HBO Max Movies: 11 Classic Films For You To Stream

Citizen Kane has been called “the greatest film ever made” for over half a century, so it’s about time Orson Welle’s masterpiece ended up on a subscription streaming service. If you haven’t seen it, you really should. This epic about a media mogul—loosely based on William Randolph Hearst, starring Welles himself—absolutely holds up as a riveting drama, even by today’s fast-paced standards. Trust me, if you love The Social Network, you’ll love Citizen Kane.

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Like Citizen Kane, the lasting legacy of Casablanca is almost too significant to put into words. The iconic quotes are endless— “We’ll always have Paris,” “Here’s looking at you, kid,” “I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship,”—and the love story between Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman is one of the most swoon-worthy in history. And now, Casablanca is finally on a streaming service!

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What did I tell you guys? The Warner library of classic films is no joke. That includes Stanley Kubrick’s genre-defining science-fiction epic, 2001: A Space Odyssey, all about a voyage to Jupiter with the sentient computer HAL. You may know this movie best by its epic theme song, but if you’re a sci-fi fan, this is a must-watch.

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Widely regarded as the best movie musical ever made, as well as just one of the best movies ever made, period, it’s never the wrong time to watch—or rewatch, and rewatch, and rewatch—this gently mocking love letter to Hollywood in the late 1920s, starring Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor, and Debbie Reynolds.

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Yes, HBO Max has Alfred Hitchcock films, too. His most famous, Psycho, sadly, is a Paramount property and therefore not available, but North by Northwest, considered to be “the ultimate Hitchcock film,” is now at your fingertips. Famous for its unforgettable set pieces that finds Cary Grant ducking planes and scaling Mount Rushmore, North by Northwest is an undeniable classic.

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James Dean and Natalie Wood ushered in a new era of filmmaking with Rebel Without a Cause, a groundbreaking film about troubled teens that has now influenced hundreds of coming-of-age films. If you want to know why James Dean is a cultural icon, watch this movie.

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This wildly popular epic historical romance has stood the test of time as the pinnacle of a classic Hollywood film, despite its pretty racist views on slavery and African Americans. Mostly though, it’s about Scarlett O’Hara, a spoiled rich Southern girl (Vivien Leigh), who falls in love with the infuriating Rhett Butler (Clark Gable). As God as our witness, we’ll never not be able to stream Gone With the Wind again!

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How about another musical for these dark times? You might as well make it one of the greatest musicals of all time, aka An American in Paris starring Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron. This is essential viewing for any musical fans, but especially musical fans who loved La La Land.

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Classic films knew how to be funny, too, and one of the funniest might be Bringing Up Baby, a screwball comedy that finds Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn in possession of a leopard named “Baby.” Comedy fans looking to do their homework should absolutely have this on their lists.

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Talk about iconic—the original King Kong from 1933 has spawned a franchise so large, sometimes it’s easy to forget the significance the movie has in film history. This pre-code monster movie is definitely worth a watch, though, as with the modern-day Kong films, it’s less interesting when the giant gorilla isn’t on screen.

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Paul Newman as a prisoner who refuses to comply is the definition of an all-American classic. I feel like I’m having trouble conveying just how significant this film is, so I guess you might say, “What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate.”

Here’s a complete list of the classic films and Criterion Collection films available on HBO Max so far. Note that some of these titles may not be available on the day of launch.

Warner Bros. Classic Movies on HBO Max:

2001: A Space Odyssey
42nd Street
Adam’s Rib
The Adventures Of Robin Hood
An American In Paris
Ben-Hur
Body Heat
Bonnie And Clyde
Bringing Up Baby
Cannery Row
Casablanca
Cheyenne Autumn
Cimarron (1960)
Citizen Kane
City Of Angels
Cool Hand Luke
Countdown
Dirty Harry
Doctor Zhivago
East Of Eden
Elvis: That’s The Way It Is
Footlight Parade
Freaks
Giant
Girl Crazy
Gold Diggers Of 1933
Gold Diggers Of 1935
Gone With The Wind
How The West Was Won
Keeper Of The Flame
King Kong
Klute
The Little Drummer Girl
Lolita
The Maltese Falcon 
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Million Dollar Mermaid
Mrs. Soffel
Network
North By Northwest
Now, Voyager
The Nun’s Story
Pat And Mike
Patch Of Blue, A
The Philadelphia Story
Point Blank
Polyester
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Pride And Prejudice
Rebel Without A Cause
Rhapsody In Blue
Rio Bravo
Romance On The High Seas
The Sea Of Grass
The Searchers
Shall We Dance
Shoot The Moon
Singin’ In The Rain
The Singing Nun
The Song Remains The Same 
A Star Is Born (1954)
A Star Is Born (1976)
A Streetcar Named Desire 
Strike Up The Band
Tortilla Flat
The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre 
Wattstax
The Wild Bunch
Without Love
The Wizard Of Oz 
Woman Of The Year
Woodstock

Criterion Collection Movies on HBO Max:

