Everything New on HBO Max in November 2025

If you subscribe to HBO Max (which is getting a price increase soon), the must-see new show in November is I Love LA, created by and starring Rachel Sennott. You might know her from the critically acclaimed films Shiva Baby and Bottoms, or from her work on Saturday Night. HBO Max describes the show as following a group of driven friends as they explore life and love in Los Angeles.

HBO Max will add several new titles in November, including two upcoming 2025 A24 films: Ari Aster’s Eddington, a story about a conflict between a mayor and sheriff during the Covid pandemic, and Materialists, a romantic comedy directed by Celine Song (who also directed Past Lives – which is also coming to HBO Max next month and is considered one of the best films of recent years). A three-part documentary series focusing on baseball star Alex Rodriguez, titled Alex vs Arod, will also be available.

Here’s everything coming to HBO Max in November 2025:

Here’s a list of films: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, A Christmas Carol (1938), A Christmas Story, A United Kingdom, A Woman’s Face, Alex Cross (2012), Backfire, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Betrayed (1954), Brick Mansions, Crime Wave, Dangerous Liaisons, Deception (1946), Desperate, Destination Tokyo, Dillinger, Each Dawn I Die, Elf, Four Christmases, Happy Feet, Hellboy (2004), House of 1000 Corpses, I Was a Communist for the F.B.I., Ice Age: Continental Drift, Invisible Stripes, and Johnny Angel. This list is dated November 1st.

Here’s a list of movie and television titles: Kingsman: The Golden Circle, Marine Raiders, Marked Woman, Monster-In-Law, Murder, My Sweet, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Nocturne, Norm of the North, Objective, Burma!, Out of the Fog, Out of the Past, Puss In Boots, Red Light, Red Riding Hood, Roadblock, Screaming Eagles, Sucker Punch, The Bride of Frankenstein, The Devil’s Rejects, The Devil’s Rejects: Director’s Cut, The Kitchen, Season 39 (from the Food Network), The Locket, The Man I Love, and The Mask of Dimitrios.

Here’s a list of classic films: The Polar Express, The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946), The Public Enemy, The Roaring Twenties, The Set-Up, The Town, The Unsuspected, The Wolfman, The Women (1939), They Live by Night, They Were Expendable, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, This Woman Is Dangerous, and Where Danger Lives.

Okay, so November 2nd was a good day for watching things! I finally checked out Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, and I also started I Love LA on HBO – it’s surprisingly fun. If I’m being honest, I also flipped through Paranormal Caught on Camera – you know, for a little spooky entertainment. But the real highlight was Past Lives; that movie really stuck with me. And to round things out, I started Unlocked: Family Secrets on OWN. A pretty diverse lineup, if I do say so myself!

Here’s a rundown of shows available on November 3rd: Barney’s World Season 1 (Cartoon Network), Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking Season 2 (Food Network), I Am Curious Johnny, In the Eye of the Storm Season 3 (Discovery), and Wardens of the North Season 5 (Animal Planet).

Here’s what’s new on November 4th: Season 12 of Holiday Baking Championship and Season 7 of Supermarket Stakeout are both on the Food Network. Plus, you can find Season 1A of Tom and Jerry Gokko Shorts.

Here’s what’s airing on November 5th: The LEGO Ninjago Movie, The Plot Thickens (Season 6 on TCM), and Who Hired the Hitman? (Season 1 on ID).

Here’s a look at what’s new on streaming and TV for November 6th: you can watch A Man Called Otto, the HBO Original Alex vs ARod, a new season of Beat Bobby Flay (Season 39), plus seasons of Expedition Files (Season 3) and Expedition Unknown (Season 16). Also available is the first season of Tournament of Champions: All-Star Christmas.

Here’s a rundown of what’s new on streaming and TV for November 7th: you can find new episodes of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food Network), Let’s Go Bananas (Cartoon Network), and Maine Cabin Masters (Magnolia Network). Plus, check out the new film Materialists (A24) and the HBO Original series The Vallecas Files.

November 8
Gold Rush, Season 16 (Discovery)

November 9
Build for Off-Road, Season 2 (Motortrend)

Here’s what’s on TV tonight, November 10th: Watch ‘Bad Sports’ – a CNN Original with Anderson Cooper, exploring fan violence – or ‘Sweet Empire: Winter Wars,’ the first season of a new show on Food Network.

