The lineup on HBO Max in August 2026 is just what we need for a summer wrap-up! It’s a true variety pack. There’s DC’s hotly-anticipated Lanterns series, documentaries on food, sports, and more, and plenty of movies making their streaming debut.
Keep reading to see all our top picks, along with the full schedule for the month!
Top Picks on HBO Max in August 2026
Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Seattle Seahawks
The sports docuseries heads west to join the Seahawks as they prep for another season. Even though Hard Knocks has been around for over 20 years, this is Seattle’s first time as the featured team! Go behind the scenes with the team’s biggest stars and coaches as they look to defend their Super Bowl title.
Premieres August 4
Lanterns (Season 1)
We’re heading back to the DCU on HBO Max in August 2026, and we couldn’t be more excited. DC’s latest TV show digs into multiple generations of Green Lantern lore. Newbie John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) and living legend Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler), two members of the intergalatic Lanterns, investigate a strange murder in the American heartland. Nathan Fillion’s Guy Gardner is set to appear, and who know what other DC cameos we might see?
Premieres August 16
Conan O’Brien Must Go (Season 3)
Feeling a little wanderlust? Follow along with the famed funnyman on the latest installment of his travel series. The four-episode third season follows Conan as he experiences local cultures and connects with fans who he previously met on his podcast.
Premieres August 21
Mother Mary
A pop star’s comeback turns into the stuff of psychological horrors in this drama starring Anne Hathaway and Micaela Coel. When the title character plans her comeback tour after an onstage accident, she turns to her ex to design a costume for the big show. Instead, their renewed collaboration brings up all sorts of wounds from the past — with some of those ghosts being quite possibly literal.
Streaming August 21
Normal
Bob Odenkirk stars in this neo-Western set in the rural Midwest. When a sheriff arrives at a new posting in the town of Normal, he’s hoping for a break from personal and professional turmoil. Instead, he gets wrapped up in the town’s dark secrets in the aftermath of a botched robbery.
Streaming August 24
Everything Coming to HBO Max in August 2026
August 1
- Amy
- Barbarian
- Bells Are Ringing
- Billy Budd
- Blockers
- Epic
- Flipper’s New Adventure
- Great White Highway
- 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
- 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
- Tusk
- Who’s That Knocking at My Door?
- You Can’t Get Away with Murder
August 3
- Naked And Afraid: Shipwrecked, Season 1
August 4
- Chopped: Volume 4, Season 64
- Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Seattle Seahawks (Premiere)
August 6
- Monsters of God
August 7
- Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage, Season 1
- House Hunters International: Volume 9, Season 215
- House Hunters: Volume 11, Season 260
- The Invisible Guest
- The Strangers: Chapter 2
August 8
- Belle Collective, Season 8
August 9
- Heart & Hustle: Houston, Season 2
August 10
- Double Lives of Suburban Wives, Season 1
August 11
- The Salisbury Poisonings: A Spy Next Door
August 12
- Signs of a Psychopath, Season 11
August 13
- Building Giants, Season 5
- Faster With Newbern and Cotten, Season 3
- Isadora Moon, Season 1D
- Most Extreme Humans, Season 1
August 14
- Normal
- Whitmer Thomas: Terminal Crew of Dudes
August 16
- Lanterns, Season 1 Premiere
August 17
- Thanksgiving (2023)
August 20
- ER: Caught On Camera, Season 1
- Expedition X, Season 12
August 21
- Conan O’Brien Must Go, Season 3 Premiere
- Mother Mary
August 22
- Abbott Elementary, Season 5
August 24
- Margarita: Make Your Story Count, Season 3
August 25
- Ben Sasse is Coming Home: Lessons in Life and Death (with Jake Tapper, The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper)
August 26
- 1000-lb Roomies, Season 2
- Bobby’s Triple Threat, Season 5
- Homestead Rescue: Intervention, Season 1
August 27
- Totally ’90s House, Season 1
August 28
- House Hunters: Volume 11, Season 261
- The Producer, Season 1
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
- The Robot Chicken Adult Swim Special