8½
…And God Created Woman
16 Days Of Glory
2 Or 3 Things I Know About Her
The 3 Penny Opera
The 39 Steps
The 400 Blows 
The 47 Ronin: Part 1 
The 47 Ronin: Part 2  
Ali: Fear Eats The Soul
Amarcord
An Angel At My Table 
Ashes And Diamonds
Atlanta’s Olympic Glory
Au Revior Les Enfants
Autumn Sonata
Babette’s Feast
Battle Of Algiers
Battleship Potemkin
The Beales Of Grey Gardens 
Beauty And The Beast
Belle De Jour
Bicycle Thieves
The  Bitter Tears Of Petra Von Kant
Black Girl
Black Narcissus
Black Orpheus
Blithe Spirit
The Blob
Blood Simple (1984)
Breaking The Waves
Breathless
Brief Encounter
A Brief History Of Time
Brood, The
Brute Force
Bud Greenspan Presents Vancouver 2010: Stories Of Olympic Glory
Bud Greenspan’s Athens 2004: Stories Of Olympic Glory
Bud Greenspan’s Torino 2006: Stories Of Olympic Glory
Buena Vista Social Club
Calgary ’88: 16 Days Of Glory
Carnival Of Souls
Chimes At Midnight
La Ciénaga
The Circus  
City Lights
Cleo From 5 To 7
Cranes Are Flying
Cries And Whispers
Crisis: Behind A Presidential Commitment
Cronos
Daisies
A Day In The Country 
A Day’s Pleasure
The  Daytrippers 
Dead Man
Desert Hearts
Destroy All Monsters
Diabolique
Divorce Italian Style
A Dog’s Life
Don’t Look Back
Down By Law
Earrings Of Madame De…, The
Eating Raoul
Ebirah, Horror Of The Deep
Elevator To The Gallows
The Emporer Jones 
The Entertainer  
Equinox
Eraserhead
Europa
Europe ’51
Eyes Without A Face
F For Fake
Faces
Fanny And Alexander
Fantastic Planet
Fat Girl
First Man Into Space
For All Mankind
Foreign Correspondant
The Four Feathers 
Fox And His Friends
The Front Page  
Funny Games 
Games Of The V Olympiad Stockholm, 1912, The
Games Of The Xxi Olympiad
George Stevens: A Filmmaker’s Journey
George Stevens: D-day To Berlin
Germany Year Zero
The Three Headed Monster Gidorah
Gimme Shelter (1970)
Godzilla
Godzilla Raids Again
Godzilla Vs Mechagodzilla
Godzilla Vs Megalon
Godzilla Vs. Gigan
Godzilla Vs. Hedorah
Godzilla, King Of The Monsters!
The Gold Rush
The Gold Rush: 1942 Version 
The  Grand Olympics 
Gray’s Anatomy
The Great Dictator  
Great Expectations
Grey Gardens
Hamlet
Hanzo The Razor: Sword Of Justice
Hanzo The Razor: The Snare
Hanzo The Razor: Who’s Got The Gold?
Hard Day’s Night, A
Harlan County U.s.a
Häxan: Witchcraft Through The Ages
Hearts And Minds
Henry V
The Hidden Fortress
Hobson’s Choice
The Honeymoon Killers 
Hoop Dreams
House
I Married A Witch
I Shot Jesse James
I Was A Teenage Zombie
The Idle Class 
Ikiru
The Immigrant 
In The Mood For Love
In Vanda’s Room
Intermezzo
Invasion Of Astro-monster (Aka Godzilla Vs. Monster Zero)
Irma Vep
Ivan The Terrible Part 1
Ivan The Terrible Part 2
Ix Olympiad In Amsterdam, The
Ix Olympic Winter Games, Innsbruck 1964
Jubilee
Jules And Jim
Juliet Of The Spirits
The Jungle Book  
The Kid  
Kill!
The Killing Of A Chinese Bookie  
A King In New York  
The King Of Kings  
Knife In The Water
Kwaidan
Lady Snowblood
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song Of Vengeance
The Lady Vanishes 
L’amore
L’argent
The Last Emperor 
The Last Metro  
The Last Wave 
Late Autumn
Late Spring
L’avventura
Lillehammer ’94: 16 Days Of Glory
Limelight
The  Lodger: A Story Of The London Fog 
Lola
Lola Montes
Lone Wolf And Cub: Baby Cart At The River Styx
Lone Wolf And Cub: Baby Cart In Peril
Lone Wolf And Cub: Baby Cart To Hades
Lone Wolf And Cub: Baby In The Land Of The Demons
Lone Wolf And Cub: Sword Of Vengence
Lone Wolf And Cub: White Heaven In Hell
The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner 
The Long Voyage Home 
Look Back In Anger
Lord Of The Flies
The Lost Honor Of Katharina Blum  
Love In The Afternoon
M
Major Barbara
Man Bites Dog
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Marriage Of Maria Braun
Masculin Feminin
Metropolitan
Mikey And Nicky
Modern Times
Mon Oncle
Mona Lisa
Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday
Monsieur Verdoux
Monterey Pop
The Most Dangerous Game  
Mothra Vs. Godzilla
Mr. Arkadin
Multiple Maniacs
My Brilliant Career
My Dinner With Andre
My Life As A Dog
My Night At Maud’s
Nagano ’98 Olympics: Stories Of Honor And Glory
The Naked City  
The Naked Kiss 
Nanook Of The North
Nice And Friendly
A Night In The Show 
Night Of The Living Dead
Of Mice And Men
Oliver Twist
Onibaba
Paris, Texas
Pather Panchali
Paul Robeson: Tribute To An Artist
Pay Day
Pepe Le Moko
Permanent Vacation
Persona
Picnic At Hanging Rock
The  Pilgrim 
The Player  
Police Story
Primary
The  Private Life Of Henry The Viii 
Pygmalion
Quadrophenia
Querelle
Rashomon
The Red Ballon (1956)
Red Desert
Red Shoes, The
Rembrandt
The  Return Of Bulldog Drummond, 
Return Of The Scarlet Pimpernel
Richard Iii
The Rink 
The Rise Of Catherine The Great 
The Rite (1969)
The River 
Rodan
Rome Open City
A Room With A View  
The Ruling Class 
Sabotage
Safety Last!
Salesman
Salt Lake City 2002: Bud Greenspan’s Stories Of Olympic Glory
Le Samourai  
Samurai Trilogy 1: Musashi Miyamoto
Samurai Trilogy 2: Duel At Ichijoji Temple
Samurai Trilogy 3: Duel At Ganryu Island
Sapporo Winter Olympics
Satan’s Brew
Sawdust And Tinsel
Scanners
The Scarlet Pimpernel  
Scenes From A Marriage (Theatrical Version)
Schizopolis
Seance On A Wet Afternoon
Secrets And Lies
Senso
Seoul 1988
Seven Samurai
Seventh Seal
The Seventh Veil  
Shadows
Shock Corridor
Shoot The Piano Player
Shooting, The
The Shop On Main Street  
Shoulder Arms
Sisters
Smithereens
Solaris
Son Of Godzilla
Speedy
Stagecoach
La Strada,  
Stranger Than Paradise
The Stranger  
Stromboli
Summertime
Sunnyside
Sweetie
Sydney 2000: Stories Of Olympic Glory
Tampopo
Taste Of Cherry
Taste Of Honey, A
Terror Of Mechagodzilla
The Testement Of Dr Mabuse 
That Hamilton Woman
The Thief Of Bagdad 
Three Colors: Blue
Three Colors: Red
Three Colors: White
Throne Of Blood
Through A Glass Darkly
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Time Bandits
The Times Of Harvey Milk 
The Tin Drum  
To Be Or Not To Be
Tokyo Olympiad
Tokyo Story
Tom Jones
The Trial Of Joan Of Arc 
True Stories
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Two English Girls
Ugetsu
Umberto D.
The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg 
Under The Volcano
Vampyr
The Vi Olympic Games, Oslo 1952  
Victim
Vivre Sa Vie
Vogaye To Italy (1954)
The Wages Of Fear  
War And Peace
The War Of The Gargantuas  
The War Room 
Watership Down
Weekend (1967)
Wild Strawberries
Wings Of Desire
Wise Blood
Withnail And I
A Woman Of Paris 
A Woman Under The Influence, 
The X From Outer Space, 
Xivth Olympiad: The Glory Of Sport
Yojimbo
Young And Innnocent
The Young Girls Of Rochefort  
Z

