The fall is usually the domain of television. September and October are the months in which networks (and increasingly some streamers) debut all their new series. With its list of new releases for October 2021, however, HBO Max has decided that fall works just fine for new movies as well.
HBO Max’s new offerings this month are highlighted by two enormous Warner Bros. film releases. The Sopranos prequel The Many Saints of Newark opens things up on Oct. 1. The movie is getting a theatrical release as well but you can certainly just watch it via streaming to make Sopranos creator and film purist David Chase mad. Next up is the sprawling sci-fi epic Dune on Oct. 22. It’s long been thought that a faithful and suitably enormous Dune adaptation was impossible. Now it’s almost time to see if director Denis Villenueve pulled it off.
Even if the movies are the big blockbusters here, HBO Max isn’t letting its TV offerings go to waste. Arguably HBO’s biggest running drama, Succession, returns for a long-awaited third season on Oct. 17. Also mixed in to the streamer’s TV offerings are docuseries like 15 Minutes of Shame (Oct. 7) and What Happened, Brittany Murphy? (Oct. 15).
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October will also be a good month for movie fans looking to check out some recent heavy hitters without buying a ticket. It: Chapter Two (Oct. 10), The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (Oct. 21), and In the Heights (Oct. 28) all arrive this month.
HBO Max New Releases – October 2021
October 1Admission, 2013 (HBO)A Royal Affair, 2012 (HBO)After the Thin Man, 1936All The President’s Men, 1976 (HBO)American Gigolo, 1980 (HBO)American Graffiti, 1973 (HBO)Argo, 2012 (Alternate Version) (HBO) Bad Boys II, 2003Bad Boys, 1995Bad Words, 2013 (HBO)Ballet 422, 2014 (HBO)Being Flynn, 2012 (HBO)Best Man Down, 2013 (HBO)Beverly Hills Cop, 1984 (HBO)Beverly Hills Cop II, 1987 (HBO)Beverly Hills Cop III, 1994 (HBO)Bill And Ted’s Excellent Adventure, 1989 (HBO)Bill And Ted’s Bogus Journey, 1991 (HBO)Billy Elliot, 2000 (HBO)Black Christmas, 2019 (HBO)Black Hawk Down, 2001 (HBO)Blades Of Glory, 2007 (HBO)Blazing Saddles, 1974Blood Father, 2016 (HBO)Bloodsport, 1988 (HBO)Blue Crush, 2002 (HBO)Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason, 2004 (HBO)Bridget Jones’s Diary, 2001Broken City, 2013 (HBO)Caddyshack II, 1988Cake, 2005 (HBO)Cats, 2019 (HBO)Child 44, 2015 (HBO)City of God, 2002 (HBO)Clash of Titans , 1981Client 9: The Rise And Fall Of Eliot Spitzer, 2010 (HBO)Culpa, 2021 (HBO)Danny Collins, 2015 (HBO)David Lynch: The Art Life, 2016Desperately Seeking Susan, 1985 (HBO)Dinner For Schmucks, 2010 (HBO)Doubt, 2008 (HBO)Down A Dark Hall, 2018 (HBO)Downhill, 2020 (HBO)Drop Zone, 1994 (HBO)Dying Young, 1991 (HBO)El Cantante, 2007 (HBO)El Profugo, 2020 (HBO)Emma., 2020 (HBO)Endless Love, 2014 (HBO)Entre Nos: The Winners 2, 2021 (HBO)Entre Nos: What She Said, 2021 (HBO)Family MattersFifty Shades Of Black, 2016 (HBO)For A Good Time, Call…, 2012 (Alternate Version) (HBO) Full HouseGangs Of New York, 2002 (HBO)Gangster Squad, 2013 (HBO)Goodbye, Mr. Chips, 1969Hacksaw Ridge, 2016 (HBO)Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay, 2008He Said She Said, 1991 (HBO)Hearts In Atlantis, 2001 (HBO)Hitch, 2005Hitman, 2007 (Alternate Version) (HBO) Hooper, 1978Hostage, 2005 (HBO)House of Wax , 2005House, 2008 (HBO)Imagine That, 2009 (HBO)Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words, 2015J. Edgar, 2011 (HBO)Johnny English Strikes Again, 2018 (HBO)Journey to the Center of the Earth, 2008Just Mercy, 2019 (HBO)Kill Bill: Vol. 1, 2003 (HBO)Kill Bill: Vol. 2, 2004 (HBO)Kin, 2018 (HBO)Leap Year, 2010 (HBO)LEGO DC Shazam: Magic and Monsters!, 2020Less Than Zero, 1987 (HBO)Like Water for Chocolate, 1992 (HBO)Little Man, 2006 (HBO)Lincoln, 2012 (HBO)Lottery Ticket, 2010 (HBO)MAS*H, 1970 (HBO)Mama, 2013 (HBO)Marathon Man, 1976 (HBO)Misery, 1990 (HBO)Monster’s Ball, 2001 (Alternate Version) (HBO) Moonrise Kingdom, 2012 (HBO)National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, 1989National Lampoon’s Vacation, 1983Natural Born Killers, 1994Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always, 2020 (HBO)Night Catches Us, 2010 (HBO)Orphan, 2009Parental Guidance, 2012 (HBO)Pariah, 2011 (HBO)Police Academy, 1984Poltergeist II: The Other Side, 1986 (HBO)Poltergeist III, 1988 (HBO)Private Parts, 1997 (HBO)Proof Of Life, 2000 (HBO)Racing Stripes, 2005 (HBO)Reservation Road, 2007 (HBO)Say Anything…, 1989 (HBO)Sergeant York, 1941Shaft, 