Classic Melodramas And More On HBO Max This February
by Erik Amaya
Although Warner Bros. and Discovery are on a trajectory to become separate companies again — with the former joining the Netflix fold — plenty of Discovery Networks program will be coming to HBO Max this February. That said, what really caught our eye is the number of classic melodramas returning to the platform this coming Sunday.
Chief among them: Mildred Pierce. If you only know Joan Crawford from her pop culture caricature or the more troubling parts of her life, this is the film you need to watch. She plays the title character, whose life is charted even as she is suspected of a murder. Eve Arden also appears in a great supporting role. It is available from February 1st. Mrs. Miniver will also return that day. The great WWII drama stars Greer Garson as the matriarch of a family in England trying to survive the horrors of that war. And, finally, Now, Voyager sees Bette Davis as a woman attempting to overcome a number of conditions we’d likely label as neurodivergence nowadays. The treatments are successful, but everything changes when she meets a young woman with similar symptoms. While the subject is not as meaty as the previous two films, the writing and performances still make it a worthwhile watch.
Elsewhere on the platform, Batwheels returns for another set of episodes on February 6th and the Puppy Bowl airs February 8th alongside the Big Game. Of course, these are just the things that caught our attention. Check out the list of everything coming to HBO Max next month and find your next must-watch movie or show:
February 1
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Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
Betrayed (1944)
Build for Off-Road, Season 2 (Motortrend)
Captains Courageous (1937)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)
Ferdinand
Get Him to the Greek
Get Him to the Greek: Unrated
The Harvey Girls
Honky Tonk
Hop (2011)
Inconceivable
Insidious: Chapter 3
Jezebel
Just Mercy
Key Largo
King Solomon’s Mines
Kitty Foyle
Lady Be Good
Laughing Sinners
The Life of Emile Zola
Life of Pi
Lone Star
The Lost Husband
Love & Basketball
Love Happens
MacGruber
MacGruber: Unrated
Malcolm X
Marie Antoinette
Masterminds
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Mister Roberts
Mrs. Miniver
My Blind Brother
My Cousin Rachel
National Velvet
The Notebook
Now, Voyager
One Way Passage
Open Water
The Perfect Match
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Robin Hood (2010)
The Search
The Shape of Water
Silver River
The Spectacular Now
Story of Louis Pasteur
Strike Up the Band
They Were Expendable
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
This Modern Age
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Vacation from Marriage
Watch on the Rhine
Westbound
The Woman in Red
Wuthering Heights (1939)
The Yearling
Zola
February 2
Madam Beja, Season 1 (Max Original)
The Last Captains, Season 1 (Discovery)
Wardens of the North, Season 6 (Animal Planet)
February 3
90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way: Pillow Talk, Season 7 (TLC)
February 5
The Murder Tapes, Season 10 (ID)
February 6
Batwheels, Season 3B
Boys Go to Jupiter
February 7
Ready to Love (Detroit), Season 11
February 8
Puppy Bowl XXII Kickoff (Animal Planet)
Puppy Bowl XXII (Animal Planet)
February 9
East Harbor Heroes, Season 1 (Discovery)
February 10
90 Day: The Single Life, Season 10 (TLC)
The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper, Season 4 (CNN)
February 12
Isadora Moon, Season 1C (Max Original)
The Pope’s Exorcist
February 13
House Hunters: Volume 11, Season 251 (HGTV)
February 15
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Season 13 (HBO Original)
Like Water for Chocolate, Season 2 (HBO Original)
February 16
Naked and Afraid, Season 19 (Discovery)
Tournament of Champions VII: The Qualifiers (Food Network)
February 17
Unexpected, Season 7 (TLC)
February 19
Murder In Glitterball City (HBO Original)
February 20
Banksters, Season 1 (HBO Original)
Dead of Winter
Fit for a Killer (HBO Original)
Portobello, Season 1 (HBO Original)
Surviving the Jehovah’s Witnesses (HBO Original)
February 24
Contraband: Seized at the Border, Season 8 (Discovery)
February 25
Holmes on Homes: Building a Legacy, Season 1 (HGTV)
Lost Women of Alaska (ID)
February 27
Paddington 2