More Classic Movies on HBO Max:

Annie Hall
The Awful Truth
Baby Boom
The Bells Of St. Mary’s
Braveheart
Capricorn One
Castle In The Sky
The Cat Returns
Dr. Strangelove
Eagle Eye
Ella Enchanted
From Up On Poppy Hill
Good Will Hunting
Harold And Maude
Howl’s Moving Castle
In Cold Blood
Kiki’s Delivery Service
The Killing
Kung Fu Panda
Last Holiday
The Last Waltz
Let’s Spend The Night Together
Lilies Of The Field
Little Black Book
The Long Goodbye
Manhattan
Mona Lisa Smile
My Neighbor Totoro
My Neighbors The Yamadas
Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The
 Wind
Ocean Waves
An Officer And A Gentleman
Once Upon A Time In The West
Only Angels Have Wings
Only Yesterday
Paths Of Glory
Pet Sematary (1989)
Planes, Trains, And
 Automobiles
Pom Poko
Ponyo
Porco Russo
Pretty In Pink
Princess Mononoke
Reds
Save The Last Dance
The Secret World Of Arrietty
Shall We Dance? (2004)
Shooter
Some Kind Of Wonderful
Spirited Away
A Star Is Born (1937)
Stealing Harvard
Swingers
The Tale Of The Princess Kaguya
Tales From Earthsea
Varsity
 Blues  
What Women Want
When Marnie Was There
Whisper Of The Heart
The Wind Rises
The Wood

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