The BEST HBO Max shows of all time
Every HBO Max show, ranked
We've compiled the average episode rating for every HBO Max show to compile this list of best shows!
#1 - Pocoyo
Meet Pocoyo, an unforgettable little boy with a very big personality. Narrator Stephen Fry guides Pocoyo with gentle humour as he explores the world around him. Pocoyo and his friends, Ellie, Loula, Pato and Sleepy Bird, encourage the viewer to learn through laughter, rather than leaving them feeling they have been taught. The characters, storylines, sounds and visual appeal of Pocoyo have been carefully researched to ensure that it is perfectly tailored to encourage child development. Pocoyo takes pre-school entertainment one step further - it is visually very different to any other pre-school programme. Its innovative use of CGI animation allows Pocoyo to become a very real child - he moves, talks, plays and learns like a toddler, and he can sulk and throw tantrums like only a toddler can!
View Episode Rankings#2 - Young Justice
Teenage superheroes strive to prove themselves as members of the Justice League.
View Episode Rankings#3 - HBO Documentary Film Series
HBO presents a full spectrum of non-fiction programming by leading documentary filmmakers. Taking viewers from the hidden corners of America to the shocking reality of global issues, these powerful, uncompromising and award-winning films never fail to leave an impact. Now, with HBO Podcast, listen to interviews with many of our award-winning filmmakers - and even some of their documentary subjects!
View Episode Rankings#4 - Infinity Train
Traveling through a barren, otherworldly wasteland, the Infinity Train is full of puzzles and perils. For those in mental turmoil, they can climb aboard and suddenly find themselves wandering its length where each car is a whole other world. Each passenger has his or her own story that led them onto the train, but once aboard, the goal is both simple and difficult: by solving the mysteries of the train and interacting with its strange denizens, solve one's own mental troubles and through it hopefully find their way off the train.
View Episode Rankings#5 - Pekin Express (ES)
Beijing Express is a Spanish reality television contest. Between 2008 and 2011 was broadcast by the television network Cuatro, in 2015 by Antena 3 and from 2016 and until 2018, by laSexta. In the contest, ten couples must travel 10,000 km to win a prize of 100,000 euros, in addition to the money they get in each stage. The first season of the program was presented by Paula Vázquez, the second and third by Raquel Sánchez-Silva, the fourth by Jesús Vázquez and, from the fifth, by Cristina Pedroche. Produced by Boomerang TV, it is the Spanish version of the international format Peking Express, original from Belgium and the Netherlands, released in 2004, which has had different versions in several European countries such as France, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany and Italy. The contest follows the wake of the original American format The Amazing Race, without being an official adaptation of it. In Morocco, channel 2M created its version called Dakar-Fez Express, which, as its name suggests, is a route from Dakar, Senegal, to Fez, Morocco, passing through Mauritania. In Portugal it was adapted with the name A great adventure, with a route in Indonesia. The program in its Spanish version came to issue four editions in its first stage in Cuatro. The program was losing audience throughout the editions, 1 until in 2012 Mediaset decided not to make more editions. The last was issued between September and December 2011 under the name Beijing Express: Adventure in Africa.
View Episode Rankings#6 - Search Party (2016)
When former college acquaintance Chantal goes missing, five self-absorbed 20-somethings get entangled in the ominous mystery of her disappearance. Leading the search party is Dory, a lifelong doormat who works as a rich housewife's assistant. Dory makes it her personal mission to find Chantal and she's bringing her friends into the investigation with her. Self-diagnosed narcissist Elliott, who puts his ego aside to help Dory, is particularly good at detective work. Bubbly actress Portia excels at chatting up suspects for information because of her desperate need to be in the spotlight. Sheltered Drew has to grow a spine to help solve the mystery and save his deteriorating relationship with Dory. Dory's ex-boyfriend Julian seeks the truth because of his background as a journalist.
View Episode Rankings#7 - Arny, historia de una infamia
In 1996 the investigation into a plot of corruption of minors in Club Arny came to light. The investigation is carried out to a large extent under summary secrecy to protect the identity of the 55 minors who accuse the defendants. After the trial, 32 of the 49 accused are acquitted by the Justice and declared innocent, but what interest was there in involving these people in such a sordid plot? Who pays for the damage caused in the lives of the "false culprits"?
