs by everyone from Madonna to Nirvana in a tale about the most important things: freedom, beauty, truth, and love. The kinetic result is a romance perfect for people with short attention spans.
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Fight Club (1999)
The movie that spawned a million “the first rule of …” jokes, Fight Club is a satire about the confines of toxic masculinity. It’s directed by David Fincher, who has made a specialty of adapting pulpy page-turning novels, having most recently directed Gone Girl and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.
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Out of Sight (1998)
J-Lo has never been better than she was as U.S. Marshal Karen Sisco in this Steven Soderbergh classic. In the film, she keeps crossing paths with a bank robber played by George Clooney, and the two have crackling chemistry together.
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Eve’s Bayou (1997)
This coming-of-age movie focuses on the tumultuous relationship between a girl and her father in a Creole-American family living in Louisiana in the ’60s. Samuel L. Jackson stars as the father in a performance that, when the film came out, Roger Ebert gave the film a perfect four stars and called it one of the best of the year.
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Emma (1996)
A new film adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel came out earlier this year, but, until that one is available to stream on HBO, catch up with the 1996 version starring a pre-Goop Gwyneth Paltrow. If nothing else, watch it for the clothes — the costumes were nominated for an Academy Award.
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Reality Bites (1994)
If you’re feeling nostalgic for the grunge days, you can revisit this Generation X-defining movie (directed by Ben Stiller). Winona Ryder stars as a filmmaker unsure of what to do with her artistic ambition, and also deciding between two potential love interests.
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Die Hard (1988)
It takes place in December, but you don’t have to wait until Christmas to watch this non-stop action flick. Or, if you can’t stand watching movies out of season, HBO also has Die Hard 2 and Die Hard With a Vengeance.
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A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
Perennially on lists of the greatest comedies of all time, A Fish Called Wanda makes use of an all-star comedic cast that includes Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis, and John Cleese. Kline even walked away with an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the film.
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Raising Arizona (1987)
One of the funniest Coen Brother films, Raising Arizona tells to story of an infertile couple who hatches a half-brained scheme to kidnap one of a set of quintuplets. Of course, in true Coens fashion, everything just gets more complicated from there.
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Empire of the Sun (1987)
Steven Spielberg directs the harrowing story of a British schoolboy living in China who has to survive becoming a prisoner of war after the Japanese invasion of Shanghai during World War II. It’s based on J.G. Ballard’s semi-autobiographical novel, and stars an extremely young Christian Bale.
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Alien (1979)
Alien perfected the art of the slow-burn scare, teasing out its simple premise — a crew is trapped on a ship with a killer extraterrestrial — for the most suspense possible. When its done, you can continue with Aliens, Alien 3, and Alien Resurrection, which are all on HBO.
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Parenting & Relationships Editor
Marisa LaScala covers all things parenting, from the postpartum period through empty nests, for GoodHousekeeping.com; she previously wrote about motherhood for Parents and Working Mother.
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