The upcoming week is an important one for the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned streamer HBO Max, as it will officially be rebranded into Max on May 23. But what are the differences between HBO Max and Max? Is it just a matter of changing the streamer’s name? And what are the new movies and TV shows heading to Max? Here’s what you should know.
HBO Max vs. Max differences
The main difference between HBO Max and Max is the catalog of movies and TV shows.
Following the WarnerMedia-Discovery merger, the entertainment conglomerate felt the necessity to have its content available to stream in one place and not scattered through several streaming platforms. Eventually, it opted to merge HBO Max and Discovery Plus into Max, dropping both the “HBO” and “Plus” parts.
Still, the streamers’ fans shouldn’t fear as Max will still host all the HBO Originals, Warner Bros. films, Max Originals, the DC Universe, the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in addition to the many Discovery Channel documentaries, all the content from HGTV, Food Network, Adult Swim, Cartoon Network, TLC, ID, and more.
What new movies and TV shows are on Max?
Fans can watch Shazam! Fury of the Gods and Avatar: The Way of Water on Max.
The Shazam! sequel will be available on the streamer’s day launch, but fans have to wait until June 7 for Avatar 2. There is plenty of fresh content coming to Max in the next few days, including plenty of documentaries like Bama Rush, and some reality shows.
Here’s all of the content fans should expect to see on Max from launch through June 2023:
- Bama Rush
- Clone High, Season 1
- German Genius
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
- Gremlins: Secrets Of The Mogwai, Season 1
- Growing Floret
- How To Create A Sex Scandal
- Maine Cabin Masters, Season 8
- Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023)
- SmartLess: On The Road
- Talking Sopranos Podcast
- Villainous, Season 1A
- What Am I Eating? With Zooey Deschanel
- Windy City Rehab
- Expedition Unknown
- 100 Years Of Warner Bros. The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
- Blippi Wonders, Season 2C
- Lellobee City Farm, Season 3
- Teen Titans Go!, Season 8A
- Total DramaRama: A Very Special Special, That’s Quite Special (2023)
- Vlad and Niki, Season 2A
- Vgly
- 100 Day Dream Home
- Being Mary Tyler Moore
- Kendra Sells Hollywood, Seasons 1-2
- Mark Rober’s Revengineers
- Unicorn: Warriors Eternal
- Guy’s Ranch Kitchen
- Impractical Jokers, (Collection of 100 episodes from seasons 1-8)
- Impractical Jokers, Season 10A + Roadblock Special
- Put a Ring on It
- Sarah Silverman: Someone You Love
- American Monster
- Collateral Beauty
- Married To Evil
- Otter Dynasty
- Silos Baking Competition
- 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way: Pillow Talk (TLC)
- Motel Rescue (Magnolia Network)
- Reality (HBO Original)
- The Curious Case of Natalia Grace (ID)
- Angie Tribeca, Seasons 1-3 (TBS)
- Craig of the Creek, Season 4F (Cartoon Network)
- Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico (CNN)
- Ghost Adventures: Lake of Death (Discovery)
- 3:10 to Yuma (2007)
- A Star Is Born (1954)
- A Star Is Born (1976)
- Army of Darkness (1993)
- Balls of Fury (2007)
- Beautiful Creatures (2013)
- Big Daddy (1999)
- Breach (2007)
- Bulworth (1998)
- Class Act (1992)
- Click (2006)
- Dave (1993)
- David Copperfield (1935)
- Demolition Man (1993)
- Diggers (2006)
- Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
- Dolphin Tale (2011)
- Dumb & Dumber (1994)
- Dumb & Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003)
- Eastern Promises (2007)
- Edge of Darkness (2010)
- Eli Roth Presents: The Legion Of Exorcists (Travel Channel)
- Enter The Dragon (1973)
- Fame (1980)
- Fifty Shades Darker (2017, Extended Version)
