Vincent Canby called it “a flashy, eclectic suspense thriller.” Watch it on HBO Max ‘Gaslight’ (1944) But on the garishly colorful surface, it’s still a dazzling entertainment about a B-movie sound man (John Travolta) from Philadelphia who witnesses a Chappaquiddick-like accident and becomes ensnared by the cover-up that follows. ĭrawing on the previous decade of political turmoil, this operatic thriller from Brian De Palma serves as a paranoid commentary on American power and a sophisticated look at how images can be manipulated to reveal the truth or advance insidious fictions. Here are our lists of the best movies and TV shows on Netflix, the best movies on Amazon Prime Video and the best of everything on Hulu and Disney+. (Note: Streaming services sometimes remove titles of change starting dates without notice.)

The list below is an effort to recommend a diverse range of movies - old and new, foreign and domestic, all-ages and adults-only - that cross genres and cultures while appealing to casual and serious movie-watchers alike. HBO Max is also an education in Golden Age Hollywood classics and in independent and foreign auteurs like Federico Fellini, Satyajit Ray and John Cassavetes.

That means a lot of large-scale fantasy series like Harry Potter and “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, and selections from the DC extended universe.

WarnerMedia, which owns HBO, is a huge conglomerate, and its premiere streaming service comprises decades of titles from Warner Bros., Turner Classic Movies and Studio Ghibli, as well as new work produced directly for HBO Max. But, if anything, its movie library draws from a much deeper well.

When HBO Max debuted in May 2020, subscribers rightfully expected (and got) the formidable catalog of prestige television associated with the HBO brand.

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