Best thriller, comedy, animation, horror, & romance shows on Max, ranked.
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MAXGone with the Wind
1939 · Movie · 3h 58mRomance · Drama · War
8 OscarsBest Romance MovieA sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of slavery and is rebuilt during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.
MAX - #997#997
MAXPrime VideoBatman: The Animated Series
1992–1995 · Series · 4 seasonsAnimation · Action
1 EmmyBillionaire Bruce Wayne secretly operates as Batman, a vigilante who battles a rouges' gallery of criminals and supervillains in Gotham City with the aid of various sidekicks and allies.
MAXPrime Video - #1197#1197
MAXOz
1997–2003 · Series · 6 seasonsThriller · Crime · Drama
The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and terrorize their mutual enemies.
MAX - #1596#1596
MAXThe Tale of The Princess Kaguya
2013 · Movie · Japanese · 2h 17mAnimation · Drama · Family
Kaguya is a beautiful young woman coveted by five nobles. To try to avoid marrying a stranger she doesn't love, she sends her suitors on seemingly impossible tasks. But she will have to face her fate and punishment for her choices.
MAX - #2794#2794
MAXHuluSchitt's Creek
2015–2020 · Series · 6 seasonsComedy
9 EmmysAfter being a victim of fraud, Johnny Rose and his family go from extremely wealthy to penniless overnight. The only asset left to them is a small, unsophisticated town: Schitt's Creek. They relocate there. Culture shock ensues.
MAXHulu - #3993#3993
MAXChimes at Midnight
1965 · Movie · 1h 55mComedy · Drama · History
Henry IV usurps the English throne, sets in motion the factious War of the Roses and now faces a rebellion led by Northumberland scion Hotspur. Henry's heir, Prince Hal, is a ne'er-do-well carouser who drinks and causes mischief with his low-class friends, especially his rotund father figure, John Falstaff. To redeem his title, Hal may have to choose between allegiance to his real father and loyalty to his friend.
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MAXPrincess Mononoke
1997 · Movie · Japanese · 2h 13mAnimation · Action · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to protect the forest, and Lady Eboshi, who is trying to destroy it. Ashitaka must find a way to bring balance to this conflict.
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MAXHowl's Moving Castle
2004 · Movie · Japanese · 1h 59mAnimation · Action · Family
When an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking castle.
MAX - #8590#8590
MAXHuluAbbott Elementary
2021– · Series · 5 seasonsComedy
4 EmmysA workplace comedy centered on a group of dedicated teachers - and an oblivious principal - in a Philadelphia public school where, despite the odds stacked against them, they are determined to help their students succeed in life.
MAXHulu - #12087#12087
MAXNe Zha 2
2025 · Movie · Mandarin · 2h 24mAnimation · Action
After a great catastrophe, the souls of Nezha and Aobing are saved, but their bodies face ruin. To give them new life, Taiyi Zhenren turns to the mystical seven-colored lotus in a daring bid to rebuild them and change their fate.
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MAXWhen Marnie Was There
2014 · Movie · Japanese · 1h 43mAnimation · Drama · Family
Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may or may not be real.
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MAXNetflixTrue Beauty
2020–2021 · Series · Korean · 1 seasonComedy · Drama · Romance
After being bullied and discriminated because of her ugly looks, a high school girl transforms herself into a gorgeous "goddess" and quickly rises to fame after mastering the art of makeup via online tutorial videos.
MAXNetflix - #14286#14286
MAXPrime VideoA Haunting
2005–2022 · Series · 11 seasonsHorror · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
"A Haunting" was a USA paranormal anthology previewing stories told by the victims. Victims tell their terrifying encounters with the paranormal. This show contains narration, frightening re-enactments, and religious content.
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MAXTig Notaro: Boyish Girl Interrupted
2015 · Movie · 55mComedy
Grammy(R)-nominated comedian Tig Notaro headlines and directs this stand-up comedy special taped at the Wilbur Theatre in Boston, MA. Known for her distinctive storytelling, offbeat sense of humor and honesty, Notaro's deadpan sta...
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MAXUs
2019 · Movie · 1h 56mHorror · Mystery · Thriller
In order to get away from their busy lives, the Wilson family takes a vacation to Santa Cruz, California. At night, four strangers break into Adelaide's childhood home. The family is shocked to find out that the intruders look lik...
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MAXHuluThe O.C.
2003–2007 · Series · 4 seasonsComedy · Drama · Romance
Ryan Atwood, a teen from the wrong side of the tracks, moves in with a wealthy family willing to give him a chance. But Ryan's arrival disturbs the status quo of the affluent, privileged community of Newport Beach, California.
