The Max streaming service is ringing in the new year in style in January 2025. There’s a healthy amount of films and shows, both original and from HBO, getting added to Max, so let’s hop right into what the streaming platform has to offer. First on deck is the Max original series, The Pitt. The concept for this Max show is a novel one. Here’s the pitch: a tense medical drama wherein each episode follows just one hour of the 15-hour shift of Dr. Michael “Robby” Rabinavitch (Noah Wyle), the chief attendant in Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Hospital’s emergency room.
Created by R. Scott Gemmill of ER and NCIS: Los Angeles fame, The Pitt‘s unique format highlights American healthcare workers and other frontline heroes in ways no other medical drama currently on the air can. Max subscribers can see for themselves when The Pitt has its two-episode premiere on January 9, 2025, with new episodes then releasing weekly. Next up on the docket is season 5 of the irreverent Max original series Harley Quinn. Based on the iconic DC comic book character of the same name, the Max series has been lauded for its raunchy humor as well as the loving relationship between its titular criminal-turned-hero clown (Kaley Cuoco) and Poison Ivy (Lake Bell).
Harley Quinn Season 5 sees HQ, Ivy, and the gang move from Gotham City to Metropolis, teaming up with Superman and Lois Lane to uncover a nefarious plot involving iconic villains like Lex Luthor and Brainiac that subverts all expectations. The streaming series brings yet another stacked voice cast for its fifth season, including Diedrich Bader, Stephen Fry, Ron Funches, Natalie Morales, JB Smoove, and Alan Tudyk. Harley Quinn Season 5 launches on January 16, 2025, with new episodes then debuting weekly. With this show and also the remaining episodes of James Gunn’s Creature Commandos, the year is just getting started for DC fans, leading up to the much-anticipated Summer 2025 premiere of James Gunn’s Superman in theaters.
Beloved indie distributor A24 is bringing several of its 2024 releases to the Max streaming platform at the beginning of the year. The most notable is A Different Man, making its Max streaming debut on January 17, 2025. The award-winning film follows Edward (Sebastian Stan), an insecure man with the genetic disorder neurofibromatosis who undergoes radical surgery to change his facial appearance. Once transformed into an attractive man, Edward begins to reckon with ugly feelings as another man with neurofibromatosis, Oswald (Adam Pearson), beats him out for a role in a play his charming neighbor, Ingrid (Renate Reinsve), wrote about his own life. A Different Man has been called subversive, darkly funny, and incredibly thought-provoking, making it a must-watch.
A24 is bringing two more movies to Max’s streaming library in January 2025. The first is The Front Room. The horror film centers on Belinda (Brandy), a pregnant woman who faces a new kind of pain when her mother-in-law Solange (Kathryn Hunter) moves into the, you guessed it, front room of their house. Her discomfort grows into something more sinister as Solange seems to have nefarious plans for her unborn child. The Front Room begins streaming on Max on January 3, 2025. The other A24 movie to cue up this month is Look Into My Eyes, a documentary about psychics and their deeply personal readings. Look Into My Eyes arrives on January 10, 2025.
Speaking of documentaries, that realm is being well served on Max this January. The Max original film Sons of Ecstacy is not to be missed. Premiering on January 9, 2025, the Max documentary details a critical and tense moment in the ecstasy drug trade in the United States. Up next, the HBO original series, An Update on Our Family, arrives on January 15, 2025. The docu-miniseries dives into the controversial world of family vloggers on social media, specifically focusing on Myka and James Stauffer and the sudden absence of their adopted son, Huxley, from their popular YouTube videos, which raised questions. Both of these titles will further boost the collection of rich documentaries Max continues to provide its subscribers.
Regarding older gems, January 2025 brings a few notable additions to Max. For fans of Bradley Cooper’s A Star is Born, the 1937 version will begin streaming at the top of the month in all of its Technicolor glory. Likewise, there’s a double dose of Batman animated features coming to Max with Batman: The Killing Joke and Batman: Mask of the Phantasm. Additionally, those in the mood for a raunchy comedy can have a double feature with Hot Tub Time Machine and its sequel. Other genre-defining classics getting added to Max in January 2025 include Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me By Your Name, David Lynch’s Blue Velvet, and George Miller’s original Mad Max.
