Movies By highest critic rating on Cinemax

Warm Bodies (2013)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 81/73 IMDB: 6.8 Revenue: 117.0M Budget: 35.0M chan: Cinemax
Directors: Jonathan Levine Genres: Horror, Comedy, Romance
Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, Analeigh Tipton
HD. A teenage zombie finds an unlikely romance with a pretty survivor in this horror comedy.

Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)

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Gone: RT: 81/75 IMDB: 7.0 Revenue: 40.5M Budget: 10.0M chan: Cinemax
Directors: Stephen Herek Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction
Stars: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, George Carlin
HD. Two time-traveling dudes gather various famous characters from throughout history in order to pass a test in this screwball comedy.

Lars and the Real Girl (2007)

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Gone: RT: 81/84 IMDB: 7.3 Revenue: 11.3M Budget: 12.0M chan: Cinemax
Directors: Craig Gillespie Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Stars: Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider
HD. Ryan Gosling stars as a painfully shy small-town guy who begins a delusional relationship with a life-size sex doll.

Waking Life (2001)

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Gone: RT: 81/87 IMDB: 7.8 Revenue: 3.2M chan: Cinemax
Directors: Richard Linklater Genres: Animation
Stars: Wiley Wiggins
HD. Acclaimed animated film that follows a young man through a series of dreams in which he has discussions about philosophical mysteries.

Cinderella Man (2005)

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Gone: RT: 80/91 IMDB: 8.0 Revenue: 108.5M Budget: 88.0M chan: Cinemax
Directors: Ron Howard Genres: Romance, Drama, History
Stars: Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger, Paul Giamatti
HD. Russell Crowe soars in his depiction of Depression-era boxer Jim Braddock, whose career resurgence electrified a nation.

Man Up (2015)

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Gone: RT: 80/69 IMDB: 6.8 Revenue: 3.0M chan: Cinemax
Directors: Ben Palmer Genres: Romance, Comedy
Stars: Simon Pegg, Lake Bell, Rory Kinnear
HD. A fortysomething man mistakes a commitment-shy woman for his blind date, leading to a wild night out on the town.

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2003)

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Gone: RT: 79/75 IMDB: 7.0 Revenue: 33.0M Budget: 30.0M chan: Cinemax
Directors: George Clooney Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Stars: Drew Barrymore, George Clooney, Julia Roberts
HD. Cult-classic based on game show host Chuck Barris' fanciful memoir in which he claimed that he led a secret double life as a CIA assassin.

The Longest Yard (1974)

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Gone: RT: 79/75 IMDB: 7.1 Revenue: 43.0M Budget: 2.9M chan: Cinemax
Directors: --- Genres: Crime, Comedy, Drama
Stars: Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Ed Lauter
In this rough-and tumble movie, actually filmed on-location at the Georgia State Prison, the cons are the heroes and the guards are the heavies. Eddie Albert is the sadistic warden who'll gladly make any sacrifice to push his guards' semi-pro football team to the national championship. Burt Reynolds plays one-time pro quarterback Paul Crewe, now behind bars for leading State Police on a wild chase in a "borrowed car" and more. He agrees to organize a prisoners' team to play the guards. The warden intercedes to assure that his goon squad will meet only passive resistance from Crewe's "Mean Machine." But the license to pound on their hated guards is a big incentive for murderers and thieves to learn strategy.

Antwone Fisher (2002)

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Gone: RT: 78/86 IMDB: 7.3 Revenue: 23.4M Budget: 12.5M chan: Cinemax
Directors: Denzel Washington Genres: Drama, Romance
Stars: Derek Luke, Joy Bryant, Denzel Washington
HD. Denzel Washington directed this true story of a Navy man who learns to confront his anger with the help of a psychiatrist.

Colors (1988)

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Gone: RT: 78/72 IMDB: 6.8 Revenue: 46.6M Budget: 6.0M chan: Cinemax
Directors: Dennis Hopper Genres: Action, Crime, Drama
Stars: Sean Penn, Robert Duvall, Maria Conchita Alonso
HD. L.A. cops Sean Penn and Robert Duvall--one a hot-headed youth, the other a diplomatic veteran--are teamed up on gang detail.

Rocky Balboa (2006)

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Gone: RT: 77/76 IMDB: 7.1 Revenue: 155.7M Budget: 24.0M chan: Cinemax
Directors: Sylvester Stallone Genres: Drama, Action
Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Burt Young, Antonio Tarver
HD. Sylvester Stallone returns in this sixth Rocky film that finds the boxing legend coming out of retirement to face the heavyweight champ.

The Cooler (2003)

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Gone: RT: 77/69 IMDB: 6.9 Budget: 32.0M chan: Cinemax
Directors: Wayne Kramer Genres: Romance, Drama
Stars: William H. Macy, Maria Bello, Shawn Hatosy
HD. A Las Vegas casino employee who is paid to pass his bad luck onto streaking gamblers goes on a roll thanks to a pretty cocktail waitress.

