New on HBO Max in August 2026 — The Complete List of Movies and Shows

HBO Max is shooting for the stars this August in every sense of the word.

Many of the new movies and shows the streamer is set to debut this month feature a bounty of stars from the past and present, like Anne Hathaway in the 2026 psychological thriller Mother Mary and Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock as witchy sisters in the 1998 classic Practical Magic.

Its highest profile show, however, is about two space cops investigating a very Earth-bound mystery. Lanterns is another reimagining of the popular DC superhero Green Lantern, with Kyle Chandler as Hal Jordan and Aaron Pierre as John Stewart.

Continue reading to find out all the new movies and shows that are coming to HBO Max in August.

August 1

Amy
Barbarian
Bells Are Ringing
Billy Budd
Blockers
Epic
Flipper’s New Adventure
Great White Highway
Hall Pass
Hall Pass: Enlarged Edition
Happy Feet Two
It Comes At Night
Macao
Miss Sloane
Mojave
Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
Orphan
Practical Magic
Put A Ring On It: Cheat Hab
Quo Vadis
Road House (1989)
Sicario
Smart Money
Stand by Me
Strike Up the Band
Taxi!
The Band Wagon
The Crimson Pirate
The Fighting 69th
The Kennel Murder Case
The Rain People
The Sea Chase
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
The Wrong Man
The Yearling
Thresher Shark: Stun to Kill
Tusk
Who’s That Knocking at My Door?
You Can’t Get Away with Murder

August 3

Naked And Afraid: Shipwrecked – Season 1

August 4

Chopped: Volume 4 – Season 64
Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Seattle Seahawks

August 6

Monsters of God

August 7

Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage – Season 1
House Hunters International: Volume 9 – Season 215
House Hunters: Volume 11 – Season 260
The Invisible Guest
The Strangers: Chapter 2

August 8

Belle Collective – Season 8

August 9

Heart & Hustle: Houston – Season 2

August 10

Double Lives of Suburban Wives – Season 1

August 11

The Salisbury Poisonings: A Spy Next Door

August 12

Signs of a Psychopath – Season 11

August 13

Building Giants – Season 5
Faster With Newbern and Cotten – Season 3
Isadora Moon – Season 1D
Most Extreme Humans – Season 1

August 14

Normal
Whitmer Thomas: Terminal Crew of Dudes

August 16

Lanterns – Season 1