David Robert Mitchell’s It Follows is coming back to Max this month as well, great timing considering that its long-awaited sequel, They Follow, is heading into production in 2025. Finally, those who recently enjoyed Wicked, starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, in theaters can stream director Jon M. Chu’s earlier rom-com smash, Crazy Rich Asians, on Max in the new year, too. Discover more on our monthly recs below, then check out the list of every film and TV show coming to HBO and Max in January 2025. You can also find what’s new this month on Netflix, Prime Video, and Disney+/Hulu right here on DiscussingFilm.
Our HBO and Max January 2025 Recs
The Front Room
Directed by Max Eggers & Sam Eggers.
Screenplay by Max Eggers & Sam Eggers.
Based on The Front Room short story by Susan Hill.
Produced by Babak Anvari, Lucan Toh, David Hinojosa, & Julia Oh.
Executive Producers: Erika Hampson & Kevin Rowe.
Main Cast: Brandy, Kathryn Hunter, Andrew Burnap, & Neal Huff.
Cinematographer: Ava Berkofsky.
Composer: Marcelo Zarvos.
Production Companies: Two & Two Pictures and 2AM.
Distributor: A24.
Runtime: 95 minutes.
Rated R.
The Front Room debuts on Max on January 3, 2025!
The Pitt
Created by R. Scott Gemmill.
Showrunner: R. Scott Gemmill.
Executive Producers: R. Scott Gemmill, Noah Wyle, John Wells, Erin Jontow, Simran Baidwan, & Michael Hissrich.
Main Cast: Noah Wyle, Tracy Ifeachor, Patrick Ball, Supriya Ganesh, Fiona Dourif, Taylor Dearden, Isa Briones, Gerran Howell, Shabana Azeez, Katherine LaNasa, Shawn Hatosy, Michael Hyatt, Jalen Thomas Brooks, Brandon Mendez Homer, Kristin Villanueva, Amielynn Abellera, Alexandra Metz, Krystel V. McNeil, & Deepti Gupta.
Composer: Gavin Brivik.
Production Companies: R. Scott Gemmill Productions, John Wells Productions, & Warner Bros. Television.
Episode Count: 15 (Season One).
The Pitt premieres on Max on January 9, 2025!
Look Into My Eyes
Directed by Lana Wilson.
Written by Lana Wilson.
Produced by Kyle Martin & Lana Wilson.
Executive Producers: Shizuka Asakawa, Ruth Ann Harnisch, Emily Osborne, Julie Parker Benello, Regina K. Scully, & Nicole Stott.
Cinematographer: Stephen Maing.
Production Companies: Artemis Rising Foundation, Chicken & Egg Pictures, Secret Sauce Media, & Drifting Cloud Productions.
Distributor: A24.
Runtime: 105 minutes.
Rated R.
Look Into My Eyes hits Max on January 10, 2025!
Harley Quinn: Season 5
Developed by Justin Halpern, Patrick Schumacker, & Dean Lorey.
Showrunner: Dean Lorey.
Executive Producers: Dean Lorey, Justin Halpern, Patrick Schumacker, Kaley Cuoco, Sam Register, & Katie Rich.
Main Voice Cast: Kaley Cuoco, Lake Bell, Alan Tudyk, Ron Funches, James Adomian, Diedrich Bader, Stephen Fry, Natalie Morales, JB Smoove, & Aisha Tyler.
Composer: Jefferson Friedman.
Production Companies: Yes, Norman Productions, Lorey Stories, Delicious Non-Sequitur, DC Entertainment, DC Studios, & Warner Bros. Animation.
Episode Count: 10 (Season 5).
Harley Quinn Season 5 kicks off on Max on January 16, 2025!
A Different Man
Directed by Aaron Schimberg.
Written by Aaron Schimberg.