Dragged Across Concrete (2018)

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Gone: RT: 76/70 IMDB: 6.9 Revenue: 0.7M Budget: 15.0M chan: Cinemax
Directors: S. Craig Zahler Genres: Crime, Action, Thriller
Stars: Mel Gibson, Vince Vaughn, Tory Kittles
HD. After being suspended without pay for using excessive force, two rogue cops hatch a scheme to rip off a drug dealer.

Primal Fear (1996)

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Gone: RT: 76/89 IMDB: 7.7 Revenue: 102.6M Budget: 30.0M chan: Cinemax
Directors: Gregory Hoblit Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Stars: Richard Gere, Laura Linney, John Mahoney
HD. Headline-grabbing lawyer Richard Gere defends an altar boy accused of murdering an archbishop in this hit thriller.

The East (2013)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 76/64 IMDB: 6.8 Revenue: 2.4M Budget: 6.5M chan: Cinemax
Directors: Zal Batmanglij Genres: Drama, Thriller
Stars: Brit Marling, Alexander Skarsgard, Elliot Page
HD. A security consultant goes undercover to infiltrate an anarchist eco-terrorist group that targets corporate polluters.

Rabid (1977)

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Gone: RT: 76/45 IMDB: 6.3 Budget: 0.5M chan: Cinemax
Directors: David Cronenberg Genres: Horror, Science Fiction
Stars: Marilyn Chambers, Joe Silver, Howard Ryshpan
HD. After a motorcycle crash, a young woman's surgery leaves her with an insatiable appetite for human blood in this David Cronenberg classic.

Igby Goes Down (2002)

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Gone: RT: 76/80 IMDB: 6.9 Revenue: 4.8M Budget: 9.0M chan: Cinemax
Directors: Burr Steers Genres: Comedy, Drama
Stars: Kieran Culkin, Claire Danes, Jeff Goldblum
HD. A rebellious rich kid flees military school and his dysfunctional family and heads to New York City for a wild series of misadventures.

Rosewater (2014)

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Gone: RT: 76/67 IMDB: 6.6 chan: Cinemax
Directors: Jon Stewart Genres: Drama
Stars: Gael Garcia Bernal, Kim Bodnia, Haluk Bilginer
HD. An Iranian journalist is falsely accused of espionage and subjected to months of brutal interrogations in this fact-based drama.

The King of Staten Island (2020)

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Gone: RT: 75/83 IMDB: 7.1 chan: Cinemax
Directors: Judd Apatow Genres: Comedy, Drama
Stars: Pete Davidson, Marisa Tomei, Bill Burr
HD. Pete Davidson delivers a “persuasively raw” (The Observer) performance in this semi-autobiographical comedy-drama.

The Chosen (1982)

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Gone: RT: 75/79 IMDB: 7.2 chan: Cinemax
Directors: Jeremy Paul Kagan Genres: Drama
Stars: Robby Benson, Rod Steiger, Maximilian Schell
HD. Two young men come of age in this story of faith and friendship in 1940s Brooklyn.

The Voices (2015)

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Gone: RT: 74/57 IMDB: 6.4 chan: Cinemax
Directors: Marjane Satrapi Genres: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Fantasy
Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Gemma Arterton, Anna Kendrick
HD. Ryan Reynolds is an off-his-meds screwball who ponders his murderous impulses with the help of his talking pets in this comedy.

Sunshine Cleaning (2009)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 74/63 IMDB: 6.8 Revenue: 16.2M Budget: 5.0M chan: Cinemax
Directors: Christine Jeffs Genres: Comedy, Drama
Stars: Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Alan Arkin
A young single mom and her reluctant sister stumble into a profitable though gruesome business - cleaning up violent crime scenes. Can they rebuild their own messy lives? A clever comedy/drama, with Alan Arkin.

Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy, A (1982)

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Gone: RT: 74/57 IMDB: 6.6 chan: Cinemax
Directors: Woody Allen Genres: Comedy, Romance
Stars: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Jose Ferrer
HD. Woody Allen's sensual period romp about three couples tangled in love, wit and whimsy as they change partners during a pre-wedding weekend.

Bringing Out the Dead (1999)

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Gone: RT: 72/70 IMDB: 6.8 Revenue: 16.8M Budget: 32.0M chan: Cinemax
Directors: Martin Scorsese Genres: Drama
Stars: Nicolas Cage, Patricia Arquette, John Goodman
HD. A burned-out paramedic on the brink of madness is haunted by the ghosts of those he was unable to save.

