New Max movies and shows drop on a regular basis, and the January 2025 Max schedule is serving up top titles all month long, with brand new premieres of Max and HBO Original movies and shows like Sons of Ecstasy andHarley Quinn: Season 5. Max launches this month with a plethora of exclusive, high-quality content you’re sure to love, including plenty of new premieres of HBO and Max Original titles likeIsadora Moon: Season 1A, Bill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This?, and C.B. Strike: The Ink Black Heart, along with countless other classic titles you know and love from HBO and Discovery+.
So, if you’re wondering what to watch on Max right now, look no further than the freshest titles that come out this month. Here’s a full list and schedule of what’s new on Max this month, plus reviews of the best new movies and shows for January 2025 and beyond:
Best New Movies on HBO and Max — January 2025
Throughout each month, Max adds a list of new movies that’s comprised of original programming, old classics, and theatrical titles. Out of a lineup full of award-winning blockbusters, these two Max Original titles stand out as the best new films coming to the platform in January.
Sons of Ecstasy (Released January 9) *Max Original
Produced by Talos Films and directed by Julian P. Hobbs and Elli Hakami, this Max Original documentary explores the strange rivalry between English stockbroker Shaun Attwood and a notorious New York mobster’s son, Gerard Gravano, in Arizona’s ecstasy drug trade throughout the 1990s. For the first time ever, Gerard and his father, Salvatore, tell their own side of the story as both sides give exclusive first-hand stories about this unusual and fatal fight for control over a Southwestern Ecstasy Empire. Experience the entire enthralling tale by watching Sons of Ecstasy as soon as it drops this month, only on Max.
Best New TV Series on HBO and Max — January 2025
New Max and HBO series, seasons, and episodes drop this month and next to much anticipation. The lineup of new shows on Max this January features premieres for some of the most hyped series of the year. But among all the hype, this Max Original title stands out. Here is the best new show on the platforms in January.
The Pitt: Season 1 (Released January 9) *Max Original
The Pitt is a brand new Max Original medical drama series where each episode covers a different hour of chief attendant Dr. Michael “Robby” Rabinavitch’s (Noah Wyle) 15-hour emergency room shift at a hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Embracing the realism and intensity of medical work, the show delves into the difficulties that healthcare workers face in today’s America, including challenging procedures, personal crises, workplace drama, and so much more.
Harley Quinn: Season 5 (Released January 16) *Max Original
The popular Max Original adult animated black comedy superhero series returns to the platform for the latest season of engrossing action, hijinks, and hilarity. Harley Quinn: Season 5 follows Harley Quinn (Kaley Cuoco) and Poison Ivy (Lake Bell) as they begin a new adventure living in Metropolis. In this home city of Superman (James Wolk), Lois Lane (Natalie Morales), and the Daily Planet, you can rest assured that Harley will cross paths with familiar friends and foes while still getting into fresh fun and trouble in these must-see 10 episodes available soon, only on Max.
Max Schedule January 2025 Releases — Full List
Max’s schedule for January releases features award-winning theatrical movies, original programming premieres, and everything in between. Here is the full list and schedule of everything coming out on Max this month.