View Episode Rankings#8 - Titans (2018)
In this gritty live-action take on the Teen Titans franchise, Nightwing, Starfire, Beast Boy, Raven, Superboy, and more beloved superheroes from the DC Universe band together to fight evil forces across Gotham City and beyond.
View Episode Rankings#9 - Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
Lovable loser Kite Man and his new squeeze Golden Glider moonlight as criminals to support their foolish purchase of Noonan’s, Gotham’s seediest dive bar, where everybody knows your name, but not necessarily your secret identity!
View Episode Rankings#10 - Gaming Wall St
Kieran Culkin narrates this two-part docuseries exploring the historic 2021 short squeeze of GameStop, and how a group of armchair investors and online vigilantes ultimately helped expose the dark underbelly of Wall Street.
View Episode Rankings#11 - Superpowered: The DC Story
This docuseries takes an unprecedented look at the enduring and influential legacy of DC, allowing fans to rediscover the universe of characters, as well as the iconic comic book company’s origins, its evolution and its nearly nine-decade cultural impact across every artistic medium.
View Episode Rankings#12 - Rap Sh!t
Rap Sh!t will follow two friends away from the Miami college who get together to form a rap group.
View Episode Rankings#13 - X-Rated Queen
The story of a young woman from a small Polish town who escapes to West Germany and finds herself drawn into the world of adult entertainment.
View Episode Rankings#14 - No Activity (ES)
Two policemen waiting for the mission that will make them heroes. Two criminals waiting for the crime of their lives. Two inspectors waiting to get involved in the action. The night-time comedy that everyone’s been waiting for!
View Episode Rankings#15 - The Girls on the Bus
Four female journalists find friendship, love and scandal as they follow a parade of flawed candidates in an unpredictable presidential campaign.
View Episode Rankings#16 - Expecting Amy
An “unfiltered,” “behind-the-scenes” look at Amy Schumer as she goes through a difficult pregnancy while touring and preparing for a stand-up special.
View Episode Rankings#17 - Santa Inc.
The story of Candy Smalls, the highest-ranking female elf in the North Pole. When the successor to Santa Claus is poached by Amazon on Christmas Eve, Candy goes for her ultimate dream— to become the first woman Santa Claus in the history of Christmas.
View Episode Rankings#18 - Raised by Wolves (2020)
After Earth is torn apart by religious differences and the human race teeters on the edge of extinction, an atheistic android architect sends two of his creations, Mother and Father, to start a peaceful, godless colony on the planet Kepler-22b. They attempt to raise human children in this mysterious virgin land, a treacherous and difficult task that’s jeopardized by the arrival of the Mithraic, a deeply devout religious order of surviving humans.
View Episode Rankings#19 - Station Eleven
The survivors of a devastating flu attempt to rebuild and reimagine the world anew – while holding on to the best of what’s been lost.
View Episode Rankings#20 - Peacemaker
A man fights for peace at any cost, no matter how many people he has to kill to get it.
View Episode Rankings#21 - Harley Quinn
Harley Quinn has finally broken things off once and for all with the Joker, and attempts to make it on her own as the criminal Queenpin of Gotham City. The series features Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy and a whole cast of heroes and villains, old and new, from the DC Universe.
View Episode Rankings#22 - Beforeigners
A few lost individuals arrive in Oslo under unclear circumstances. They turn out to be the start of a stream of people from the past who seek refuge in our time. The main action in the series takes place seven years later, describing how society has been transformed by the so-called immigrants.
View Episode Rankings#23 - Our Flag Means Death
Stede Bonnet's career as "The Gentleman Pirate" may represent the worst midlife crisis in history. In 1717, Bonnet, a retired British army major with a large plantation in Barbados, abandoned his family and fortune, bought a ship, and joined the infamous Blackbeard for a life, albeit a brief one, of piracy on the high seas.
View Episode Rankings#24 - Kamikaze
Fierce and charming 18-year-old Julie is on a journey of rediscovery after losing her parents and brother in a plane crash. Suddenly, she finds herself alone in a large mansion with expensive cars in the garage, and, in theory, everything that most people only dream of: youth, beauty and money – lots of money - but material possessions hold no value to Julie anymore and she is forced to search for a reason to go on. She embarks on a wild and turbulent trip that takes her from her native Denmark to the far corners of the world.
