Update: This article was last updated on July 31, 2026, with new and old HBO Max shows and movies that are coming and leaving.

Ready for your monthly streaming ritual? A brand-new lineup of movies and TV shows is landing on HBO Max this month. August brings several anticipated HBO Originals, DC's newest series, returning reality favorites, and plenty of classic films. As always, a number of titles are also leaving the platform, so now's the perfect time to plan your watchlist. Here's everything coming to and leaving HBO Max in August 2026.

HBO Max Originals in August 2026

Here's a list of HBO Max Originals coming in August 2026.

What’s Coming to HBO Max on August 4

  • Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Seattle Seahawks – HBO Original sports documentary series following the Seattle Seahawks during NFL training camp.

What’s Coming to HBO Max on August 6

  • Monsters of God – HBO Original documentary series.

What’s Coming to HBO Max on August 13

  • Isadora Moon, Season 1D – Max Original animated series.

What’s Coming to HBO Max on August 14

  • Whitmer Thomas: Terminal Crew of Dudes – HBO Original comedy special.

What’s Coming to HBO Max on August 16

  • Lanterns, Season 1 – DC Studios' highly anticipated live-action drama based on Green Lantern.

What’s Coming to HBO Max on August 21

  • Conan O'Brien Must Go, Season 3 – HBO Original travel comedy series.

What’s Coming to HBO Max on August 24

  • Margarita: Make Your Story Count, Season 3 – Max Original series returns.

What’s Coming to HBO Max on August 28

  • The Producer, Season 1 – New HBO Original series.

Everything Coming To HBO Max This Month (August 2026)

Here are all the shows and movies coming to HBO Max in August 2026:

What’s Coming to HBO Max on 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

What’s Coming to HBO Max on August 3

  • Naked And Afraid: Shipwrecked, Season 1

What’s Coming to HBO Max on August 4

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

What’s Coming to HBO Max on August 6

  • Monsters of God

What’s Coming to HBO Max on 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

What’s Coming to HBO Max on August 8

  • Belle Collective, Season 8

What’s Coming to HBO Max on August 9

  • Heart & Hustle: Houston, Season 2

What’s Coming to HBO Max on August 10

  • Double Lives of Suburban Wives, Season 1

What’s Coming to HBO Max on August 11

  • The Salisbury Poisonings: A Spy Next Door

What’s Coming to HBO Max on August 12

  • Signs of a Psychopath, Season 11

What’s Coming to HBO Max on August 13

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

What’s Coming to HBO Max on August 14

  • Normal
  • Whitmer Thomas: Terminal Crew of Dudes

What’s Coming to HBO Max on August 16

  • Lanterns, Season 1

What’s Coming to HBO Max on August 17

  • Thanksgiving (2023)

What’s Coming to HBO Max on August 20

  • ER: Caught On Camera, Season 1
  • Expedition X, Season 12

What’s Coming to HBO Max on August 21

  • Conan O'Brien Must Go, Season 3
  • Mother Mary

What’s Coming to HBO Max on August 22

  • Abbott Elementary, Season 5

What’s Coming to HBO Max on August 24

  • Margarita: Make Your Story Count, Season 3

What’s Coming to HBO Max on August 25

  • "Ben Sasse is Coming Home: Lessons in Life and Death" with Jake Tapper, The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper

What’s Coming to HBO Max on August 26

  • 1000-lb Roomies, Season 2
  • Bobby's Triple Threat, Season 5
  • Homestead Rescue: Intervention, Season 1

What’s Coming to HBO Max on August 27

  • Totally '90s House, Season 1

What’s Coming to HBO Max on August 28

  • House Hunters: Volume 11, Season 261
  • The Producer, Season 1

What’s Coming to HBO Max on August 30

  • Enter Nowhere
  • Holla
  • Knock Knock
  • The Cabin in the Woods
  • The Strangers: Chapter 1
  • The Strangers: Prey at Night

What’s Coming to HBO Max on August 31

  • Big Burger Battle, Season 1
  • The Robot Chicken Adult Swim Special

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Shows and Movies Leaving HBO Max This Month (August 2026)

Here's the list of all the shows and movies leaving HBO Max in August 2026.

What’s Leaving HBO Max on August 25

  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)

What’s Leaving HBO Max on August 28

  • Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Director's Cut) (2005)

What’s Leaving HBO Max on August 31

  • You've Got Mail (1998)
  • 42nd Street (1933)
  • A Perfect World (1993)
  • Adam's Rib (1949)
  • Along Came Polly (2004)
  • Cabaret (1972)
  • Dumb & Dumber (1994)
  • Full Metal Jacket (1987)
  • Good Will Hunting (1997)
  • How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)
  • John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019)
  • Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)
  • Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004)
  • Love Actually (2003)
  • Magic Mike (2012)
  • Megamind (2010)
  • Misery (1990)
  • Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)
  • Mystic River (2003)
  • National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
  • Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
  • Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird (1985)
  • The Adjustment Bureau (2011)
  • The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)
  • Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (2005)
  • Unforgiven (1992)
  • Veronica Mars (2014)

What to Watch First on HBO Max in August 2026

If you're opening HBO Max this month and wondering what deserves a spot on your watchlist first, August 2026 has a little bit of everything. From DC's newest live-action series and HBO Originals to horror hits, classic dramas, and nostalgic favorites, it's one of the platform's strongest lineups this summer.

  • The biggest premiere is Lanterns, which finally debuts on August 16. As DC Studios' latest live-action series, it's easily the month's most anticipated release and should be at the top of every superhero fan's watchlist. If you're looking for something lighter, Conan O'Brien Must Go Season 3 continues Conan's hilarious travel adventures later in the month.
  • Movie fans have plenty to look forward to as well. Barbarian, Sicario, Stand by Me, Practical Magic, Murder on the Orient Express (2017), and Thanksgiving headline the month's biggest additions. Horror fans can also revisit It Comes At Night, Orphan, Tusk, and The Strangers films arriving throughout August.
  • If documentaries and reality shows are more your thing, don't miss Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Seattle Seahawks, Monsters of God, and returning favorites like Expedition X, House Hunters, and Chopped.

Personally, I'd start with Lanterns, then revisit Sicario if you're in the mood for an action thriller, follow it up with Barbarian for one of the best horror films of recent years, and wrap up the month with Conan O'Brien Must Go Season 3 for something fun and relaxing.

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That's everything coming to and leaving HBO Max in August 2026. Be sure to bookmark this page, as we'll keep updating it whenever Warner Bros. Discovery announces additional movies, TV shows, or schedule changes throughout the month.