Released January 1
5 Things with Kate Bolduan (CNN)
Act of Valor (2012)
All Elite Wrestling: 2019 PPV Events (5 Episodes) (2024)
All Elite Wrestling: Collision – 2024 (5 Episodes), Season 2
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite – 2019 (12 Episodes), Season 1
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite – 2024 (7 Episodes), Season 6
All Elite Wrestling: Rampage – 12/13/2024, Season 4
A Star is Born (1937)
Annabelle Comes Home (2019)
Annabelle: Creation (2017)
Balls Out (2015)
Batkid Begins: The Wish Heard Around the World (2015)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
Batman: The Killing Joke (2016)
Best Of Enemies (2015)
Bitter Creek (1954)
Black Gold (1947)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Buffaloed (2020)
Calamity Jane (1953)
Call Me by Your Name (2017)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Cow Country (1953)
Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
Destination Tokyo (1943)
Diggers (2007)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
Each Dawn I Die (1939)
Eat Pray Love (2010)
Fast & Furious (2009)
Floyd Norman: An Animated Life (2016)
Free Birds (2013)
Green Lantern (2011)
Heaven Help Us (1985)
HGTV Dream Home 2025
Home Again (2017)
Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)
Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (2015)
House at the End of the Street (2012)
I Am Love (2009)
Injustice (2021)
Iris (2015)
It: Chapter Two (2019)
It Follows (2015)
Jason Bourne (2016)
Johnny Angel (1946)
Justice League vs. Teen Titans (2016)
Justice League: Doom (2012)
Justice League: Throne of Atlantis (2015)
Justice League: War (2014)
Keeping Up with the Joneses (2016)
Kept Husbands (1931)
Kicks (2016)
Lemon (2017)
Mad Max (1980)
Matilda (1986)
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
Morgan (2016)
Mortdecai (2015)
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
My Favorite Wife (1940)
Mystic Pizza (1988)
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016)
Night and Day (1946)
Nocturne (1946)
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band (2020)
Paddington (2014)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Red Light (1949)
Reframed: Next Gen Narratives, Season 1 (2025)
Room for One More (1952)
School Life (2017)
Sex and the City 2 (2010)
Shining Vale, Season 1
Shining Vale, Season 2
Showing Up (2023)
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Steel Magnolias (1989)
Stephen King’s It (1990)
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine (2015)
St. Vincent (2014)
Sully (2016)
Supergirl (1984)
Superman & Lois, Season 4
Tangerine (2015)
Task Force (1949)
Teen Wolf (1985)
Tennessee Johnson (1942)
The Accountant (2016)
The Addams Family 2 (2016)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
The Big Year (2011)
The Birth of a Nation (2016)
The Boondock Saints (1999)
The Cable Guy (1996)
The Conjuring 2 (2016)
The Craft (1996)
The Curse of La Llorona (2019)
The Imitation Game (2014)
The Leopard Man (1943)
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
The Mouthpiece (1932)
The Narrow Margin (1952)
The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
The Prisoner of Zenda (1952)
The Purge: Election Year (2016)
The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
The Student Prince (1954)
The Usual Suspects (1995)
The Whistlers (2020)
The Wrong Man (1957)
Volunteers (1985)
Warcraft (2016)
Watchmen: The Complete Motion Comic (2008)
Whitey: United States of America V. James J. Bulger (2014)
Wild Boys of the Road (1993)
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Woman in Gold (2015)
World Without End (1956)
Released January 2
Expedition Files, Season 1 (Discovery)
Isadora Moon, Season 1A (Max Original)
My 600-lb Life, Season 13 (TLC)
The Deep 3, Episode 227 (TNT)
Released January 3
Beachfront Bargain Hunt Renovation, Season 10 (Magnolia Network)
Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives, Season 49 (Food Network)
The Front Room (A24)
Released January 4
Belle Collective, Season 5 (OWN)
Released January 5
Craig of the Creek, Season 6B (Cartoon Network)
Mecum Top 10, Season 10