On November 12th, new episodes aired for three shows: Beat Bobby Flay (Season 41 on Food Network), Hoarding for the Holidays (Season 1 on HGTV), and Homestead Rescue (Season 13 on Discovery).

Here’s a look at what’s new for November 13th: Ângela Diniz: Murdered and Convicted (Season 1, an HBO Original), Body Cam (Season 10, on ID), and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (from 20th Century Studios).

Here’s a rundown of new releases for November 14th: Eddington (available on A24), One to One: John & Yoko (an HBO Original), Season 1D of Silly Sundays (on Cartoon Network), and The Seduction (another HBO Original).

November 15
The Last Woodsmen, Season 2 (Discovery)

Here’s what’s new to streaming on November 18th: “Gingerbread Land: The Biggest Little Holiday Competition” (Season 1, on Magnolia Network) and “Thoughts & Prayers” (an HBO Original).

November 20
Missing (2023)
Work on the Wild Side, Season 1 (Animal Planet)

November 21
Teen Titans Go!, Season 9E (Cartoon Network)

November 22
Belle Collective, Season 6 (OWN)
Bugs Bunny Builders, Season 2H (Cartoon Network)

November 26
Flight Risk (Lionsgate)

Here’s what’s new to stream on November 28th: “Krypto Saves the Day: Package Pandemonium” (DCU) and “Obsession: The Murder of a Beauty Queen” (HBO Original).

November 30
OWN for the Holidays Movie: Fake Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (OWN)

Great Movies That Were Ruined When They Became Franchises

Jaws (1975)

Okay, so everyone knows the shark in Jaws dies, which makes the sequels a bit strange. The obvious solution is just to add more sharks, and they did! But the Jaws sequels also kept focusing on the same human characters, with new sharks repeatedly coming after them. Jaws 2 and 3 are almost like movies about sharks specifically hunting these people for revenge. The fourth movie, hilariously titled Jaws: The Revenge, is about a shark seeking revenge on Roy Scheider’s family. The problem? The original shark is already dead – in fact, multiple sharks have died by this point! It makes you wonder… did the original shark have a wife and was this revenge plot about family?

The Bad News Bears (1976)

It’s tough to make a good sequel to a sports movie about an underdog team that finally succeeds. Once they’ve already gone from being the worst to becoming champions, it’s hard to create a believable story where they lose everything and then have to climb back to the top. This setup creates problems – you need a good reason for their decline, and it’s less exciting because we know they’re capable of winning. Despite this, Paramount made two sequels to Bad News Bears. Unfortunately, neither sequel featured the original star, Walter Matthau.

Smokey and the Bandit (1977)

One of the main reasons Smokey and the Bandit was so popular is because the characters are incredibly charming and the actors clearly enjoyed making the film. This led Universal to consider sequels, but repeating the same story – Burt Reynolds’ Bandit and Jerry Reed’s Snowman smuggling Coors beer while being chased by Jackie Gleason’s Sheriff Buford T. Justice – proved difficult. Adding anything new to the formula was a challenge, as the core appeal was simply the basic premise. The first sequel revisited the same idea, and by the third film, creators were struggling to come up with fresh ideas, even considering a bizarre plot where Sheriff Justice was the Bandit, with Gleason potentially playing both roles. Some accounts suggest a simpler version where Justice just took on the Bandit’s role in a new race. Ultimately, a fourth Smokey movie never happened, which was a wise decision, though Universal probably should have stopped after the first sequel.

First Blood (1982)

A follow-up to the movie First Blood wouldn’t have happened if the original ending had stayed in. That ending showed John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) taking his own life instead of facing jail time for the trouble he caused in a small town – even though much of it was self-defense. Luckily, Stallone and the director decided on a less bleak ending, with Rambo surrendering to the police. This opened the door for several sequels, but they changed the character drastically. In the later films, Rambo isn’t the traumatized man from the first movie – it’s as if hard labor magically fixed him! He goes on to fight one-man wars against countries and criminal groups. While First Blood wasn’t a typical Vietnam War film, it was a dark and understanding look at a damaged person. The other Rambo movies are so different from the first that they feel like they’re about a completely different character.

