10 Best New Movies on HBO Max in August 2022

Publisher: Shrawan Kumar

The movies in this list are ranked according to their availability dates.

Enemy (August 1)

Enemy tells the story of a university lecturer named Adam (Academy Award nominee Jake Gyllenhaal) who is nearing the end of a relationship with his girlfriend Mary (Mélanie Laurent).

Ex Machina (August 1)

Alex Garland, writer of 28 Days Later and Sunshine, makes his directorial debut with the stylish and cerebral thriller, Ex Machina.

Locke (August 1)

Ivan Locke (Tom Hardy) has worked diligently to craft the life he has envisioned, dedicating himself to the job that he loves and the family he adores.

Mississippi Grind (August 1)

In this lively, freewheeling road movie, Emmy Award-nominee Ben Mendelsohn plays Gerry, a talented but down-on-his-luck gambler whose fortunes begins to change.

Stardust (August 1)

“Scheming princes, wicked witches, flying pirates, celestial love, a pure-hearted hero, all in a magical land. What more do you want?”.

The Fault in Our Stars (August 1)

A gutsy teen girl with terminal cancer meets an irreverent boy who is cancer free at a support group and the irreverent pair fall in love.

The Spectacular Now (August 1)

With sly humor and an intensity of feeling, The Spectacular Now (directed by James Ponsoldt) creates a vivid, three-dimensional portrait of youth confronting the funny.

Whiplash (August 1)

Andrew Neyman is an ambitious young jazz drummer, single-minded in his pursuit to rise to the top of his elite east coast music conservatory.

Belfast (August 5)

BELFAST is a poignant story of love, laughter and loss in one boy’s childhood, amid the music and social tumult of the late 1960s.

Wolf (August 26)

Believing he is a wolf trapped in a human body, Jacob (George MacKay) eats, sleeps, and lives like a wolf – much to the shock of his family.