By Billie Melissa
Contributing Pop Culture Writer
New year, new streaming options as Max reveals what is coming to the platform throughout January, including over 100 new films that were added on New Year's Day.
Highlights from the January 1 offerings include the film that landed Jennifer Lawrence her Oscar, Silver Linings Playbook, some horror hits such as The Conjuring 2, Annabelle Comes Home, and Stephen King's IT, as well as family favorites, Mrs. Doubtfire, Paddington, Matilda and Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.

A hidden gem among the new additions is a documentary called School Life from filmmakers Neasa Ní Chianáin and David Rane about two teachers nearing retirement at an Irish boarding school.
First premiering in 2016, the film did the festival rounds, starting at the prestigious International Documentary Festival Amsterdam and heading on to the Sundance Film Festival. It holds a 94% Certified Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes and was described as "immersive, intimate, and charming" by Charlotte Harrison at VultureHound.
There's plenty on offer throughout January, so take a look below at everything coming to kick off the new year.
What's New on Max in January 2025?
January 1
- 5 Things with Kate Bolduan
- A Star is Born (1937)
- Act of Valor
- Annabelle Comes Home
- Annabelle: Creation
- Balls Out
- Batkid Begins: The Wish Heard Around the World
- Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
- Batman: The Killing Joke
- Best Of Enemies
- Bitter Creek
- Black Gold
- Blue Velvet
- Buffaloed
- Calamity Jane
- Call Me by Your Name
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- Cow Country
- Crazy Rich Asians
- Desperately Seeking Susan
- Destination Tokyo
- Diggers
- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
- Each Dawn I Die
- Eat Pray Love
- Fast & Furious
- Floyd Norman: An Animated Life
- Free Birds
- Green Lantern
- Heaven Help Us
- HGTV Dream Home 2025
- Home Again
- Hot Tub Time Machine
- Hot Tub Time Machine 2
- House at the End of the Street
- I Am Love
- Injustice
- Iris
- It Follows
- It: Chapter Two
- Jason Bourne
- Johnny Angel
- Justice League vs. Teen Titans
- Justice League: Doom
- Justice League: Throne of Atlantis
- Justice League: War
- Keeping Up with the Joneses
- Kept Husbands
- Kicks
- Lemon
- Mad Max
- Matilda
- Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
- Morgan
- Mortdecai
- Mrs. Doubtfire
- My Favorite Wife
- Mystic Pizza
- Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
- Night and Day
- Nocturne
- Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band
- Paddington
- Rebel Without a Cause
- Red Light
- Reframed: Next Gen Narratives (Season 1)
- Room for One More
- School Life
- Sex and the City 2
- Shining Vale (Seasons 1-2)
- Showing Up
- Silver Linings Playbook
- St. Vincent
- Steel Magnolias
- Stephen King's It
- Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
- Sully
- Supergirl (1984)
- Superman & Lois (Season 4)
- Tangerine
- Task Force
- Teen Wolf (1985)
- Tennessee Johnson
- The Accountant
- The Addams Family 2
- The Adventures of Robin Hood
- The Big Year
- The Birth of a Nation
- The Boondock Saints
- The Cable Guy
- The Conjuring 2
- The Craft
- The Curse of La Llorona
- The Imitation Game
- The Leopard Man
- The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima
- The Mouthpiece
- The Narrow Margin
- The Prince and the Pauper
- The Prisoner of Zenda
- The Purge: Election Year
- The Red Badge of Courage
- The Student Prince
- The Usual Suspects
- The Whistlers
- The Wrong Man
- Volunteers
- Warcraft
- Watchmen: The Complete Motion Comic
- Whitey: United States of America V. James J. Bulger
- Wild Boys of the Road
- Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
- Woman in Gold
- World Without End
January 2
- Expedition Files (Season 1)
- Isadora Moon (Season 1A) (Max Original)
- My 600-lb Life (Season 13)
January 3
- Beachfront Bargain Hunt Renovation (Season 10)
- Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives (Season 49)
- The Front Room
January 4
- Belle Collective (Season 5)
January 5
- Craig of the Creek (Season 6B)
- Mecum Top 10 (Season 10)
- Totally Spies (Season 7A)
January 6
- Worst Cooks in America Celebrity Edition: Heroes vs. Villains
January 7
- How It Really Happened (Season 8) (CNN original series)
- Kids Baking Championship (Season 14)
- The Curious Case of Natalia Grace: The Final Chapter (Season 3)
January 8
- 7 Little Johnstons (Season 15)
- CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute
- Fixer to Fabulous (Season 6)
- Wildcard Kitchen (Season 2)
January 9
- Aaron Hernandez and the Untold Murders of Bristol
- Sons of Ecstasy (Max Original)
- The Pitt, season 1 (Max Original)
January 10
- Bill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This? (HBO Original)
- Black Butterfly
- Holla
- Look Into My Eyes
- Vinnie Jones: In the Country (Seasons 1-2)
January 11
- The Steam Room with Ej and Chuck
January 12
- Naked and Afraid Spain (Aventura En Pelotas Espana) (Season 1)
January 13
- Barney's World (Season 1B)
January 14
- Baylen Out Loud (Season 1)
- Death by Fame (Season 3)
- The Curious Case of... (Season 1)
- The Last Party: Death on Tresco (Season 1)
January 15
- An Updated On Our Family (HBO Original)
- Cult of Fear: The Asaram Bapu Story
- Marshall
- Uncharted
January 16
- Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of Blackmail
- Divided By Design (Season 1B)
- Harley Quinn, season 5 (Max Original)
- Murder Under the Friday Night Lights (Season 4)
- My Sesame Street Friends (Season 15) (Max Original)
- Sesame Street (Season 55) (Max Original)
January 17
- A Different Man
- Better Off Dead
- Real Time with Bill Maher (Season 23) (HBO Original)
- Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
January 21
- Contraband: Seized at the Airport (Season 1)
January 22
- Expedition X (Season 8)
January 23
- C.B. Strike: The Ink Black Heart (HBO Original)
January 24
- Harpoon Hunters (Season 1)
January 25
- Bugs Bunny Builders (Season 2B)
January 27
- Scars of Beauty (Beleza Fatal), (Season 1) (Max Original)
January 28
- Chopped (Season 60)
January 29
- The Flip Off (Season 1)
January 30
- Mermicorno: Starfall (Season 1A) (Max Original)
- The Other Side (Del Otro Lado Del Jardín) (Max Original)
January 31
- Guy's Ultimate Family Cruise
- The Eastern Gate (Przesmyk) (Season 1) (Max Original)
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