With WarnerMedia finally throwing in the towel on the idea that Christopher Nolan’s Tenet will arrive in U.S. movie theaters this summer, fans of the director can find some solace in corporation’s nascent streaming service, HBO Max. On Monday, WarnerMedia announced the titles coming to HBO Max in August—and leading the charge is The Dark Knight, Nolan’s industry-changing superhero blockbuster.
The Dark Knight is not the only Nolan film coming to HBO Max next month. The filmmaker’s first exploration of Gotham City, 2005’s Batman Begins, will also join the streaming service’s roster. All told, six total Batman films will debut on HBO Max in August, including Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Forever, and Batman & Robin. Some additional curated highlights include:
The Fugitive: Released 27 years ago this August, the Harrison Ford thriller remains one of the most unimpeachable summer blockbusters of the modern era. Come for Tommy Lee Jones explaining how little he cares, but stay for the early small supporting parts for future stars Julianne Moore and Jane Lynch.
Idiocracy: Mike Judge’s 2005 satire is about a man and woman who are put into a state of suspended animation and wake up after 500 years to find America collapsed and overrun by anti-intellectualism, bad faith tomfoolery, and just general idiocy. Fifteen years later, the most surprising thing about Idiocracy is the optimism of its timeline.
Ocean’s Eleven: Brad Pitt and George Clooney should make another movie together.
My Blue Heaven: In the late 1980s, when Nicholas Pileggi was writing what would become Goodfellas, Pillegi’s wife, the legendary Nora Ephron, put together her own screenplay about the life of mobster Henry Hill. The result was My Blue Heaven, a mobster comedy about a crook (Steve Martin) put into the Witness Protection Program after ratting out his fellow criminals. (Rick Moranis plays an FBI agent tasked with keeping Martin’s out-sized Italian stereotype in line.) “On the reality scale, if Raging Bull is a 10, My Blue Heaven is somewhere in the lower numbers,” Ephron once told the New York Times. Here is the punchline: The film, which pretty much picks up after the events of Goodfellas ends (and notably is not specifically about Hill), was released a month before Martin Scorsese’s classic told the first part of its story.
But beyond those notable debuts—which also includes Birds of Prey, Richard Jewell, and the HBO Max original film American Pickle with Seth Rogen—the big news for subscribers is what’s exiting the service in August. All eight Harry Potter films, which were a surprise addition to HBO Max at launc—on account of the series’ on-air and digital rights belonging to NBCUniversal through April 2025—will leave HBO Max on August 25.
What’s New on HBO Max in August
Undated
Class Action Park (Documentary Premiere)
Selena + Chef (Series Premiere)
August 1
10,000 BC, 2008
All the President’s Men, 1976
Altered States, 1980
Awkwafina is Nora from Queens, Season 1
Bad Influence, 1990 (HBO)
Barefoot in the Park, 1967
Barkleys of Broadway, 1949
Batman (1989), 1989
Batman & Robin, 1997
Batman Begins, 2005
Batman Forever, 1995
Batman Returns, 1992
The Bear, 1989 (HBO)
Bee Season, 2005 (HBO)
Before Sunrise, 1995 (HBO)
Before Sunset, 2004 (HBO)
Biloxi Blues, 1988 (HBO)
Blade Runner: The Final Cut, 2007
Blue Crush, 2002 (HBO)
The Candidate, 1972
Carefree, 1938
The Change-Up (Unrated Version), 2011 (HBO)
Chariots of Fire, 1981
Contact, 1997
The Dark Knight, 2008
The Dishwasher, 2020 (HBO)
Driving Miss Daisy, 1989
Elf, 2003
The First Grader, 2011 (HBO)
The First Wives Club, 1996
Flipper, 1996 (HBO)
Flying Down to Rio, 1933
Flying Leathernecks, 1951
Fool’s Gold, 2008
Fracture, 2007
The Fugitive, 1993
The Gay Divorcee, 1934
Get on Up, 2014 (HBO)
Go Tell It on the Mountain, 2004 (HBO)
Grace Unplugged, 2013 (HBO)
Hard to Kill, 1990
Harley Quinn, Seasons 1 & 2
Highlander: The Final Dimension, 1995 (HBO)
Highlander IV: Endgame, 2000 (HBO)
The Hindenburg, 1975 (HBO)
Hours, 2013 (HBO)
House of Wax, 2005
House Party, 1990
House Party 2, 1991
House Party: Tonight’s the Night, 2013
How to Be a Player, 1997 (HBO)
Idiocracy (Extended Version), 2006 (HBO)
Interview with the Vampire, 1994
Jeremiah Johnson, 1972
Jim Thorpe: All-American, 1951
Jojo Rabbit, 2019 (HBO)
Kung Fu Panda, 2008
Kung Fu Panda 2, 2011
Leprechaun, 1993 (HBO)
Leprechaun 2, 1994 (HBO)
Leprechaun 3, 1995 (HBO)
Leprechaun 4: In Space, 1997 (HBO)
Leprechaun: Origins, 2014 (HBO)
The Long Kiss Goodnight, 1996
The Lost Boys: The Thirst, 2020 (HBO)
The Lost Boys: The Tribe (Unrated Version), 2020 (HBO)
Love Field, 1992 (HBO)
Lovelace, 2013 (HBO)
Lying And Stealing, 2019 (HBO)
The Marine (Unrated Version), 2006 (HBO)
Martha Marcy May Marlene, 2011 (HBO)
Marvin’s Room, 1996 (HBO)
Maverick, 1994
Monkeybone, 2001 (HBO)
Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium, 2007 (HBO)
Murder at 1600, 1997
The Mustang, 2019 (HBO)
My Blue Heaven, 1990
My Sister’s Keeper, 2009
Nell, 1994 (HBO)
New Year’s Eve, 2011 (HBO)
Ocean’s Eleven, 2001
On Dangerous Ground, 1952
On Golden Pond, 1981 (HBO)
Phantom, 2013 (HBO)
Pi, 1998 (HBO)
Raise the Titanic, 1980 (HBO)
Roberta, 1935
Romeo Must Die, 2000
Savages (Unrated Version), 2012 (HBO)
Say It Isn’t So, 2001 (HBO)
Serendipity, 2001
Skyline, 2010 (HBO)
South Central, 1992
Spy Game, 2001 (HBO)
Steven Universe Movie (2019)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle, 1939
Striptease, 1996
Swing Time, 1936
They Live by Night, 1949
Things Never Said, 2020 (HBO)
Three Days of the Condor, 1975
Time Bandits, 1981 (HBO)
Top Hat, 1935
Two Minutes of Fame, 2020 (HBO)
Walk the Line (Extended Version), 2005 (HBO)
Wedding Crashers, 2005
Without Limits, 1998
Yes Man, 2008