Totally Spies, Season 7A
Released January 6
Worst Cooks in America Celebrity Edition: Heroes vs. Villains (Food Network)
Released January 7
Cleats & Convos with Deebo Samuel, Episode 111 (B/R)
How It Really Happened, Season 8 (CNN Original Series)
Kids Baking Championship, Season 14 (Food Network)
The Curious Case of Natalia Grace: The Final Chapter, Season 3 (ID)
The Edge with Micah Parsons, Episode 219 (B/R)
Released January 8
7 Little Johnstons, Season 15 (TLC)
CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute (2024)
Fixer to Fabulous, Season 6 (HGTV)
Wildcard Kitchen, Season 2 (Food Network)
Released January 9
Aaron Hernandez and the Untold Murders of Bristol (ID)
Sons of Ecstasy (Max Original)
The Pitt, Season 1 (Max Original)
Released January 10
Bill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This? (HBO Original)
Black Butterfly (2017)
Holla (2006)
Look Into My Eyes (A24)
Vinnie Jones: In the Country, Season 1-2 (discovery+)
Released January 11
Road to NHL Winter Classic, Episode 204
The Steam Room with Ej and Chuck, Episode 125 (TNT)
Released January 12
Naked and Afraid Spain (aka Aventura En Pelotas Espana), Season 1 (Discovery International)
Released January 13
Barney’s World, Season 1B
Released January 14
Baylen Out Loud, Season 1 (TLC)
Death by Fame, Season 3 (ID)
The Curious Case of…, Season 1 (ID)
The Last Party: Death on Tresco, Season 1 (discovery+)
Released January 15
An Update On Our Family (HBO Original)
Cult of Fear: The Asaram Bapu Story (discovery+)
Marshall (2017)
Uncharted (2022)
Released January 16
Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of Blackmail (2024)
Divided By Design, Season 1B (HGTV)
Harley Quinn, Season 5 (Max Original)
Murder Under the Friday Night Lights, Season 4 (ID)
My Sesame Street Friends, Season 15 (Max Original)
Sesame Street, Season 55 (Max Original)
Released January 17
A Different Man (A24)
Better Off Dead (1985)
Real Time with Bill Maher, Season 23 (HBO Original)
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
Released January 21
Contraband: Seized at the Airport, Season 1 (Discovery)
Released January 22
Expedition X, Season 8 (Discovery)
Released January 23
C.B. Strike: The Ink Black Heart (HBO Original)
Released January 24
Harpoon Hunters, Season 1 (Discovery)
Released January 25
Bugs Bunny Builders, Season 2B (Cartoon Network)
Released January 27
Scars of Beauty (aka Beleza Fatal), Season 1 (Max Original, Brazil)
Released January 28
Chopped, Season 60 (Food Network)
Released January 29
The Flip Off, Season 1 (HGTV)
Released January 30
Mermicorno: Starfall, Season 1A (Max Original)
The Other Side (aka Del Otro Lado Del Jardín) (Max Original, Colombia)
Released January 31
Guy’s Ultimate Family Cruise (Food Network)
The Eastern Gate (aka Przesmyk), Season 1 (Max Original, Poland)
Bleacher Report Live Sports
Please note this list may not be comprehensive and is subject to change. All times are in ET.
Pre- and post-game programming will also be available to stream live, along with condensed replay highlights available after each game
*Telecast will not be available in the local indicated market
Released January 1
Wrestling: AEW Dynamite: Fight for the Fallen, 8 p.m.
Released January 2
NBA: Boston Celtics at Minnesota Timberwolves, 7:30 p.m.
NBA: Philadelphia 76ers at Golden State Warriors, 10 p.m.
Released January 4
Wrestling: AEW Collision: Charlotte, 8 p.m.
Released January 7
NBA: Los Angeles Lakers at Dallas Mavericks, 7:30 p.m.
NBA: Boston Celtics* at Denver Nuggets, 10 p.m.
Released January 8
NHL: Colorado Avalanche* at Chicago Blackhawks, 7:30 p.m.
NHL: Florida Panthers at Utah Hockey Club, 10 p.m.
Wrestling: AEW Dynamite: Clarksville, 8 p.m.
Released January 11
Wrestling: AEW Collision: Athens, 8 p.m.
Released January 14
NBA: Cleveland Cavaliers at Indiana Pacers, 7 p.m.
NBA: Denver Nuggets at Dallas Mavericks, 9:30 p.m.
Released January 15
NHL: Carolina Panthers at Buffalo Sabres, 6 p.m.
NHL: Edmonton Oilers at Minnesota Wild, 8:30 p.m.
Wrestling: AEW Dynamite, 8 p.m.
Released January 16
NBA: Phoenix Suns at Washington Wizards, 7:30 p.m.
NBA: Houston Rockets at Sacramento Kings, 10 p.m.