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MAXNight Is Short, Walk On Girl
2017 · Movie · Japanese · 1h 32mAnimation · Action · Comedy
In this comedy about one epic night in Kyoto, a college sophomore goes on a series of surreal encounters with the local nightlife, all the while unaware of the romantic longings of her classmate Senpai.
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MAXSex and the City
1998–2004 · Series · 6 seasonsComedy · Drama · Romance
7 EmmysFour career women navigate life in NYC. Carrie writes about relationships, Charlotte runs an art gallery, Miranda practices law, and Samantha excels in PR. Each brings unique views on love, work, and friendship.
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MAXMy Adventures with Superman
2023– · Series · 2 seasonsAnimation · Action
Clark Kent builds his secret Superman identity and embraces his role as the hero of Metropolis, while sharing adventures and falling in love with Lois Lane, a star investigative journalist, who also takes Jimmy Olsen under her wing.
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MAXReal Women Have Curves
2002 · Movie · 1h 30mComedy · Drama
In East Los Angeles, an 18-year-old struggles between her ambitions of going to college and the desires of her domineering mother for her to get married, have children, and oversee the small, rundown family-owned textile factory.
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MAXLos Espookys
2019–2022 · Series · Spanish · 2 seasonsComedy · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Horror
A group of friends turns their love for horror into a peculiar business, providing horror to those who need it in a dreamy Latin American country where the strange and eerie are just part of daily life.
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MAX5 Centimeters per Second
2007 · Movie · Japanese · 1h 3mAnimation · Drama · Family
Told in three interconnected segments, Takaki tells the story of his life as cruel winters, cold technology, and finally, adult obligations and responsibility converge to test the delicate petals of love.
MAX - #27077#27077
MAXThe Flight Attendant
2020–2022 · Series · 2 seasonsComedy · Drama · Mystery
1 EmmyA reckless flight attendant with an alcoholism problem wakes up in the wrong hotel, in the wrong bed, with a dead man - and no idea what happened. Unable to piece the night together, she begins to wonder if she could be the killer.
MAX - #27377#27377
MAXRobot Chicken: DC Comics Special
2012 · Movie · 22mAnimation · Comedy · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The Robot Chicken DC Comics Special brings you the awesomeness of the DC Comics universe of characters as only Robot Chicken can, with amazing guest stars and the stop-motion sketch comedy you've come to love.
MAX - #27477#27477
MAXAnimals.
2016–2018 · Series · 3 seasonsAnimation · Comedy
Whether it's lovelorn rats, gender-questioning pigeons or aging bedbugs in the midst of a midlife crisis, the awkward small talk, moral ambiguity and existential woes of non-human urbanites prove startlingly similar to our own.
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MAXShining Vale
2022–2023 · Series · 2 seasonsComedy · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Horror
A family moves to a small town into a house in which terrible atrocities have taken place. But nobody seems to notice except for Pat, who's convinced she's either depressed or possessed--turns out, the symptoms are exactly the same.
MAX - #31374#31374
MAXA Christmas Story Christmas
2022 · Movie · 1h 38mComedy · Family
Follows the now-adult Ralphie as he returns to the house on Cleveland Street to give his kids a magical Christmas like the one he had as a child, reconnecting with childhood friends, and reconciling the passing of his Old Man.
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MAXThe Sympathizer
2024– · Series · 1 seasonComedy · Drama · History
Near the end of the Vietnam War, a plant who was embedded in the South Vietnam army flees to the United States and takes up residence in a refugee community where he continues to secretly spy and report back to the Viet Cong.
MAX - #32174#32174
MAXBeetlejuice Beetlejuice
2024 · Movie · 1h 45mComedy · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Horror
After a family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Betelgeuse, Lydia's life is turned upside down when her teenage daughter, Astrid, accidentally opens the portal to the Afterlife.
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MAXAvenue 5
2020–2022 · Series · 2 seasonsComedy · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The troubled crew of Avenue 5, a space cruise ship filled with spoiled, rich, snotty space tourists, must try and keep everyone calm after their ship gets thrown off course into space and ends up needing three years to return to E...
MAX - #33673#33673
MAXThe Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
2017 · Movie · 22mAnimation · Action
The zombie plague is over, so a museum has been built to keep the memory of it alive, and most of the relics it holds incorrectly relate to Rick Grimes' group. Elderly Carl tries to set things straight, no matter the cost.
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MAXDC League of Super-Pets
2022 · Movie · 1h 45mAnimation · Action
Krypto the Super-Dog and Superman are inseparable best friends, sharing the same superpowers and fighting crime side by side in Metropolis. However, Krypto must master his own powers for a rescue mission when Superman is kidnapped.
MAX - #34172#34172
MAXFired on Mars
2023– · Series · 1 seasonAnimation · Comedy · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Jeff Cooper has to reinvent himself after being fired from his position in the space start-up Mars.Iy. With no chance to return to Earth, he has to find meaning again in a dangerous, alien, but familiar corporate landscape.
