Now Introducing HBO Max Classic

[Kuwolski]

I have HBO (and HBO GO) via my cable (xfinity) so I guess I don’t automatically get this, right?

I just saw the deal on their website, but I'm going to assume you can for the simple reason that AT&T will want to drive as many existing HBO customers to Max as possible, even at a discount.

This will launch with much more domestic scale then I thought it would even a month ago. The early sub numbers for this (with migration & platform availability) will be very impressive.

 

[Prison Mike]

I canceled my HBO Now subscription through iTunes and created a new account through HBO Max so I can get the discount price.

 

[Kuwolski]

 

[kvz5]

I just saw the deal on their website, but I'm going to assume you can for the simple reason that AT&T will want to drive as many existing HBO customers to Max as possible, even at a discount.

This will launch with much more domestic scale then I thought it would even a month ago. The early sub numbers for this (with migration & platform availability) will be very impressive.

It looks like you can only get it for free if you have HBO on AT&T but since I'm on Xfinity then I'm out of luck. My contract with Xfinity doesn't expire until July so it looks like I'm opting out of this for now since I don't want to double subscribe.

 

[Kuwolski]

It looks like you can only get it for free if you have HBO on AT&T but since I'm on Xfinity then I'm out of luck. My contract with Xfinity doesn't expire until July so it looks like I'm opting out of this for now since I don't want to double subscribe.

Keep an eye out, expanded discount options is a possibility before launch.

 

[Calvin Ellis]

I will be getting it free since I have HBO through DirecTV

 

[-JKR-]

I shed a tear of joy or two!

 

[Detective Conan]

Inside HBO Max, the $4 Billion Bet to Stand Out in the Streaming Wars

No matter how it does. I’m more than positive HBO Max will still do way better than Quibi, lol.

 

[Prison Mike]

Yeah Quibi has been a failure

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

I hope we get a rebooted Entourage.

 

[flickchick85]

It looks like you can only get it for free if you have HBO on AT&T but since I'm on Xfinity then I'm out of luck. My contract with Xfinity doesn't expire until July so it looks like I'm opting out of this for now since I don't want to double subscribe.

Keep an eye out because they keep adding partners. Like, since their initial announcement, they’ve added people who already subscribe through Hulu, AppleTV and also Charter/Spectrum cable subscribers to the groups that automatically get it free if they’re paying for HBO. And they say they have other distribution deals in place that those partners will announce at launch. So ya never know, Xfinity might be one.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

 

[Blitzkrieg]

HBO Max Unveils Hundreds of Movies Available from Warner Bros., The Criterion Collection, Studio Ghibli & More

Criterion Collection

Then there’s the selection of movies from the Criterion Collection, which will be handy for those who may not want consolidate their streaming services and not pay extra for The Criterion Channel (though they do offer more titles and entertainment options besides the movies below).

The movies heading to HBO Max from the Criterion Collection include Federico Fellini’s revered 8½ and La Strada, film school staples such as Battleship Potemkin and Stagecoach,and the best of the French New Wave titles like The 400 Blows, Breathless and Le Samourai. You’ll also find Seven Samurai and The Hidden Fortress, both movies from Akira Kurosawa that were extremely influential on George Lucas’ Star Wars, and a fantastic selection of Godzilla movies.

