Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon is set to premiere on HBO and HBO Max on Aug. 21, just over three years after Game of Thrones concluded in controversial fashion with “The Iron Throne.” This new series is a prequel, depicting the civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons from George R.R. Martin’s lore. When dragon fights dragon, the realm will be torn asunder. But the viewer will certainly delight in all the Targaryen action. Though House of the Dragon is a huge deal for HBO Max, it’s a relatively quiet month otherwise on the streamer. The only other TV release of note is season 2 of Industry on Aug. 1. On the movie side of things, there are only two documentary features to speak of: The Princess (about Princess Diana) on Aug. 13 and Katrina Babies (about the aftermath of the devastating hurricane) on Aug. 24. Of course, there are also some intriguing library titles to look forward to. August 1 sees the arrival of Ex Machina, Under the Skin, and Whiplash. Later on Belfast (Aug. 5) and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug both make their HBO debut.

HBO Max New Releases – August 2022

August 1A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charlie Swan III, 2013 (HBO)A Most Violent Year, 2015 (HBO)Amy, 2015 (HBO)Barely Lethal, 2015 (HBO)Belle, 2013 (HBO)Biker Boyz, 2003 (HBO)Blow Out, 1981 (HBO)Blue Velvet, 1986 (HBO)Bug, 2007 (HBO)Cadillac Man, 1990 (HBO)Charlie’s Angels, 2000Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle, 2003Chasing Papi, 2003 (HBO)Children of a Lesser God, 1986 (HBO)Chocolate City, 2015 (HBO)Colors, 1988 (HBO)Damien Omen II, 1978 (HBO)Dark Places, 2015 (HBO)Days of Being Wild, 1990DC Showcases Short: Constantine – The House of Mystery, 2022Enemy, 2014 (HBO)Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex but Were Afraid to Ask, 1972 (HBO)Ex Machina, 2015 (HBO) Fantastic Voyage, 1966 (HBO)Fighting, 2009 (HBO)From Hell, 2001 (HBO)Garfield, 2004 (HBO)Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties, 2006 (HBO) Extended VersionGaslight, 1944Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, 1999Ginger & Rosa, 2012 (HBO)How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, 2008 (HBO)How to Talk to Girls at Parties, 2017 (HBO)Industry, Season 2 Premiere (HBO)Invasion of the Body Snatchers, 1978 (HBO)Ivanhoe, 1952Jeff, Who Lives at Home, 2011 (HBO)Laggies, 2014 (HBO)Late August, Early September, 1998Lean on Pete, 2017 (HBO)Life After Beth, 2014 (HBO)Lions for Lambs, 2007 (HBO)Little Men, 2016 (HBO)Little Women, 1994Locke, 2013 (HBO)Love & Basketball, 2000Man of the Year, 2006 (HBO)Miles Ahead, 2016Mississippi Grind, 2015 (HBO)Mojave, 2015 (HBO)My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, 2016 (HBO)Mystic Pizza, 1988 (HBO)Objective, Burma!, 1945 Obvious Child, 2014 (HBO)Original Cast Album: Company, 1970Out of the Past, 1947 Remember, 2016 (HBO)Revenge of the Green Dragons, 2014 (HBO)Slow West, 2015 (HBO)Son of a Gun, 2014 (HBO)Source Code, 2011 Stardust, 2007 (HBO)Teen Titans Go, Season 7CThe Adderall Diaries, 2016 (HBO)The Blood of a Poet, 1932The Captive, 2014 (HBO)The Devil’s Backbone, 2001The End of the Tour, 2015 (HBO)The Fault in Our Stars, 2014 (HBO)The Field Guide to Evil, 2018 (HBO)The Great Escape, 1963 (HBO)The Last Word, 2017 (HBO)The Notebook, 2004 The One, 2001 (HBO)The Possession, 2012 (HBO) Extended VersionThe Rover, 2014 (HBO)The Spectacular Now, 2013 (HBO)The Spiderwick Chronicles, 2008 (HBO)The Testament of Orpheus, 1960The Transporter Refueled, 2015 (HBO)Thunderstruck, 2012 (HBO)Transcendence, 2014 (HBO)Trouble With the Curve, 2012 (HBO)Tusk, 2014 (HBO)Under the Skin, 2014 (HBO)Whiplash, 2014 August 3Belle, 2021  August 4Sweet Life: Los Angeles, Max Original Season 2 Premiere August 5Belfast, 2021 (HBO)Jesus Sepulveda: Mr. Tough Life, Comedy Special Premiere(HBO) August 7The Smiling Friends Go To Brazil, Special August 13The Princess, Original Documentary Premiere (HBO) August 20Abbott Elementary Season 1 August 21American Sniper, 2014House of the Dragon, Series Premiere (HBO) August 24Katrina Babies, Original Documentary Premiere (HBO)August 25House of Ho, Max Original Season 2 PremiereThe Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, 2013 (HBO) Extended Version August 26Victor and Valentino, Season 3CWolf, 2021 (HBO) August 3Aldnoah.Zero (Dubbed), 2014Inuyasha, 2019Mob Psycho 100 (Dubbed), 2019Puella Magi Madoka Magica, 2012The Promised Neverland (Dubbed), 2019 August 4Top Gear, Season 26  August 6Hard Knocks: The Dallas Cowboys, 2021 (HBO) August 12For A Good Time, Call …, 2012 (HBO) Extended Version August 17Top Gear, Season 27 August 27Profugos, 2012 (HBO)  August 3117 Again, 20092 Days in New York, 2012 (HBO)42nd Street, 1933A