‘Warfare’ Is HBO Max’s Most-Watched Movie of the Week: Here Is the Rest of the Top 10

If you’re hunting for something to stream right now, HBO Max has a mixed bag of thrillers, sci-fi, horror, a comic-book western, and a buzzy true-crime docuseries. Below is a countdown that lets you jump right to the title that fits your mood without sifting through endless menus.

Each entry includes quick, useful details—plot setup, key cast and roles, plus who’s behind the camera—so you can decide fast. The list counts down from 10 to 1.

10. ‘Final Destination Bloodlines’ (2025)

New Line’s sixth entry in the series, ‘Final Destination Bloodlines’, centers on college student Stefani Reyes, who returns home to confront a recurring nightmare and a family curse tied to a long-ago premonition. Directed by Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein, the film stars Kaitlyn Santa Juana with Teo Briones, Richard Harmon, Owen Patrick Joyner, Anna Lore, and Tony Todd returning as William Bludworth.

After its theatrical run and digital release, the movie began streaming on Max on August 1; Warner Bros. Discovery confirmed the platform debut in advance. The series’ established rules—Death’s design catching up via elaborate accidents—are reframed here through a multigenerational lens that connects this chapter back to the franchise’s beginnings.

9. ‘Splinter’ (2008)

This contained survival horror traps a stranded couple and an escaped convict at an isolated gas station as they confront a parasitic organism that splinters bones and hijacks hosts. The trio experiments with heat, cold, and improvised barricades to learn the pathogen’s rules and buy enough time to attempt an escape.

Directed by Toby Wilkins, the film’s screenplay is by Ian Shorr and Kai Barry, with a story credit for Wilkins. Shea Whigham, Paulo Costanzo, and Jill Wagner lead the cast, and the production leans heavily on practical effects, tight spaces, and real-time problem-solving to keep the tension high.

8. ‘Jonah Hex’ (2010)

Adapted from DC Comics, this supernatural western follows scarred bounty hunter Jonah Hex, pressed into tracking a terrorist plotting to unleash a devastating weapon. The story braids Civil War-era backstory with Hex’s personal vendetta, moving through frontier towns, armored trains, and occult-tinged showdowns.

Directed by Jimmy Hayward from a screenplay by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, the film stars Josh Brolin as Hex, with John Malkovich as the antagonist, Megan Fox as Lilah, and supporting turns from Michael Fassbender, Will Arnett, and Michael Shannon. It blends gunslinger iconography with comic-book spectacle across a brisk runtime.

7. ‘The Cabin in the Woods’ (2012)

Five college friends head to a remote cabin for a weekend and unknowingly trigger a controlled scenario orchestrated by a shadowy facility. As the group faces classic horror setups, the movie unveils a meta-layer that explains why the events look familiar—and how ritual, surveillance, and choice intersect to drive the nightmare.

Directed by Drew Goddard and co-written by Goddard and Joss Whedon, the cast includes Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Fran Kranz, and Jesse Williams, with Richard Jenkins and Bradley Whitford as the facility’s white-collar overseers. The production fuses slasher beats with monster-movie mayhem and a behind-the-curtain concept.

6. ‘Prometheus’ (2012)

An exploration team funded by the Weyland Corporation follows ancient star maps to a distant moon in search of humanity’s creators. Inside a mysterious structure, the crew uncovers bio-engineering secrets that threaten their survival and raise existential questions about origin, purpose, and the cost of discovery.

Directed by Ridley Scott from a screenplay by Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof, the film stars Noomi Rapace as archaeologist Elizabeth Shaw and Michael Fassbender as the android David, with Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Guy Pearce, and Logan Marshall-Green. It connects to the wider ‘Alien’ universe while standing as a philosophical sci-fi horror story.

5. ‘Se7en’ (1995)

This neo-noir crime thriller follows two detectives—veteran William Somerset and newcomer David Mills—hunting a serial killer whose murders are patterned on the seven deadly sins. The investigation moves from one meticulously staged crime scene to the next, with the detectives’ partnership tested by the killer’s moral gamesmanship and the city’s unrelenting gloom.

Directed by David Fincher and written by Andrew Kevin Walker, the film stars Morgan Freeman as Somerset and Brad Pitt as Mills, with Gwyneth Paltrow and Kevin Spacey in pivotal roles. Its procedural detail, rain-soaked atmosphere, and carefully constructed finale have kept it a reference point for modern detective stories.

4. ‘The Sitter’ (2011)

David Gordon Green’s ‘The Sitter’ follows Noah Griffith, a suspended college student roped into watching three neighborhood kids—Slater, Blithe, and Rodrigo—only for an errand to pull them into a chaotic overnight odyssey. Jonah Hill leads the cast with Max Records, Landry Bender, and Kevin Hernandez as the kids; Ari Graynor, J.B. Smoove, and Sam Rockwell co-star. The screenplay is by Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka.

Produced by Michael De Luca and released by 20th Century Fox, the film pairs Tim Orr’s cinematography with a soundtrack by Jeff McIlwain and David Wingo. Character details—like Rockwell’s eccentric dealer Karl and Smoove’s right-hand man Julio—fuel the set-piece chases and mishaps that keep this comedy circulating on Max.

3. ‘Friendship’ (2024)

This American black comedy centers on two long-time friends whose bond frays after a life-altering incident, then snaps back into focus when circumstances force a chaotic reunion. The plot alternates between past and present to reveal why their relationship matters—and what it costs to protect it when pride, secrets, and bad timing pile up.

Written and directed by Andrew DeYoung, the film stars Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd, with Kate Mara and Jack Dylan Grazer in key supporting roles. It leans on dialogue-driven set-pieces and character choices rather than spectacle, using intimate locations to explore loyalty, resentment, and second chances as the friends try to navigate a single, disastrous day.

2. ‘The Case Against Adnan Syed’ (2019–2025)

This HBO documentary series examines the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee and the conviction of Adnan Syed, expanding on the case that first drew mass attention via the ‘Serial’ podcast. Across multiple parts, the series revisits interviews, court records, timelines, and investigative threads surrounding the original trial and subsequent appeals, culminating in follow-up coverage released years after the initial four episodes.

Created and directed by Amy Berg, the series blends archival materials with new reporting and commentary from people connected to the case. It lays out disputed evidence, legal motions, and procedural developments across two decades, offering a clear chronology of how the case evolved inside and outside the courtroom.

1. ‘Warfare’ (2025)

Set during the Iraq War, this modern combat drama follows special-operations teams working the brutal urban battles in Ramadi, where overlapping missions, fractured intel, and shifting loyalties converge under constant pressure. The story tracks parallel objectives that collide during a high-risk operation, folding in debrief segments and helmet-cam perspectives as the unit fights to get out alive.

Directed by Ray Mendoza with support and co-writing from Alex Garland, the film has been associated with an ensemble that includes D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Kit Connor, Joseph Quinn, and Charles Melton. It focuses on tactics, comms, and the logistics of insertion and extraction, framing the mission over a tight, real-time window.

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