Max to Add 84 New Releases This Week – Here Are the Highlights

By Phillip Swann
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Max, the streaming service formerly known as HBO Max, this week (April 28-May 4, 2025) plans to add 84 new releases. Here are the highlights.

• On Thursday, Max will add scores of new movies, classic and recent, including director Christopher Nolan‘s much-herald sci-fi film, Inception; Stanley Kubrick’s horror masterpiece, The Shining; and, speaking of horror, The Silence of the Lambs starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins.
• On Monday, Max will debut three reality/true crime shows including season two of the chilling Evil Lives Here: The Killer Speaks, which includes interviews with the killers themselves.
• On Saturday, Max will add Ready Player One, the 2018 sci-fi movie from director Steven Spielberg about a young man (Ty Sheridan) who uses a video game to enter a virtual reality. The film captured several awards for its innovative special effects and storyline.

Complete List of New Releases On Max This Week

Monday, April 28
24 in 24: Last Chef Standing, Season 2 (Food Network)
Evil Lives Here: The Killer Speaks, Season 2 (ID)
Filthy Fortunes, Season 1 (Discovery)

Tuesday, April 29
Contraband: Seized at the Border, Season 6 (Discovery)

Wednesday, April 30
Castle Impossible, Season 1 (HGTV)
Polyfamily, Season 1 (TLC)
Twitter: Breaking the Bird, Season 1 (CNN)

Thursday, 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)

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

Saturday, May 3
Ready Player One (2018)

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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