Anna Daniels
HBO stands for “Home Box Office,” and despite the premium cabler’s hard focus on prestige television series in recent years, the network has always kept a foothold in the world of feature films. Warner plans to take advantage of that pedigree on the new streaming platform with classic hits like Titanic, Magic Mike, Chicago, the first two The Hobbit films, When Harry Met Sally and You’ve Got Mail.
Titanic, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, was once the reigning box office champ. The film follows two young lovers who meet on the “unsinkable” ship during its ill-fated maiden voyage. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and The Desolation of Smaug are the first two entries in Peter Jackson’s return trip to Middle-Earth, which exhaustively adapts J.R.R. Tolkien’s YA classic of the same name. HBO Max subscribers will also gain access to When Harry Met Sally and You’ve Got Mail, two timeless films from queen of romantic comedy Nora Ephron.
HBO Max isn’t just focused on the oldies. The June listings also include recent blockbusters like sci-fi epic Ad Astra and psychological thriller Dr. Sleep, the long-awaited adaptation of the sequel to Stephen King’s The Shining. If you missed these theatrical runs, there’s no better time to catch up.
Here are the best must-see features coming to HBO Max in June:
June 1
Amelie, 2001
An American Werewolf in London, 1981
Cabaret, 1972
Chicago, 2002
Crash (Director’s Cut), 2005
Doubt, 2008
Elf, 2003
Enter The Dragon, 1973
Frantic, 1988
From Dusk Til Dawn, 1996
Full Metal Jacket, 1987
The Goonies, 1985
Hanna, 2011
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, 2012
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, 2013
The Last Mimzy, 2007
Magic Mike, 2012
Misery, 1990
Patch Adams, 1998
Ray, 2004
Richie Rich, 1994
Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride, 2005
The Time Traveler’s Wife, 2009
Titanic, 1997
TMNT, 2007
Uncle Buck, 1989
Veronica Mars, 2014
We Are Marshall, 2006
Weird Science, 1985
When Harry Met Sally, 1989
X-Men: First Class, 2011
You’ve Got Mail, 1998
June 6
Ad Astra, 2019
June 13
The Good Liar, 2019
June 20
Ford v. Ferrari, 2020
June 27
Dr. Sleep, 2020
Written by: Looper
