HBO Max‘s film library is vast and brimming with well-known, widely beloved blockbusters and contemporary classics. Fortunately, the streaming platform also hosts a wide array of lesser known, oft-forgotten gems that deserve to be seen. These underappreciated titles include, among other films, a classic Hollywood romance that has been unfairly overshadowed by its remake and a small-budget feature debut that ranks as one of this year’s best dramas.
Here are five great hidden gem movies streaming on HBO Max right now.
“Love Affair” (Rko Radio Pictures) “Love Affair” (1939)
Over the years, “Love Affair” has become considerably less well-known than its 1957 remake, “An Affair to Remember,” and that is a shame.