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The best dramas on HBO Max right now
Right now the best dramas and drama series on HBO Max in the United States are Game of Thrones (2011), Chernobyl (2019) and The Vampire Diaries (2009). This is the top 30 streaming there today, ranked by how well rated each one is, how many people have rated it, and what people are watching now.
Updated November 12, 2026 · streaming in the United States
1. Game of Thrones2011
Series · 8 seasonsSci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Action & Adventure★ 8.5
Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north.
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HBO Max2. Chernobyl2019
Series · 1 seasonDrama★ 8.7
The true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history: the catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl. A tale of the brave men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.
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HBO Max3. The Vampire Diaries2009
Series · 8 seasonsDrama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy★ 8.3
The story of two vampire brothers obsessed with the same girl, who bears a striking resemblance to the beautiful but ruthless vampire they knew and loved in 1864.
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Peacock4. The Sopranos1999
Series · 6 seasonsCrime, Drama★ 8.7
The story of New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads.
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HBO Max5. The Last of Us2023
Series · 2 seasonsDrama★ 8.4
Twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed, Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone.
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6. House of the Dragon2022
Series · 3 seasonsSci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Action & Adventure★ 8.4
The Targaryen dynasty is at the absolute apex of its power, with more than 15 dragons under their yoke. Most empires crumble from such heights.
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HBO MaxSpectrum On Demand7. Band of Brothers2001
Series · 1 seasonDrama, War & Politics★ 8.6
Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as their journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men from paratrooper training in Georgia through the end of the war.
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HBO Max8. True Detective2014
Series · 5 seasonsDrama, Mystery★ 8.3
An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law.
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HBO Max9. The Wire2002
Series · 5 seasonsCrime, Drama★ 8.6
Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions…
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HBO Max10. Euphoria2019
Series · 3 seasonsDrama★ 8.3
A group of high school students navigate love and friendships in a world of drugs, sex, trauma, and social media.
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HBO Max11. The Pitt2025
Series · 3 seasonsDrama★ 8.7
The staff of Pittsburgh's Trauma Medical Center work around the clock to save lives in an overcrowded and underfunded emergency department.
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HBO Max12. Batman: The Animated Series1992
Series · 4 seasonsAction & Adventure, Animation, Drama★ 8.6
Vowing to avenge the murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne devotes his life to wiping out crime in Gotham City as the masked vigilante "Batman".
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Prime VideoHBO Max13. IT: Welcome to Derry2025
Series · 2 seasonsDrama, Mystery★ 8.3
In 1962, amid a spate of unexplained disappearances of local children, a group of misfit friends begin to suspect a long-buried ancient evil lurking.
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HBO Max14. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms2026
Series · 1 seasonDrama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure★ 8.4
A century before the events of Game of Thrones, two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros: a young, naive but courageous knight, Ser Duncan the Tall, and his diminutive squire, Egg.
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HBO Max15. Joker2019
Film · 2h 2mCrime, Thriller, Drama★ 8.1
During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.
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Cinemax16. The Penguin2024
Series · 1 seasonDrama, Crime★ 8.4
With the city in peril following the seawall's collapse, Oswald "Oz" Cobb seeks to fill the power vacuum left by the death of Carmine Falcone and finally give his mother Francis the life he's always promised.
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HBO MaxSpectrum On Demand17. Succession2018
Series · 4 seasonsDrama, Comedy★ 8.3
Follow the lives of the Roy family as they contemplate their future once their aging father begins to step back from the media and entertainment conglomerate they control.
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HBO Max18. Heated Rivalry2025
Series · 1 seasonDrama★ 8.7
Two of the biggest stars in Major League Hockey are bound by ambition, rivalry, and a magnetic pull neither of them fully understands.
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HBO Max19. Young Sheldon2017
Series · 7 seasonsComedy, Family, Drama★ 8.0
The early life of child genius Sheldon Cooper, later seen in The Big Bang Theory.
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TBS20. Superman & Lois2021
Series · 4 seasonsDrama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy★ 8.0
After years of facing megalomaniacal supervillains, monsters wreaking havoc on Metropolis, and alien invaders intent on wiping out the human race, The Man of Steel aka Clark Kent and Lois Lane come face to face with one of their greatest…
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HBO Max21. Gossip Girl2007
Series · 6 seasonsDrama★ 8.1
An exclusive group of privileged teens from a posh prep school on Manhattan's Upper East Side whose lives revolve around the blog of the all-knowing albeit ultra-secretive Gossip Girl.
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NetflixHBO Max22. The Usual Suspects1995
Film · 1h 46mDrama, Crime, Thriller★ 8.2
The lone survivor of an explosive heist gone wrong recounts for interrogators the events that began with five disparate criminals assembled for a police lineup - with alleged criminal mastermind Keyser Soze at the center of it all.
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HBO MaxCinemax23. Full Metal Jacket1987
Film · 1h 57mDrama, War★ 8.1
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
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Film · 2h 7mDrama, History★ 8.1
The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn…
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HBO MaxCinemax25. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri2017
Film · 1h 55mCrime, Drama★ 8.1
After seven months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at Bill Willoughby, the town's revered chief…
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HBO MaxCinemax26. Casablanca1943
Film · 1h 42mDrama, Romance★ 8.1
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
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HBO Max27. Seven Samurai1954
Film · 3h 27mAction, Drama★ 8.5
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide…
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Plex (free)+128. Modern Times1936
Film · 1h 27mComedy, Drama, Romance★ 8.3
A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time...
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Criterion Channel+429. Room2015
Film · 1h 58mDrama, Thriller★ 8.0
Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.
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HBO MaxCinemax30. Batman Begins2005
Film · 2h 20mDrama, Crime, Action★ 7.7
Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corruption that plagues his home, Gotham City.
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Questions
- What are the best dramas and drama series on HBO Max right now?
- In the United States, as of November 12, 2026: Game of Thrones (2011), rated 8.5 out of 10 on TMDB, then Chernobyl and The Vampire Diaries.
- How is this list made?
- Watchwalla asks TMDB for everything of this kind that streams in your country today, ranks it by rating (pulled toward the middle until enough people have rated a title), with a nudge for what's new and what people are watching now, and refreshes the list every day. Streaming availability comes from JustWatch, through TMDB.
- Can it pick something for me?
- Yes. The picker at watchwalla.com/tonight asks who's watching, how much time you have and what you're in the mood for, and gives three picks streaming where you are. Sign in and every title also gets a match score for your own taste.
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