HBO Max continues to be a cinema lover’s favorite streaming service as many films that were just playing on the big screen in the last few months will now be streamable in February 2022. If you couldn’t make the theater trip to watch the latest from masterminds Guillermo del Toro and Wes Anderson, Nightmare Alley and The French Dispatch respectively, then now’s the best time to catch up, especially since both films have the potential to bring home Oscar gold. Another 20th Century Studios-related, you’ll also be able to stream 2021’s pop culture event in Free Guy, Ryan Reynolds’ meme of a movie that includes a slew of cameos from famed internet personalities.
A couple of season finales are on the horizon with Peacemaker wrapping up its hilariously outrageous first outing and Euphoria settling in on its zestful, yet traumatic second season. If animation is more up your alley, then strap in for the streaming premiere of Rick and Morty season 5. In terms of older classics, there will be a double feature on the streaming service just waiting to happen as The Butterfly Effect (Director’s Cut) and Donnie Darko will be available to give you a mind melt like no other. Finally, we can’t leave out hotly anticipated HBO Max originals like season 2 of Raised by Wolves and Steven Soderbergh’s KIMI, lead by none other than Zoë Kravitz.
Read more on our monthly recs along with the full list of everything coming to and leaving HBO Max in February 2022 below. You can also find what’s new and about to expire from Netflix, Disney+, and Hulu right here on DiscussingFilm.
Our Recs:
Raised By Wolves: Season 2
HBO Max’s most proficient sci-fi drama is back. Raised by Wolves centers on two androids, Father and Mother, who are tasked with raising human children on another planet after Earth was destroyed by a great holy war. The first season saw the same religious conflict that killed civilization follow the new colony to their virgin planet, and the androids learning that there may be way more to their programming than they know.
Season 2 looks to further explore its themes of science vs. religion, and more deeply, logic and reason vs. faith and belief. Things are bound to get weirder, with killer space snakes already on the table as more of this new host planet is explored. If Apple TV+’s See and HBO’s Westworld is up your alley, Raised by Wolves should be the perfect watch.
Season 2 of Raised By Wolves kicks off on HBO Max on February 3!
KIMI
Steven Soderbergh’s latest HBO Max original film follows an agoraphobic tech worker who discovers recorded evidence of a major crime at her Seattle tech company. Shot during the ongoing pandemic, our lead Angela (Zoë Kravitz) works from home and gets stuff done with the help of KIMI – a virtual house assistant a la Amazon’s Alexa. After being met with backlash when trying to report what could be murder, Angela realizes that she must do the one thing she fears the most, leave her apartment.
Though that won’t be the only trouble in her way as the city streets are filled with protests and those who are trying to stop her in secret. There’s no better time to get in on the Zoë Kravitz hype train as she will also soon be on the big screen as DC’s Catwoman in one of the most anticipated movies of the year, The Batman. In the meanwhile, give Soderbergh’s last two HBO Max films, Let Them All Talk and No Sudden Move, a watch before diving into KIMI.
KIMI premieres on HBO Max on February 10!
The Girl Before
Last seen as Ravonna Renslayer on Marvel’s Loki, screen veteran Gugu Mbatha-Raw is taking a step back from blockbuster properties with The Girl Before. A traumatized woman falls in love with an extraordinary minimalist house and the handsome architect who designed it. However, everything is not as it seems as she finds out that a woman previously died there and her story awfully looks like a re-run of said tragic events.
The Girl Before is a 4-part thriller adapted by J.P. Delaney, who also wrote the 2016 bestselling novel of the same name. Co-starring Jessica Plummer and David Oyelowo, the series has already premiered in the UK and other territories, with many praising its “hitchcockian” and psychological elements.
The Girl Before debuts on HBO Max on February 10!
