What are the best HBO Max original series ? We compile some of the series that you should not miss if you have a profile on the platform, if you are looking to discover original and exclusive content, look for what you are looking for. Romantic series, dramas, thrillers or unique cartoons that are available online.
Although not all the series that we can see on HBO Max are original, some of the HBO Max originals are among the best options available on the streaming platform and that will allow us a Sunday marathon and new episodes. Sequels of some already known stories or other new characters and dramas to get hooked on from the beginning.
Spin-offs and sequels
Among the HBO Max originals we can see many new series, but also sequels or spin-offs of stories that we already know, of characters that we already enjoyed. Specials like Harry Potter or sequels to series like “Gossip Girl” or “Sex in New York”, with new episodes in 2021.
Gossip Girl (2021)
Gossip Girl is one of the classic teen series that we saw years ago and since 2021 its reboot is available, an HBO Max original series with two seasons available that does not seek to tell us the usual story with new actors and actresses but rather new characters maintain the essence of always By swapping Blackberry for Instagram, all the secrets of the Upper East Side are in jeopardy.
Platform: HBO Max Spain
Year : 2021
Chapters: One season, six episodes
Duration : About an hour
Theme : Spin-off of Gossip Girl
Recommended age : For over 16 years
And just like that
Another of HBO Max’s hit sequels is “And Just Like That.” Set in the present but following the story of a mythical series. They are the usual women, the same actresses as the original cast . But now they are mature women who have changed their lives, whose problems are different. Carrie, Miranda or Charlotte face new challenges, new professional problems…
Platform: HBO Max Spain
Year : 2021
Chapters: One season, ten episodes with weekly premiere
Duration : About 45 minutes per chapter
Theme : Comedy, sequel, sitcom
Recommended age : For over 16 years
Watch And Just Like That on HBO Max
Harry Potter: Return to Howards
A Harry Potter 20th Anniversary Special. It is not a series as such, but an HBO Max original that we can see in less than two hours. A sequel for fans of the magic movie saga who can enjoy archive footage, exclusive interviews or filming moments from the entire saga. Twenty years later Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson come together to return to Hogwarts for the first time and celebrate the anniversary of the first film.
Platform: HBO Max Spain
Year : 2022
Chapters: A single episode
Duration : One hour and 38 minutes
Theme : Harry Potter Special, Documentary
Recommended age : For over ten years
Watch Harry Potter: 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts on HBO Max
Romantic comedies and other series
Far from the soap operas or romantic comedies full of topics, among the HBO Max original series we can see some series about love that will make us have a good time with intelligent dialogues, with scenes with which we will identify. With love in all its forms.
Starstruck
If you are looking for romantic series without falling into the corny and the usual clichés, Starstruck is one of the best HBO Max original series available since 2021. A television series directed by Karen Maine and starring Rose Matafeo. A smart romantic comedy for millennials, about millennials. Rose is the protagonist, a young woman with two jobs facing all kinds of economic difficulties and trying to survive . But one morning she wakes up discovering that the night before she slept with a movie star.
Platform: HBO Max Spain
Year : 2021
Chapters: Two seasons, twelve episodes in total
Duration : About 20 minutes per chapter
Theme : Romantic comedy
Recommended age : For over 16 years
Lust
Lust is a series starring Sofia Helin, Anja Lundqvist, Julia Dufvenius and Elin Kling. They are four middle-aged women in Stockholm and protagonists of eight episodes where sex is the axis. One of them is a public health researcher and has carried out an essay on sexual life. An essay that will make everyone start to wonder or question everything about their relationships: what they are like, how to improve them, what’s going on.
Platform: HBO Max Spain
Year : 2021
Chapters: One season, eight episodes
Duration : About 30 minutes for each chapter
Theme : Sex, comedy, friendship
Recommended age : For over 16 years
love life
“Love Life” is a love series. Of love in all its forms. Of all kinds of love. According to its own description, “a journey from the first love to the last ” in a series that has a different protagonist for each season to tell us their love story from beginning to end. Darby is the protagonist of the first season (played by Anna Kendrick ), a director of a theater company, and all the people she has loved or stopped loving.
Platform: HBO Max Spain
Year : 2020
Chapters : Two seasons, 20 episodes
Duration : About 25 minutes per chapter
Theme : Love, romantic comedy
Recommended age : For over 16 years
The sex life of college girls
It is not a romantic comedy but an ideal series to watch with friends. One of the essential HBO Max original series no matter how old you are. Four roommates and students from a prestigious university. Four college friends in a comedy reminiscent of “Sex and the City” with new protagonists, with a new generation that talks to us about dilemmas and about identity , about romantic stories or friendships.