- Fifty Shades Freed (2018, Extended Version)
- Gold Diggers of 1933
- Gold Diggers of 1935
- Grease (1978)
- Hairspray (2007)
- I Origins (2014)
- I, Tonya (2017)
- Jackie Brown (1997)
- Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
- Jersey Boys (2014)
- Just Mercy (2019)
- Knock Knock (2015)
- Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
- Magic Mike (2012)
- Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat (2002)
- Military Wives (2019)
- Moneyball (2011)
- Monster-In-Law (2005)
- Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)
- Moonlight (2016)
- Naked.Loud.Proud (Max Original)
- Narc (2002)
- National Lampoon’s European Vacation (1985)
- Never Say Never Again (1983)
- Objective, Burma! (1945)
- On Moonlight Bay (1951)
- Operation Crossbow (1965)
- Police Academy (1984)
- Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)
- Police Academy 3: Back In Training (1986)
- Police Academy 4: Citizens On Patrol (1987)
- Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach (1988)
- Radio (2003)
- Ready Player One (2018)
- Romance on the High Seas (1948)
- Selena (1997)
- Sex And The City (2008)
- Sex And The City 2 (2010)
- Sunday in New York (1964)
- Tea for Two (1950)
- The Big Wedding (2013)
- The Blackcoat’s Daughter (2015)
- The Boy Next Door (2015)
- The Dead Files (Travel Channel)
- The Drop (2014)
- The Evil Dead (1981)
- The Evil Dead (2013)
- The Evil Dead II (1987)
- The Family (2013)
- The Hurt Locker (2009)
- The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete (2013)
- The Lodge (2019)
- The Nun’s Story (1959)
- The Painter and the Thief (2020)
- The Saint (1997)
- The Turning Point (1977)
- Tooth Fairy (2010)
- Woodstock: The Director’s Cut (1994)
- X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
- You’re Next (2013)
- Magic Mike’s Last Dance (2023)
- Painting With John, Season 3 (HBO Original)
- Well Designed (Magnolia Network)
- 90 Day Fiance: Before The 90 Days (TLC)
- Battle on the Beach (HGTV)
- The Idol (HBO Original)
- Louisiana Law (Animal Planet)
- Burden of Proof (HBO Original)
- Bugs Bunny Builders, Season 1E (Cartoon Network)
- Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
- Ghost Adventures (Discovery)
- A Star Is Born (2018)
- American Pain (Max Original)
- AEW All Access (TBS)
- First Five (Max Original)
- Build It Forward (HGTV)
- Red 2 (2013)
- Walker, Season 3
- Celebrity IOU, Season 4A (HGTV)
- Vacation (2015)
- How Do You Measure A Year? (HBO Original)
- Small Town Potential (HGTV)
- Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens, Season 3
- Crack Addicts (TLC)
- Outchef’d (Food Network)
- Rap Battlefield, Season 2 (Max Original)
- Hoffman Family Gold (Discovery)
- Meet the Batwheels shorts, Season 1C (Cartoon Network)
- The Cabin Chronicles, Season 3 (Magnolia Network)
- John Early: Now More Than Ever (HBO Original)
- Beachside Brawl (Food Network)
- The Great Food Truck Race: David vs. Goliath (Food Network)
- The Righteous Gemstones, Season 3 (HBO Original)
- We Baby Bears, Season 2A (Cartoon Network)
- Street Outlaws: Mega Cash Days (Discovery)
- 7 Little Johnstons (TLC)
- The Stroll (HBO Original)
- And Just Like That…, Season 2 (Max Original)
- Christina On The Coast (HGTV)
- Downey’s Dream Cars (Max Original)
- Rich & Shameless, Season 2A (TNT)
- Teen Titans Go!, Season 8B (Cartoon Network)
- Mini Reni (Magnolia Network)
- Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham (2023)
- Chopped (Food Network)
- Taylor Mac’s 24-Decade History of Popular Music (HBO Original)
- Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed (HBO Original)
- Revealed (HGTV)
- Ten-Year-Old Tom, Season 2 (Max Original)
- Warrior, Season 3 (Max Original)
- Beachfront Bargain Hunt Renovation, Season 7 (Magnolia Network)
