Everything Coming To HBO Max in September 2026

HBO Max's September 2026 programming slate leads with JAY-Z In 8, the eight-part HBO Original documentary series arriving September 18, and fills out the month with major premieres spanning originals, documentaries, and films. The lineup runs from a sizable first-of-the-month film refresh on September 1 through to the month-closing true-crime entry Unmasking a Monster: Aileen Wuornos on September 30.

JAY-Z In 8 anchors the month when it debuts September 18, with two new episodes rolling out weekly. Marking 30 years since his landmark debut album Reasonable Doubt, JAY-Z sits down with longtime friend and collaborator Rick Rubin for an intimate reflection on his career, revisiting the music together and unpacking his work and life through a shared listen. The series threads in many of his iconic tracks and album cuts, among them "99 Problems," "Brooklyn's Finest," and "4:44," building toward a revealing portrait of the artist and the influences that shaped him.

On the scripted side, the HBO Original comedy series Youth debuts September 20. The series follows a 50-year-old divorcee's search for sex and love as she juggles caring for her ailing parents and parenting her should-be-grown son. Sharon Horgan stars in and writes the series, leading a cast that includes Sharlene Whyte, Rupert Friend, Aran Murphy, and Robbie Gee. Youth is produced by Merman, the studio behind Amandaland, Bad Sisters, and Vladimir.

The month's documentary slate opens with A Killer Story on September 10, a three-part HBO Original released weekly. It examines a polarizing murder case that spanned more than two decades, centered on Dana Chandler, who was accused of killing her ex-husband and his girlfriend in 2002. Lacking forensic evidence, the case was litigated across three trials, and the series unspools a tangled account of family conflict, betrayal, prosecutorial misconduct, and confirmation bias while probing true-crime obsession and the dangers of blinkered certainty.

Two more documentaries round out the nonfiction lineup. Siren: The Voices of Shelley Beattie arrives September 22, following Hollywood veteran Marlee Matlin as she discovers the story of athlete Shelley Beattie, a fellow deaf woman whose life of adventure, fame, discrimination, and addiction mirrored her own. The Vermilion Films production frames the parallels between the two women as a portrait of strength and resilience. Then on September 29, Miller Night Football leads off a series of 2026 "NFL Shorts," chronicling comedian Dennis Miller's unlikely 2000 arrival in the Monday Night Football booth alongside Al Michaels and Dan Fouts, a cerebral-humor experiment met with both intrigue and skepticism.

Closing out the featured films, A24's Backrooms premieres September 25, in which a strange doorway in a furniture-showroom basement opens onto an endless network of interconnected rooms where time bends and something waits in the dark. Based on the series by Kane Parsons, the film stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett, and Lukita Maxwell.

Check out the full list of programming below.

Titles Coming to HBO Max in September 2026
*This list may not be comprehensive and is subject to change

September 1
42nd Street
A Clockwork Orange
A Streetcar Named Desire
All Through the Night
American Made
April in Paris
Baby Doll
Battle Circus
Beetlejuice
Billy Rose's Jumbo
Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Blumhouse's Truth or Dare
Blumhouse's Truth or Dare: Unrated Director's Cut
Breaking In
Breaking In - Unrated
Cabin in the Sky
Camelot (1967)
Carrie (1976)
Cocktail
Dames
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears A Who!
Eyes Wide Shut
Final Destination (2000)
Final Destination 2 (2003)
Full Metal Jacket
Gremlins (1984)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Grudge Match
In the Good Old Summertime
Interview with the Vampire
It's Always Fair Weather
Jamboree!
Jupiter's Darling
Knute Rockne: All American
Les Miserables (2012)
Lili
Little Fockers
Lullaby of Broadway
Magnolia
MaXXXine
Men (2022)
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
Misery
Miss Congeniality
Mission: Impossible (1996)
My Favorite Spy
Neptune's Daughter
Night and Day
On Moonlight Bay
Panama Hattie
Pearl: The X-Traordinary Origin Story
Presenting Lily Mars
Rain Man
Risky Business
Royal Wedding
Saltburn
Selena
Sing Street
Speed
Summer Stock
Taken 2
Taken 2: Extended Out
Talk To Me (2023)
That's Dancing!
The Age of Adaline
The Americanization of Emily
The Craft
The Final Destination (2009)
The Firm
The Harvey Girls
The Last Samurai
The Maltese Falcon
The Outsiders
The Revenant
The Sea Hawk (1940)
The Student Prince
To Please a Lady
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
War of the Worlds (2005)
William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet
Zombieland (2009)
Zombieland: Double Tap (2019)

September 2
1000-lb Sisters, Season 9 (TLC)

September 3
Beat Bobby Flay, Season 43 (Food Network)
Botched Homes, Season 1 (HGTV)

September 4
Beachfront Bargain Hunt Renovation, Season 12 (Magnolia Network)
Fuze

September 6
Paranormal Caught on Camera, Season 11 (Travel Channel)

September 7
Collision, Season 1 (Max Original)
OJ Unseen: Exploitation of Evil, Season 1 (ID)

September 8
Contraband: Seized at the Border, Season 9 (Discovery)
Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage, Season 2

September 9
Bobby Flay's The Line, Season 1 (Food Network)

September 10
A Killer Story (HBO Original)
Krypto Saves the Day, Season 2A (DC)
Save My Skin, Season 6 (TLC)

September 11
House Hunters International: Volume 10, Season 216 (HGTV)

September 12
AEW Special Events
Ready Jet Cook, Season 3 (Food Network)

September 13
Have I Got News For You, Season 5 (CNN Original)

September 14
Halloween Wars, Season 16 (Food Network)

September 15
Halloween Baking Championship, Season 12 (Food Network)

September 16
A Very Haunted Renovation, Season 1 (HGTV)
Toxic, Season 2 (ID)

September 17
Body Cam, Season 11 (ID)
Half My Size, Season 1 (TLC)

September 18
JAY-Z In 8 (HBO Original)
Saman The Hidden Truth (Saman La Verità Nascosta), Season 1

September 19
Batwheels, Season 3E (Cartoon Network)
Cautiva, Season 1
Scariest House in America, Season 3 (HGTV)

September 20
Teen Titans Go!, Season 9H (Cartoon Network)
Youth, Season 1 (HBO Original)

September 22
Siren: The Voices Of Shelley Beattie (HBO Original)

September 23
House Shock, Season 1 (HGTV)
The Meg (2018)

September 24
How to Catch a Dirtbag, Season 1 (Discovery)
The Plot Thickens, Season 7 (TCM)

September 25
4 Blocks Zero, Season 1 (HBO Original)
Backrooms (A24)
Diners Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 55 (Food Network)
House Hunters: Volume 11, Season 262 (HGTV)
Paolo, Season 1 (HBO Original)
The Good Spirit: Behind the Doors of the Opus Dei (HBO Original)

September 27
Totally Spies, Season 7C

September 29
90 Day: The Last Resort: Between the Sheets, Season 3 (TLC)
Decades in Sports, Season 1 (CNN Original)
Miller Night Football (HBO Original)

September 30
Unmasking a Monster: Aileen Wuornos, Season 1 (ID)

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