Produced by Christine Vachon, Vanessa McDonnell, & Gabriel Mayers.
Executive Producers: Aaron Schimberg & Sebastian Stan.
Main Cast: Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve, Adam Pearson, C. Mason Wells, Owen Kline, Charlie Korsmo, Patrick Wang, & Michael Shannon.
Cinematographer: Wyatt Garfield.
Composer: Umberto Smerilli.
Production Companies: A24, Killer Films, & Grand Motel Films.
Distributor: A24.
Runtime: 112 minutes.
Rated R.
A Different Man lands on Max on January 17, 2025!
HBO and Max January 2025: Full List of New Arrivals
Coming January 1
5 Things with Kate Bolduan (CNN)
A Star is Born (1937)
Act of Valor (2012)
All Elite Wrestling: 2019 PPV Events (5 Episodes) (2024)
All Elite Wrestling: Collision 2024 (5 Episodes), Season 2
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite 2019 (12 Episodes), Season 1
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite 2024 (7 Episodes), Season 6
All Elite Wrestling: Rampage 12/13/2024, Season 4
Annabelle Comes Home (2019)
Annabelle: Creation (2017)
Balls Out (2015)
Batkid Begins: The Wish Heard Around the World (2015)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
Batman: The Killing Joke (2016)
Best Of Enemies (2015)
Bitter Creek (1954)
Black Gold (1947)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Buffaloed (2020)
Calamity Jane (1953)
Call Me by Your Name (2017)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Cow Country (1953)
Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
Destination Tokyo (1943)
Diggers (2007)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
Each Dawn I Die (1939)
Eat Pray Love (2010)
Fast & Furious (2009)
Floyd Norman: An Animated Life (2016)
Free Birds (2013)
Green Lantern (2011)
Heaven Help Us (1985)
HGTV Dream Home 2025
Home Again (2017)
Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)
Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (2015)
House at the End of the Street (2012)
I Am Love (2009)
Injustice (2021)
Iris (2015)
It Follows (2015)
It: Chapter Two (2019)
Jason Bourne (2016)
Johnny Angel (1946)
Justice League vs. Teen Titans (2016)
Justice League: Doom (2012)
Justice League: Throne of Atlantis (2015)
Justice League: War (2014)
Keeping Up with the Joneses (2016)
Kept Husbands (1931)
Kicks (2016)
Lemon (2017)
Mad Max (1980)
Matilda (1986)
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
Morgan (2016)
Mortdecai (2015)
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
My Favorite Wife (1940)
Mystic Pizza (1988)
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016)
Night and Day (1946)
Nocturne (1946)
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band (2020)
Paddington (2014)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Red Light (1949)
Reframed: Next Gen Narratives, Season 1 (2025)
Room for One More (1952)
School Life (2017)
Sex and the City 2 (2010)
Shining Vale, Season 1
Shining Vale, Season 2
Showing Up (2023)
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
St. Vincent (2014)
Steel Magnolias (1989)
Stephen King’s It (1990)
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine (2015)
Sully (2016)
Supergirl (1984)
Superman & Lois, Season 4
Tangerine (2015)
Task Force (1949)
Teen Wolf (1985)
Tennessee Johnson (1942)
The Accountant (2016)
The Addams Family 2 (2016)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
The Big Year (2011)
The Birth of a Nation (2016)
The Boondock Saints (1999)
The Cable Guy (1996)
The Conjuring 2 (2016)
The Craft (1996)
The Curse of La Llorona (2019)
The Imitation Game (2014)
The Leopard Man (1943)
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
The Mouthpiece (1932)
The Narrow Margin (1952)
The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
The Prisoner of Zenda (1952)
The Purge: Election Year (2016)
