New HBO NOW Releases: October 2015

It’s a big month for new releases on HBO’s new streaming service, HBO NOW. They’ve got 2014’s box-office champ, American Sniper, along with Liam Neeson in Taken 3 and Will Smith and Margot Robbie in Focus (which was a smart and underrated heist movie). Plus it wouldn’t be October without some scary movies to scratch that Halloween itch; HBO NOW’s adding The Purge: Anarchy, Trick ’R Treat, House on Haunted Hill, and (for those who need additional houses on supplementary haunted hills) Return to House on Haunted Hill.

Plus, there’s a new comedy special from Amy Schumer, the second season of the original series The Leftovers, and lots more. Here’s the highlights of what’s (soon to be) now playing on HBO NOW this October.

New Original Programming:

The Leftovers, Season 2 Premiere - 10/4
El negocio, Season 2 Finale - 10/2
Magnífica 70, Season 1 Premiere - 10/9
Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo - 10/17
Doll & Em, Season 2 Finale - 10/18
How to Dance in Ohio - 10/26

Saturday Night Movies:

American Sniper (2014) - 10/3
Focus (2015) - 10/10
Taken 3 (2014) - 10/17
Bad Words (2013) - 10/24
The Purge: Anarchy (2014) - 10/31
The Pyramid (2014) - 10/31

Estrenos en Español:

Juan in a Million (2012) - 10/2
El mar y Él (2014) - 10/2
La juala de oro (2013) - 10/9
The Poet of Havana (2015) - 10/23

Notable Films New to HBO NOW: (Available October 1)

28 Days (2000)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Blood Diamond (2006)
Brick (2005)
Burn After Reading (2008)
House on Haunted Hill (1999)
License to Drive (1988)
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Lost in Translation (2003)
Magnolia (1999)
Return to House on Haunted Hill (2007)
Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
Rumor Has It (2005)
The Rock (1996)
Trick ‘R Treat (2007)

Notable New Family Films: (Available October 1)

Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004)
Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)
Bee Movie (2007)
Ella Enchanted (2004)
Happy Feet (2006)
The Kid (2000)
Like Mike (2002)
Like Mike 2: Streetball (2006)
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000)
Shrek (2001)

Last Chance to Catch:

Gravity (2013) - ends 10/10
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) - ends 10/24

Ending October 31:

A History of Violence (2005)
A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)
Agent Cody Banks (2003)
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)
Gothika (2003)
Escape from L.A. (1996)
Jarhead (2005)
Just Friends (2005)
Meet the Parents (2000)
Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life (1983)
Queen of the Damned (2002)
The Lake House (2006)
The Skeleton Key (2005)
The Truman Show (1998)
Uptown Girls (2003)
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)