Nightmare Alley
Looking to catch up on Oscar nominees before the big night on March 27? Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley is a notable contender not to be missed. Nominated for Best Production Design, Costumes, Cinematography, and Best Picture, hearing Nightmare Alley‘s name called out at this year’s ceremony seems likely. Lead by Bradley Cooper in “what can only be described as one of the most refined performances of his entire career,” it’s no surprise that the film has gained so much love.
An adaptation of William Lindsay Gresham’s 1946 novel of the same name, Nightmare Alley sees Del Toro fully explore film noir for the first time in his extensive career. In telling the story of conman who flew too close to the sun, meeting the face of god himself on the way up, Del Toro is able to meticulously craft a film that feels as if it was plucked right from the 1940s. To say the least, adult-oriented projects steeped in genre, with this much star power and budget, are becoming more of a rarity. It’s not too late to fix that though.
Nightmare Alley is available to stream on HBO Max starting February 1
HBO Max Arrivals for February 2022
Coming February 1
3:10 to Yuma, 2007 (HBO)
12 Years A Slave, 2013 (HBO)
21 & Over, 2013 (HBO)
A Bridge Too Far, 1977 (HBO)
After The Sunset, 2004 (HBO)
Airheads, 1994 (HBO)
Alex & Emma, 2003 (HBO)
Amistad, 1997
An American Haunting, 2005 (HBO)
Army Of One, 2020 (HBO)
Bad Milo!, 2013 (HBO)
Black Dynamite, 2009
The Book Thief, 2013 (HBO)
Broken English, 2007 (HBO)
The Butterfly Effect, 2004 (Director’s Cuts) (HBO)
The Butterfly Effect 2, 2006 (HBO)
Calvario, 2019 (HBO)
Casa De Mi Padre, 2012 (HBO)
Chinatown, 1974 (HBO)
Chuck
The Dark Half, 1993 (HBO)
Defending Your Life, 1991 (HBO)
Donnie Darko, 2001 (HBO)
Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas, 2000 (HBO)
Escobar: Paradise Lost, 2014 (HBO)
The Falcon And The Snowman, 1985 (HBO)
Fame, 1980
Free Willy 2 The Adventure Home, 1995 (HBO)
Free Willy 3 The Rescue, 1997 (HBO)
From Paris With Love, 2010 (HBO)
Good Deeds, 2012 (HBO)
The Hunter, 2011 (HBO)
Hyde Park On Hudson, 2012 (HBO)
Kick-Ass 2, 2013 (HBO)
La Foquita, 2020 (HBO)
The Life Before Her Eyes, 2007 (HBO)
The Loft, 2014 (HBO)
Love & Mercy, 2014 (HBO)
Master of Disguise, 2002 (HBO)
The Mighty Quinn, 1989 (HBO)
Monsters, 2010 (HBO)
My Blue Heaven, 1990 (HBO)
National Lampoon’s Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj, 2006 (HBO)
Network, 1976
Night Owls, 2015 (HBO)
Nightmare Alley, 2021 (HBO)
No End In Sight, 2007 (HBO)
Ondine, 2009 (HBO)
The Ones Below, 2015 (HBO)
Presenting Princess Shaw, 2015 (HBO)
Rabbit Hole, 2010 (HBO)
Rango, 2011 (HBO)
Red 2, 2013 (HBO)
Return To Me, 2000 (HBO)
Riddick, 2013 (Director’s Cuts) (HBO)
Rob Roy, 1995 (HBO)
Rules Of Engagement, 2000 (HBO)
Runaway Train, 1985 (HBO)
Santa’s Slay, 2005 (HBO)
School Ties, 1992 (HBO)
The Searchers, 1956
The Secret Garden, 2020 (HBO)
Shake!: Otis at Monterey, 1987
Shrink, 2009 (HBO)
Splinter, 2008 (HBO)
Sugar, 2008 (HBO)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street, 2007 (HBO)
Terry Bradshaw: Going Deep, Documentary Premiere (HBO)
This Is Where I Leave You, 2014 (HBO)
