If you’re really into movies, HBO Max is just heaven. The platform has gone back to its roots with the name that everyone knows, HBO Max, and it’s been twice as nice in delivering a great blend of old classics, the most talked-about new releases, and hidden gems. Every film fan will find something here, whether they want to watch a heart-racing action movie, a relaxing animated story, or a drama that makes them think. The 10 best films that you can watch anytime on HBO Max this October 2025 are given below, and all these movies are deserving of your time.
10. Wonka
Timothée Chalamet dazzles as the quirky chocolatier in Wonka, a delightful prequel to Roald Dahl’s classic story. Full of fantastical visuals, snappy musical numbers, and a star-studded cast featuring Olivia Colman, Hugh Grant, and Keegan-Michael Key, the film conveys the wonder of imagination. Director Paul King fills the film with heart and humor, so it’s fun for both children and adults.
9. Flow
It doesn’t happen often that a Latvian animated movie featuring a black cat who survives a flood wins the world’s heart, but Flow does just that. The Oscar-winning, dialogue-free short tells a compelling story through its breathtaking visuals alone. Half haunting and half heartwarming, it’s a subdued triumph of storytelling—and yes, even non-cat enthusiasts will be swayed by the end.
8. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Anya Taylor-Joy gets behind the wheel of Furiosa, George Miller’s vicious prequel to Mad Max: Fury Road. With mind-blowing action set pieces, spectacular world-building, and Chris Hemsworth performing the bad guy for the ages, this movie demonstrates Miller’s wasteland still has a full tank of fuel. It’s both a worthy companion piece to Fury Road and a standalone thrill ride.
7. Final Destination: Bloodlines
Death invents new ways to kill in Final Destination: Bloodlines, a witty and bloodthirsty reboot of the cult horror series. The unfortunate victims this time around are relatives of those who previously tricked death decades earlier. With clever turns and gruesomely creative set pieces, it’s a bloody, entertaining return to the fold for those who loved the original series.
6. Sinners
Ryan Coogler delivers one of the boldest films of the year with Sinners, a masterpiece that confuses the boundaries between action, horror, and history. Michael B. Jordan enacts the part of the duo of twins running a juke joint in the Mississippi of the 1930s, who not only meet hatred but also choreographically perfected vampirish step-dancing. Lavishly with ambitious symbolism, this is the kind of film that people continue to talk about well beyond the year 2025.
5. Bring Her Back
The directors of Talk to Me have another suspenseful story to tell—Bring Her Back. The plot revolves around two orphaned step-siblings who go to live with a woman fixated on bringing her dead daughter back to life with the help of sinister rites. Sally Hawkins is deeply disturbing in this thoroughly unsettling A24 horror movie that won’t let you rest even after the final credits.
4. The Brutalist
Adrien Brody shows all his acting skills in The Brutalist, an epic story of a Hungarian Jewish architect who strives to reconstruct his life in America after the war. Besides the impressive cinematography, the film excels in storytelling and heart, which earned it a few Oscars, including Best Actor and Best Cinematography as a result. Lovers of flamboyant character-based cinema, this is your cup of tea.
3. Civil War
Alex Garland’s Civil War is an anxiety-inducing, gut-wrenching picture of America tearing itself apart, recorded by reporters witnessing the chaos. Starring Kirsten Dunst, it offers at once stunning verisimilitude and cutting social critique, but focuses less on politics and more on humanity and honesty during an upheaval. It’s a charged, indelible experience.
2. Spirited Away
HBO Max certainly cannot do without putting a Studio Ghibli film on its list. Spirited Away keeps being one of Hayao Miyazaki’s most successful endeavors—a captivating fantasy through a magical and quirky god world that is equally impressive in its technical and artistic aspects, as well as timeless in its charm and emotional depth. It is a great film to introduce first-time Ghibli viewers and the most loyal fans to.
1. Dune: Part Two
Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two is sure to continue being hailed as one of the greatest sci-fi films of all time. Picking up where the previous installment left off, it follows the war over Arrakis that leads Paul Atreides deeper, giving us breathtaking visuals, carefully-crafted world-building, and great performances by Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya. It is the best of cinematic storytelling – majestic, moving, and utterly captivating.
Not only can you find grand sci-fi spectacle and small, intimate, animated wonder among HBO Max offerings this October, but the lineup itself is a strong statement of the streaming service’s value to cinephiles of all kinds. Don’t matter what you want to watch or how you feel, these movies guarantee a four-hour cinematic vacation not to be missed.