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Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus
What's scarier than exorbitantly rich people? Nothing! That makes The White Lotus, Mike White's Emmy-winning anthology series about the dynamics of the staff and guests at an upscale resort, Halloween season programming. It returns for its second season at the end of October, but there are some other HBO and HBO Max premieres to keep you occupied while you wait, like Fixer Upper: The Castle, Chip and Joanna Gaines' new renovation show that comes in the wake of the HBO Max-Discovery+ merger, and the long-awaited Part 2 of the true crime docuseries The Vow, centering around NXIVM founder Keith Raniere's trial.
Below, we pulled together our picks for the month, plus a list of everything else coming to HBO and HBO Max in October, and everything that's leaving HBO Max, too.
HBO Max streams all HBO shows and movies when they debut on HBO. But not all shows and movies on HBO Max make it to HBO. We'll designate HBO Max exclusives where appropriate.
Yvonne Orji did incredible work on Insecure for five seasons, so a stand-up special from her feels like an easy must-watch. Here, she blends observations on dating, family, and living through the pandemic with sketch comedy interludes. [Trailer]
This series from Chip and Joanna Gaines is so far the highest profile original to come out of the big ol' spectacle that is the HBO Max-Discovery+ merger. Here, they take on the task of making over Cottonland Castle, a famous, centuries-old landmark in Waco, Texas. Fixer Upper: The Castle comes after a sizable selection of shows from the Gaineses' Magnolia Network hit HBO Max at the end of September.
The second part of HBO's gripping NXIVM docuseries is finally here. The six-episode second season picks up with that interview with co-founder Nancy Salzman teased at the end of Season 1 while focusing on Keith Raniere's highly publicized trial, where he was charged with, among other things, sex trafficking and racketeering. [Trailer]
Fresh off those well-earned Emmy wins for its first season, The White Lotus is back for Season 2, except now it's in Sicily. Is there any chance HBO's anthology about the upstairs, downstairs dynamic between the staff at an upscale resort and the wealthy guests who stay there will be as good as its first? The cast — which includes Aubrey Plaza, F. Murray Abraham, Michael Imperioli, Haley Lu Richardson, and Jennifer Coolidge, reprising her role as flighty socialite Tanya McQuoid — is certainly promising. We'll have to wait and see if it can re-capture the magic, but for better or worse, I'm usually more than willing to put my faith in Mike White. [Trailer]
More on HBO and HBO Max:
October 1 Æon Flux, 2005 (HBO) Along Came A Spider, 2001 (HBO) Bad News Bears, 2005 (HBO) Bad Teacher, 2011 Before I Fall, 2017 (HBO) Before Mickey Mouse: A History of American Animation Black Nativity, 2013 (Director's Cut) (HBO) Blackthorn, 2011 (HBO) Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid, 1969 C.R.A.Z.Y., 2005 Call Me By Your Name, 2017 Century of Animation Showcase: 1922, 2022 Charlie St. Cloud, 2010 (HBO) Christmas in Connecticut, 1945 Coneheads, 1993 (HBO) Disclosure, 1994 (HBO) District 9, 2009 (HBO) Down Terrace, 2009 (HBO) Dude Where's My Car?, 2000 (HBO) Eyimofe (This Is My Desire), 2020 Fair Game, 2010 (HBO) Federico Fellini's Intervista, 1987 Frank, 2014 (HBO) Freedomland, 2006 (HBO) Grand Piano, 2013 (HBO) Hoosiers, 1986 (HBO) Hot Summer Nights, 2017 (HBO) Hotel Mumbai, 2018 (HBO) I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, 1988 (HBO) Jumper, 2008 (HBO) Juno, 2007 (HBO) Kiss The Girls, 1997 La ronde, 1950 Let's Be Cops, 2014 Little Women, 1933 Luci del Varieta, 1950 Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music, 2019 Meet the Spartans, 2008 (Extended Version) (HBO) Miracle in Milan, 1951 My Best Friend's Girl, 2008 (Extended Version) (HBO) Navy Seals, 1990 (HBO) Nightcrawler, 2014 (HBO) No Place on Earth, 2012 (HBO) Nothing But Trouble,1991 (HBO) Oliver!, 1968 Open Season 2, 2008 Open Season, 2006 Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, 2016 (HBO) Promised Land, 2012 (HBO) Rock Dog, 2016 (HBO) Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob! S.W.A.T. (Movie), 2003 Silent Hill: Revelation 3D, 2012 (HBO) Slacker, 1990 Spotlight, 2015 (HBO) Terms of Endearment, 1983 (HBO) The Adventures of Pinocchio, 1996 The American President, 1995 The Bad News Bears, 1976 (HBO) The Bad News Bears Go To Japan, 1978 (HBO) The Bad News Bears In Breaking Training, 1977 (HBO) The Bridge on the River Kwai, 1957 The Eye, 2008 (HBO) The Haunting In Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia , 2013 The Perfect Host, 2010 (HBO) The Perfect Storm, 2000 The Swimming Pool, 1969 The Two Faces of January, 2014 The Witch, 2015 (HBO) Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie, 2012 (HBO) To The Wonder, 2012 Twisted, 2004 (HBO) Waist Deep, 2006 (HBO) Whose Line is It Anyway?, Season 9 Yvonne Orji: A Whole Me, Special Premiere (HBO)
October 2 101 Places to Party Before You Die, Season 1 Housing Complex C
October 6 Folklore, Max Original Seasons 2 Premiere Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler, Max Original Season 3 Premiere Wahl Street, Max Original Season 2 Premiere
October 7 Habla Loud, Documentary Premiere (HBO) October 8 Straight Out of Nowhere: Scooby-Doo Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog, 2021 October 9 We Baby Bears S1E October 10 Avenue 5, Season 2 Premiere (HBO) Oh Hell, Max Original Season 1 Premiere October 11 38 at the Garden, Documentary Premiere (HBO) October 14 Blippi Wonders, Season 2A Fixer Upper: The Castle October 15 Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!, 2022 October 17 Mr. Pickles The Vow, Part Two Documentary Series Premiere (HBO) October 18 Batwheels, Season 1B Premiere By Design: The Joe Caroff Story Mama's Boy, Documentary Premiere (HBO) Meet the Batwheels, Season 1A October 19 Year One: A Political Odyssey, Documentary Premiere (HBO) October 20 Legacy, Max Original Season 1 Premiere The Fastest Woman on Earth, 2022 October 21 Restoration Road with Clint Harp Season 3 Teen Titans Go! Season 7D Vale Dos Esquecidos, Max Original Season 1 Premiere October 23 La Pitchoune: Cooking in France Season 1 October 24 Green Lantern: Beware My Power, 2022 October 26 A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting, Documentary Premiere (HBO) October 28 Garcia, Max Original Season 1 Premiere October 30 The Lost Kitchen, Season 3 The White Lotus, Season 2 Premiere (HBO)Magnolia Content:
