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Max top 10 movies — here’s the 3 worth watching right now
By Alyse Stanley,
1 days ago
September saw a flood of critically acclaimed new movies arrive on Max, which means trying to figure out what to watch is even more challenging than before. That's why you'll find me frequently perusing Max's top 10 list of the most-watched movies. Sure, not everything there is a guaranteed hit, but it's a useful tool for cutting through the noise with so much on offer across the best streaming services .
If you're similarly at a loss for what to watch next, we've carefully evaluated what's trending and narrowed down the three best movies to watch in Max's top 10 list. This includes an Oscar-winning fantasy movie, a classic ghoulish comedy from Tim Burton, and one of the best sci-fi movies of the best decade. For even more streaming recommendations, be sure to check out our round-up of everything new on HBO and Max this month .
This article is based on the Max top 10 movies in the U.S. as of 1 p.m. ET on September 10.
Best movies in Max's top 10
'The Boy and the Heron' (2023)
"The Boy and the Heron" is what earned legendary director Hayao Miyazaki his second Oscar for Best Animated Feature. Inspired in part by Miyazaki's own life, it follows 11-year-old Mahito Maki (Luca Padovan), a young boy living in wartime Japan in the early 1940s. After his mother dies in a hospital bombing, Mahito moves to the countryside with his father and his late mother's sister now turned stepmother (Gemma Chan).
While grieving and struggling to adapt to his new life, he encounters a peculiar gray heron that leads him to a hidden corner of the property where a mysterious watchtower is sealed off. When his stepmother mysteriously vanishes, Mahito, along with the family's maid, Kiriko (Florence Pugh), searches for her in the watchtower. They get more than they bargained for though, and instead begin an epic journey through a dreamlike realm beyond space and time — with the now-speaking heron (Robert Pattinson) begrudgingly along for the ride.
Tim Burton's ghoulish comedy stars Michael Keaton as the titular Betelgeuse (pronounced Beetlejuice), a wild and irreverent self-proclaimed demon from hell in the business of scaring mortals out of their homes on behalf of the ghosts that haunt them. The recently deceased couple Adam and Barbara Maitland, played by a young Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis respectively, reluctantly hire him after a new family — Charles Deetz (Jeffrey Jones), Delia Deetz (Catherine O’Hara), and their goth daughter Lydia Deetz (Winona Ryder) — moves in and begins making drastic changes. But when Lydia, who can see ghosts, gets roped into the deal, Betelgeuse sees an opportunity to wreak havoc on both the mortal and supernatural worlds.
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