View Episode Rankings#25 - The Head (2020)
In an isolated and inaccessible Antarctic research station, winter has fallen on the South Pole, and the sun will soon disappear for the next six months. A small team, known as the Winterers, will remain at the Polaris VI Antarctic Research Station to continue their innovative research, a crucial part in the fight against climate change, under the command of renowned biologist Arthur Wilde. But when spring comes, summer commander Johan Berg returns to the station only to find the entire team are either dead or missing. A killer is on the loose, and Annika, Johan's wife, is missing. If he wants to find her alive, he will have to trust Maggie, the young doctor who is profoundly shaken and apparently the sole survivor from the group… or, is there someone else?
View Episode Rankings#26 - Julia (2022)
Inspired by Julia Child's extraordinary life and her show The French Chef, which essentially invented food television.
View Episode Rankings#27 - And Just Like That...
Carrie Bradshaw, Charlotte York and Miranda Hobbes navigate the journey from the complicated reality of life and friendship in their 30s to the even more complicated reality of life and friendship in their 50s.
View Episode Rankings#28 - Vote for Juan
After finding his political ambitions awoken by a series of chance political events, Juan Carrasco, an uninspiring Minister of Agriculture, decides to take part in his party's primary elections thereby giving himself a chance to eventually run for the position of President of the Government. Party intrigues, jealousy, crises... Will Juan Carrasco manage to make it all the way to the top?
View Episode Rankings#29 - Ten Year Old Tom
The series follows the misadventures of an average kid as he contends with questionable guidance from the well-meaning grownups around him. Being a kid is hard enough for Tom, but when bad influences seem to lurk around every corner — from litigious parents and drug dealing bus drivers to school administrators who want to sleep with his mom — it’s downright impossible. While the adults in Tom’s life certainly mean well, they just can’t manage to lead by example.
View Episode Rankings#30 - The Staircase (2022)
The series explores the life of Michael Peterson, his sprawling North Carolina family and the suspicious death of his wife, Kathleen.
View Episode Rankings#31 - Dafne and the Rest
A group of thirtysomethings trapped in lives that aren't what they had dreamed of try to move forward and find their place in Madrid, Spain.
View Episode Rankings#32 - Looney Tunes Cartoons
Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig and several other classic Looney Tunes characters have all new misadventures in this series inspired by their classic shorts. Most episodes consist of two full shorts and a brief mid-episode vignette.
View Episode Rankings#33 - The Prince
Before George rules Britannia, he’ll be laying down his own laws in this comedic take on the future King of England’s childhood as seen from the prince’s own point of view. Because his succession isn't coming any time soon, in each episode George will find his path in life as a young prince in modern times — from the 775 rooms of Buckingham Palace to his family’s sea of corgis to primary school with commoners. The series also features notable characters in George’s life such as his parents the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, his fourth-in-line-for-the-throne little sister Charlotte, his modern Aunt Meghan and Uncle Harry, his great-granddad Philip, and — who can forget — his Gan Gan Elizabeth.
View Episode Rankings#34 - Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
Set in 1960s London, Alfred Pennyworth—a former British SAS soldier in his 20s—forms a security company and goes to work for young billionaire Thomas Wayne, who’s not yet Bruce Wayne's (aka Batman's) father.
View Episode Rankings#35 - Genera+ion
A group of high school students' exploration of modern sexuality (devices and all) tests deeply entrenched beliefs about life, love and the nature of family in their conservative community.
View Episode Rankings#36 - The Flight Attendant
Flight attendant Cassandra Bowden wakes in a hotel room hungover from the night before in Bangkok with a dead body lying next to her. Afraid to call the police, she continues her morning as if nothing happened. In New York, she is met by FBI agents who question her about her recent layover in Bangkok. Still unable to piece the night together, she begins to wonder if she could be the killer.
View Episode Rankings#37 - Tokyo Vice
A first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat following Jake Adelstein, an American journalist who embeds himself into the Tokyo Vice police squad to reveal corruption. Based on Jake Adelstein’s non-fiction book of the same name.
