Max to Add 119 New Releases In May 2025 – Here Are the 3 to Watch

By Phillip Swann
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Max next month (May 2025) plans to add 119 new TV shows and movies to its streaming lineup. Here are the three to watch, in my humble opinion.

The Brutalist (2024)
Release Date: May 16
Adrien Brody stars in this epic drama as a Hungarian-Jewish Holocaust survivor who emigrates to the United States where success is hard to find until he meets the right person. The movie, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, is a 215-minute-long tribute to the human survival instinct and the American Dream. Brody, who won the AA for Best Actor, is sensational in lead as is a superb supporting cast including Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce and Joe Alwyn.

Duster (HBO Original)
Release Date: May 15
If The Brutalist is too much heavy lifting for you, take Duster for a spin. The HBO/Max original series, which is set in 1972, stars Rachel Hilson as the FBI’s first black agent who enlists a gifted getaway driver (Josh Holloway of Lost) to assist her investigation of a crime syndicate. Director/writer J.J. Abrams, who worked with Holloway on Lost, penned a few of the eight episodes of Duster as well as co-created the series with LaToya Morgan.

Pee-wee As Himself (HBO Original)
Release Date: May 23
Paul Reubens, aka Pee-wee Herman, has been dead now for two years but his unique humor will live on in this new HBO documentary which will examine his tortured life as well as his many successes on TV and film.

Full List of New Releases On Max In May 2025

May 1
100 Foot Wave, Season 3 (HBO Original)
A Haunted House (2013)
A Haunted House 2 (2014)
A Private War (2018)
Badman’s Country (1958)

Barricade (1950)
Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
Carson City (1952)
Chronicle (2012)
Chronicle: Director’s Cut (2012)

Dallas (1950)
Dylan’s Playtime Adventures, Season 1B (Max Original)
Enter The Dragon (1973)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Fort Dobbs (1958)

Fort Worth (1951)
Funny People (2009)
Hannibal (2001)
In the Fade (2017)
Inception (2010)

Legend of the Guardians The Owls of Ga’Hoole (2010)
Lone Star (1952)
Lost River (2015)
Madagascar (2005)
Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (2012)

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
Megan Leavey (2017)
Notting Hill (1999)
Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985)
Rachel and the Stranger (1948)

Rancho Notorious (1952)
Red Tails (2012)
Ride, Vaquero! (1953)
Riding Shotgun (1954)
Rocky Mountain (1950)

Royal Wedding (1951)
San Antonio (1945)
Santa Fe Trail (1940)
Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend (1957)
Son of Belle Starr (1953)

Son of the Mask (2005)
Springfield Rifle (1952)
Stars in My Crown (1950)
Tall in the Saddle (1944)
Tall Man Riding (1955)

The Band Wagon (1953)
The Bounty Hunter (1954)
The First Texan (1956)
The Goonies (1985)
The Kissing Bandit (1948)

The Left-Handed Gun (1958)
The Man Behind the Gun (1953)
The Mortal Storm (1940)
The Naked Spur (1953)
The Oklahoma Kid (1939)

The Oklahoman (1957)
The Painted Hills (1951)
The Princess Bride (1987)
The Shining (1980)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

The Young Guns (1956)
They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
This Means War (2012)
This Means War: Extended Edition (2012)
Thunder Over the Plains (1953)

Trail Street (1947)
Vengeance Valley (1951)
Vivacious Lady (1938)
We Bought a Zoo (2011)
Westbound (1959)
Westward the Women (1951)
Wichita (1955)
Ziegfeld Girl (1941)

May 2
Adult Best Friends (2024)
Malditos, Season 1 (Max Original)
Teen Titans Go!, Season 9A (Cartoon Network)

May 3
Ready Player One (2018)

May 6
Fareed Zakaria: The War on Government (CNN)
Talking Pictures Podcast – Special Video Episode with Eli Roth Recorded At TCM Classic Film Festival
The Playboy Murders, Season 3 (ID)
Toxic, Season 1 (ID)

May 8
Conan O’Brien Must Go, Season 2 (Max Original)

May 9
Bloody Trophy (Krwawe Trofeum) (Max Original)
The Whale (A24, 2022)

May 11
Delicious Miss Brown, Season 10 (Food Network)
The Bakersfield 3: A Tale of Murder and Motherhood, Season 1 (ID)

May 12
Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)

May 13
Betting on Paradise, Season 1 (HGTV)
Contraband: Seized at the Border, Season 6 (Discovery)
Dream Destination: A Surprise Trip, Season 1 (discovery+)

May 14
Cutthroat Kitchen: Knives Out, Season 1 (Food Network)
Mini Reni, Season 1 (Magnolia Network)

May 15
Duster, Season 1 (Max Original)
Mermicorno: Starfall, Season 2 (Max Original)
United States of Scandal with Jake Tapper, Season 2 (CNN Original)

May 16
The Brutalist (A24)

May 17
Bugs Bunny Builders, Season 2E (Cartoon Network)

May 18
Love & Marriage: Detroit, Season 2 (OWN)
Say Yes to the Dress, Season 21 (TLC)

May 19
American Monster: Abuse of Power, Season 1 (ID)

May 20
Kong: Skull Island (2017)

May 21
Homicide Hunter: American Detective, Season 5 (ID)

May 22
Expedition Files, Season 2 (Discovery)

May 23
Pee-wee as Himself (HBO Original)
Restoring Galveston, Season 7 (Magnolia Network)
Silly Sundays, Season 1B (Cartoon Network)

May 25
Say Yes To The Dress With Tan France, Season 1 (TLC)

May 28
Down Home Fab, Season 3 (HGTV)

May 29
And Just Like That…, Season 3 (Max Original)

May 31
Mountainhead (HBO Original)

What Is Max?
Max, a streaming service similar to Netflix, Hulu and Disney Plus, offers a mix of original programming, recent and older movies, and library titles from Warner Bros. Discovery properties such as HGTV, the Cartoon Network, Turner Classic Movies and HBO. The streamer also carries live sports from TBS, TNT and truTV with its two most expensive packages, which are $16.99 a month and $20.99 a month. The cheapest plan, which includes ads, is $9.99 a month and does not include live sports. Max was formerly called HBO Max but switched to just Max in 2023 to better reflect the service included titles beyond HBO.

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