Streaming powerhouse HBO Max has announced everything coming to the platform in August 2022, including the debut of HOUSE OF THE DRAGON (8/21), based on George R.R. Martin’s “Fire & Blood.”
Here’s a list of best crime, mystery and thriller movies and shows on HBO Max for August:
August 1:
A Most Violent Year, 2015
In 1981 New York, a fuel supplier (Oscar Isaac) tries to adhere to his own moral compass amid the rampant violence, corruption and decay that threaten his family and his business.
Barely Lethal, 2015
Biker Boyz, 2003
Blow Out, 1981
While recording sound effects for a slasher flick, Jack Terri (John Travolta) stumbles upon a real-life horror: a car careening off a bridge and into a river.
Jack jumps into the water and fishes out Sally (Nancy Allen) from the car, but the other passenger is already dead — a governor intending to run for president. As Jack does some investigating of his tapes, and starts a perilous romance with Sally, he enters a tangled web of conspiracy that might leave him dead.
*****
Blue Velvet, 1986
Bug, 2007
At a rundown desert motel, Agnes (Ashley Judd) begins a tentative relationship with a newcomer named Peter (Michael Shannon). He has a strange charisma, one that offers fearful and unstable Agnes a flicker of hope. When Peter reveals that the military deliberately infected him with a bug and that he has tiny insects crawling under his skin, paranoia begins to envelop the desperate pair.
*****
Charlie’s Angels, 2000
Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle, 2003
Damien Omen II, 1978 (HBO)
Dark Places, 2015 (HBO)
DC Showcases Short: Constantine – The House of Mystery, 2022
Enemy, 2014 (HBO)
A mild-mannered college professor (Jake Gyllenhaal) discovers a look-alike actor and delves into the other man’s private affairs.
*****
Ex Machina, 2015 (HBO)
Fantastic Voyage, 1966 (HBO)
Fighting, 2009 (HBO)
From Hell, 2001 (HBO)
Inspector Fred Abberline is determined to track down Jack the Ripper in Victorian east London. As well as his Sergeant Peter Godley, Abberline is helped on the case by visions he has while high on opium, and adding urgency to his investigations is `unfortunate’ Mary Kelly, a potential Ripper victim with whom the Inspector is falling in love.
*****
Gaslight, 1944
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, 1999
Industry, Season 2 Premiere (HBO)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers, 1978 (HBO)
Ivanhoe, 1952
Mojave, 2015 (HBO)
Remember, 2016 (HBO)
Source Code, 2011
Helicopter pilot Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) is part of a top-secret military operation that enables him to experience the last few minutes in the life of Sean Fentress, a man who died in a commuter-train explosion. The purpose of Colter’s mission is to learn the identity of the bomber and prevent a similar catastrophe. As Colter lives Sean’s final moments, he becomes more certain that he can prevent the first tragedy from occurring — as long as he doesn’t run out of time.
*****
Stardust, 2007
The Captive, 2014
The Devil’s Backbone, 2001
The Great Escape, 1963
The Possession, 2012 (HBO) Extended Version
The Rover, 2014
Tusk, 2014 (HBO)
Under the Skin, 2014
August 21:
American Sniper, 2014
House of the Dragon, Series Premiere (HBO)
The story of the Targaryen civil war that took place about 300 years before events portrayed in `Game of Thrones.’
August 25:
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, 2013 (HBO) Extended Version
August 26:
Wolf, 2021 (HBO)
*****
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