Best Movies on HBO Max?

Some A24’s based on your preferences: Heretic Ex Machina Uncut Gems The Lighthouse The Lobster Enemy A Different Man

Perfect Blue is fantastic

LOVE HAS WON: THE CULT OF MOTHER GOD A documentary, but it checks a few other boxes you asked for as well. It is something else.

Not a movie but Chernobyl

the brood

Quadrophenia (HBO) 🎸🥁 There's also a dozen Kurosawa samurai movies as well as Hanzo the Razor, Lady Snowblood and a few others. ⚔️

Weapons is good

Stalker

I think they have the Kurosawa movies, if so Ikiru. 

Howl’s Moving Castle

They have 100’s of Criterion’s… no hub tho 🤬, but if u search “Criterion”, the majority will pop up 🙌🏼

The chair company will scratch a couple of itches. Like if David Lynch and Judd Apatow did a collab

The Wire. Watch through fully twice. No it's not a movie, but it's the best thing on HBO.

dune (2021) is probably right up your alley for the sci-fi stuff - visually incredible and has that psychedelic vibe without being too out there. Also check out Mad Max: Fury Road if you want apocalyptic action that's basically non-stop adrenaline. For horror that's not gore-heavy, The Conjuring series is solid - more atmospheric scares than blood and guts.

400 Blows

My go too on HBO is usually series, they have some bangers.

Trying not to repeat other suggestions, but not being a fanatic about it: Everything Everywhere All at Once High and Low Companion Memento Wings of Desire Happy Death Day Blood Simple House (1977) Le Samourai

The dark knight

The Lighthouse. My favorite movie ever and the most psychologically thrilling psychological thriller out there

If you're not against animation, Angel's Egg is an incredible visual masterpiece with elements with a lot of the elements you're asking for

The Substance, Opus, Men, Get Out, Eddington, Ex Machina, and Death of a Unicorn are all on hbo right now.

They have some of the best series as well. (The Wire and Band of Brothers are personal favorites.) One stands out. The first season of [True Detective](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2356777/) is not to be missed. Please just watch the first episode and if you don't like it you don't like it. If you do, though, the first season only gets better and better as it goes on. The reviews vary on later seasons but season one is widely respected. It is incredible. Also, don't watch it with your parents. It hits hard.

The Billy Joel documentary “And So It Goes” is amazing, definitely worth watching

Fire Walk with Me

Not a movie, but DTF St. Louis is awesome. Trailer: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1XHd5rIvmY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1XHd5rIvmY)

Is Zodiac on there atm? There are some good docos on there that might be what you're looking for

Everything Akira Kurosawa

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

It's f****** impossible to remember where anything is in this landscape lol. Horror, Sinners and The Substance. Bone temple? Is that HBO? Heretic? What's the one with Aaron Paul that came out recently where's that? It's exhausting. Not in your ask but some of the "original" HBO TV series hold up incredibly. Six Feet Under is in my top list for sure. Chair Company is a fuckin riot. Edit: No idea how I forgot Companion, but that's my vote. That one.

Tubi is free and there's some solid no-gore Horror on there. Gonjiam Haunted Asylum  Hell House LLC Grave Encounters was cheesy but decent Babadook HBO horror: Hereditary  Bring Her Back Companion The Substance Heretic Happy Death Day Smile 1 & 2 The Substance is great, but some weird gore in there I went through a phase where I wanted to watch the entire Conjuring and spinoff franchise and it was spotty for sure. Conjuring 1 was great, the Annabelle movies were surprisingly good, the Nun movies were garbage.  Also LOTR extended editions are on HBO max which are mandatory viewing. 

Seven Samurai. A good amount of Kurosawa besides that, as well.

You’ve got great taste—The Lighthouse is a perfect HBO Max pick: eerie, psychological, and totally hypnotic without relying on gore.

watch The Leftovers. it's a show tho

8 1/2 is a surrealist Italian movie that's kind of a classic, it's slower-paced than most modern movies but it might fit the psychedelic vibe you're looking for. Swiss Army Man is another surrealist movie that I feel like is more fun than 8 1/2 Weapons and Get Out are good horror/thriller movies that don't have a lot of gore I haven't seen Mickey 17 but it looks like it might be a good fit Sing Sing doesn't really fit your genres but it's one of my favorite movies from the past couple years

Broken into some categories based on the above. All told HBO has 7/10 of my favorite movies from last year (I think all of which I saw somewhere else first, for the record). A few repeats but I think that speaks for how good they are. Movies from the past year you've almost certainly heard plenty about: One Battle After Another, Sinners, Weapons. Good Horror/Thrillers/Suspense That I Don't Think got Too Gory: Hereditary, Heretic, Get Out, Companion, Eddington, Uncut Gems Apocalyptic and either Very Dry or Very Wet: Furiosa, Flow Sci-Fi: Everything Everywhere All At Once, Mickey 17, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel, The Lobster, The Terminator Comedies: Honestly I can't think of a ton of great comedy movies on there, but HBO has some amazing comedy TV shows. Veep, Mr. Show, and Harley Quinn all quickly jump to mind. Great Movies that Didn't Fit a Particular Category Above: If I had Legs I'd Kick You, Sorry Baby, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri

caddo lake.

Just watched Fargo last night. Definitely check it out if you haven’t seen it.

Revanche if you like artsy thriller movies. Was so incredible and didn’t realize until after watching it that it’s incredibly under appreciated

Egads, I haven't watch a movie on HBO in ages. Tons of shows, but only a couple of movies. Oh, The Rip was alright for a bit, but it didn't quite land. Oh wait, that's netflix. Yea, no movies in some time. You know, a good source is rotten tomatoes. They have a section for movies on streaming services, and you have several ways to arrange results

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Stalker is a wild ride but also kinda makes you think which is cool

Check out Cast a Deadly Spell. It's a fun 90's mix of noir and Lovecraft

Check out Arizona on HBO. Fantastic dark comedy.

Generation Kill; mini-series not a movie but one of my favorites

Ex Machina

The Alabama Solution

We’re rewatching ER between episodes of The Pitt. I know neither is a movie, but still has us glued. I made my wife watch fackam hall, British comedy with strong Monty Python vibes. If you liked holy grail, you’ll love FH.

Companion Weapons

*Masterminds* if you want a dumb-fun comedy that's better than it has any right to be.

Death of a unicorn was really good

LOTR extended edition

MacGruber

The obvious ones are LotR Extended Editions... Everything Everywhere All At Once is awesome too.

Dune and Dune 2 are both top tier sci Fi movies

Conspiracy (2001)

Caddo Lake

Wonder Woman

What is a psychedelic thriller Thanks for educating me and screw whoever downvoted a question lol

Zack Snyder's Justice League. But you may want to watch Batman v Superman first. And you may want to watch Man of Steel even before that.