HBO Max wants you to keep subscribing to its premium streaming service.
That’s why Warner Bros. scheduled its best content for the last half of the month, with House of the Dragon season 3 debuting and Larry David’s new original series dropping this weekend.
It also means HBO Max has some new movies for you to watch, and Watch With Us is recommending only the best of them to stream.
You might have missed these films when they played in movie theaters this past spring, but now that Undertone and How to Make a Killing with Glen Powell are available on the streamer, you can catch two under-the-radar flicks that deserve attention.
The last movie we recommend is an ‘80s throwback, the sci-fi mystery Brainstorm, which is best known as the final movie Natalie Wood made before her untimely death.
‘Undertone’ (2026)
Be sure to keep the lights on when you watch Undertone – it’s the kind of horror movie that will have you checking beneath the bed after you watch it. Podcaster Evy (Nina Kiri) cares for her terminally ill mother (Michele Duquet) while taping the next show in her true-crime podcast, Undertone, with her remote cohost, Justin (The White Lotus’ Adam DiMarco). Someone has sent them 10 audio files chronicling a mysterious incident involving a young couple, and they think they can uncover facts that might help solve the case. But as she continues to listen to the files, Evy realizes the events that happened to the missing couple are also happening to her right now.
That’s pretty creepy, but that’s the main goal of Undertone: to unsettle you. It succeeds because director Ian Tuason opts for a subtle approach, patiently building up the suspense and keeping you guessing until the end. That might put off some people, but if you like horror movies that favor mood over cheap scares, give Undertone a watch – just don’t watch it in the dark.
Undertone is streaming on HBO Max.
‘How to Make a Killing’ (2026)
Becket Redfellow (Glen Powell) isn’t wanted by his extended family. Rich and respected, they look down on him and his late mother, who committed the unforgivable sin of giving birth to Becket when she was still a teenager. That’s why Becket is determined to avenge his mother – and snag the family fortune – by killing all the Redfellows one by one. To Becket’s mild surprise, it turns out murder is easy – especially when it happens to an ultra-rich family nobody really likes.
How to Make a Killing is a pitch-black comedy that takes the “eat the rich” trope and puts a lethal new spin on it. Powell uses his all-American looks to create a character with a bitter edge. Becket kills with a sense of purpose and while what he does is wrong, the film argues that his actions aren’t entirely unjustified. Margaret Qualley also stars as Julia, Becket’s childhood friend, who knows a lot more about him than he thinks.
How to Make a Killing is streaming on HBO Max.
‘Brainstorm’ (1983)
What does it feel or look like when you die? That question has always fascinated Mr. Michael Brace (Christopher Walken), and he thinks he can finally answer it. The company that he works for is developing a device that can record your thoughts and feelings at any moment, and he thinks he can use it to see if there really is an afterlife. But the device is powerful enough for the government to want it, and soon, Michael and his coworkers realize they’ve developed a powerful tool that, in the wrong hands, could bring only misery and death.
Brainstorm is directed by Douglas Trumbull, the special effects master who created a lot of those trippy images in 2001: A Space Odyssey and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. That’s why Brainstorm’s visuals are its best asset – the film’s depiction of memories and near-death experiences is sensational and makes you share Michael’s enthusiasm to explore the unknown. The film’s story is a little underbaked, but that doesn’t matter when a film is this visually bold and unforgettable.
Brainstorm is streaming on HBO Max.
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