Uncommon Valor, 1983 (HBO)
Unlocked, 2017 (HBO)
The Untouchables, 2011 (HBO)
West Side Story, 1961 (HBO)
Yun, 2018 (HBO)
Coming February 2
Tacoma FD, Season 3
Coming February 3
40 Means Nothing (40 No Es Nada), Max Original Season 1 Premiere
And Just Like That…, Max Original Season 1 Finale
Cracked, 2021 (HBO)
Cry Macho, 2021 (HBO)
Looney Tunes Cartoons Valentine’s Extwavaganza!, Max Original
Mass Ave, 2021 (HBO)
Pure, 2021 (HBO)
Raised By Wolves, Max Original Season 2 Premiere
The Snakes, 2021 (HBO)
When the Sun Sets, 2021 (HBO)
Coming February 4
Double Cross
Rhodes To The Top
Sin Senas Particulares
Coming February 5
Rick and Morty, Season 5
Shaq Life, Seasons 1 and 2
Coming February 6
Big Trick Energy
Coming February 7
Backyard Bar Wars
Coming February 9
Smiling Friends, Season 2
Coming February 10
About Last Night, Max Original Season 1 Premiere
Adventure of the Ring, Max Original Season 1 Premiere
The Girl Before, Max Original Season 1 Premiere
Just Call Out My Name, Max Original Documentary
KIMI, 2022 (Made for Max film)
ODO, Max Original Season 2 Premiere
Coming February 11
Antlers, 2021 (HBO)
Apple & Onion, Season 2C
Coming February 13
The Bachelor Winter Games
Coming February 15
Icahn: The Restless Billionaire, Documentary Premiere (HBO)
Coming February 16
Off The Air, Season 11
Coming February 17
Craig of the Creek, Season 4A
Dream Raider, Max Original Season 1 Premiere
The Many Saints of Newark, 2021 (HBO)
Peacemaker, Max Original Season 1 Finale
Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs, Max Original Season 2 Premiere
Coming February 18
La Foquita El 10 De La Calle
The King’s Man
Top Gear, Season 30
Coming February 20
Last Week Tonight, Season 9 Premiere (HBO)
Coming February 22
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO)
Coming February 23
Free Guy, 2021 (HBO)
Robot Chicken, Season 11 A
Coming February 24
Bilardo, Max Original Documentary Premiere
Bing, Season 1
Las Bravas, Max Original Season 1 Premiere
Coming February 25
The French Dispatch, 2021 (HBO)
Coming February 27
Euphoria, Season 2 Finale (HBO)
The Righteous Gemstones, Season 2 Finale (HBO)
Somebody Somewhere, Season 1 Finale (HBO)
Leaving HBO Max in February 2022
February 2022 will once again be the time to say goodbye to many staple HBO Max titles. Blade Runner 2049, Crazy Rich Asians, Zombieland, and possibly the worst loss of them all, Paddington 2, will be departing from HBO Max in February 2022. There are plenty of more fan favorites leaving sadly, check out the full list below.
Leaving February 11
Dunkirk, 2017 (HBO)
Leaving February 16
Longford (HBO)
Macbeth
Leaving February 25
Blade Runner 2049, 2017 (HBO)
Leaving February 26
Paddington 2
Leaving February 27
Epic Movie (HBO)
Leaving February 28
13 Going On 30, 2004 (HBO)
1968
41 (HBO)
The 2000s
A Hijacking, 2012 (HBO)
Amanpour: Sex & Love Around the World
American Dynasties: The Kennedys
American Style
Amistad
Annabelle Comes Home
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Any Given Sunday
Beverly Hills Cop, 1984 (HBO)
Beverly Hills Cop II, 1987 (HBO)
Beverly Hills Cop III, 1994 (HBO)
Beyond Reasonable Doubt
Brown Sugar, 2002 (HBO)
The Bush Years: Family. Duty. Power.