The High Note (2020)

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Gone: RT: 71/71 IMDB: 6.5 chan: Cinemax
Directors: Nisha Ganatra Genres: Romance, Comedy, Music, Drama
Stars: Dakota Johnson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Jr.,Kelvin Harrison
HD. Dakota Johnson and Tracee Ellis Ross star in this entertaining tale of a high-maintenance pop diva and her overworked personal assistant.

Rocky II (1979)

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Gone: RT: 71/82 IMDB: 7.3 Revenue: 85.2M Budget: 7.0M chan: Cinemax
Directors: Sylvester Stallone Genres: Drama
Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young
HD. Underdog boxing legend Rocky Balboa gets his long-awaited rematch against champion Apollo Creed in this rousing sequel.

The Cider House Rules (1999)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 71/77 IMDB: 7.4 Revenue: 88.5M Budget: 24.0M chan: Cinemax
Directors: Lasse Hallstrom Genres: Drama
Stars: Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron, Delroy Lindo
HD. A young man at a Maine orphanage leaves to find his place in the world in this Oscar(R)-winning adaptation of John Irving's novel.

In & Out (1997)

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Gone: RT: 71/52 IMDB: 6.4 Budget: 35.0M chan: Cinemax
Directors: Frank Oz Genres: Comedy
Stars: Kevin Kline, Joan Cusack, Matt Dillon
HD. Kevin Kline plays a straight schoolteacher who is 'outed' on national television by a former student in this comedy.

Q (1982)

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Gone: RT: 71/43 IMDB: 6.0 chan: Cinemax
Directors: Larry Cohen Genres: Crime, Horror, Fantasy, Mystery
Stars: Michael Moriarty, Candy Clark, David Carradine
HD. Ancient Aztec rites of human sacrifice have brought the legendary flying serpent, Quetzalcoatl, back to life--in New York City.

Stoker (2013)

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Gone: RT: 70/60 IMDB: 6.8 Revenue: 12.1M Budget: 12.0M chan: Cinemax
Directors: Park Chan-Wook Genres: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Stars: Mia Wasikowska, Matthew Goode, Dermot Mulroney
HD. An introverted girl dealing with her father's death turns down a dark, twisted path with the arrival of a mysterious uncle.

Code of Silence (1985)

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Gone: RT: 70/51 IMDB: 6.1 Revenue: 20.3M chan: Cinemax
Directors: Andy Davis Genres: Action, Crime
Stars: Chuck Norris, Henry Silva, Bert Remsen
HD. Chuck Norris cuts a tough figure as a Chicago vice cop battling drug mobs and his own department's corruption.

Ted (2012)

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Gone: RT: 69/73 IMDB: 6.9 Revenue: 549.4M Budget: 50.0M chan: Cinemax
Directors: Seth MacFarlane Genres: Comedy, Fantasy
Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Seth MacFarlane
HD. Mark Wahlberg has his romance with lovely Mila Kunis imperiled by his lifelong friendship with a hard-partying teddy bear in this comedy.

Confidence (2003)

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Gone: RT: 69/70 IMDB: 6.7 Revenue: 23.0M Budget: 15.0M chan: Cinemax
Directors: James Foley Genres: Action, Comedy, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
Stars: Edward Burns, Rachel Weisz, Andy Garcia
HD. Cocky con man Edward Burns agrees to pull off a scam for a big-time swindler after he treads on the man's turf.

Red Dragon (2002)

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Gone: RT: 68/74 IMDB: 7.2 Revenue: 209.2M Budget: 78.0M chan: Cinemax
Directors: Brett Ratner Genres: Horror
Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes
HD. The detective who put Hannibal Lecter behind bars must turn to the psycho shrink for help in stopping a maniac in this 2002 thriller.

Baby Boom (1987)

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Gone: RT: 68/62 IMDB: 6.3 Revenue: 26.7M Budget: 15.0M chan: Cinemax
Directors: Charles Shyer Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Stars: Diane Keaton, Harold Ramis, Sam Wanamaker
HD. Corporate superwoman Diane Keaton's career threatens to come off the fast track when she suddenly inherits a baby girl.

The Hundred-Foot Journey (Theatrical) (2014)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 68/81 IMDB: 7.3 Revenue: 88.9M Budget: 22.0M chan: Cinemax
Directors: Lasse Hallstrom Genres: Drama, Comedy
Stars: Helen Mirren, Om Puri, Manish Dayal
HD. Helen Mirren stars in this tasty dish about a fancy French restaurant waging all-out war against a new Indian eatery opening nearby.

Ira & Abby (2007)

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Gone: RT: 68/62 IMDB: 6.5 chan: Cinemax
Directors: Robert Cary Genres: Comedy, Romance
Stars: Chris Messina, Jennifer Westfeldt, Frances Conroy
HD. The road to true love is a bit rocky for a neurotic doctoral candidate who meets and marries a free-spirited woman on a whim.

