Even if it's officially past the holiday season, the weather outside can still be pretty frightful. Luckily, HBO Now's new January additions to its movie and TV show lineup can give you a reason to stay warm indoors.
The dystopian action blockbuster Mad Max: Fury Road, starring Charlize Theron as Imperator Furiosa and Tom Hardy as Max Rockatansky, has now officially made its HBO streaming service premiere — all just in time for one of the coldest months of the year, giving many the perfect excuse to stay in for a night of movie- and show-binging instead of venturing out into the next given polar vortex.
In addition to Mad Max, considered one of the most outstanding movies of 2015, HBO Now has added the first two Godfather movies compounded into one great binge-worthy picture format for the first time ever for theatrical release. The Godfather Epic, otherwise stylized as The Godfather 1902-1959: The Complete Epic (and sadly, not included in our streaming guide "How to Learn About the Mob by Only Watching Netflix"), which originally compounded the first two parts of Francis Ford Coppola's mafia saga about the Corleone family in a TV miniseries format, will also drop into the queue on the streaming service for the first time ever, so if you're snowed in and have a good 434 minutes at your disposal, it might be a better option than plowing your driveway (or, better yet, taking the cannoli).
Speaking of theatrical debuts — if you were a fan of the HBO original series Entourage in the mid-to-late 2000s and didn't get to see the big screen de facto finale when it was released nationwide earlier this year, you can find out what happened to E, Vince, Johnny Thunder, Turtle and the indelible Ari Gold on Jan. 23.
In addition to some stellar theatrical releases, a number of classics, ranging from bawdy comedies to weighty biopics, are available starting on Jan. 1, including the Molly Ringwald vehicle Pretty in Pink, Oscar winners Milk and Malcom X, Judd Apatow screwballs Tropic Thunder and Knocked Up and the John Waters flick Cry-Baby.
Sadly, gems like Gone Girl, Far from Heaven, Superman Returns and Four Weddings and a Funeral will be leaving come Jan. 31, so if you're planning on catching as many of them as possible before they're gone, you better get to it before the snow melts outside.
Check out the entire list of HBO Now arrivals and departures below.
New Original Programming
Ride Along 2: HBO First Look (Jan. 6)
J. Cole Forest Hills Drive: Homecoming (Jan. 9)
Sesame Street, Season 46 Premiere (Jan. 16)
Psi, Season 2 Premiere (Jan. 22)
Whitney Cummings: I'm Your Girlfriend (Jan. 23)
Theatrical Premieres
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, 2015 (Jan. 2)
Far from the Madding Crowd, 2015 (Jan. 3)
Calvary, 2014 (Jan. 4)
Mad Max: Fury Road, 2015 (Jan. 9)
The Godfather Epic (Jan. 17)
Unfriended, 2014 (Jan. 16)
Entourage, 2015 (Jan. 23)
As Above/So Below, 2014 (Jan. 24)
True Story, 2015 (Jan. 30)
Estrenos en Español
Voley, 2014 (Jan. 1)
Bikini: Una Historia Real (short), 2014 (Jan. 1)
La Isla Minima, 2014 (Jan. 8)
Ladron que Roba a la Ladron, 2007 (Jan. 15)
Starting January 1
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, 2006
Carrie, 1976
Cry-Baby, 1990
Down to Earth, 2001
Final Destination 3, 2006
Joe Versus the Volcano, 1990
The Rainmaker, 1997
A Knight's Tale, 2001
Knocked Up, 2007
Lucky Numbers, 2000
Malcolm X, 1992
Milk, 2008
The Muppet Christmas Carol, 1992
Pretty in Pink, 1986
Troop Beverly Hills, 1989
Tropic Thunder (Director's Cut), 2008
Two of a Kind, 1983
Wonder Boys, 2000
Last Chance to Catch
Lone Survivor, 2013 (Jan. 17)
Ending January 31
Snow Day, 2000
Flicka, 2006
The LEGO Movie, 2014
Mulholland Dr., 2001
O Brother, Where Art Thou, 2000
Alex & Emma, 2003
For Your Consideration, 2006
Because I Said So, 2007
Four Weddings and a Funeral, 1994
Gone Girl, 2014
Shallow Hal, 2001
This is Where I Leave You, 2014
The Judge, 2014
John Wick, 2014
Dumb and Dumber To, 2014
Far from Heaven, 2002
Superman Returns, 2006
The Last King of Scotland, 2006