The Cell 2, 2009 (HBO)
Charlotte’s Web, 2006 (HBO)
Chasing Life with Sanjay Gupta
The Cider House Rules, 1999 (HBO)
CNN Special: The Trump Insurrection
The Color Purple
Constantine
Cradle 2 the Grave
Crimes of the Century
The Curse of La Llorona
Dead Again, 2017 (HBO)
Dead Wives Club, Season 1
Dear Christmas
Death Row Stories, Season 1-5
Detour, 2016 (HBO)
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
The Disappearance of Alice Creed
Drinking Buddies, 2013 (HBO)
The Eighties
The End: Inside The Last Days of the Obama White House
Event Horizon, 1997 (HBO)
Fast Company, 1979 (HBO)
Feast Of Love, 2007 (HBO)
Flawless, 2007 (HBO)
Finding Jesus: Faith, Fact, Forgery
First Ladies
Forensic Files II, Season 1
Fun Size, 2012 (HBO)
The Gallows, 2015 (HBO)
Gangs Of New York, 2002 (HBO)
Gigli
The Good German, 2006 (HBO)
The Good Heart, 2009 (HBO)
The Goonies
The Great Gatsby, 1974 (HBO)
Hell in the Heartland: What Happened to Ashley and Lauria?
The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, 2005 (HBO)
The History of Comedy
How It Really Happened, Season 1-5
How To Deal, 2003 (HBO)
Imperium, 2016 (HBO)
The Hunt with John Walsh
Independence Day, 1996 (Special Edition Extended Version) (HBO)
Instructions Not Included (HBO)
Keeping The Faith, 2000 (HBO)
The Killer Truth
Lady In The Water, 2006 (HBO)
The Legend of Bagger Vance
Less Than Zero, 1987 (HBO)
Lincoln: Divided We Stand
Lovelace
Menace II Society
Movie 43, 2013 (HBO)
Mo Willems Storytime Shorts!
The Movies
Mr. Nobody, 2009 (Extended Version) (HBO)
Muriel’s Wedding, 1994 (HBO)
My Golden Days, 2015 (HBO)
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
National Lampoon’s Dorm Daze 2: College at Sea, 2006 (Unrated Version) (HBO)
National Lampoon’s Vacation
The Neverending Story II The Next Chapter, 1990 (HBO)
The Nineties
The Nun
Nurse 3D, 2013 (HBO)
Ocean’s Eight
One Hour Photo, 2002 (HBO)
Ouija Origin Of Evil, 2016 (HBO)
Parental Guidance, 2012 (HBO)
The People v. The Klan
The Photograph, 2020 (HBO)
Pitch Perfect, 2012 (HBO)
Pope: The Most Powerful Man In History
Prime, 2005 (HBO)
Prince Avalanche, 2013 (HBO)
Race for the White House, Season 1
Ready Player One
The Redemption Project
The Return Of The Living Dead, 1985 (HBO)
A Return to Salem’s Lot
Rush Hour
Rush Hour 2
Rush Hour 3
Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World, 2012 (HBO)
Set Up, 2011 (HBO)
Severance, 2006 (HBO)
The Seventies
Showdown In Little Tokyo, 1991 (HBO)
Something’s Killing Me
Space Cowboys
Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy
The Story of Late Night
Teen Titans Go! To The Movies
Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
Tricky Dick
Ultraviolet
United Shades of America, Season 1-6
Unmasking a Killer
Valentine’s Day
Vegas Vacation
Vengeance: Killer Coworkers
Vengeance: Killer Lovers
Vengeance: Killer Neighbors
Very Scary People, Season 1
Very Scary People, Season 2
Vice, 2018 (HBO)
Wendy, 2020 (HBO)
We Will Rise: Michelle Obama’s Mission to Educate Girls Around the World
Where the Wild Things Are
The Windsors: Inside The Royal Dynasty
The Wonder List With Bill Weir
Zombieland
