‘Friendship’ Continues to Top HBO Max’s Most-Watched Movies List of the Week: Here Are the Remaining Top 10 Movies

HBO Max’s movie shelf is a mix of fresh premieres and can’t-miss catalog favorites, and this week’s most-watched lineup shows exactly that blend. Two brand-new titles sit alongside horror heavy-hitters, a cult sci-fi prequel, a dark crime classic, and a DC Comics oddball, making for a watchlist that jumps from jump-scares to deep-space mystery to wartime intensity.

Below, you’ll find the full countdown—presented from 10 down to 1—each entry with quick, useful details on story, cast, filmmakers, and where it fits in its larger franchise or genre. Titles are formatted the same way throughout so you can skim fast and press play even faster.

10. ‘Final Destination Bloodlines’ (2025)

The newest chapter in New Line’s long-running horror series, ‘Final Destination Bloodlines’ is directed by Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein from a screenplay by Guy Busick and Lori Evans Taylor, based on a story by Jon Watts with Busick and Evans Taylor. The cast includes Kaitlyn Santa Juana, Teo Briones, Richard Harmon, Owen Patrick Joyner, Anna Lore, Brec Bassinger, and Tony Todd.

Positioned as a return to the roots of the franchise’s design, the plot follows a college student plagued by violent recurring nightmares who seeks a way to break a deadly cycle that threatens her family. The film is produced by Craig Perry and Sheila Hanahan Taylor alongside Jon Watts and others, with Warner Bros. handling distribution as the series continues its premonition-and-escape premise on a new scale.

9. ‘Jonah Hex’ (2010)

‘Jonah Hex’ adapts DC’s scarred bounty hunter for the screen under director Jimmy Hayward, from a screenplay by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor based on a story by William Farmer and the writers. Josh Brolin plays Hex, who’s pressed into stopping his former Confederate nemesis Quentin Turnbull, portrayed by John Malkovich; Megan Fox co-stars as Lilah, with Michael Fassbender, Will Arnett, and Michael Shannon appearing.

Released by Warner Bros. for Legendary Pictures, Mad Chance, and Weed Road, the film runs a lean eighty-one minutes, with music by Marco Beltrami and the band Mastodon. Despite a high-profile cast and a mix of Western and steampunk elements, it underperformed at the box office, a data point that later interviews by its star have openly acknowledged.

8. ‘Prometheus’ (2012)

Ridley Scott directs ‘Prometheus’ from a script by Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof, sending an exploration crew to investigate a star map found in ancient cultures and to seek the origins of humanity. Noomi Rapace stars as Dr. Elizabeth Shaw, Michael Fassbender as the android David, and Charlize Theron as Weyland executive Meredith Vickers, with Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green, and Guy Pearce in supporting roles.

Produced by Scott Free Productions with Brandywine involvement, the film connects to the ‘Alien’ universe while telling its own creation-myth story on LV-223. Marc Streitenfeld provides the score, Dariusz Wolski handles cinematography, and Pietro Scalia edits, as the production leans on large-scale practical sets and visual-effects world-building.

7. ‘Se7en’ (1995)

David Fincher directs ‘Se7en’ from Andrew Kevin Walker’s screenplay, following detectives William Somerset and David Mills as they hunt a serial killer whose crimes mirror the seven deadly sins. Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt star as the detectives, with Gwyneth Paltrow as Tracy and Kevin Spacey as the elusive John Doe.

Produced by Arnold Kopelson and released by New Line Cinema, the film features Howard Shore’s music, Darius Khondji’s shadow-soaked cinematography, and Richard Francis-Bruce’s editing, all integral to its slow-burn dread. Its police-procedural structure and meticulous crime-scene design helped cement its status in modern crime thrillers.

6. ‘The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It’ (2021)

Directed by Michael Chaves and written by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick from a story by Johnson-McGoldrick and James Wan, ‘The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It’ dramatizes the Arne Cheyenne Johnson case, in which a murder suspect’s defense invoked demonic possession. Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga return as Ed and Lorraine Warren, joined by Ruairi O’Connor, Sarah Catherine Hook, and Julian Hilliard.

