New HBO Max TV Shows and Movies in August 2026
Lights up for Lanterns
Aaron Pierre and Kyle Chandler, Lanterns
On HBO Max, August belongs to Lanterns. The new DC series follows a pair of Green Lanterns, seasoned veteran Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler) and new recruit John Stewart (Aaron Pierre), as they investigate a murder in a small Nebraska town. For something a little lighter, Conan O'Brien's travel comedy series, Conan O'Brien Must Go, returns for its third season this month.
On the movies end, the Anne Hathaway-Michaela Coel psychological thriller Mother Mary hits HBO Max this month, as do the horror sequel The Strangers: Chapter 2 and the Bob Odenkirk-starring action comedy Normal.
Below, we pulled together our picks for the month, plus a list of everything coming to HBO Max in August.
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Lanterns (Aug. 16, HBO)
What's better than one Green Lantern? Two Green Lanterns. The latest entry in the DCU will be this series from Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof, and Tom King, which follows an elder Green Lantern — Kyle Chandler's Hal Jordan — as he trains a younger Green Lantern — Aaron Pierre's John Stewart — in the ways of the Lantern ring. The show is set in Rushville, Nebraska, where the pair are tasked with investigating a murder that may or may not have an extraterrestrial connection. [Teaser] [Everything to know about Lanterns]
Conan O'Brien Must Go Season 3 (Aug. 21, HBO)
We all love watching Conan O'Brien host the Oscars, but his travel series, Conan O'Brien Must Go, lets him really Conan out. In previous seasons, he hung out with Javier Bardem in Spain, crossed paths with Taika Waititi in New Zealand, and hunted for Bono in Ireland — where will his globe-trotting adventures bring him next?
Mother Mary (Aug. 21, HBO Max)
Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel star in this two-hander from The Green Knight director David Lowery, which follows a disillusioned pop star (Hathaway) who, while staging her comeback, reunites with her former costume designer (Coel), forcing both women to confront old wounds and deeply hidden traumas as they attempt to mend their professional relationship. [Trailer]
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All the new shows and movies coming to HBO Max in August
August 1
Amy
Barbarian
Bells Are Ringing
Billy Budd
Blockers
Epic
Flipper's New Adventure
Great White Highway (Discovery)
Hall Pass
Hall Pass: Enlarged Edition
Happy Feet Two
It Comes At Night
Macao
Miss Sloane
Mojave
Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
Orphan
Practical Magic
Put A Ring On It: Cheat Hab (OWN)
Quo Vadis
Road House (1989)
Sicario
Smart Money
Stand by Me
Strike Up the Band
Taxi!
The Band Wagon
The Crimson Pirate
The Fighting 69th
The Kennel Murder Case
The Rain People
The Sea Chase
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
The Wrong Man
The Yearling
Thresher Shark: Stun to Kill (Discovery)
Tusk
Who's That Knocking at My Door?
You Can't Get Away with Murder
August 3
Naked And Afraid: Shipwrecked, Season 1 (Discovery)
August 4
Chopped: Volume 4, Season 64 (Food Network)
Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Seattle Seahawks (HBO Original)
August 6
Monsters of God (HBO Original)
August 7
Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage, Season 1
House Hunters International: Volume 9, Season 215 (HGTV)
House Hunters: Volume 11, Season 260 (HGTV)
The Invisible Guest
The Strangers: Chapter 2 (Lionsgate)
August 8
Belle Collective, Season 8 (OWN)
August 9
Heart & Hustle: Houston, Season 2 (OWN)
August 10
Double Lives of Suburban Wives, Season 1 (TLC)
August 11
The Salisbury Poisonings: A Spy Next Door (CNN Films)
August 12
Signs of a Psychopath, Season 11 (ID)
August 13
Building Giants, Season 5 (Science)
Faster With Newbern and Cotten, Season 3
Isadora Moon, Season 1D (Max Original)
Most Extreme Humans, Season 1 (TLC)
August 14
Normal (Magnolia Pictures)
Whitmer Thomas: Terminal Crew of Dudes (HBO Original)
August 16
Lanterns, Season 1 (DC Studios Drama Series)
August 17
Thanksgiving (2023)
August 20
ER: Caught On Camera, Season 1 (TLC)
Expedition X, Season 12 (Discovery)
August 21
Conan O'Brien Must Go, Season 3 (HBO Original)
Mother Mary (A24)
August 22
Abbott Elementary, Season 5
August 24
Margarita: Make Your Story Count, Season 3 (Max Original)
August 25
"Ben Sasse is Coming Home: Lessons in Life and Death" with Jake Tapper, The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper (CNN Originals)
August 26
1000-lb Roomies, Season 2 (TLC)
Bobby's Triple Threat, Season 5 (Food Network)
Homestead Rescue: Intervention, Season 1 (Discovery)
August 27
Totally '90s House, Season 1 (HGTV)
August 28
House Hunters: Volume 11, Season 261 (HGTV)
The Producer, Season 1 (HBO Original)
August 30
Enter Nowhere
Holla
Knock Knock
The Cabin in the Woods
The Strangers: Chapter 1
The Strangers: Prey at Night
August 31
Big Burger Battle, Season 1 (Food Network)
The Robot Chicken Adult Swim Special (Adult Swim)