What's New on HBO and HBO Max in August 2022
by IMDb-Editors | created - 3 weeks ago | updated - 3 weeks ago | PublicYour guide to all the new movies and shows streaming on HBO and HBO Max in the US this month.
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1. A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (2012)
R | 86 min | Comedy
A graphic designer's enviable life slides into despair when his girlfriend breaks up with him.
Director: Roman Coppola | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Katheryn Winnick
Votes: 5,373
Available on HBO on August 1
2. A Most Violent Year (2014)
R | 125 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In New York City 1981, an ambitious immigrant fights to protect his business and family during the most dangerous year in the city's history.
Director: J.C. Chandor | Stars: Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo, Alessandro Nivola
Votes: 72,316 | Gross: $5.74M
Available on HBO on August 1
3. Amy (III) (2015)
R | 128 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Archival footage and personal testimonials present an intimate portrait of the life and career of British singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse.
Director: Asif Kapadia | Stars: Amy Winehouse, Mitch Winehouse, Mark Ronson, Russell Brand
Votes: 52,067 | Gross: $8.41M
Available on HBO on August 1
4. Barely Lethal (2015)
PG-13 | 96 min | Action, Comedy
A teenage special ops agent coveting a "normal" adolescence fakes her own death and enrolls in a suburban high school. She quickly learns that surviving the treacherous waters of high school is more challenging than international espionage.
Director: Kyle Newman | Stars: Jaime King, Samuel L. Jackson, Madeleine Stack, Eva G. Cooper
Votes: 21,885
Available on HBO on August 1
5. Belle (2013)
PG | 100 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The biracial daughter, Dido Elizabeth Belle (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), of Royal Navy Captain Sir John Lindsay (Matthew Goode) is raised by aristocratic Great-uncle Lord William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (Tom Wilkinson) in 18th century England.
Director: Amma Asante | Stars: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Matthew Goode, Emily Watson, Miranda Richardson
Votes: 30,624 | Gross: $10.73M
Available on HBO on August 1
6. Biker Boyz (2003)
PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Drama
A son of the leader of a legendary group of an urban biker gang tries to retain his championship title.
Director: Reggie Rock Bythewood | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Derek Luke, Orlando Jones, Djimon Hounsou
Votes: 13,447 | Gross: $21.70M
Available on HBO on August 1
7. Blow Out (1981)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A movie sound recordist accidentally records the evidence that proves that a car accident was actually murder and consequently finds himself in danger.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow, Dennis Franz
Votes: 52,880 | Gross: $13.75M
Available on HBO on August 1
8. Blue Velvet (1986)
R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern
Votes: 197,550 | Gross: $8.55M
Available on HBO on August 1
9. Bug (2006)
R | 102 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
An unhinged war veteran holes up with a lonely woman in a spooky Oklahoma motel room. The line between reality and delusion is blurred as they discover a bug infestation.
Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Ashley Judd, Michael Shannon, Harry Connick Jr., Lynn Collins
Votes: 35,277 | Gross: $7.01M
Available on HBO on August 1
10. Cadillac Man (1990)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Crime
Joey gets 2 days to sell 12 cars to keep his job and keep his girlfriends happy. It gets worse. He's juggling 3 buyers when a guy with a machine gun crashes into the car dealership and takes everybody hostage.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Robin Williams, Tim Robbins, Pamela Reed, Fran Drescher
Votes: 14,475 | Gross: $27.63M
Available on HBO on August 1
11. Charlie's Angels (2000)
PG-13 | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Three women, detectives with a mysterious boss, retrieve stolen voice-ID software, using martial arts, tech skills, and sex appeal.
Director: McG | Stars: Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Bill Murray
Votes: 186,845 | Gross: $125.31M
Available on HBO Max on August 1
12. Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)
PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The Angels investigate a series of murders which occur after the theft of a witness protection profile database.
Director: McG | Stars: Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Cameron Diaz, Bernie Mac
Votes: 127,824 | Gross: $100.83M
Available on HBO Max on August 1
13. Chasing Papi (2003)
PG | 80 min | Comedy, Romance
A successful executive in the cosmetic industry has three sexy girlfriends in three different states. When they decide to visit him in L.A., he's in big trouble.
Director: Linda Mendoza | Stars: Eduardo Verástegui, Roselyn Sanchez, Sofía Vergara, Jaci Velasquez
Votes: 4,219 | Gross: $6.13M
Available on HBO on August 1
14. Children of a Lesser God (1986)
R | 119 min | Drama, Romance
A new speech teacher at a school for the deaf falls in love with the janitor, a deaf woman speechless by choice.
Director: Randa Haines | Stars: William Hurt, Marlee Matlin, Piper Laurie, Philip Bosco
Votes: 17,055 | Gross: $31.85M
Available on HBO on August 1
15. Chocolate City (2015)
R | 91 min | Drama
Life for a struggling college student changes in an instant when he meets the owner of a male strip club who convinces him to give amateur night a whirl.