Beverly Hills Cop (1984)

Once a fish is out of water, there’s no point in taking it even further away – and that’s what’s happening with the Beverly Hills Cop movies. The idea of Eddie Murphy’s tough Detroit cop, Axel Foley, in fancy Beverly Hills is a great starting point for a funny action film. You could maybe believe he’d go back to California once or twice if the situation was right. But after the third time, it feels like Axel should just admit he likes living in L.A. and get a place there.

Crocodile Dundee (1986)

The first Crocodile Dundee movie was a huge success, earning $328 million in theaters. The sequels didn’t do nearly as well, which isn’t surprising. The humor relied on a fish-out-of-water scenario – a country person reacting to city life – and that joke can only be told so many times. Who could forget the iconic line, “That’s not a knife, this is a knife!”?

The Karate Kid (1984)

The original Karate Kid is a charming and effective film – a blend of growing up, teen drama, and a classic underdog sports story, brought to us by the director of Rocky. It stands perfectly on its own, and all the follow-up movies, spin-offs, and reboots haven’t improved upon it. While the Cobra Kai TV series offered a fresh take, the latest movie sequel, Karate Kid: Legends, is just as unnecessary as all the others.

Highlander (1986)

It’s a familiar story: a movie with a concept that shouldn’t need a follow-up, yet it spawned five sequels and several TV shows. The original Highlander film centered on a deadly battle between immortal warriors, with the last one standing winning. Attempts to explain how more immortals appeared in later films led to some notoriously bad sequels.

Die Hard (1988)

As a movie fan, I’ve always thought what makes Die Hard so great is just how random it all is. It’s not some grand plan, it’s just a New York cop, John McClane, happening to be in Los Angeles visiting his ex-wife when terrorists take over her office Christmas party. Total chance! And it launched this whole unbelievable series where McClane just keeps stumbling into these insane situations where he has to save the day from bad guys. Seriously, the guy has the worst luck, but somehow always manages to be the hero. It’s amazing!

Home Alone (1990)

It’s not entirely unbelievable that a big family could accidentally forget a child during a vacation rush. You’d hope they’d notice before getting on the plane, but let’s just say it’s possible. What’s really strange is that both Fox and now Disney have made movies about other kids getting left behind and defending themselves with elaborate traps. Honestly, a Home Alone sequel should have just been a full-length movie based on the gangster film Angels With Filthy Souls – that’s the sequel I’d love to see.

Jurassic Park (1993)

To enjoy any of the Jurassic Park sequels, you have to accept the idea that, despite one dinosaur theme park failing spectacularly before it even opened, someone else decided to try the same thing. (And unsurprisingly, those parks also fell apart and people died.) It’s hard to believe that characters presented as intelligent – successful businesspeople and brilliant scientists – consistently make such foolish decisions.

American Pie (1999)

It’s tricky to make a series of movies about teenagers losing their virginity. Once they’ve had sex, the initial story is over, and it’s hard to find a compelling plot for a sequel. This is why American Pie – a film that was incredibly successful – struggled to create worthy follow-up movies. The sequels and direct-to-video releases never quite captured what made the first movie special.

Legally Blonde (2001)

Elle Woods from Legally Blonde, played by Reese Witherspoon, is a fantastic character – it’s always enjoyable to see her prove wrong those who underestimate her based on her appearance and interests. However, the original Legally Blonde had a particularly strong storyline: Elle went to Harvard Law School to win back her ex-boyfriend after he broke up with her, believing she wasn’t serious enough for a political wife. While later Blonde projects – including a sequel, a spin-off, and an upcoming TV series – feature characters like Elle, they lack that compelling initial motivation. It’s no surprise a third movie with Witherspoon never came to fruition, despite years of discussion. What would the plot even be?

My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)

This sequel feels like it happened because the first movie was popular, not because there was a strong story to tell. After the couple in My Big Fat Greek Wedding gets married and overcomes their cultural differences, it’s hard to know what a follow-up could be about. It took 14 years to make a second movie (and then another seven for My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3). Unless the filmmakers were willing to explore a difficult topic like divorce, finding a natural way to continue the story was always going to be a challenge.

Taken (2012)

While Taken featured the classic unstoppable action hero, what really made it stand out was the personal motivation behind his actions – the kidnapping of his teenage daughter. It seems strange, then, that the sequels (Taken 2 and Taken 3) repeated this plot point, again putting his family in danger. It’s as if Liam Neeson’s character has a unique skillset… one that unfortunately attracts kidnappers to everyone he cares about, time and time again.

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