• 8½
• …And God Created Woman
• 16 Days of Glory
• 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her
• The 3 Penny Opera
• The 39 Steps
• The 400 Blows
• The 47 Ronin: Part 1
• The 47 Ronin: Part 2
• Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
• Amarcord
• An Angel at my Table
• Ashes and Diamonds
• Atlanta’s Olympic Glory
• Au Revior Les Enfants
• Autumn Sonata
• Babette’s Feast
• Battle of Algiers
• Battleship Potemkin
• The Beales of Grey Gardens
• Beauty and the Beast
• Belle De Jour
• Bicycle Thieves
• The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant
• Black Girl
• Black Narcissus
• Black Orpheus
• Blithe Spirit
• The Blob
• Blood Simple
• Breaking the Waves
• Breathless
• Brief Encounter
• A Brief History of Time
• The Brood
• Brute Force
• Buena Vista Social Club
• Calgary ‘88: 16 Days of Glory
• Carnival of Souls
• Chimes at Midnight
• La Ciénaga
• The Circus
• City Lights
• Cleo from 5 to 7
• Cranes are Flying
• Cries and Whispers
• Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
• Cronos
• Daisies
• A Day in the Country
• A Day’s Pleasure
• The Daytrippers
• Dead Man
• Desert Hearts
• Destroy All Monsters
• Diabolique
• Divorce Italian Style
• A Dog’s Life
• Don’t Look Back
• Down by Law
• The Earrings of Madame De
• Eating Raoul
• Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
• Elevator to the Gallows
• The Emperor Jones
• The Entertainer
• Equinox
• Eraserhead
• Europa
• Europe ‘51
• Eyes Without a Face
• F is for Fake
• Faces
• Fanny and Alexander
• Fantastic Planet
• Fat Girl
• First Man Into Space
• For All Mankind
• Foreign Correspondant
• The Four Feathers
• Fox and His Friends
• The Front Page
• Funny Games
• George Stevens: A Filmmakers Journey
• George Stevens: D-Day to Berlin
• Germany Year Zero
• Gidorah, The Three Headed Monster
• Gimme Shelter
• Godzilla
• Godzilla Raids Again
• Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla
• Godzilla vs Megalon
• Godzilla vs Gigan
• Godzilla vs Hedorah
• Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
• The Gold Rush
• The Gold Rush: 1942 Version
• The Grand Olympics
• Gray’s Anatomy
• The Great Dictator
• Great Expectations
• Grey Gardens
• Hamlet
• Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice
• Hanzo the Razor: The Snare
• Hanzo the Razor: Who’s Got the Gold?
• A Hard Day’s Night
• Harlan County U.S.A
• Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages
• Hearts and Minds
• Henry V
• The Hidden Fortress
• Hobson’s Choice
• The Honeymoon Killers
• Hoop Dreams
• House
• I Married a Witch
• I Shot Jesse James
• I Was a Teenage Zombie
• The Idle Class
• Ikiru
• The Immigrant
• In the Mood for Love
• In Vanda’s Room
• Intermezzo
• Invasion of Astro-Monster
• Irma Vep
• Ivan the Terrible Part 1
• Ivan the Terrible Part 2
• Jubilee
• Jules and Jim
• Juliet of the Spirits
• The Jungle Book
• The Kid
• Kill!
• The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
• A King in New York
• The King of Kings
• Knife in the Water
• Kwaidan
• Lady Snowblood
• Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
• The Lady Vanishes
• L’Amore
• L’Argent
• The Last Emperor
• The Last Metro
• The Last Wave
• Late Autumn
• Late Spring
• L’Avventura
• Lillehammer ‘94: Days of Glory
• Limelight
• The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
• Lola
• Lola Montes
• Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
• Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
• Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
• Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby in the Land of Demons
• Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengence
• Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
• Loneliness of the Long Distance
• The Long Voyage Home
• Look Back in Anger
• Lord of the Flies
• The Lost Honor of Katarina Blum
• Love in the Afternoon
• Major Barbara
• Man Bites Dog
• The Man Who Knew Too Much
• Marriage of Maria Braun
• Masculin Feminin
• Metropolitan
• Mikey and Nicky
• Modern Times
• Mon Oncle
• Mona Lisa
• Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday
• Monsieur Verdoux
• Monterey Pop
• The Most Dangerous Game
• Mothra vs Godzilla
• Mr. Arkadin
• Multiple Maniacs
• My Brilliant Career
• My Dinner with Andre
• My Life as a Dog
• My Night at Maud’s
• Nagano ‘98 Olympics: Stories of Honor and Glory
• The Naked City
• The Naked Kiss
• Nanook of the North
• Nice and Friendly
• A Night in the Show
• Night of the Living Dead
• Of Mice and Men
• Oliver Twist
• Onibaba
• Paris, Texas
• Pather Panchali
• Pay Day
• Pepe Le Moko
• Permanent Vacation
• Persona
• Picnic at Hanging Rock
• The Pilgrim
• The Player
• Police Story
• Primary
• The Private Life of Henry the VIII
• Pygmalion
• Quadrophenia
• Querelle
• Rashomon
• The Red Balloon
• Red Desert
• The Red Shoes
• Rembrandt
• The Return of Bulldog Drummond
• Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel
• Richard III
• The Rink
• The Rise of Catherine the Great
• The Rite
• The River
• Rodan
• Rome Open City
• A Room with a View
• The Ruling Class
• The Runner
• Sabotage
• Safety Last!
• Salesman
• Le Samourai
• Samurai Trilogy 1: Musashi Miyamoto
• Samurai Trilogy 2: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
• Samurai Trilogy 3: Duel at Ganryu Island
• Satan’s Brew
• Sawdust and Tinsel
• Scanners
• The Scarlet Pimpernel
• Scenes From a Marriage
• Schizopolis
• Seance on a Wet Afternoon
• Secrets and Lies
• Senso
• Seoul 1988
• Seven Samurai
• Seventh Seal
• The Seventh Veil
• Shadows
• Shock Corridor
• Shoot the Piano Player
• The Shooting
• The Shop on Main Street
• Shoulder Arms
• Sisters
• Smithereens
• Solaris
• Son of Godzilla
• Speedy
• Stagecoach
• La Strada
• Stranger Than Paradise
• The Stranger
• Stromboli
• Summertime
• Sunnyside
• Sweetie
• Taste of Cherry
• A Taste of Honey
• Terror of Mechagodzilla
• The Testement of Dr Mabuse
• That Hamilton Woman
• The Thief of Bagdad
• Three Colors: Blue
• Three Colors: Red
• Three Colors: White
• Throne of Blood
• Through a Glass Darkly
• Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
• Time Bandits
• The Times of Harvey Milk
• The Tin Drum
• To Be or not To Be
• Tokyo Olympiad
• Tokyo Story
• Tom Jones
• The Trial of Joan of Arc
• True Stories
• Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
• Two English Girls
• Ugetsu
• Umberto D.
• The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
• Under the Volacno
• Vampyr
• Victim
• Vivre Sa Vie
• Voyage to Italy
• The Wages of Fear
• War and Peace
• The War of the Gargantuas
• The War Room
• Watership Down
• Weekend
• Wild Strrawberries
• Wings of Desire
• Wise Blood
• Withnail and I
• A Woman of Paris
• A Woman Under the Influence
• The X From Outer Space
• Yojimbo
• Young and Innocent
• Young Girls
• Z