The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
The Student Prince (1954)
The Usual Suspects (1995)
The Whistlers (2020)
The Wrong Man (1957)
Volunteers (1985)
Warcraft (2016)
Watchmen: The Complete Motion Comic (2008)
Whitey: United States of America V. James J. Bulger (2014)
Wild Boys of the Road (1993)
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Woman in Gold (2015)
World Without End (1956)
Coming January 2
Expedition Files, Season 1 (Discovery)
Isadora Moon, Season 1A (Max Original)
My 600-lb Life, Season 13 (TLC)
The Deep 3, Episode 227 (TNT)
Coming January 3
Beachfront Bargain Hunt Renovation, Season 10 (Magnolia Network)
Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives, Season 49 (Food Network)
The Front Room (A24)
Coming January 4
Belle Collective, Season 5 (OWN)
Coming January 5
Craig of the Creek, Season 6B (Cartoon Network)
Mecum Top 10, Season 10
Totally Spies, Season 7A
Coming January 6
Worst Cooks in America Celebrity Edition: Heroes vs. Villains (Food Network)
Coming January 7
Cleats & Convos with Deebo Samuel, Episode 111 (B/R)
How It Really Happened, Season 8 (CNN Original Series)
Kids Baking Championship, Season 14 (Food Network)
The Curious Case of Natalia Grace: The Final Chapter, Season 3 (ID)
The Edge with Micah Parsons, Episode 219 (B/R)
Coming January 8
7 Little Johnstons, Season 15 (TLC)
CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute (2024)
Fixer to Fabulous, Season 6 (HGTV)
Wildcard Kitchen, Season 2 (Food Network)
Coming January 9
Aaron Hernandez and the Untold Murders of Bristol (ID)
Sons of Ecstasy (Max Original)
The Pitt, Season 1 (Max Original)
Coming January 10
Bill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This? (HBO Original)
Black Butterfly (2017)
Holla (2006)
Look Into My Eyes (A24)
Vinnie Jones: In the Country, Season 1-2 (discovery+)
Coming January 11
Road to NHL Winter Classic, Episode 204
The Steam Room with Ej and Chuck 125 (TNT)
Coming January 12
Naked and Afraid Spain (Aventura En Pelotas Espana), Season 1 (Discovery International)
Coming January 13
Barney’s World, Season 1B
Coming January 14
Baylen Out Loud, Season 1 (TLC)
Death by Fame, Season 3 (ID)
The Curious Case of…, Season 1 (ID)
The Last Party: Death on Tresco, Season 1 (discovery+)
Coming January 15
An Update On Our Family (HBO Original)
Cult of Fear: The Asaram Bapu Story (discovery+)
Marshall (2017)
Uncharted (2022)
Coming January 16
Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of Blackmail (2024)
Divided By Design, Season 1B (HGTV)
Harley Quinn, Season 5 (Max Original)
Murder Under the Friday Night Lights, Season 4 (ID)
My Sesame Street Friends, Season 15 (Max Original)
Sesame Street, Season 55 (Max Original)
Coming January 17
A Different Man (A24)
Better Off Dead (1985)
Real Time with Bill Maher, Season 23 (HBO Original)
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
Coming January 21
Contraband: Seized at the Airport, Season 1 (Discovery)
Coming January 22
Expedition X, Season 8 (Discovery)
Coming January 23
C.B. Strike: The Ink Black Heart (HBO Original)
Coming January 24
Harpoon Hunters, Season 1 (Discovery)
Coming January 25
Bugs Bunny Builders, Season 2B (Cartoon Network)
Coming January 27
Scars of Beauty (Beleza Fatal), Season 1 (Max Original, Brazil)
Coming January 28
Chopped, Season 60 (Food Network)
Coming January 29
The Flip Off, Season 1 (HGTV)
Coming January 30
Mermicorno: Starfall, Season 1A (Max Original)
The Other Side (Del Otro Lado Del Jardín) (Max Original, Colombia)
Coming January 31
Guy’s Ultimate Family Cruise (Food Network)
The Eastern Gate (Przesmyk), Season 1 (Max Original, Poland)
HBO and Max January 2025: Full List of Bleacher Report Live Sports
NBA Regular Season
Coming January 2
Boston Celtics at Minnesota Timberwolves, 7:30 p.m.
