20 What To Watch On Max

Explore our hand-picked selection of 20 titles. Ratings, reviews, and streaming options included.

If you’re searching for what to watch on Max, this curated list will help you cut through the overload and pick something great fast. From recent buzzworthy entries like The Pitt (2025) and Dust Bunny (2025) to cult favorites such as Euphoria (2019), these selections span drama, action, horror, thriller and crime. Whether you’re scanning for what to watch on Max 2026 or looking for the best what to watch on Max picks right now, this listicle highlights standout new releases, timeless hits and hidden gems. Read on for short synopses, viewing mood tags and quick notes on where each title shines so you can decide what to queue for tonight with confidence.

Table of Contents

1. The Pitt
2. Dust Bunny
3. Euphoria
4. One Battle After Another
5. Hacks
6. DTF St. Louis
7. The Devil Wears Prada
8. Rooster
9. Abbott Elementary
10. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
11. Schitt's Creek
12. Sinners
13. Weapons
14. Mad Men
15. Ballerina
16. True Detective
17. Dune: Part One
18. Christy
19. ER
20. The Mummy

1. The Pitt

Year: 2025 | Rating: 8.9/10 | Type: Movie

Genres: drama

The staff of Pittsburgh's Trauma Medical Center work around the clock to save lives in an overcrowded and underfunded emergency department.

Available on: Max

Directed by: Damian Marcano, Amanda Marsalis, John Cameron, John Wells, Quyen Tran

2. Dust Bunny

Year: 2025 | Rating: 6.5/10 | Type: Movie

Genres: action, drama, horror, thriller

Ten-year-old Aurora asks her hitman neighbor to kill the monster under her bed that she claims ate her family. To protect her, he must battle an onslaught of assassins while accepting that some monsters are real.

Available on: Max

Directed by: Bryan Fuller

3. Euphoria

Year: 2019 | Rating: 8.2/10 | Type: Movie

Genres: drama

A group of high school students navigate love and friendships in a world of drugs, sex, trauma, and social media.

Available on: Max

Directed by: Sam Levinson, Pippa Bianco, Augustine Frizzell, Jennifer Morrison

4. One Battle After Another

Year: 2025 | Rating: 7.7/10 | Type: Movie

Genres: action, crime, drama, thriller

Washed-up revolutionary Bob exists in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with his spirited, self-reliant daughter, Willa. When his evil nemesis resurfaces after 16 years and she goes missing, the former radical scrambles to find her, father and daughter both battling the consequences of his past.

Available on: Max

Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson

5. Hacks

Year: 2021 | Rating: 8.2/10 | Type: Movie

Genres: comedy, drama

Explore a dark mentorship that forms between Deborah Vance, a legendary Las Vegas comedian, and an entitled, outcast 25-year-old.

Available on: Max

Directed by: Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, Desiree Akhavan, Trent O'Donnell, Jessica Brunetto

6. DTF St. Louis

Year: 2026 | Rating: 7.2/10 | Type: Movie

Genres: comedy

A love triangle among three adults experiencing middle-age malaise leads to one of them ending up dead.

Available on: Max

Directed by: Steve Conrad

7. The Devil Wears Prada

Year: 2006 | Rating: 7/10 | Type: Movie

Genres: comedy, drama

Andy moves to New York to work in the fashion industry. Her boss is extremely demanding, cruel and won't let her succeed if she doesn't fit into the high class elegant look of their magazine.

Available on: Hulu, Disney Plus, Max

Directed by: David Frankel

8. Rooster

Year: 2026 | Rating: 7.2/10 | Type: Movie

Genres: comedy

A single-camera comedy set on a college campus, centering on an author's complicated relationship with his daughter.

Available on: Max

9. Abbott Elementary

Year: 2021 | Rating: 8.2/10 | Type: Movie

Genres: comedy

In this workplace comedy, a group of dedicated, passionate teachers — and a slightly tone-deaf principal — are brought together in a Philadelphia public school where, despite the odds stacked against them, they are determined to help their students succeed in life. Though these incredible public servants may be outnumbered and underfunded, they love what they do — even if they don’t love the school district’s less-than-stellar attitude toward educating children.