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Huh, there's gonna be stuff from other studios too

HBO Max Unveils Hundreds of Movies Available from Warner Bros., The Criterion Collection, Studio Ghibli & More

Third Party Titles

There will also be a selection of third party titles that aren’t from Warner Bros., but HBO Max picked up the rights to in order to beef up their library. They include movies that hop around to all the streaming services like Annie Hall, Good Will Hunting, Mona Lisa Smile, Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Pretty in Pink, and Tropic Thunder. But this list also includes the library of Studio Ghibli titles that are not easily found on US streaming services, including Howl’s Moving Castle, Kiki’s Delivery Service, My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, and more.

• Alien (Director’s Cut)
• Aliens
• Alien 3
• Alien Resurrection
• American Pie
• Analyze This
• Annie Hall
• Apocalypse Now
• Armageddon
• The Awful Truth
• Aya
• Babe
• Baby Boom
• The Bells of St. Mary’s
• Big Top Pee Wee
• Boys Don’t Cry
• Braveheart
• Bridesmaids
• Broken Arrow
• Capricorn One
• Casino Royale
• Castle in the Sky
• The Cat Returns
• Cold Mountain
• D2: The Mighty Ducks
• D3: The Mighty Ducks
• The Darjeeling Limited
• Dick Tracy
• Die Hard
• Die Hard 2: Die Harder
• Die Hard with a Vengeance
• Downton Abbey
• Dr. Strangelove
• Eagle Eye
• Ella Enchanted
• The Family Stone
• Fast Five
• Fight Club
• From Up on Poppy Hill
• A Good Day to Die Hard
• Good Will Hunting
• Grosse Pointe Blank
• Hackers
• Half-Nelson
• Happy Death Day
• Harold and Maude
• Hellboy (2019)
• Her Smell
• Hey Arnold! The Movie
• Hobbs & Shaw
• Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
• Hope Floats
• How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
• Howl’s Moving Castle
• In Bruges
• In Cold Blood
• Jaws
• Jaws 2
• Jaws 3-D
• Jaws: The Revenge
• John Tucker Must Die
• John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
• The Kids Are All Right
• Kiki’s Delivery Service
• The Killing
• Kung Fu Panda
• The Land Before Time
• Last Holiday
• The Last Waltz
• Let’s Spend the Night Together
• Lilies of the Field
• Little Black Book
• The Long Goodbye
• Love Actually
• Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again
• Manhattan
• The Mighty Ducks
• Mona Lisa Smile
• Mr. and Mrs. Smith
• Mrs. Doubtfire
• My Neighbor Totoro
• My Neighbors the Yamadas
• Nausicaa of the Walley of the Wind
• Network
• Notting Hill
• One Fine Day
• Ocean Waves
• An Officer and a Gentleman
• Once Upon a Time in the West
• Only Angels Have Wings
• Only Yesterday
• Out of Africa
• Paths of Glory
• Pet Sematary
• Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
• Pom Poko
• Ponyo
• Porco Russo
• Pretty in Pink
• Princess Mononoke
• Quantum of Solace
• Raising Arizona
• Ready or Not
• Reds
• Save the Last Dance
• Scary Movie 3
• The Secret World of Arrietty
• Shall We Dance?
• Shooter
• Shutter Island
• Slumdog Millionaire
• Some Kind of Beautiful
• Spirited Away
• Stealing Harvard
• Striptease
• Swingers
• The Take of the Princess Kaguya
• Tales from Earthsea
• Teen Witch
• That Thing You Do!
• The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
• The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
• This Means War
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
• Tropic Thunder
• True Lies
• Twins
• Unfriended
• Us
• Van Helsing
• Varsity Blues
• War of the Worlds (2005)
• What About Bob?
• What Women Want
• When Marnie was There
• Whispers of the Heart
• The Wind Rises
• The Wood
• X-Men: Dark Phoenix
• Yesterday

 

[flickchick85]

Huh, there's gonna be stuff from other studios too

HBO Max Unveils Hundreds of Movies Available from Warner Bros., The Criterion Collection, Studio Ghibli & More

Yeah, this is why New Mutants ain't going straight to streaming - Fox had a pre-existing deal with WB/HBO for a lot of their content before the Disney buyout. So if New Mutants were sent straight to streaming, it would have to be on HBO Max, not Disney+ or Hulu. So that's a no-go.

I am SO here for all these classics, though!

 

[Spider-Fan]

This is an impressive list

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Yeah, this is why New Mutants ain't going straight to streaming - Fox had a pre-existing deal with WB/HBO for a lot of their content before the Disney buyout. So if New Mutants were sent straight to streaming, it would have to be on HBO Max, not Disney+ or Hulu. So that's a no-go.

Yeah I know abut the deal with Fox. HBO also has a deal with Universal which they renewed very recently. On the other hand I think Universal/Comcast has a deal in place for the HP movies which is why those movies won't appear in HBO Max soon.

But I see Bayformers 2 in there and that's Paramount. I didn't know HBO also had collaborations with Paramount.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Plus there's Casino Royale which is Sony and Armageddon which is from Disney (actually it's Touchstone Pictures but didn't that fold into Disney).

 

[flickchick85]

Yeah, HBO has always licensed films from other studios. I wouldn't expect that to change now.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

WarnerMedia Bolsters HBO Max Launch with New Distribution Partners

Covering a range of categories and platforms, including cable and broadband operators, gaming consoles and connected TVs, the newest companies to sign on to distribute HBO Max at launch include Altice USA, Cox Communications, Microsoft, National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC), Samsung, Sony Interactive Entertainment and Verizon. These companies join AT&T, Apple, Charter, Google, Hulu and YouTube TV in offering HBO Max to their customers at launch.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

HBO Max 2021

 

[psylockolussus]

Can't wait for the Snyder Cut!

 

[Prison Mike]

They’re even giving him money to finish it!

 

[Iceman]

They’re even giving him money to finish it!

Ah that's what I was wondering about. At least we can get finished effects then.

 

[DarkKnight88]

They must’ve liked what they saw, or at the very least thought it was worth putting money into.