View Episode Rankings#38 - The Other Two
Brooke, a former professional dancer, and Cary, her aspiring actor brother, try to find their place in the world while wrestling with their feelings about their 13-year-old brother Chase’s sudden rise to internet fame.
View Episode Rankings#39 - DMZ
In a near-future, civil-war-torn America, fearless medic Alma sets out on a harrowing quest to find her missing son.
View Episode Rankings#40 - South Side
South Side follows two friends who just graduated from community college and are ready to take over the world. But until they do, they’re stuck working at Rent-T-Own.
View Episode Rankings#41 - Doom Patrol
Traumatized and downtrodden by horrible accidents that gave them superhuman abilities, but left them scarred for life, a team of unlikely heroes finds purpose investigating the weirdest phenomena in existence—and protecting Earth from what they find. Part support group, part superhero team, the Doom Patrol is a band of superpowered freaks who fight for a world that wants nothing to do with them.
View Episode Rankings#42 - What Happened, Brittany Murphy?
An intimate, in-depth character portrait of actor Brittany Murphy, going beyond the headlines to explore the mysterious circumstances surrounding her tragic death at 32 years old. Featuring new archival footage and interviews with those closest to her, go beyond the tabloid rumors to examine the impact of Hollywood’s sexism on her struggles, as well as lingering concerns about her relationship with husband Simon Monjack. Sensitive and nuanced, the docuseries explores the legacy of a unique talent.
View Episode Rankings#43 - Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults
In the late 1990s, the world was shocked by the mass suicide of 39 members of a new age religious cult who believed their souls would "graduate" to an alien spacecraft behind the Hale-Bopp Comet. Co-founded by Marshall Applewhite, who once called the group “the cult of cults,” and Bonnie Nettles, Heaven’s Gate began in 1975 with the mysterious disappearance of 20 people from a small town in Oregon - and ended in 1997 with the largest suicide ever to take place on U.S. soil. Using never-before-seen footage and first-person accounts from former members and their loved ones, this four-part docuseries is a thorough examination of the infamous UFO cult that stunned the globe with their out-of-this-world beliefs.
View Episode Rankings#44 - Pretty Little Liars (2022)
Twenty years ago, a series of tragic events almost ripped the blue-collar town of Millwood apart. Now, in the present day, a group of disparate teen girls — a brand-new set of Little Liars — find themselves tormented by an unknown Assailant and made to pay for the secret sin their parents committed two decades ago… as well as their own.
View Episode Rankings#45 - The Informant (2022)
Set in 1985, behind the Iron Curtain, as Geri leaves for college. He is looking forward to meeting girls and partying and joins a group of radicals, led by the charismatic Száva. But Geri has a secret. He’s an informant of the totalitarian state and to save his brother, he’s been forced to spy on his new friends for State Security. While Geri’s life changes forever – juggling parties and political debates – he wrestles with a daily challenge; whose side should he be on? Especially when the group’s increasingly radical leader, Száva realizes that there is an informant among them.
View Episode Rankings#46 - Selena + Chef
Since social distancing at home, Selena Gomez has been spending more time in the kitchen than she ever imagined. But despite her many talents, it remains to be seen if cooking is one of them. In each episode, Selena will be joined remotely by a different master chef.
View Episode Rankings#47 - Aquaman: King of Atlantis
Alongside trusted allies Mera and Vulko, King Aquaman faces unscrupulous surface dwellers, ancient evils from beyond time, and his half-brother’s attempts to overthrow him all to prove that he’s the right man for the throne!
View Episode Rankings#48 - Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang solve more mysteries while also accompanied by many celebrities.
View Episode Rankings#49 - The Way Down: God, Greed, and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin
Follows the Remnant Fellowship Church and its leader Gwen Shamblin Lara. Exploring Lara's fame and power as a diet guru and church leader, and truth behind her carefully curated image, detailing the controversial practices of the church.
View Episode Rankings#50 - Made For Love
A young woman, on the run after 10 years in a suffocating marriage to a possibly sociopathic tech billionaire, suddenly realizes that her husband has implanted a revolutionary monitoring device in her brain that allows him to track her every move.
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