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MAXAnnabelle: Creation
2017 · Movie · 1h 49mHorror · Mystery · Thriller
Twelve years after the tragic death of their little girl, a doll-maker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, where they become the target of the doll-maker's possessed creation, A...
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MAXNetflixLucas the Spider
2017– · Series · 2 seasonsAnimation · Family
Lucas the Spider is an animated character that appeared on YouTube, created by animator Joshua Slice. Now with his own TV series, the show keeps its highly realistic 3D animation as well the curious and kind-hearted-as-ever spider.
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MAXVota Juan
2019– · Series · SpanishComedy
Juan Carrasco is a nondescript Minister of Agriculture who must recognize that he has greater political ambitions due to a series of fortuitous political events, so he decides to run in the primary elections of his party, which may give him the opportunity to opt for the disputed position of President of the Spanish Government.
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MAXMy Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres
2019 · MovieComedy
In this multimedia comedy show, Torres explores his favorite shapes, which include a plexiglass square, a triangle, an oval that wishes he were a circle, a self-conscious cactus and a Ferrero Rocher chocolate that Julio is mad at because she left her little skirt at home. The objects are presented via an industrial conveyer belt and serve as a jumping-off point for fantastical stories, anecdotes and jokes.
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MAXMost Terrifying With Jason Hawes
2020– · Series · 1 seasonHorror · Reality
World-renowned paranormal investigator Jason Hawes uncovers the world's most horrifying haunts. He reveals the gravest of locations through spine-chilling firsthand accounts, eerie re-enactments and eye-opening interviews with loc...
MAX - #38870#38870
MAXGary Gulman: Born on 3rd Base
2023 · MovieComedy
Comedian, actor, and best-selling author Gary Gulman offers up his hilarious insights on a range of topics – from growing up poor to pretentious suffixes – all with a generous helping of his inventive humor and absurdism. Reflecting on his eccentric Jewish American family, Gulman chronicles his childhood experiences with free school lunch programs and questionable dental care, as well as incisive swipes at billionaire-ism.
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MAXNanny McPhee and the Big Bang
2010 · Movie · 1h 49mComedy · Family · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Nanny McPhee arrives to help a harried young mother who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war, though she uses her magic to teach the woman's children and their two spoiled cousins five new lessons.
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MAXTaxicab Confessions
1995– · SeriesComedy · Reality
Taxicab Confessions is a television series of hidden camera documentaries that have aired on HBO since January 1995. In segments taped in New York City and Las Vegas, the taxi drivers are also producers who steer both the vehicle and the conversations with passengers. When passengers enter the cab, they are recorded with several small cameras hidden in the taxi. The producer prompts passengers into discussing their past and/or present circumstances. This has led some participants to reflect on their life, recalling extreme tragedies or triumphs. Much is verbally or visually graphic, including explicit sex talk and sex acts performed in the back seat. At the end of the taxi ride, passengers are asked to sign waivers allowing the hidden camera footage to be used on the program, and footage of this revelation is sometimes seen during the closing credits.
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MAXDirty War
2004 · MovieThriller · Drama
After years of meticulous planning, a terrorist operation is reaching its final stages. The authorities have received no intelligence; they are in a race against time but don't yet know it. As the operation unfolds, we see the working lives of men and women directly affected by terrorism. Among them: a firemen worried about the increasingly dangerous conditions he and his men are expected to work under; the head of the anti-terrorist branch whose responsibility it is to protect London and a female Muslim detective brought into Scotland Yard to investigate another suspected terrorist cell. But it is too late to stop the attack.
MAX - #39870#39870
MAXJim Norton: Monster Rain
2007 · MovieComedy
Jim Norton is back on HBO and holds nothing back in this 60-minute concert performed in front of a live audience at The Lincoln Theater in Washington DC. Norton, known for his straight up comedy that sometimes crosses lines no other comedians dare to cross, gives his hilarious perspectives on contemporary issues, dating, celebrities, prostitutes and much more.
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MAXColor Theories by Julio Torres. A Guide to Seeing the World
2026 · MovieComedy
Julio Torres takes the stage in NYC and invites the audience to see the people, places, and things around us through his kaleidoscopic lens. Blending stand-up, an interactive set, and live drawings, Julio explores the inherent traits, personalities, and emotions of particular colors.
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MAXClassical Baby
2005– · SeriesAnimation · Family
An animated medley of music, art, and dance ingeniously designed to introduce young children to masterpieces of these arts. This creative kaleidoscope of color, motion and music features a diapered baby 'conductor' who leads an all-animal orchestra through short musical pieces, played before a rapt animal audience.
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