Well, if you haven’t gotten your fill of a sappy Christmas on HBO Max by now, you’d better get to it. The end of the month will see a major clear-out of Hallmark-type seasonal content. Additionally, all but the first movie of the Harry Potter franchise are peacing out, as are plenty of classic and popular hits like Taxi Driver and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, as well as HBO documentaries and Max Originals.
DC origin series Pennyworthis one you’ll want to catch before it leaves if you’re a Batman fan. It follows the young Alfred Pennyworth in 1960s London as he forms a security company and eventually starts working with Thomas and Martha Wayne, prior to Bruce being born. You’ll also want to imbibe in one of horror icon Stephen King’s greatest film adaptations, Misery, which also features one of Kathy Bates’ all-time greatest performances as a former nurse turned serial killer who holds her favorite romance novelist captive and subjects him to physical and psychological abuse.
And since we all love a good jaw-dropping documentary, I highly recommend watching The Way Down: God, Greed, and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin. The five-part docuseries examines the rise of the cult-like Remnant Fellowship, a weight-loss-based Christian church, and its charismatic late founder, Gwen Shamblin Lara, who developed the faith-based diet program Weigh Down Workshop. The docuseries explores her controversial life and teachings, as well as the Fellowship’s beliefs and practices.
A complete list of everything leaving HBO Max in January 2026
Leaving Date | Title |
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January 8 | The Alienist (TNT) |
January 11 | Primal, Season 1 (Adult Swim) |
January 13 | Craig Before the Creek (Cartoon Network) |
January 16 | 4 Blocks (Max Original) |
January 17 | Murder Comes to Town, Season 3 (ID) |
January 19 | Web of Lies, Season 3, Episodes 1 and 3 (ID) |
January 23 | Pennyworth: The Origins of Batman’s Butler, Seasons 1 and 2 Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero (HBO Documentary) Your Monster |
January 25 | What on Earth?, Season 2 (Science Channel) |
January 26 | Angel Falls: A Novel Holiday Christmas on Honeysuckle Lane A Christmas to Remember A Christmas Tree Grows in Colorado Holiday Date A Homecoming for the Holidays Karen Kingsbury’s The Bridge A Merry Christmas Match Our Christmas Love Song The Perfect Christmas Present Project Christmas Wish Swept Up by Christmas Write Before Christmas |
January 27 | Possessions (Max Original) |
January 28 | Pushing Daisies |
January 30 | Out of the Fog |
January 31 | Accidentally Brave The American President April in Paris Backfire Betrayed (1954) The Bling Ring Brian Banks The Brothers McMullen Call Me by Your Name Chasing Classic Cars (MotorTrend) Couples Retreat Crime Wave The Desert Song Desperate Destination Tokyo Dillinger Dredd Duplicity Get a Job Insidious: Chapter 2 I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. Jackie Jamboree! Johnny Angel Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Lamput, Season 1 (Cartook Network) The Locket Madame Bovary Madame Curie Mad Money The Man I Love Martha Marcy May Marlene Midsommar Mirror Mirror Misery Miss Pinkerton Mr. Church Mrs. Parkington Murder, My Sweet Nocturne Objective, Burma! Out of the Past The Peanut Butter Falcon Quo VAdis Random Harvest Roadblock Rules Don’t Apply Screaming Eagles The Set-Up Smarty Speed The Sunlit Night Taxi Driver The Three Stooges (2012) The Unsuspected War on Everyone The Way Down: God, Greed, and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin (Max Original) What Happened, Brittany Murphy? (Max Original) When Harry Met Sally… You Hurt My Feelings |
Once you’ve used that last chance and caught must-see titles before they leave, be sure to indulge in HBO Max’s January roster of incoming titles.
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