October 6 If I Can't Have Love I Want Power (Halsey), 2021 October 7 The God of High School (Dubbed) & (Subtitled) October 14 Point Break, 2015 (HBO) Tom & Jerry, 2021 (HBO) October 18 The Price of Freedom, 2021 October 19 Annabelle: Creation, 2017 October 25 The Bronx, USA, 2019 (HBO) October 31 28 Days Later, 2002 (HBO) 28 Weeks Later, 2007 (HBO) 71, 2014 (HBO) A Cry in the Dark, 1988 All My Life, 2020 America, America, 1963 American Pastoral, 2016 (HBO) Anchors Aweigh, 1945 Angels and Demons, 2009 Angels in the Outfield, 1994 Anger Management, 2003 Assassins, 2014 Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction, 2006, Extended Version Blood on the Moon Blood Ties, 2013 Book of the Shadows: Blair Witch 2, 2000 Breaking Away, 1979 Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, 2004 Capote, 2005 Captain Blood, 1935 Chappelle's Show, Season 1-2 Chateau Vato, 2020 Coma, 1978 Crossing Delancey, 1988 David Copperfield, 1935 De Lo Mio, 2019 Deception, 2008 Domino, 2019 Elvis: That's The Way It Is, 1970 Equilibrium, 2002 Evolution, 2001 Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, 2011 Father of the Bride, 1950 Fire With Fire, 2012 (HBO) Flying Leathernecks, 1951 Good News, 1947 Goodbye Mr. Chips, 1969 Guess Who, 2005 Half Brothers, 2020 Hall Pass, 2011 Happily N'Ever After, 2006 Happily N'Ever After 2, 2009 Hard Rain, 1998 (HBO) Harley Davidson And The Marlboro Man, 1991 High Fidelity, 2000 Hooper, 1978 Hostel, 2005 House of 1,000 Corpses, 2003 Ice Station Zebra, 1968 Igby Goes Down, 2002 Inside Amy Schumer Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday, 1993 Jerry Maguire, 1996 Key & Peele Key Largo 1948 Kin, 2018 (HBO) Linda and the Mockingbirds, 2020 (HBO) Lisztomania, 1975 Little Women, 1994 Machine Gun Preacher, 2011 Master Of Disguise, 2002 (HBO) McCabe and Mrs. Miller, 1971 Modern Problems, 1981 (HBO) Moonstruck, 1987 Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, 2007 Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter, 1968 My Favorite Year, 1982 Nathan For You Night Moves, 1975 Night Owls, 2015 (HBO) North Dallas Forty, 1979 (HBO) Now, Voyager, 1942 On the Town, 1949 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, 1975 Original Sin, 2001 Unrated Version (HBO) Outbreak, 1995 Pecado Original (AKA Original Sin), 2018 (HBO) Porno Para Principiantes (Porno For Newbies), 2018 (HBO) Protocol, 1984 Racing Stripes, 2005 (HBO) Reno 911! Room for One More, 1952 Runaway Train, 1985 (HBO) Say Anything..., 1989 (HBO) Six Degrees Of Separation, 1993 (HBO) Snakes on a Plane, 2006 Speedway, 1968 Splendor in the Grass, 1961 Stephen King's Cat's Eye, 1985] Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, 2003 Terminator Salvation, 2009 The Assignment, 2016 The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer, 1947 The Blair Witch Project, 1999 The Charge of the Light Brigade, 1968 The Cincinnati Kid, 1965 The Command, 2018 The Confirmation, 2016 The Da Vinci Code, 2006 The Dark Half, 1993 The Devil's Reject, 2005 The Falcon And The Snowman, 1985 The Final Cut, 2004 The Great American Pastime, 1956 The Hunger, 1983 The Legend of the Zorro, 2005 The Mighty Quinn, 1989 (HBO) The Mystery of the Wax Museum, 1933 The Notebook, 2004 The Pact, 2012 (HBO) The Perfect Storm, 2000 The Perks of Being a Wallflower, 2012 The Postman Always Rings Twice, 1946 The Postman Always Rings Twice, 1981 The Public Enemy, 1931 The Purge, 2013 (HBO) The Replacements, 2000 The Sapphires, 2012 (HBO) The Satanic Rites of Dracula, 1973 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, 2005 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, 2008 The Spirit, 2008 (HBO) The Switch, 2010 The Taking of Pelham 123, 2009 The Wolverine, 2013 Thelma & Louise, 1991 This is Elvis, 1981 Top Secret!, 1984 (HBO) Una Semana, 2017 (HBO) Viva Las Vegas, 1964 W.E., 2011 (HBO) War, 2007 What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?,1991 William Faulkner's The Long, Hot Summer, 1958 Woodstock: The Director's Cut, 1994 Zoo Animals, 2018 (HBO)