The 20 best HBO movies of all themes

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As the catalog of streaming video platforms grows, it's getting harder and harder to find something to see. To solve this problem, Netflix allows us to play content randomly based on the content that we have previously seen on the platform, a function that, it must be said, works quite well, at least in my case.

However, this option is not available on other platforms, such as HBO, where the content is not as broad as that offered by Netflix. To try to help you in the task of looking for what to see on HBO, here we show you the best HBO movies.

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The first thing we must bear in mind is that the catalog in film format available on all streaming video platforms is subject to a series of agreements, agreements that expire over time and the content is no longer available on the platform.

This expiration does not happen with the original series, series that are only and will be available on the platform forever and ever.

The list of the best HBO movies of all themes has been Posted August 2021. If you consult this list a long time later, it is likely that some of the films are no longer available.

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Alien: The Eighth Passenger

Alien: The Eighth Passenger

A whole sci-fi classic For which despite being 1979, the years do not pass. This is because at that time animatronics were used instead of computer effects that were practically nonexistent. Behind this film is Ridley Scott, director of other films such as Blade Runner, Gladiator ...

Alien: The eighth passenger takes us to the Nostromo, a transport ship that lands on a planet where one of the crew is attacked with a creature that lays eggs inside.

Aliens: The Return

Aliens: The Return

The second part, Aliens: The Return, is the continuation of this first part, where the main protagonist also appears: Sigourney Weaver in the role of Ellen Ripley. If you have not yet had the opportunity to enjoy the Alien saga, the first two are the best of them all.

In this second film Ripley is rescued after leaving the Nostromo to survive the creature that had killed her entire crew. The planet where they found the creature that infected one of its crew in the first movie has been colonized. From there, everything can come out.

American History X

American History X

Starring Edward Norton, American History X shows us a young man who embraces white supremacy after the death of his father, eventually ending up in jail, where he realizes how wrong he was.

When he gets out of jail, he is like his brother, played by Edward Furlong has followed in his footsteps and he's making the same mistakes he has in the past. Highly recommended film not suitable for sensitive stomachs.

Billie elliot

Billie elliot

Billie Elliot is a young man whose father forces him to turn on boxingHowever, she discovers her passion for dance. The film shows us the different obstacles that he faces on his way to achieve his goal.

Black Hawk shot down

Black Hawk shot down

Ridley Scott, director of Alien, is behind this fantastic war movie that ntakes you back to 1993 and rebuilds the failed US Army operation in Somalia, where a group of elite soldiers from the US Army must rescue their comrades who have fallen after their Black Hawk was killed.

The soldiers are taken to face tAll the citizens of the city of Mogadishu, while they try to find and recover the companions who are falling alive. If you like action and war movies, in Black Hawk Down you will find an excellent title that will not disappoint you.

Contagion

Contagion

Steven Soderbergh is the director of Contagion, a film that shows us as a virus from China, spreads throughout the world causing millions of deaths and that it is about to eradicate humanity (it seems that it was an omen of what has happened with the coronavirus).

The film is a thriller that shows us from the first infections to its devastating effects on the world population until finally you get a vaccine.

Dunkirk

Dunkirk

Christopher Nolan, director of the latest Batman trilogy played by Christian Bale, is behind this film, a historical film that takes us to 1940 and shows us the advance of the Germans on the allies to the English Channel.

In music, we meet Hans Zimmer, German composer known for his work on Interstellar, Gladiator, Inception, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Da Vinci Code, the Batman trilogy directed by Nolan, The Last Samurai ...

A star has been born

A star has been born

In A Star Is Born we meet Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga in aremake from 1976 version, where the music and performances shine on their own.

Even if you do not like the musical genre, you should give this movie a try that shows us how Jackson Maine (Bradley) and Ally (Gaga) are known who fight to succeed in the world of music.

Joker

Joker

Joaquin Phoenix stars in this movie from the DC comics universe that has nothing to do with movies of this genre. Phoenix plays Batman's best-known villain, during its beginnings and shows us, from another point of view, all the events that made him the Joker.

