Fresh off its run in theaters, Backrooms arrives on HBO Max in September, offering those at home the chance to walk through the strange doorway that leads to an endless network of interconnected rooms.
If the strange isn’t your thing, September also brings new comedy series Youth, true-crime series A Killer Story, new docuseries JAŸ-Z in 8, and much more.
Our Top Picks for September
Backrooms
Sci-fi • 1h 50m
A strange doorway in the basement of a furniture showroom leads to an endless network of interconnected rooms where time bends and there’s a sense something is lying in wait.
Backrooms is available to stream from September 25th on HBO Max.
Youth
Comedy • Series
While caring for her ailing parents and parenting her should-be grown up son, a 50-year-old divorcee searches for sex and love.
Youth series premiere is available to stream from September 20th on HBO Max.
A Killer Story
Documentary • Series
Accused of killing her ex-husband and his girlfriend in 2002, the case of Dana Chandler is a complex tale of family conflicts, betrayal, prosecutorial misconduct, competing narratives and confirmation bias.
A Killer Story series premiere is available to stream from September 10th on HBO Max.
JAŸ-Z in 8
Documentary • Series
JAŸ-Z reflects on his storied career, revisiting the music and unpacking his work and life, through a shared listening and illuminating conversation with Rick Rubin.
JAŸ-Z in 8 series premiere is available to stream from September 18th on HBO Max.
New Movies and Series on HBO Max
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
- JAŸ-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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Live Sports on HBO Max
Here’s a closer look at all the live sports available to stream on HBO Max this month. All times ET.
September 1
- Milwaukee at Chicago – 7:30p.m. (MLB)
September 2
- AEW Dynamite – 8 p.m.
September 4
- Japan vs. Mali – 5:30 a.m. (FIBA Women’s World Cup)
- Australia vs. Puerto Rico – 5:30 a.m. (FIBA Women’s World Cup)
- United States vs. China – 8 a.m. (FIBA Women’s World Cup)
- Korea vs. Nigeria – 8:30 a.m. (FIBA Women’s World Cup)
- Belgium vs. Turkey – 11:30 a.m. (FIBA Women’s World Cup)
- Spain vs. Germany – 11 a.m. (FIBA Women’s World Cup)
- Czechia vs. Italy – 2:15 p.m. (FIBA Women’s World Cup)
- Revolution 2026
September 5
- Mali vs. Spain – 5:30 a.m. (FIBA Women’s World Cup)
- Nigeria vs. Hungary – 8:15 a.m. (FIBA Women’s World Cup)
- Germany vs. Japan – 11:45 a.m. (FIBA Women’s World Cup)
- France vs. Korea – 2:30 p.m. (FIBA Women’s World Cup)
- Darlington P&Q – 4 p.m. (NASCAR)
- AEW Collision – 8 p.m.
September 6
- Turkey vs. Australia – 5:30 a.m. (FIBA Women’s World Cup)
- China vs. Czechia – 8:30 a.m. (FIBA Women’s World Cup)
- Puerto Rico vs. Belgium – 11:30 a.m. (FIBA Women’s World Cup)
- Italy vs. United States – 2:30 p.m. (FIBA Women’s World Cup)
September 7
- Belgium vs. Australia – 5:30 a.m. (FIBA Women’s World Cup)
- Puerto Rico vs. Turkey – 5:30 a.m. (FIBA Women’s World Cup)
- Nigeria vs. France – 8:15 a.m. (FIBA Women’s World Cup)
- Hungary vs. Korea – 8:30 a.m. (FIBA Women’s World Cup)
- Japan vs. Spain – 11:30 a.m. (FIBA Women’s World Cup)
- Germany vs. Mali – 11:45 a.m. (FIBA Women’s World Cup)
- United States vs. Czechia – 2:30 p.m. (FIBA Women’s World Cup)
- Italy vs. China – 2:45 p.m. (FIBA Women’s World Cup)
September 8
- 1 Regular Season Game (MLB)
- 2 Quarterfinal Qualifier games (FIBA Women’s World Cup)
September 9
- AEW Dynamite: Rebel Heart – 8 p.m.
- 2 Quarterfinal Qualifier games (FIBA Women’s World Cup)
September 10
- Quarterfinal #1 – 5:30 a.m. (FIBA Women’s World Cup)
- Quarterfinal #2 – 8:15 a.m. (FIBA Women’s World Cup)
- Quarterfinal #3 – 11:30 a.m. (FIBA Women’s World Cup)
- Quarterfinal #4 – 2:30 p.m. (FIBA Women’s World Cup)
September 11
- Party Animals vs Savannah Bananas – 7 p.m.
September 12
- Semifinal #1 – 10:15 a.m. (FIBA Women’s World Cup)
- Semifinal #2 – 1:45 p.m. (FIBA Women’s World Cup)
- WWT Raceway P&Q – 3:30 p.m. (NASCAR)
- AEW Collision – 8 p.m.
September 13
- 3rd Place – 10:15 a.m. (FIBA Women’s World Cup)
- Gold Medal Game – 1:45 p.m. (FIBA Women’s World Cup)
September 15
- 1 Regular Season Game (MLB)
September 16
- AEW Dynamite – 8 p.m.
September 18
- Bristol, Speedway – 4:30 p.m. (NASCAR)
September 19
- AEW Collision – 8 p.m.
September 22
- 1 Regular Season Game (MLB)
September 23
- AEW Dynamite – 8 p.m.
- AEW Collision – 10 p.m.
- AEW Countdown to All In – 11 p.m.
September 25
- Preseason matchup – TBD (NHL on TNT)
- AEW Dynamite, Collision, Rampage & Battle of the Belts from Spring 2024
September 26
- Kansas Speedway – 10 a.m. (NASCAR)
- USMNT vs Peru – 4:30 p.m. (U.S. Soccer)
- AEW Collision: Tailgate to All Out – 7 p.m.
- AEW All Out PPV – 8 p.m.
September 29
- USMNT vs Chile – 8 p.m. (U.S. Soccer)
September 30
- Opening night, TBD (NHL on TNT)
- AEW Dynamite – 8 p.m.
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