Director: Jean-Claude La Marre | Stars: Robert Ri'chard, Tyson Beckford, DeRay Davis, Vivica A. Fox
Votes: 1,137 | Gross: $0.21M
Available on HBO on August 1
16. Colors (1988)
R | 120 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An experienced cop and his rookie partner patrol the streets of East Los Angeles while trying to keep the gang violence under control.
Director: Dennis Hopper | Stars: Sean Penn, Robert Duvall, Maria Conchita Alonso, Randy Brooks
Votes: 26,887 | Gross: $46.62M
Available on HBO on August 1
17. Damien: Omen II (1978)
R | 107 min | Horror
Damien the Antichrist, now about to turn thirteen years old, finally learns of his destiny under the guidance of an unholy disciple of Satan. Meanwhile dark forces begin to eliminate all those who suspect the child's true identity.
Directors: Don Taylor, Mike Hodges | Stars: William Holden, Lee Grant, Jonathan Scott-Taylor, Robert Foxworth
Votes: 32,248 | Gross: $3.88M
Available on HBO on August 1
18. Dark Places (2015)
R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Libby Day was only eight years old when her family was brutally murdered in their rural Kansas farmhouse. Almost thirty years later, she reluctantly agrees to revisit the crime and uncovers the wrenching truths that led up to that tragic night.
Director: Gilles Paquet-Brenner | Stars: Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Christina Hendricks, Chloë Grace Moretz
Votes: 45,226
Available on HBO on August 1
19. Days of Being Wild (1990)
Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A man tries to find out who his real mother is after the woman who raised him tells him the truth.
Director: Kar-Wai Wong | Stars: Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Andy Lau, Carina Lau
Votes: 22,202 | Gross: $0.14M
Available on HBO Max on August 1
20. DC Showcase: Constantine - The House of Mystery (2022 Video)
R | 27 min | Animation, Fantasy, Horror
Occult detective John Constantine is trapped in the House of Mystery, a secret domain where none can escape from.
Director: Matt Peters | Stars: Matt Ryan, Ray Chase, Robin Atkin Downes, Grey Griffin
Votes: 1,066
Available on HBO Max on August 1
21. Enemy (2013)
R | 91 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A man seeks out his exact look-alike after spotting him in a movie.
Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Mélanie Laurent, Sarah Gadon, Isabella Rossellini
Votes: 191,512 | Gross: $1.01M
Available on HBO on August 1
22. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)
R | 88 min | Comedy
Seven stories are trying to answer the question: what is sex? Or maybe they are not trying.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Gene Wilder, Louise Lasser, John Carradine
Votes: 39,920
Available on HBO on August 1
23. Ex Machina (2014)
R | 108 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A young programmer is selected to participate in a ground-breaking experiment in synthetic intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a highly advanced humanoid A.I.
Director: Alex Garland | Stars: Alicia Vikander, Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac, Sonoya Mizuno
Votes: 536,190 | Gross: $25.44M
Available on HBO on August 1
24. Fantastic Voyage (1966)
PG | 100 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
A scientist is nearly assassinated. In order to save him, a submarine is shrunken to microscopic size and injected into his bloodstream with a small crew. Problems arise almost as soon as they enter it.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch, Edmond O'Brien, Donald Pleasence
Votes: 18,936
Available on HBO on August 1
25. Fighting (2009)
PG-13 | 105 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In New York City, a young counterfeiter is introduced to the world of underground street fighting by a seasoned scam artist, who becomes his manager on the bare-knuckling brawling circuit.
Director: Dito Montiel | Stars: Channing Tatum, Terrence Howard, Luis Guzmán, Zulay Henao
Votes: 33,223 | Gross: $23.04M
Available on HBO on August 1
26. From Hell (2001)
R | 122 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
In Victorian-era London, a troubled clairvoyant police detective investigates the murders of Jack the Ripper.
Directors: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes | Stars: Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm, Robbie Coltrane
Votes: 155,203 | Gross: $31.60M
Available on HBO on August 1
27. Garfield (2004)
PG | 80 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Jon Arbuckle buys a second pet, a dog named Odie. However, Odie is then abducted and it is up to Jon's cat, Garfield, to find and rescue the canine.
Director: Peter Hewitt | Stars: Breckin Meyer, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Stephen Tobolowsky, Bill Murray
Votes: 86,434 | Gross: $75.37M
Available on HBO on August 1
28. Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006)
PG | 82 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Jon and Garfield visit the United Kingdom, where a case of mistaken cat identity finds Garfield ruling over a castle. His reign is soon jeopardized by the nefarious Lord Dargis, who has designs on the estate.
