Here’s what’s coming to HBO Max this August (‘Lovecraft Country,’ ‘Birds of Prey’) and what’s leaving (‘Harry Potter,’ ‘Kill Bill’ series’)
Say hello to Oscar winners and nominees like Jojo Rabbit and Richard Jewell and goodbye to the Harry Potter and Kill Bill series’ this August.
Max Originals debuting in the month include Selena + Chef, an unscripted 10-episode cooking series starring and executive produced by Selena Gomez, comedy film An American Pickle, starring Seth Rogen as Herschel Greenbaum, a struggling laborer who immigrated to America in 1919 with dreams of building a better life for his beloved family, Ravi Patel’s Pursuit of Happiness, a four-part docuseries following Patel’s travels to regions worldwide for cultural explanation and discussion, documentary Class Action Park, and the second season finale of the DC Universe fan-favorite Doom Patrol.
Hit films including Batman, Blade Runner: The Final Cut, Elf, Kung Fu Panda, Ocean’s Eleven, and Wedding Crashers will arrive on HBO Max. A selection of programming featured in HBO Max’s Last Chance to Watch section will include the Harry Potter films, Kill Bill: Volume 1 and Kill Bill: Volume 2, Full Metal Jacket, and You’ve Got Mail.
HBO Originals debuting this August includes the new drama series Lovecraft Country, which follows Atticus Freeman (Jonathan Majors) as he journeys with his childhood friend Letitia (Jurnee Smollett) and his uncle George (Courtney B. Vance) on a road trip from Chicago across 1950s Jim Crow America in search of his missing father Montrose (Michael K. Williams). The documentary premiere of Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn, which tells the story of a black teenager who was murdered in 1989 by a group of young white men in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, also debuts this month. To top it off, the season finale of the hit drama series Perry Mason, the docu-series finale of I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, and the finale of I May Destroy You will be available to stream on the platform.
Blockbuster films including Academy Award®-winner for Best Adapted Screenplay Jojo Rabbit, Richard Jewell, Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), and Walk the Line will join the HBO service this month. August will be your last chance to watch Love Actually, Mr. and Mrs. Smith,The Adjustment Bureau,and The Spongebob Squarepants Movie before they depart the service.
August 1:
- 10,000 BC, 2008
- All the President’s Men, 1976
- Altered States, 1980
- Awkwafina is Nora from Queens, Season 1
- Bad Influence, 1990 (HBO)
- Barefoot in the Park, 1967
- Barkleys of Broadway, 1949
- Batman (1989), 1989
- Batman & Robin, 1997
- Batman Begins, 2005
- Batman Forever, 1995
- Batman Returns, 1992
- The Bear, 1989 (HBO)
- Bee Season, 2005 (HBO)
- Before Sunrise, 1995 (HBO)
- Before Sunset, 2004 (HBO)
- Biloxi Blues, 1988 (HBO)
- Blade Runner: The Final Cut, 2007
- Blue Crush, 2002 (HBO)
- The Candidate 1972
- Carefree, 1938
- The Change-Up (Unrated Version), 2011 (HBO)
- Chariots of Fire, 1981
- Contact, 1997
- The Dark Knight 2008
- The Dishwasher, 2020 (HBO)
- Driving Miss Daisy, 1989
- Elf, 2003
- The First Grader, 2011 (HBO)
- The First Wives Club 1996
- Flipper, 1996 (HBO)
- Flying Down to Rio, 1933
- Flying Leathernecks, 1951
- Fool’s Gold, 2008
- Fracture, 2007
- The Fugitive, 1993
- The Gay Divorcee, 1934
- Get on Up, 2014 (HBO)
- Go Tell It on the Mountain, 2004 (HBO)
- Grace Unplugged, 2013 (HBO)
- Hard to Kill, 1990
- Harley Quinn, Seasons 1 & 2
- Highlander: The Final Dimension, 1995 (HBO)
- Highlander IV: Endgame, 2000 (HBO)
- The Hindenburg, 1975 (HBO)
- Hours, 2013 (HBO)
- House of Wax, 2005
- House Party, 1990
- House Party 2, 1991
- House Party: Tonight’s the Night, 2013
- How to Be a Player, 1997 (HBO)
- Idiocracy (Extended Version), 2006 (HBO)
- Interview with the Vampire, 1994
- Jeremiah Johnson, 1972
- Jim Thorpe: All-American, 1951
- Jojo Rabbit, 2019 (HBO)
- Kung Fu Panda, 2008
- Kung Fu Panda 2, 2011
- Leprechaun, 1993 (HBO)
- Leprechaun 2, 1994 (HBO)
- Leprechaun 3, 1995 (HBO)
- Leprechaun 4: In Space, 1997 (HBO)
- Leprechaun: Origins, 2014 (HBO)
- The Long Kiss Goodnight, 1996
- The Lost Boys: The Thirst, 2020 (HBO)
- The Lost Boys: The Tribe (Unrated Version), 2020 (HBO)
- Love Field, 1992 (HBO)
- Lovelace, 2013 (HBO)
- Lying And Stealing, 2019 (HBO)
- The Marine (Unrated Version), 2006 (HBO)
- Martha Marcy May Marlene, 2011 (HBO)
- Marvin’s Room, 1996 (HBO)
- Maverick, 1994
- Monkeybone, 2001 (HBO)
- Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium, 2007 (HBO)
- Murder at 1600, 1997
- The Mustang, 2019 (HBO)
- My Blue Heaven, 1990
- My Sister’s Keeper, 2009
- Nell, 1994 (HBO)
- New Year’s Eve, 2011 (HBO)
- Ocean’s Eleven, 2001
- On Dangerous Ground, 1952
- On Golden Pond, 1981 (HBO)
- Phantom, 2013 (HBO)
- Pi, 1998 (HBO)
- Raise the Titanic, 1980 (HBO)
- Roberta, 1935
- Romeo Must Die, 2000
- Savages (Unrated Version), 2012 (HBO)
- Say It Isn’t So, 2001 (HBO)
- Serendipity, 2001
- Skyline, 2010 (HBO)
- South Central, 1992
- Spy Game, 2001 (HBO)
- Steven Universe Movie (2019)
- The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle, 1939
- Striptease, 1996
- Swing Time, 1936
- They Live by Night, 1949
- Things Never Said, 2020 (HBO)
- Three Days of the Condor, 1975
- Time Bandits, 1981 (HBO)
- Top Hat, 1935
- Two Minutes of Fame, 2020 (HBO)
- Walk the Line (Extended Version), 2005 (HBO)
- Wedding Crashers, 2005
- Without Limits, 1998
- Yes Man, 2008
August 2:
I’ll Be Gone In The Dark, Docu-Series Finale (HBO)
August 3:
HBO Asia’s Invisible Stories
- Invisible Stories, a six-episode half-hour drama series from HBO Asia, tells the untold stories from the fictional neighborhood housing estate in multicultural Singapore.