The X-Files (1998)

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Gone: RT: 67/72 IMDB: 7.0 Revenue: 189.2M Budget: 66.0M chan: Cinemax
Directors: Rob Bowman Genres: Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Martin Landau
HD. The truth is out there--and it's all exposed by Mulder and Scully in this intelligent and exciting spinoff of the hit TV series.

This Must Be The Place (2012)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 67/58 IMDB: 6.7 Revenue: 11.8M Budget: 25.0M chan: Cinemax
Directors: Paolo Sorrentino Genres: Drama
Stars: Sean Penn, Judd Hirsch, Eve Hewson
HD. Sean Penn stars as a former Goth rock star who continues his late father's quest to hunt down a Nazi war criminal.

2 Guns (2013)

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Gone: RT: 65/66 IMDB: 6.7 Revenue: 131.9M Budget: 61.0M chan: Cinemax
Directors: Baltasar Kormakur Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime
Stars: Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Paula Patton
HD. Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg are undercover operatives on the run for their lives holding millions in drug money.

Spartan (2004)

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Gone: RT: 65/62 IMDB: 6.5 Revenue: 8.1M Budget: 19.2M chan: Cinemax
Directors: David Mamet Genres: Mystery, Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime
Stars: Val Kilmer, Derek Luke, William H. Macy
HD. A relentless special-forces operative leads the charge after the president's daughter is abducted in David Mamet's twist-filled thriller.

Bright Young Things (2004)

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Gone: RT: 65/67 IMDB: 6.6 Budget: 10.0M chan: Cinemax
Directors: Stephen Fry Genres: Comedy
Stars: Emily Mortimer, Stephen Campbell Moore, Dan Aykroyd
HD. A writer scrambles to raise money to get married in this witty portrait of idle socialites and their outrageous antics in 1930s England.

Bandits (2001)

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Gone: RT: 64/58 IMDB: 6.5 Revenue: 67.6M Budget: 75.0M chan: Cinemax
Directors: Barry Levinson Genres: Comedy, Crime
Stars: Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett
HD. Two bank robbers fall for the housewife they abduct in this breezy caper starring Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, and Cate Blanchett.

The Two Jakes (1990)

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Gone: RT: 64/38 IMDB: 6.2 Revenue: 10.0M Budget: 19.0M chan: Cinemax
Directors: Jack Nicholson Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Stars: Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Meg Tilly
HD. Director/star Jack Nicholson is at his best as salty detective Jake Gittes in this sizzling sequel to 'Chinatown.'

Mimic (1997)

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Gone: RT: 64/37 IMDB: 6.0 Revenue: 25.5M Budget: 30.0M chan: Cinemax
Directors: Guillermo del Toro Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction
Stars: Mira Sorvino, Jeremy Northam, Josh Brolin
HD. A cockroach bred to eradicate a deadly disease soon becomes a monstrous threat to mankind in this thriller starring Mira Sorvino.

Death Wish (1974)

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Gone: RT: 63/69 IMDB: 7.0 Revenue: 22.0M Budget: 3.0M chan: Cinemax
Directors: Michael Winner Genres: Action
Stars: Charles Bronson, Vincent Gardenia, William Redfield
HD. Mild-mannered New York architect Charles Bronson turns into a one-man vigilante after his family is scarred by a senseless crime.

Body Brokers (2021)

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Gone: RT: 62/66 IMDB: 6.3 chan: Cinemax
Directors: John Swab Genres: Thriller, Crime
Stars: Jack Kilmer, Michael Kenneth Williams, Jessica Rothe
HD. A recovering drug addict learns the rehab center where he got clean is a cover for a massive fraud scheme.

I'M Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)

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Gone: RT: 62/70 IMDB: 6.6 Revenue: 13.0M Budget: 3.0M chan: Cinemax
Directors: Keenen Ivory Wayans Genres: Comedy, Action, Crime
Stars: Keenen Ivory Wayans, Bernie Casey, Antonio Fargas
HD. A good-guy GI returns home to battle nasty thugs, win the girl and save the day in this hilarious spoof of 'blaxploitation' flicks.

Bug (2007)

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Gone: RT: 62/34 IMDB: 6.1 Revenue: 8.1M Budget: 4.0M chan: Cinemax
Directors: William Friedkin Genres: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Stars: Ashley Judd, Michael Shannon, Lynn Collins
HD. Ashley Judd shacks up with paranoid Michael Shannon who becomes convinced their hotel room is infested by tiny bugs in this thriller.

My Bloody Valentine (2009)

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Gone: RT: 61/44 IMDB: 5.4 Revenue: 102.8M Budget: 15.0M chan: Cinemax
Directors: Patrick Lussier Genres: Mystery, Horror
Stars: Jensen Ackles, Jaime King, Kerr Smith
HD. Nearly 10 years after a murder spree in a small mining town, a maniac in a miner’s mask strikes again in this heart-stopping remake.