The 30 Best Original Shows Streaming on HBO Max Right Now

Given the volume of streaming content out there, and the number of shows HBO Max and HBO itself have already produced, there are undoubtedly some great choices on the app that have flown under your radar. In our current streaming era, in which good shows aren’t just canceled but sometimes erased from existence (farewell, Raised by Wolves ), it never hurts to take a moment to consider the slightly less talked-about shows that are equally worthy of your attention. In that spirit, here are the best shows on HBO Max right now, from popular hits and to shows that more people should be talking about. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (2026 – , renewed for a second season) As it turns out, the key to Game of Thrones fatigue is not to go bigger, but smaller. This series, based on a series of George R.R. Martin novellas and set roughly between The House of the Dragon prequel and the original series, stars Peter Claffey as Ser Dunk the Tall, a naïve rube-ish hedge knight of no particular standing out to make a name for himself, and having no idea of the compromises that will entail. On the way to a tournament, he encounters Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell), a stable boy with a rather hefty secret who becomes Dunk's squire. The stakes grow as the narrative progresses but, ultimately, this is about the one knight in Westeros who still believes everything he's been taught about honor and loyalty, and about how long he'll hold on to all that when he sees how the world really works. Stream A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms . You May Also Like A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms at HBO Max Learn More Learn More at HBO Max The Seduction (2025 – ) You may not have read Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’ 1782 novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses , but there's a good chance you've seen an adaptation: aside from operas, stage plays, and even multiple ballets, it's been filmed over a dozen times, from Stephen Frears' 1989 Dangerous Liaisons to 1999's Cruel Intentions . In this French import, we open with Isabelle de Merteuil (Anamaria Vartolomei) walking the halls of Versailles to meet the king before we travel back a year to find her as a penniless orphan confined to a nunnery, from which she sneaks away for the occasional tryst with her lover, Lucien (Vincent Lacoste). She agrees to marry him, only to discover he's actually a wealthy aristocrat, the Vicomte de Valmont, and he's been having fun slumming it with no intention of going further. She's furious, but gains an unexpected ally in her revenge plot: the Vicomte's Aunt, Madame de Rosemonde (Diane Kruger), who is sick of his nonsense and agrees to teach Isabelle how to play the game at their level. Stream The Seduction . The Seduction (2025 – ) at HBO Max Learn More Learn More at HBO Max DTF St. Louis (2026 – ) This is a weird one The title sounds like a reality dating show (it's not), and it initially feels like it's going to be a show about middle-aged ennui (it is, kinda)—but then comes the murder mystery. David Harbour plays Floyd Smernitch, a married sign language interpreter with a fading sex life and a weird penis (it's a plot point) who saves the life of local meteorologist and recumbent bicyclist Clark Forrest (Jason Bateman); the two become friends, and Clark introduces Floyd to a dating app for married people looking for side action. They both sign up, but within a few weeks, Floyd is found dead (no spoilers: this all happens within the first act of the first episode), with a recumbent bicycle seen leaving the scene. Linda Linda Cardellini stars as Carol, Floyd's wife, who's also having an affair with Clark. It's very early days, but so far it's feeling like a fun, genre-bending mystery. Stream DTF St. Louis . DTF St. Louis (2026 – ) at HBO Max Learn More Learn More at HBO Max It: Welcome to Derry (2025 – , renewed for a second season) Who doesn't love a clown? Set in the 1960s, this It prequel fives into the backstory of Derry and Pennywise the clown through the eyes of some kids and grownups who met him during a previous visit to the town. I'm not entirely convinced that we need this backstory, but, rather than the obvious clownery, we open on a horrifying birth sequence and a lot of gory, nightmarish imagery. By the end of the first episode, it's clear that even the most adorable children aren't safe, and this is a show that will, if nothing else, go hard. And that's before Bill Skarsgård's memorably creepy Pennywise even shows up. Stream It: Welcome to Derry . It: Welcome to Derry Learn More Learn More Task (2025 – , renewed for a second season) Hey! Look at that—a streaming show actually getting a relatively quick second-season renewal. Must be that Mark Ruffalo magic, or perhaps it's the touch of Brad Ingelsby, creator of Mare of Easttown , who's operating in a similar detective-drama vein here. Ruffalo's Tom Brandis is half the story here: a former Catholic priest and current FBI agent with a troubled home l