Joaquin Phoenix received the Oscar from the Hollywood Academy for this film, a film that received 11 nominations although it only got two of them.

Zack Snyder's Justice League

Zack Snyder's Justice League

4 years after its premiere, director Zack Snyder has been able to do his own version without impositions, a much more outstanding version of the one that was released 4 years ago.

With a duration of almost 4 hours, If you did not like the version that was released in theaters, you should give it a second chance with this version, a version that has been very well received by both critics and DC fans.

The arrival

The arrival

Praised by some and criticized by others, we meet in Arrival, a film directed by Denis Villeneuve and starring Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner. The film shows us how a group of ships has reached the earth and they try to communicate with us to let us know their intentions.

The film not an action or science fiction work beyond the ships that land on earth. If you are looking for a science fiction movie, you will not find it here. The arrival is more of a movie where you have to put your head to work more than usual.

Lincoln

Lincoln

Steven Spielberg adapted Doris Kearns' novel in which he shows us the worst years of the American Civil War through President Abraham Lincoln, role played by Daniel Day-Lewis.

Lincoln was the president who decided ban slavery in the United States. If you like American history, you should give this fantastic movie based on real events a try.

Los odiosos ocho

Los odiosos ocho

Quentin Taratino film that brings us the western genre back and that has Kurt Russell, Tim Roth, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Madsen, among others.

The movie shot with the same camera used in the Ben-Hur film shows us the story of a bounty hunter who takes a fugitive and takes refuge in a store where they meet different people each with a story to tell.

As in most Quentin Taratino films the dialogues and violence shine on their own. If you don't like the western genre, as is my case, I invite you to take a look at it and you will see how it has nothing to do with those films that you remember from this genre.

Matrix

Matrix

The Matrix shows Neo (Keanu Reeves) who is looking for answers to the messages he receives. In his search, he finds Morpheus, (Laurence Fishburne) who It will show you the reality behind it all.

This movie is where used bullet time visual effect for the first time, which consists of an extreme slowdown of the action to allow you to see very fast movements and events, such as the path of a bullet while the camera changes its angle of view.

Rocky

Rocky

rocky, performed by Silvester Stallone, shows us Rocky Balboa, a boxer who wants to reach the top and fights to achieve it until he succeeds.

Rocky became a franchise that continues to this day through the Creed films and previously with Rocky Balboa. This film won 3 Oscars from the Hollywood Academy in which Silvester Stallone was nominated for best leading actor.

Scream

Scream

Behind Scream is director Wes Craven, Director of A Nightmare on Elm Street. This was the first in a series of films under the same name that did not have the same success as this one, but that became a new genre where teenagers are falling like flies until only one can remain.

Speed

Speed

Speed ​​gathers Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves on a bus, a bus that can't go below 50 mph since a former policeman has planted a bomb that will detonate automatically.

An action movie like those made in the 90s To which you should give a try and that surely will not disappoint you.

Ready Player One

Ready Player One

Ready Player One is based on the Ernest Cline novel, a novel that sold the rights to a movie before it was written and where the author takes us to a dystopian future where life (work, studies, travel ...) takes place completely in a video game.

Full of references to classic video games of a lifetime, Ready Player One is a movie that all of us who lived through that era should see. Behind this film, Steven Spielberg is found where, unlike some of his latest films, he manages to hook us from the first minute to the last and it is more than 2 hours.

Reservoir Dogs

Reservoir Dogs

Once again we have to talk about Quentin Taratino who is behind this movie that allowed him to make himself known in the world of cinema through the big door. The film shows us the planning, theft and consequences of an event that goes wrong.

In Reservoir Dogs we meet Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Steve Buscemi, Michael Madsen and even with the director himself, although he has a very brief role.

Goodfellas

Goodfellas

Film directed by Martin Scorsese and featuring Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Ray Liotta. The film shows us how money and personal ambitions are capable of destroying the bonds of friendship. This movie is based on the story of Henry Hill, who was part of the Gambino family for 25 years.


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