August 4:
- Aldnoah.Zero
- Inuyasha
- Mob Psycho, Season 1
- Promised Neverland, Season 1
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica
The Swamp, Documentary Premiere (HBO)
- The Swamp provides a look behind the curtain of Washington politics by following three renegade Republican Congressmen as they bring libertarian and conservative zeal to champion the President’s call to “drain the swamp,” while facing demands to raise money for their re-election campaigns and the Republican national party.
August 6:
An American Pickle, Film Premiere
- An American Pickle, directed by Brandon Trost, is based on Simon Rich’s New Yorker novella and stars Seth Rogen as Herschel Greenbaum, a struggling laborer who immigrates to America in 1919 with dreams of building a better life for his beloved family.
- Doom Patrol, Season 2 Finale
- Esme & Roy, Season 2B
On The Trail: Inside the 2020 Primaries, Documentary Premiere (CNN)
- On The Trail: Inside the 2020 Primaries takes viewers on a journey following a team of female journalists as they report on the presidential election that will define a generation.
August 7:
Habla Now, 2020 (HBO)
August 8:
Richard Jewell, 2019 (HBO)
August 9:
Perry Mason, Season Finale (HBO)
August 11:
Hard Knocks ’20: Los Angeles, Series Premiere (HBO)
- HBO Sports, NFL Films and the two Los Angeles-based NFL franchises, The Chargers and Rams, are teaming up for an unprecedented and unfiltered all-access look at what it takes to make it in the National Football League.
August 12:
Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn (HBO)
- Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn tells the story of Yusuf Hawkins, a black teenager who was murdered in 1989 by a group of young white men in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Yusuf Hawkins’ death and the official response to it sparked outrage in New York, unleashing a torrent of racial tension and spurring tireless civil rights activism that exposed deep racial prejudices and inequities which continue to plague the country today.
August 13:
Infinity Train, Season 3 Premiere
August 14:
Carmen Y Lola (AKA Carmen And Lola), 2020 (HBO)
August 15:
Birds Of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), 2020 (HBO)
August 16:
Lovecraft Country, Series Premiere (HBO)
- Based on the novel of the same name by Matt Ruff, the ten-episode series follows Atticus Freeman as he journeys with his childhood friend Letitia and his uncle George on a road trip from Chicago across 1950s Jim Crow America in search of his missing father Montrose. Their search-and-rescue turns into a struggle to survive and overcome both the racist terrors of white America and monstrous creatures that could be ripped from an H.P. Lovecraft paperback.
August 18:
- Looney Tunes, Batch 3
- Smurfs, Season 2
August 20:
- The Fungies, Season 1A
- Singletown, Season 1
August 21:
No Quiero Ser Tu Hermano (AKA I Don’t Want to Be Your Brother), 2020 (HBO)
August 22:
Queen & Slim, 2019 (HBO)
August 23:
Mia’s Magic Playground
August 24:
I May Destroy You, Finale (HBO)
August 27:
Ravi Patel’s Pursuit of Happiness, Docuseries Premiere
- The four-part buddy comedy docuseries follows actor/documentarian/philanthropist Ravi Patel as he travels the world seeking answers surrounding life’s universal questions.
August 28:
- Seneca, 2019 (HBO)
- Steven Universe Future, Season Six
August 29:
The Way Back, 2020 (HBO)
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August 25:
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, 2010
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, 2011
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2005
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 2009
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 2007
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 2004
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, 2001
August 28:
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Director’s Cut), 2005 (HBO)
August 31:
- 42nd Street, 1933
- A Perfect World, 1993
- Adam’s Rib, 1949
- Along Came Polly, 2004 (HBO)
- Cabaret, 1972
- Dumb & Dumber, 1994
- Full Metal Jacket, 1987
- Good Will Hunting, 1997
- How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, 2003 (HBO)
- John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, 2019 (HBO)
- Kill Bill: Volume 1, 2003
- Kill Bill: Volume 2, 2004
- Love Actually, 2003 (HBO)
- Magic Mike, 2012
- Megamind, 2010
- Misery, 1990
- Monsters Vs. Aliens, 2009
- Mystic River, 2003
- National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, 1989
- Pee-wee’s Big Adventure, 1985
- Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird , 1985
- The Adjustment Bureau, 2011 (HBO)
- The Spongebob Squarepants Movie, 2004 (HBO)
- Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride, 2005
- Unforgiven, 1992
- Veronica Mars, 2014
- You’ve Got Mail, 1998
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