Platform: HBO Max Spain
Year : 2021
Chapters : One season, ten episodes
Duration : About 25 minutes per chapter
Theme : Comedy, friends
Recommended age : For over 16 years
Watch The Sex Lives of College Girls on HBO Max
Thrillers and dramas
Among the HBO Max original series we can see espionage and action thrillers, period dramas and other recommended options to get hooked on if you run away from comedies, from romantic series.
the informer
The informer is an HBO Max original thriller released in April 2022. A European thriller that takes us to Hungary in the eighties to follow Geri. Geri is a 20-year-old college student who wants to make the most of youth, but has been recruited by the communist security department to report on a fellow student.
Platform: HBO Max Spain
Year : 2022
Chapters : One season, weekly premieres
Duration : About 45 minutes per chapter
Theme : Thriller, espionage, drama
Recommended age : For over 16 years
the girl from before
Based on a novel with which it shares its name, “The Girl From Before” is a BBC thriller and an HBO Max original. A short miniseries of only four episodes of around 55 minutes and which has Jane Cavendish as the protagonist, played by Gugu Mbatha-raw. Jane goes to live in a minimalist house, but discovers that another woman has died in it. Is your life and story a repeat of someone else’s?
Platform: HBO Max Spain
Year : 2022
Chapters: Four episodes, miniseries
Duration : About 55 minutes per chapter
Theme : Thriller
Recommended age : For over 16 years
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Kamikaze
Kamikaze is one of the original series on HBO Max, a drama that premiered in November 2021 on the streaming platform, if you are looking for a drama with few episodes. Julie is the protagonist, a teenager with a life of luxury and comfort. But Julie has just lost her parents and her brother in a plane crash and she will have to take on a totally different stage, take on the mourning, get over the loss. She is rich and popular but her life has just changed forever.
Platform: HBO Max Spain
Year : 2021
Chapters: One season, eight episodes
Duration : About 22 minutes per chapter
Theme : drama
Recommended age : For over 16 years
Science fiction or superheroes
Although all the Marvel superhero series are on Disney +, here we can find originals from HBO Max from DC Comics in addition to essential science fiction.
The peacemaker
The Peacemaker is one of the HBO Max series for superhero lovers. An original series released in January 2022 to join the DC Comics catalog. Peacemaker is the protagonist, the character that gives name to the production. He is a ruthless killer who will follow any method to achieve peace, no matter what the path may be. A spin-off of Suicide Squad with eight episodes that we can see on HBO Max.
Platform: HBO Max Spain
Year : 2021
Chapters: A single episode
Duration : One hour and 38 minutes
Theme : Superhero Series, DC Comics
Recommended age : For over 16 years
Watch The Peacemaker on HBO Max
Raised by Wolves
Premiering in 2021 and already with several seasons available, Raised by Wolves is an essential series for lovers of science fiction. An HBO Max original series directed by Ridley Scott. Two androids are in charge of perpetuating the species and will arrive on a planet to do so. To manage to educate a group of human children on another planet in a visual, post-apocalyptic and complex series that you should not miss if you are a fan of science fiction.
Platform: HBO Max Spain
Year : 2021
Chapters: Two seasons, 18 episodes
Duration : About 50 minutes per chapter
Theme : Science fiction
Recommended age : For over 18 years
Watch Raised by Wolves on HBO Max
Cartoon
If you’re looking for animated series, there are also some originals on HBO Max.
The Fungies
The Fungies is an animated series for the whole family, an HBO Max original cartoon series. It tells the story of the characters of Fungietown, a city made of mushrooms. In it lives Seth, a fungus passionate about science and discoveries. Cartoon Network cartoons to enjoy with the family and with short episodes of around ten minutes.
Platform: HBO Max Spain
Year : 2019
Chapters: One season, about 40 chapters
Duration : About 10 minutes per episode
Theme : Children’s cartoons
Recommended age : For over seven years
Adventure Time – Distant Lands
“Adventure Time” is one of the best cartoon series of the last twenty years and an essential with many seasons that children and adults enjoy. After its end, “Adventure Time: Distant Lands” is an HBO Max original series that allows us to enjoy new stories of Jake and Finn in four special and essential episodes to return to the World of Ooo.
Platform: HBO Max Spain
Year : 202
Episodes : One season, four episodes
Duration : About 45 minutes for each episode
Theme : Science fiction, cartoons, humor
Recommended age : For over seven years
Watch Adventure Time – Distant Lands on HBO Max
Looney Tunes Cartoons
If you are looking for original series on HBO Max and you like cartoons , “Looney Tunes Cartoons” is one of the animated series that we can watch on the streaming platform to enjoy old characters with new stories and new adventures. Entertaining gags on timeless characters we all know. Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and the others are the protagonists of ten-minute episodes that we can see on HBO Max to enjoy with the family, for all ages.
Platform: HBO MAX
Year: 2021
Chapters: About 30 episodes
Duration : About 10 minutes per chapter
Theme : Classic Cartoons
Recommended age : For over seven years