The best movies on Max right now

polygon.com:

Max has gone through quite a transformation since the days of its initial launch in 2020. Following the unprecedented day-and-date release of the studio’s entire film slate in 2021, Max’s reach has continued to grow thanks to its direct-to-streaming releases and ongoing TV series like House of the Dragon, Succession, Westworld,The Rehearsal. And, thanks to the merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery, it’s also courted controversy.

But at the end of the day, Max is a service brimming with great movies, from pop culture mainstays like Mad Max: Fury Road and The Matrix series to canonical classics like Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane and The Shining. there are a ton of awesome titles to choose from across the service as more and more continued to be added each month. With that said, there’s a lot to choose from and only so many hours in the day.

Don’t sweat it, we’ve got you covered: Here are the best movies on Max to stream so you can finally start whittling down that watchlist.

Genre: Romantic comedy anthology
Director: Max Ophüls
Cast: Anton Walbrook, Simone Signoret, Simone Simon

I challenge you to find a more joyous time at the movies than La Ronde. But, like, really — if there is any, I’d love to know about it, because I don’t know if I’ve ever had a better time than watching La Ronde.

The incomparable Anton Walbrook (The Red Shoes) is your master of ceremonies, taking the audience on a merry-go-round of love and affairs, bouncing from one romance to another in a dizzying array of passionate connections. It’s a joyous and infectious anthology story the likes of which we haven’t seen since (you can safely ignore the 1964 remake).

Despite being nominated for two Oscars (Best Writing and Best Art Direction), La Ronde was banned