Released January 17
Unrivaled WBB: Mist vs. Lunar Owls, 7 p.m.
Unrivaled WBB: Rose vs. Vinyl, 8:15 p.m.
Released January 18
Soccer: U.S. Men’s National Team vs. Venezuela, 3 p.m.
Unrivaled WBB: Phantom vs. Laces, 2:00 p.m.
Unrivaled WBB: Lunar Owls vs. Rose, 3:00 p.m.
Wrestling: AEW Collision, 8 p.m.
Released January 20
NBA: Minnesota Timberwolves at Memphis Grizzlies, 2:30 p.m.
NBA: Boston Celtics at Golden State Warriors, 5 p.m.
Unrivaled WBB: Vinyl vs. Phantom, 8:00 p.m.
Unrivaled WBB: Laces vs. Mist, 9:15 p.m.
Released January 21
NBA: New York Knicks at Brooklyn Nets, 7:30 p.m.
NBA: Philadelphia 76ers at Denver Nuggets, 10 p.m.
Released January 22
NHL: Florida Panthers at Los Angeles Kings, 10 p.m.
Wrestling: AEW Dynamite, 8 p.m.
Released January 23
NBA: Miami Heat at Milwaukee Bucks, 7:30 p.m.
NBA: Boston Celtics at Los Angeles Lakers, 10 p.m.
Released January 24
Unrivaled WBB: Phantom vs. Mist, 7:00 p.m.
Unrivaled WBB: Laces vs. Vinyl, 8:15 p.m.
Released January 25
Unrivaled WBB: Mist vs. Rose, 6:00 p.m.
Unrivaled WBB: Lunar Owls vs. Phantom, 7:00 p.m.
Wrestling: AEW Collision, 8 p.m.
Released January 27
Unrivaled WBB: Vinyl vs. Lunar Owls, 7:00 p.m.
Unrivaled WBB: Rose vs. Laces, 8:15 p.m.
Released January 28
NBA: Los Angeles Lakers* at Philadelphia. 76ers, 7:30 p.m.
NBA: Milwaukee Bucks at Portland Trailblazers, 10 p.m.
Released January 29
NHL: Philadelphia Flyers at New Jersey Devils, 7 p.m.
NHL: Pittsburgh Penguins* at Utah Hockey Club, 9:30 p.m.
Wrestling: AEW All Out (8/31/2019)
Wrestling: AEW Dynamite, 8 p.m.
Wrestling: AEW Double or Nothing (5/25/2019)
Wrestling: AEW Fight for the Fallen (7/13/2019)
Wrestling: AEW Full Gear (11/9/2019)
Wrestling: AEW Fyter Fest (6/29/2019)
Wrestling: AEW Special Events (Available beginning January 1)
Released January 30
NBA: Houston Rockets at Memphis Grizzlies, 7:30 p.m.
NBA: Minnesota Timberwolves at Utah Jazz, 10 p.m.
Released January 31
Unrivaled WBB: Phantom vs. Rose, 7:00 p.m.
Unrivaled WBB: Laces vs. Lunar Owls, 8:15 p.m.
2025 Max Release Date to Look Forward To
Want something to look forward to? Max’s schedule this year is stacked with premieres. We’re particularly excited about one big-name title that is premiering on Max sometime in 2025:
The Chair Company (Released 2025 TBA) *HBO Original
The titular brainchild of the hit Netflix sketch show I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson returns to co-write and star in the HBO Original comedy series, The Chair Company. Robinson plays William Ronald Trosper, a man who ends up investigating a sweeping conspiracy after an embarrassing incident at his job. Look forward to the title streaming exclusively on HBO sometime in the New Year!
What Else Is New in Streaming for January 2025?
If you have another streaming subscription beyond your HBO account, HBO new releases only make up a fraction of your streaming options. This month’s new releases are stellar across the board, so we’ve reviewed the new movies and shows coming to all of your favorite platforms this month. Here are guides to what’s new on the most popular streaming services this January:
