The HBO Max August 2025 list of new arrivals includes one of the biggest treats of the summer: Peacemaker Season 2. An instant success upon its debut, the HBO Max original series is entering a bold new era now that creator James Gunn has launched his DCU franchise after the release of Superman (2025). The adult-oriented DC show still follows the over-patriotic superhero (or anti-hero) Christopher Smith/Peacemaker (John Cena) and his 11th Street Kids team, comprising Vigilante (Freddie Stroma), Emilia Harcourt (Jennifer Holland), John Economos (Steve Agee), and Leota Adebayo (Danielle Brooks). But as fans will find out for themselves beginning on August 21, there’s a bit of a twist to this second season.
When Rick Flag Sr. (Frank Grillo), who debuted in James Gunn’s animated Creature Commandos series and then reappeared in Superman, begins hunting down Peacemaker for killing his son in The Suicide Squad (2021), Christopher sneaks into different parallel dimensions at his disposal, where life is seemingly better. Plenty of multiversal shenanigans are in store for the HBO Max series. So far, DC fans know that Chris will run into a kind version of his deceased father (Robert Patrick) as well as another Peacemaker who’s packing even more impressive gear. Additionally, Chris’ romantic love for Harcourt will begin to twist their relationship in uncomfortable ways. New characters played by comedian Tim Meadows and Gunn staple Michael Rooker will also appear.
August 2025 is bringing the HBO Max streaming debut of Final Destination: Bloodlines (2025). The sixth film in the fan-favorite Final Destination series became its highest-grossing installment earlier this year. Led by a fresh young ensemble and featuring the final on-screen performance from horror icon Tony Todd, Bloodlines puts an exciting spin on the franchise’s lore by having the semi-personified form of Death come after the lineage of an unsuspecting woman who evaded a major tragedy decades ago. The horror movie is sure to be a streaming smash based on its unbelievable, Rube Goldberg-like opening sequence set at a “Skyview” high-rise restaurant tower alone. HBO Max subscribers can dive into Final Destination: Bloodlines starting on August 1.
Coming just a week later to the HBO Max streaming service is the underseen gem Freaky Tales (2024). Directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck (Captain Marvel, Mississippi Grind) utilize a jam-packed ensemble cast, including Pedro Pascal, Dominique Thorne, Jay Ellis, Ben Mendelsohn, and singer Normani in her feature film acting debut. Set in 1980s Oakland, California, this anthology of sorts follows several converging plotlines: punk rockers battling Neo-Nazis, a man hell-bent on revenge, a rap battle for the history books, and an underdog basketball player gaining a mysterious new power. Few imaginative genre flicks swing for the fences like this one, so here’s hoping that Freaky Tales finds its audience when it premieres on August 8.
The next notable streaming premiere is The Legend of Ochi (2025), arriving on August 15. Built from the Spielbergian Amblin mold, the fantasy adventure centers on a young girl, Yuri (Helena Zengel), who is taught by her unrelenting father, Maxim (Willem Dafoe), to fear and hunt forest creatures known as “The Ochi” on the faraway island of Carpathia. When the girl discovers an injured baby ochi, she realizes that everything she’s known is wrong, and the two embark on an adventure that will change their lives forever. A24’s first venture into family-friendly entertainment contains a magical realist aesthetic, courtesy of writer-director Isaiah Saxon, that’s just the cherry on top of a story that genuinely pulls on the heartstrings.
There is more than enough repertory content to choose from HBO Max’s streaming library in August 2025, too. Families have many options with Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (2017), Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011), and Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (2020) all getting added to the streamer this month. Finally, just in time for Noah Hawley’s Alien: Earth television series, Ridley Scott’s polarizing sequel Alien: Covenant (2017) provides a very different prequel to 1979’s original Alien. Discover more on our monthly recs below, then check out the list of every film and TV show coming to the HBO Max streaming platform in August 2025! You can also find what’s new this month on Disney+/Hulu right here on DiscussingFilm!
Our HBO Max August 2025 Recs
Final Destination: Bloodlines
Final Destination: Bloodlines is coming to HBO Max on August 1, 2025!
Freaky Tales
Freaky Tales hits HBO Max on August 8, 2025!
The Legend of Ochi
The Legend of Ochi debuts on HBO Max on August 15, 2025!
Peacemaker Season 2
Peacemaker Season 2 premieres on HBO Max on August 21, 2025!
HBO Max August 2025: Full List of New Arrivals
Coming August 1
Alien: Covenant
Barbershop (2002)
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Couples Retreat (2009)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
Enter the Warrior’s Gate
Final Destination: Bloodlines (2025)
Get a Job (2016)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
House Hunters International: Volume 9, Season 203 (HGTV)
House Hunters: Volume 10, Season 244 (HGTV)
It Happened in Brooklyn
It’s Always Fair Weather
Jamboree!
Kung Fu Panda 2
Let’s Go Bananas, Season 1A
Lili
Macao
Madame Bovary (1949)
Madame Curie
Marc Maron: Panicked (HBO Original, 2025)
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Millie
Miss Pinkerton
Mogambo
Mr. Skeffington
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Mrs. Parkington
My Favorite Wife
Neptune’s Daughter (1949)
New Moon (1940)
Pride and Prejudice (1940)
Quo Vadis (1951)
Random Harvest
Roughshod
Rules Don’t Apply
Smarty
Stonewall
Storm over Wyoming
Survive the Night (2020)
The Last Time I Saw Paris
The Life of Vergie Winters
The Long, Long Trailer
The Nun (2018)
The Peanut Butter Falcon
The Racket (1951)
The Reluctant Debutante
The Water Diviner
Three on a Match
Till the End of Time
Two Weeks with Love (1950)
Union Depot
Unlocked (2017)
War on Everyone
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Where Danger Lives
Yogi Bear (2010)
You Hurt My Feelings
Coming August 2
Deadliest Catch, Season 21 (Discovery)
Coming August 3
The Yogurt Shop Murders (HBO Original)
Coming August 4
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (2020)
The Great Food Truck Race, Season 18 (FOOD Network)
Coming August 5
Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Buffalo Bills (HBO Original)
“The Case Against Diddy,” The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper (CNN Original)
“The Idaho Murders,” The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper (CNN Original)
Coming August 6
Extreme Detailing (Discovery)
Red Bull Soapbox Race, Season 1 (Discovery)
See No Evil, Season 14 (ID)
Coming August 7
Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America, Season 4 (Discovery)
Coming August 8
Freaky Tales (Lionsgate)
Coming August 11
Marooned with Ed Stafford, Season 3 (Discovery)
Coming August 12
The Bus Driver: Britain’s Cocaine King (discovery+, 2025)
Coming August 13
A Body in the Basement, Season 2 (ID)
Chef Grudge Match, Season 1 (FOOD Network)
The Woman King
Coming August 14
Hop, Season 1D (Max Original)
Marcial Maciel: The Wolf of God (Max Original)
Coming August 15
Stand Up To Cancer
The Legend of Ochi (A24)
The Prince, Season 2 (Max Original, Turkey)
Coming August 17
Mammals, Season 1 (BBC)
The House (HBO, 2017)
The Serial Killer’s Apprentice (ID, 2025)
Coming August 18
Women Wearing Shoulder Pads, Season 1 (Adult Swim)
Coming August 19
“Climate Change Amplified: Live Music and the Climate Crisis,” The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper (CNN Original)
Coming August 21
Bargain Block, Season 5 (HGTV)
Peacemaker, Season 2 (Max Original)
Peacemaker: The Official Podcast with James Gunn (Season 2 Companion Podcast)
Coming August 22
The Heritage, Season 1 (Max Original)
Coming August 23
Abbott Elementary, Season 4
The Cleaning Lady, Season 4
Coming August 24
Toad and Friends, Season 1C (Cartoon Network)
Coming August 28
Bitchin’ Rides: Road to Ridler, Season 1
Coming August 29
Horses & Hangmen (Max Original)
Silly Sundays, Season 1C (Cartoon Network)
Coming August 31
Iyanu, Season 1B (Cartoon Network)
HBO Max August 2025: Full List of Live Sports
Live Sports are available only on select plans. Plan availability varies by subscription provider. Check with your subscription provider for details. Select games available, and blackouts may apply. Pre- and post-game programming will also be available to stream live, along with condensed replay highlights that will be available after each game. All times are in ET.
MLB
Coming August 5
Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs, 8 p.m.
Coming August 12, 19, 26
TBA
NASCAR – Driver Cam
Coming August 3
Iowa Corn 350 Powered by Ethanol, 3:30 p.m.
Coming August 10
Go Bowling at The Glen, 2 p.m.
Coming August 16
Cook Out 400, 7:30 p.m.
Coming August 23
Coke Zero Sugar 400, 7:30 p.m.
Coming August 31
Cook Out Southern 500, 6 p.m.
NASCAR – Practices & Qualifying
Coming August 2
Iowa Speedway (Newton, Iowa), 1:30 p.m.
Coming August 9
Watkins Glen International (Watkins Glen, NY), Noon
Coming August 15
Richmond Raceway (Richmond, Virginia), 4:30 p.m.
Coming August 22
Daytona International Speedway (Daytona Beach, Florida), 5 p.m.
Coming August 30
Darlington Raceway (Darlington, South Carolina), 9 a.m.
College Football – Big 12
Coming August 30
Hawaii vs Arizona, 9:30 p.m.
HBO Max August 2025: Full List of All Elite Wrestling (AEW)
Coming August 6
AEW Dynamite, 8 p.m.
Coming August 9
AEW Collision, 8 p.m.
Coming August 13
AEW Dynamite, 8 p.m.
Coming August 16
AEW Collision, 8 p.m.
Coming August 20
AEW Dynamite, 8 p.m.
Coming August 23
AEW Collision, 8 p.m.
Coming August 27
AEW Dynamite, 8 p.m.
Coming August 29
Relive Kenny Omega’s historic World Championship reign, as AEW Dynamite kicks off 2021 from our Jacksonville home!
Coming August 30
AEW Collision, 8 p.m.