Available on: Hulu, Max

Directed by: Randall Einhorn, Jennifer Celotta, Jaime Eliezer Karas, Matt Sohn, Shahrzad Davani

10. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

Year: 2026 | Rating: 8.7/10 | Type: Movie

Genres: action, adventure, drama, fantasy

A century before the events of Game of Thrones, two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros: a young, naive but courageous knight, Ser Duncan the Tall, and his diminutive squire, Egg. Set in an age when the Targaryen line still holds the Iron Throne and the last dragon has not yet passed from living memory, great destinies, powerful foes, and dangerous exploits await these improbable and incomparable friends.

Available on: Max

Directed by: Owen Harris, Sarah Adina Smith

11. Schitt's Creek

Year: 2015 | Rating: 8.5/10 | Type: Movie

Genres: comedy

Formerly filthy rich video store magnate Johnny Rose, his soap star wife Moira, and their two kids, über-hipster son David and socialite daughter Alexis, suddenly find themselves broke and forced to live in Schitt's Creek, a small depressing town they once bought as a joke.

Available on: Hulu, Max

Directed by: Paul Fox, Jerry Ciccoritti, Jordan Canning, Andrew Cividino, T.W. Peacocke

12. Sinners

Year: 2025 | Rating: 7.5/10 | Type: Movie

Genres: action, drama, horror, music, thriller

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.

Available on: Amazon Prime Video, Max

Directed by: Ryan Coogler

13. Weapons

Year: 2025 | Rating: 7.4/10 | Type: Movie

Genres: horror, mystery

When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.

Available on: Amazon Prime Video, Max

Directed by: Zach Cregger

14. Mad Men

Year: 2007 | Rating: 8.7/10 | Type: Movie

Genres: drama

Set in 1960-1970 New York, this sexy, stylized and provocative drama follows the lives of the ruthlessly competitive men and women of Madison Avenue advertising.

Available on: AMC+, Max

Directed by: Phil Abraham, Michael Uppendahl, Jennifer Getzinger, Matthew Weiner, Scott Hornbacher

15. Ballerina

Year: 2025 | Rating: 6.8/10 | Type: Movie

Genres: action, thriller

Taking place during the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, Eve Macarro begins her training in the assassin traditions of the Ruska Roma.

Available on: Max

Directed by: Len Wiseman

16. True Detective

Year: 2014 | Rating: 8.8/10 | Type: Movie

Genres: crime, drama, mystery, thriller

An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law.

Available on: Max

Directed by: Cary Joji Fukunaga, Issa López, Daniel Sackheim, John Crowley, Justin Lin

17. Dune: Part One

Year: 2021 | Rating: 8/10 | Type: Movie

Genres: action, adventure, drama, sci-fi

Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence-a commodity capable of unlocking humanity's greatest potential-only those who can conquer their fear will survive.

Available on: Max

Directed by: Denis Villeneuve

18. Christy

Year: 2025 | Rating: 6.4/10 | Type: Movie

Genres: biography, drama, history, sport

Christy Martin never imagined life beyond her small-town roots in West Virginia—until she discovered a knack for punching people. Fueled by grit, raw determination, and an unshakable desire to win, she charges into the world of boxing under the guidance of her trainer and manager-turned-husband, Jim. But while Christy flaunts a fiery persona in the ring, her toughest battles unfold outside it—confronting family, identity, and a relationship that just might become life-or-death.

Available on: Max

Directed by: David Michôd

19. ER

Year: 1994 | Rating: 7.9/10 | Type: Movie

Genres: drama, romance

ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.

Available on: Hulu, Max

Directed by: Christopher Chulack, Jonathan Kaplan, Richard Thorpe, Stephen Cragg, Lesli Linka Glatter

20. The Mummy

Year: 1999 | Rating: 7.1/10 | Type: Movie

Genres: action, adventure, fantasy

Dashing legionnaire Rick O'Connell stumbles upon the hidden ruins of Hamunaptra while in the midst of a battle to claim the area in 1920s Egypt. It has been over three thousand years since former High Priest Imhotep suffered a fate worse than death as a punishment for a forbidden love—along with a curse that guarantees eternal doom upon the world if he is ever awoken.

Available on: Max

Directed by: Stephen Sommers

Wrapping Up

This list delivers a wide-ranging snapshot of what to watch on Max across genres—from tense thrillers and crime dramas to laugh-out-loud comedies and chilling horror—plus quick quality indicators and why each pick earns a spot. Bookmark or share this guide and check back often: we update the lineup regularly with fresh releases, including festival darlings and late-breaking hits. If a title catches your eye, explore more details and check streaming availability before you press play. Prefer curated picks? Use the tags to filter by mood or genre and come back for new recommendations next month.

Last updated: April 19, 2026