Philadelphia 76ers at Golden State Warriors, 10 p.m.
Coming January 7
Los Angeles Lakers at Dallas Mavericks, 7:30 p.m.
Boston Celtics* at Denver Nuggets, 10 p.m.
Coming January 14
Cleveland Cavaliers at Indiana Pacers, 7 p.m.
Denver Nuggets at Dallas Mavericks, 9:30 p.m.
Coming January 16
Phoenix Suns at Washington Wizards, 7:30 p.m.
Houston Rockets at Sacramento Kings, 10 p.m.
Coming January 20
Minnesota Timberwolves at Memphis Grizzlies, 2:30 p.m.
Boston Celtics at Golden State Warriors, 5 p.m.
Coming January 21
New York Knicks at Brooklyn Nets, 7:30 p.m.
Philadelphia 76ers at Denver Nuggets, 10 p.m.
Coming January 23
Miami Heat at Milwaukee Bucks, 7:30 p.m.
Boston Celtics at Los Angeles Lakers, 10 p.m.
Coming January 28
Los Angeles Lakers* at Philadelphia. 76ers, 7:30 p.m.
Milwaukee Bucks at Portland Trailblazers, 10 p.m.
Coming January 30
Houston Rockets at Memphis Grizzlies, 7:30 p.m.
Minnesota Timberwolves at Utah Jazz, 10 p.m.
NHL Regular Season
Coming January 8
Colorado Avalanche* at Chicago Blackhawks, 7:30 p.m.
Florida Panthers at Utah Hockey Club, 10 p.m.
Coming January 15
Carolina Panthers at Buffalo Sabres, 6 p.m.
Edmonton Oilers at Minnesota Wild, 8:30 p.m.
Coming January 22
Florida Panthers at Los Angeles Kings, 10 p.m.
Coming January 29
Philadelphia Flyers at New Jersey Devils, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh Penguins* at Utah Hockey Club, 9:30 p.m.
Unrivaled (3×3 Women’s Basketball)
Week One:
Coming January 17 (Opening Night)
Mist vs. Lunar Owls, 7 p.m.
Rose vs. Vinyl, 8:15 p.m.
Coming January 18
Phantom vs. Laces, 2:00 p.m.
Lunar Owls vs. Rose, 3:00 p.m.
Coming January 20
Vinyl vs. Phantom, 8:00 p.m.
Laces vs. Mist, 9:15 p.m.
Week Two:
Coming January 24
Phantom vs. Mist, 7:00 p.m.
Laces vs. Vinyl, 8:15 p.m.
Coming January 25
Mist vs. Rose, 6:00 p.m.
Lunar Owls vs. Phantom, 7:00 p.m.
Coming January 27
Vinyl vs. Lunar Owls, 7:00 p.m.
Rose vs. Laces, 8:15 p.m.
Week Three:
Coming January 31
Phantom vs. Rose, 7:00 p.m.
Laces vs. Lunar Owls, 8:15 p.m.
U.S. Soccer
Coming January 18
U.S. Men’s National Team vs. Venezuela, 3 p.m.
HBO and Max January 2025: Full List of All Elite Wrestling (AEW)
Coming January 1 (Debut on Max)
AEW Dynamite: Fight for the Fallen, 8 p.m.
Coming January 4
AEW Collision: Charlotte, 8 p.m.
Coming January 8
AEW Dynamite: Clarksville, 8 p.m.
Coming January 11
AEW Collision: Athens, 8 p.m.
Coming January 15
AEW Dynamite, 8 p.m.
Coming January 18
AEW Collision, 8 p.m.
Coming January 22
AEW Dynamite, 8 p.m.
Coming January 25
AEW Collision, 8 p.m.
Coming January 29
AEW Dynamite, 8 p.m.
AEW Special Events (Available beginning January 1)
AEW t or Nothing (5/25/2019)
AEW Fyter Fest (6/29/2019)
AEW Fight for the Fallen (7/13/2019)
AEW All Out (8/31/2019)
AEW Full Gear (11/9/2019)