Cinderella Story, 2004 A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits, 2016A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song, 2011 A Mighty Wind, 2003 (HBO)Admission, 2013 (HBO)Adventureland, 2009 (HBO)Airheads, 1994 (HBO)Alan Partridge, 2014 (HBO)Alex & Emma, 2003 (HBO)Alex Cross, 2012America’s Sweethearts, 2001Another Cinderella Story, 2008Army of One, 2016 (HBO)Batman Begins, 2005Beetlejuice, 1988Being Flynn, 2012 (HBO)Best in Show, 2000 (HBO)Beyond the Black Rainbow, 2011 (HBO)Birth, 2004 (HBO)Blade, 1998Blade II, 2002Blade: Trinity, 2004Bolero, 1984 (HBO)Broadcast News, 1987 (HBO)Bronson, 2009 (HBO)Caddyshack, 1980Charlie’s Angels, 2000Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle, 2003 City of God, 2003 (HBO)Cloverfield, 2008 (HBO)Cold Mountain, 2003Danny Collins, 2015 (HBO)Daphne & Velma, 2018Deep Blue Sea, 1999Defiance, 2008 (HBO)Dennis the Menace, 1993 Dog Day Afternoon, 1975Dolphin Tale, 2011Dolphin Tale 2, 2014Down a Dark Hall, 2018 (HBO)Dracula Untold, 2014 (HBO)Dumb & Dumber, 1994 El Cantante, 2007 (HBO)Escobar: Paradise Lost, 2015 (HBO)Fandango at the Wall, 2020 (HBO)Fay Grim, 2007 (HBO)Final Destination, 2000Final Destination 2, 2003Final Destination 3, 2006Final Destination 5, 2011Finding Neverland, 2004 (HBO)Fool’s Gold, 2008For Colored Girls, 2010 (HBO)For Your Consideration, 2006 (HBO)Free Willy, 1993Free Willy: Escape from Pirate’s Cove, 2010Friends With Kids, 2012 (HBO)From Dusk Til Dawn, 1996 Fun Size, 2012 (HBO)Gangster Squad, 2013 (HBO)Get Carter, 1971Getting Played, 2006 (HBO)Gran Torino, 2008Grumpy Old Men, 1993Gun Shy, 2017 (HBO)Hairspray, 1988Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, 2002Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, 2010Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, 2011Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2005Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 2009Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 2007Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 2004Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, 2001Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone: Magical Movie Mode, 2001Horrible Bosses, 2011 How to Deal, 2003 (HBO)Huracan (AKA Hurricane), 2019 (HBO)I Give it a Year, 2013 (HBO)I Spy, 2002 Impostor, 2002 (HBO)Julie, 1956Just Married, 2003 (HBO)Kajillionaire, 2020 (HBO)King Kong, 2005 (HBO) Extended VersionKlute, 1971Kong: Skull Island, 2017La Musiquita Por Dentro, 2019 (HBO)Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace, 1996 (HBO)Lean on Me, 1989Leap Year, 2010 (HBO)Like Crazy, 2011 (HBO)Los Cronocrimenes (AKA Timecrimes), 2008 (HBO)Lost in Space, 1998Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, 1983My Dog Skip, 2000Mystic River, 2003Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase, 2019Nanny McPhee, 2006 (HBO)National Lampoon’s European Vacation, 1985National Lampoon’s Vacation, 1983Not Easily Broken, 2009Oblivion, 2013 (HBO)Ocean’s Eleven, 2001Ocean’s Thirteen, 2007Ocean’s Twelve, 2004Page One, 2011 (HBO)Pale Rider, 1985Pariah, 2011 (HBO)Paulie, 1998 (HBO)Point Break, 1991Prime, 2005 (HBO)Project X, 2012Quigley Down Under, 1990 (HBO)Rabbit Hole, 2010 (HBO)Red Dragon, 2002 (HBO)Red Sonja, 1985 Ringo and His Golden Pistol, 1966Romeo Must Die, 2000 Roots (Mini Series), 1977Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, 2012 (HBO)Serendipity, 2001 Sin Cielo, 2018 (HBO)Son of Kong, 1933Space Jam, 1996Starship Troopers, 1997Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation, 2004Super Fly, 1972Taken 2, 2012 (HBO) Extended VersionTales from The Darkside: The Movie, 1990 (HBO)Tea for Two, 1950The Amazing Panda Adventure, 1995 The Ant Bully, 2006The Big Sleep, 1946 The Bridges of Madison County, 1995 The Brothers Grimm, 2005 (HBO)The Dark Crystal, 1982 The Dark Knight, 2008The East, 2013 (HBO)The Extra Man, 2010 (HBO)The Final Destination, 2009 The First Monday in May, 2016 (HBO)The Fugitive, 1993The Gay Divorcee, 1934 The Goodbye Girl, 1977The Loft, 2015 (HBO)The Man Who Would Be King, 1975The Mask, 1994The Outlaw Josey Wales, 1976The Pelican Brief, 1993The Raid 2, 2014 The Reader, 2008 (HBO)The River Wild, 1994 (HBO)The Town, 2010This Must Be the Place, 2012Tickled, 2016 (HBO)Tom & Jerry: The Movie, 1993Transformers, 2007 (HBO)Transporter 2, 2005 (HBO)Tweety’s High-Flying Adventures, 2000Two Weeks Notice, 2002Underworld, 2003Underworld: Awakening, 2012Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, 2009Undisputed, 2002 (HBO)Unforgiven, 1992Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning, 2012Valentine’s Day, 2010Vanilla Sky, 2001 (HBO)View From the Top, 2003 (HBO)Wall Street, 1987 (HBO)We Are Marshall, 2006What Women Want, 2000 (HBO)Young Man with a Horn, 1949