1971Shall We Dance?, 2004 (HBO)She’s All That, 1999 (HBO)Sherlock Holmes And The Great Escape, 2019 (HBO)Sherlock Holmes, 2009Shrek The Third, 2007 (HBO)Six Degrees Of Separation, 1993 (HBO)Sliver, 1993 (Alternate Version) (HBO) Snitch, 2013 (HBO)Speedway, 1968Step by Step, Stigmata, 1999 (HBO)Strange But True, 2019 (HBO)Superstar, 1999 (HBO)Super 8, 2011 (HBO)Talk To Me, 2007 (HBO)Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans, 2019The Banger Sisters, 2002 (HBO)The Blind Side, 2009 (HBO)The Bonfire of the Vanities, 1990The Book Of Eli, 2010 (HBO)The Campaign, 2012 (Alternate Version) (HBO) The Cider House Rules, 1999 (HBO)The Cincinnati Kid, 1965The East, 2013 (HBO)The Eichmann Show, 2015 (HBO)The Internship, 2013 (HBO)The Invisible Man, 2020 (HBO)The Harvey Girls, 1946The High Note, 2020 (HBO)The Hours, 2002 (HBO)The Legend Of Hercules, 2014 (HBO)The Many Saints of Newark, Warner Bros. Film Premiere, 2021 The Outsiders, 1983The Perfect Storm, 2000The Poseidon Adventure, 1972 (HBO)The Quarry, 2020 (HBO)The Rite, 2011 (HBO)The Running Man, 1987 (HBO)The Way Way Back, 2013 (HBO)The 15:17 To Paris, 2018 (HBO)Things We Lost In The Fire, 2007 (HBO)Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride, 2005Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, 2011 (HBO)Trance, 2013 (HBO)Tully, 2018 (HBO)Twelve Monkeys, 1995 (HBO)Underwater, 2020 (HBO)Up In The Air, 2009 (HBO)Wall Street, 1987 (HBO)Warm Bodies, 2013 (HBO)Wendy, 2020 (HBO)XXX, 2002
October 3Simmer, 2020
October 4 Laetitia, Limited Drama Series Finale (HBO)Niña FuriaSublet, 2020
October 5American Masters: Mike Nichols, 2016American Masters: Nichols and May: Take Two, 1996El Verano Que Vivimos, 2020Level Playing Field, Documentary Series Finale (HBO)
October 6Muy Gay Too Mexicano (Short), 2020The Republic of Sarah, Season 1Rosa (short), 2020
October 715 Minutes of Shame, Max Original Series PremiereCraftopia, Max Original Season 2A PremiereThe Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo: Amber Ruffin / Bebe Rexha
October 8Voyagers, 2021 (HBO)
October 9Birdgirl , Season 16To Your Eternity , Season 1 (Subtitled) (Crunchyroll Collection)
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October 10 It: Chapter 2, 2019Nuclear Family, Documentary Series Finale (HBO)Scenes From A Marriage, Limited Series Finale (HBO)
October 11We’re Here, Season 2 Premiere (HBO)
October 14Aquaman: King of Atlantis, Chapter One: Dead Sea, Max Original Series PremiereLittle Ellen, Max Original Season 1B PremiereLove Spells (aka Amarres), Max Original Series PremiereTeen Titans Go!, Seasons 1-6The Missing, (aka Os Ausentes), Max Original Series PremiereThe Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo: Jenna Bush Hager / Sophie FatuPhoebe Robinson: Sorry, Harriet Tubman, Max Original Special PremiereWelcome to Utmark (aka Utmark) , Max Original Series PremiereWhat Happened, Brittany Murphy?, Max Original Series Premiere
October 15In the Line of Fire, 1993Point Break, 1991 (HBO)Tu Me Manques, 2019 (HBO)
October 17Succession, Season 3 Premiere (HBO)
October 18El Huésped Americano (aka The American Guest), Limited Drama Series Finale (HBO)Women is Losers, 2021
October 19Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO)
October 20Entre Hombres (aka Amongst Men), Limited Series Finale (HBO)
October 21Aquaman: King of Atlantis, Chapter Two: PrimordiusReign of Superwomen, Max Original Documentary PremiereThe Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, 2021 (HBO) (Available in 4K UHD, HDR10, Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos in English Only on supported devices)The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo: Ames McNamara / Leslie Odom Jr.Tuff Money (aka Bani Negri), Max Original Series Premiere
October 22Dune, Warner Bros. Film Premiere, 2021
October 24Insecure, Season 5 Premiere (HBO)
October 26Maricon Perdido, Max Original Series PremiereThe Mopes, Max Original Series PremiereThe Truth of Dolores Vazquez (aka The Caso Wanninkhof), Max Original Series Premiere
October 28Aquaman: King of Atlantis, Chapter Three: Tidal ShiftIn The Heights, 2021 (HBO)Love Life, Max Original Season 2 PremiereA Thousand Fangs (aka Mil Colmillos), Max Original Series PremiereThe Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo: Dani & Dannah Lane / AJR
October 29Victor and Valentino , Season 2
October 31The Bachelorette, Season 16
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October 10Malignant, 2021
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