Directors: Tim Hill, Steven Rimdzius | Stars: Breckin Meyer, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Billy Connolly, Bill Murray
Votes: 43,081 | Gross: $28.43M
Available on HBO on August 1
29. Gaslight (1944)
Passed | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ten years after her aunt was murdered in their London home, a woman returns from Italy in the 1880s to resume residence with her new husband. His obsessive interest in the home rises from a secret that may require driving his wife insane.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, May Whitty
Votes: 28,849
Available on HBO Max on August 1
30. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
R | 116 min | Crime, Drama
An African-American Mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Forest Whitaker, Henry Silva, John Tormey, Cliff Gorman
Votes: 90,948 | Gross: $3.31M
Available on HBO Max on August 1
31. Ginger & Rosa (2012)
PG-13 | 90 min | Drama
A look at the lives of two teenage girls - inseparable friends Ginger and Rosa -- growing up in 1960s London as the Cuban Missile Crisis looms, and the pivotal event that comes to redefine their relationship.
Director: Sally Potter | Stars: Elle Fanning, Alice Englert, Annette Bening, Oliver Platt
Votes: 11,244 | Gross: $1.01M
Available on HBO on August 1
32. How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
R | 110 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A British writer struggles to fit in at a high-profile magazine in New York City.
Director: Robert B. Weide | Stars: Simon Pegg, Kirsten Dunst, Megan Fox, Kelan Guy
Votes: 69,546 | Gross: $2.78M
Available on HBO on August 1
33. How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2017)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
An alien touring the galaxy breaks away from her group and meets two young inhabitants of the most dangerous place in the universe: the London borough of Croydon.
Director: John Cameron Mitchell | Stars: Elle Fanning, Alex Sharp, Nicole Kidman, Matt Lucas
Votes: 11,177 | Gross: $0.08M
Available on HBO on August 1
34. Industry (2020– )
TV-MA | 50 min | Drama
Young bankers and traders make their way in the financial world in the aftermath of the 2008 collapse.
Stars: Myha'la Herrold, Marisa Abela, Ken Leung, Harry Lawtey
Votes: 7,443
Season 2 Premiere Available on HBO on August 1
35. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
PG | 115 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
When strange seeds drift to earth from space, mysterious pods begin to grow and invade San Francisco, replicating the city's residents one body at a time.
Director: Philip Kaufman | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright
Votes: 60,213 | Gross: $24.95M
Available on HBO on August 1
36. Ivanhoe (1952)
Approved | 106 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A knight seeks to free the captive King Richard and put him back on the throne.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders
Votes: 9,357
Available on HBO Max on August 1
37. Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2011)
R | 83 min | Comedy, Drama
Dispatched from his basement room on an errand for his widowed mother, slacker Jeff might discover his destiny (finally) when he spends the day with his unhappily married brother as he tracks his possibly adulterous wife.
Directors: Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass | Stars: Jason Segel, Ed Helms, Judy Greer, Susan Sarandon
Votes: 63,933 | Gross: $4.24M
Available on HBO on August 1
38. Laggies (2014)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In the throes of a quarter-life crisis, Megan panics when her boyfriend proposes. She takes an opportunity to escape for a week, hiding out in the house of her new 16-year-old friend Annika and her world-weary single dad.
Director: Lynn Shelton | Stars: Keira Knightley, Chloë Grace Moretz, Sam Rockwell, Mark Webber
Votes: 44,131 | Gross: $0.44M
Available on HBO on August 1
39. Late August, Early September (1998)
112 min | Drama, Romance
A story about the transition from late youth to early maturity, the film follows several friends and lovers as they come to make decisions on how to live their lives--getting a job more in ... See full summary »
Director: Olivier Assayas | Stars: Mathieu Amalric, Virginie Ledoyen, François Cluzet, Jeanne Balibar
Votes: 1,776 | Gross: $0.04M
Available on HBO Max on August 1
40. Lean on Pete (2017)
R | 121 min | Adventure, Drama
A teenager gets a summer job working for a horse trainer and befriends the fading racehorse, Lean on Pete.
Director: Andrew Haigh | Stars: Charlie Plummer, Amy Seimetz, Travis Fimmel, Steve Buscemi
Votes: 12,828 | Gross: $1.16M
Available on HBO on August 1
41. Life After Beth (2014)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A young man's recently deceased girlfriend mysteriously returns from the dead, but he slowly realizes she is not the way he remembered her.
Director: Jeff Baena | Stars: Aubrey Plaza, Dane DeHaan, John C. Reilly, Molly Shannon
Votes: 21,369 | Gross: $0.08M
Available on HBO on August 1
42. Lions for Lambs (2007)
R | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Injuries sustained by two Army rangers behind enemy lines in Afghanistan set off a sequence of events involving a congressman, a journalist and a professor.
Director: Robert Redford | Stars: Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Michael Peña
Votes: 50,220 | Gross: $15.00M
Available on HBO on August 1
43. Little Men (2016)
PG | 85 min | Drama
A new pair of best friends have their bond tested by their parents' battle over a dress shop lease.
Director: Ira Sachs | Stars: Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Ehle, Paulina García, Theo Taplitz
Votes: 7,394 | Gross: $0.70M
Available on HBO on August 1
44. Little Women (1994)
PG | 115 min | Drama, Family, Romance