New Warner Bros. movies are dominating HBO Max’s top 10. Final Destination Bloodlines, the sixth movie in the horror franchise, has settled in the top spot for most of August. Freaky Tales, a Pedro Pascal anthology film, and Death of a Unicorn, a satirical horror, round out the top three.
Beyond the top 10, there are some underrated options to consider, including a little-seen comedy with two likable stars and a charming feel-good adventure.
We also have guides to the best new movies to stream, the best movies on Netflix, the best movies on Hulu, the best movies on Amazon Prime Video, and the best movies on HBO Max.
In 2012, Miles Teller and Anna Kendrick shot a small comedy called Get a Job. Due to distribution issues, the film sat on the shelf for nearly four years. During that time, Teller broke out in Whiplash, and Kendrick became a star in Pitch Perfect. By the time 2016 rolled around, the studio wanted it off their books, so they released it in limited theaters and video on demand.
Fresh out of college, millennial Will Davis (Teller) believes he has a job lined up at a newspaper. On his first day, Will’s job is eliminated, which sends him to the unemployment line. Meanwhile, Will’s girlfriend, Jillian (Kendrick), struggles to maintain employment, which upends her ambitious personality. Don’t believe the poor Rotten Tomatoes scores. Get a Job is a light, breezy comedy about the difficult transition into the real world after college. Trust the charm of Teller and Kendrick.
You’ll be hard-pressed to find a movie sweeter than The Peanut Butter Falcon, a dramedy from directors Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz. After escaping his care facility, Zak (Zack Gottsagen), a young man with Down Syndrome, wants to become a professional wrestler. Zak meets another drifter in Tyler (Shia LaBeouf), who agrees to accompany him on his journey to a wrestling school in North Carolina.
The two outlaws become allies, with Tyler imparting his wisdom to Zak. The duo becomes a trio when Eleanor (Dakota Johnson), Zack’s caretaker, agrees to accompany them on their journey. The Peanut Butter Falcon is a feel-good tale that plays like a sweeter version of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.
Stream The Peanut Butter Falcon on HBO Max.
Tissues are a must when watching We Live In Time, a romantic drama from Brooklyn’s John Crowley. Almut (Florence Pugh) and Tobias (Andrew Garfield) meet after an unlikely scenario: Almut hits Tobias with her car. To make it up to Tobias, Almut treats him to dinner.
So begins an unlikely love story that chronicles the next decade of their lives. Pugh and Garfield are incredible together, which makes you hope they work together in the future. Warning: We Live In Time takes a dark turn that might leave you in tears. However, this sad story emphasizes the movie’s theme — to cherish every moment with the person you love.
Stream We Live In Time on HBO Max.
Some of the best shots in Grok Imagine’s AI-made Odyssey don’t contain actors. Ancient landscapes stretch into the distance. Close-ups of grimy hands suggest people who have touched something rougher than a keyboard. For a few seconds, the illusion holds.
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YouTube videos could soon look better without eating quite so much data, right? Thankfully, the platform plans to introduce a new video format called AV2 on its web player in early 2027, promising more efficient streaming and potentially fewer playback hiccups on slower internet connections. The big headline is a roughly 30% improvement in compression efficiency over AV1, YouTube's existing video format. That doesn't guarantee every video will use 30% less data, but it could make streaming a little easier on both internet connections and data allowances.
What is AV2, and why should viewers care?
YouTube is changing how its Home page works, giving viewers more control over what shows up there and making some of the app’s most-used sections easier to reach. Custom Feeds are now replacing the existing topic chips for eligible users, while YouTube is also testing a redesigned top bar on mobile that moves Subscriptions closer to the Home feed.
YouTube first started experimenting with Custom Feeds earlier this year, letting you type out what you wanted to watch and turning that request into its own stream of recommendations. Now, the feature is starting to look less like a side experiment and more like something YouTube actually wants people to use as part of their everyday Home page.