Max (HBO) Adding 80 New Movies Today – Here Are the 3 Best

By Phillip Swann
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Max, the streaming service formerly known as HBO Max, today is adding 80 new movies to its streaming lineup. Here are the three best, in my humble opinion:

New Movies On Max Today

Malcolm X (1992)
Spike Lee’s evocative 1992 drama starring Denzel Washington as the 1960s civil rights leader is the director at the peak of his powers (Denzel, too.). The film chronicles the amazing life of Malcolm X from his days as a Detroit drug dealer to his transformation as a religious leader and civil rights icon. Beautiful film in more ways than one.

Speed (1994)
The sensational 1994 drama stars Keanu Reeves as a LA cop who must save a busload of people from a bomb planted by a deliciously evil Dennis Hopper. Sandra Bullock plays a passenger who hesitantly takes the wheel (and Keanu’s heart) when the bus driver is shot. Pop quiz, hotshot. Are you going to watch it?

Taxi Driver (1976)
Robert De Niro stars as a New York cabbie in this brilliant character study of urban alienation from director Martin Scorsese. The graphic violence has polarized film critics and fans over the years, but no film has better depicted the rage found in so many American males and explained the reasons why it’s there. De Niro is fascinating as Travis Bickle, the taxi driver, showing him capable of appearing normal and almost suave at one point, only to succumb to his worst instincts after any momentary setback. The superb supporting cast includes Cybill Shepherd as the icy-blonde Travis longs for; Albert Brooks as her coworker; Jodie Foster as an underaged sex worker; Harvey Keitel as her pimp; and Peter Boyle as a fellow driver. Very, very powerful film.

Honorable mentions: 42, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Mister Roberts, and Bad Boys.

Complete List of New Movies Added Today to Max

Saturday, February 1
42 (2013)
Accidentally Brave (2023)
Bad Boys (1995)
Bad Boys II (2003)
Brian Banks (2019)

Cabin in the Sky (1949)
Cleats & Convos with Deebo Samuel, Episode 114 (B/R)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Deepwater Horizon (2016)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)

Dredd (2012)
Duplicity (2009)
Entertainment (2015)
Experimenter (2015)
Final Destination (2000)

Final Destination 2 (2003)
Final Destination 3 (2006)
Final Destination 5 (2011)
Ivanhoe (1952)
Jackie (2016)

Jezebel (1938)
Jupiter’s Darling (1955)
Just Mercy (2020)
King Solomon’s Mines (1950)
Kitty Foyle (1940)

Kusama: Infinity (2018)
Lady Be Good (1941)
Lassie Come Home (1943)
Life Partners (2014)
Lili (1953)

Little Women (1949)
Love & Basketball (2000)
Mad Money (2008)
Malcolm X (1992)
Mary of Scotland (1936)

Massacre (1934)
Mechanic: Resurrection (2016)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Mister Roberts (1955)
Mr. Church (2016)

Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Neptune’s Daughter (1949)
Noma: My Perfect Storm (2015)
One Way Passage (1932)
Safe in Hell (1931)

Shadow on the Wall (1950)
Skate Kitchen (2018)
Skiptrace (2016)
Sleepwalking (2008)
Speed (1994)

Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)
Support the Girls (2018)
Take Out (2004)
Taxi Driver (1976)
The Bank Job (2008)

The Color Purple (1985)
The Conjuring (2013)
The Guilty (2018)
The Harvey Girls (1946)
The Host (2007)

The Last Circus (2011)
The Last Days on Mars (2013)
The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)
The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
The Lost Patrol (1934)

The Notebook (2004)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
The Search (1948)
The Tall Target (1951)
The Wave (2016)

The Window (1949)
The Woman in Red (1935)
They Were Expendable (1945)
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
Traitor (2008)

Unknown (2011)
Vacation from Marriage (1945)
Waitress (2007)
Watch on the Rhine (1943)
We Are the Best! (2014)

The TV Answer Man is veteran journalist Phillip Swann who has covered television for more than three decades. He will report on the latest news and answer your questions regarding new devices and services that are changing the way you watch  television. See the bio for Phillip Swann here.