Produced by Atomic Monster and The Safran Company for New Line Cinema, this entry shifts the series toward an occult-mystery structure that follows cursed objects and an occultist rather than a purely house-bound haunting. Michael Burgess shoots the film, with Joseph Bishara’s score and editing by Peter Gvozdas and Christian Wagner supporting the investigative thriller rhythm.

5. ‘The Conjuring 2’ (2016)

James Wan returns to direct ‘The Conjuring 2’, with a screenplay by Chad Hayes, Carey W. Hayes, Wan, and David Leslie Johnson. The Warrens head to North London to help Peggy Hodgson and her children, confronting a new demonic manifestation in their council house. Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson reprise their roles, with Frances O’Connor, Madison Wolfe, and Simon McBurney in key supporting parts.

Backed by New Line Cinema and produced by Peter Safran, the sequel expands the franchise’s iconography by bringing the demon Valak front and center, a creative choice that later spun off into its own films. Don Burgess handles cinematography, Joseph Bishara again composes, and editor Kirk Morri shapes the extended set-pieces and investigation arcs.

4. ‘The Sitter’ (2011)

From director David Gordon Green and writers Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka, ‘The Sitter’ centers on a suspended college student roped into babysitting who drags three kids across New York City in a chaotic, crime-peppered night. Jonah Hill leads the cast, joined by Ari Graynor, Max Records, J. B. Smoove, and Sam Rockwell.

Produced by Michael De Luca and released by 20th Century Fox, the film plays as a hard-charging, one-crazy-night adventure with an unrated cut also in circulation. Green’s longtime collaborators, including cinematographer Tim Orr and editor Craig Alpert, help deliver the fast-moving, incident-stacked structure that keeps the misadventures piling up.

3. ‘The Conjuring’ (2013)

Directed by James Wan and written by Chad Hayes and Carey W. Hayes, ‘The Conjuring’ introduces paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren as they assist the Perron family in a secluded Rhode Island farmhouse plagued by a malevolent presence. Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga star as the Warrens, with Ron Livingston and Lili Taylor as the parents caught in the haunting.

The film launched what would become ‘The Conjuring’ Universe for New Line Cinema, produced by Peter Safran and others, with composer Joseph Bishara’s score and John R. Leonetti’s cinematography shaping its old-school haunted-house aesthetic. Its breakout success set up multiple sequels and spin-offs, establishing the Warrens’ case files as the spine of the franchise.

2. ‘Warfare’ (2025)

Co-directed and co-written by Alex Garland and former Navy SEAL Ray Mendoza, ‘Warfare’ dramatizes a surveillance mission by a U.S. Navy SEAL platoon that goes dangerously wrong, drawing on Mendoza’s first-hand knowledge of urban combat. The ensemble includes Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Kit Connor, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Finn Bennett, Taylor John Smith, Michael Gandolfini, Adain Bradley, Noah Centineo, Henrique Zaga, Joseph Quinn, and Charles Melton.

Released in theaters by A24 before landing on HBO Max, the film is presented as a stripped-down boots-on-the-ground account that emphasizes procedure, communication, and the fog of war over big speeches. Its production history highlights premieres and special screenings for veterans communities, with Garland and Mendoza credited for writing and a producing team that includes Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich, Matthew Penry-Davey, and Peter Rice.

1. ‘Friendship’ (2025)

A comedy-drama directed and written by Andrew DeYoung, ‘Friendship’ follows suburban dad Craig, whose clumsy attempts to make an adult male friend spiral out of control after he becomes fixated on his magnetic new neighbor. Tim Robinson plays Craig, while Paul Rudd co-stars as the neighbor who upends Craig’s carefully arranged life; the cast also features Kate Mara and Jack Dylan Grazer.

Behind the camera, DeYoung steers the film’s awkward-escalation premise into a character piece about boundaries and mid-life loneliness. The film has been marketed as a grounded, R-rated comedy with dramatic turns, backed by A24 and now streaming on HBO Max with Robinson and Rudd’s star pairing as the key draw.

Have you streamed any of these on HBO Max this week—tell us what you watched and what you’re queuing up next in the comments!