If you’ve watched Zack Snyder’s Justice League and are already struggling to pick your next movie, Zack Snyder’s list of must-see flicks on HBO Max should help hone your search. The DCEU director teamed up with HBO Max as part of the platform’s guest curator program to build a playlist of movies that he credits for changing “the way we think about cinema.” The list is full of award-winning, critically-acclaimed movies - from high-octane action thrillers to whodunit mysteries and sci-fi dramas.

In a video for HBO Max, Snyder praised 1954’s Seven Samurai for its “beautiful black-and-white photography” and highlighted Mad Max: Fury Road for its action-packed narrative. He also celebrated The Matrix, recalling being “so mad” when he first saw the trailer, for it was “so good” it wasn’t fair.

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Snyder’s list is full of both golden age productions marked by theatrical acting and orchestral scores and modern classics that question today’s cinematic status quo. You can spend a couple of hours with icons Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh with 1951’s A Streetcar Named Desire, or you can cover your eyes in fear as you watch Jack Nicholson’s transformation from loving husband to homicidal maniac in The Shining. Or, if you love a twisty-turny movie that requires some brainpower, feel free to stare at the screen bewildered while contemplating Mulholland Dr. HBO Max tweeted to celebrate the list, labeling the curation a “watchlist of [Snyder's] favorite titles.”

To access Snyder’s playlist, log into HBO Max and scroll down while under the home menu until you see “Zack Snyder reveals his playlist,” and then select “browse picks.” The full list below contains over 30 titles, but Snyder talked about a select few of them for HBO Max.

 

The full list of titles on “Zack Snyder’s Picks” playlist:

  • Zack Snyder’s Justice League
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • Blade Runner: The Final Cut
  • Cinema Paradiso
  • Dangerous Liaisons
  • Down By Law
  • Dunkirk
  • The English Patient
  • Escape from New York
  • Jacob’s Ladder
  • Little Children
  • Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • The Matrix
  • Michael Clayton
  • Mulholland Dr.
  • My Left Foot
  • Night of the Living Dead
  • No Country for Old Men
  • Paris, Texas
  • The Player
  • Rashomon
  • Rick and Morty
  • Se7en
  • Seven Samurai
  • The Shining
  • Stranger Than Paradise
  • A Streetcar Named Desire
  • Throne of Blood
  • Time Bandits
  • True Detective
  • Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
  • Unforgiven
  • The Wages of Fear
  • Wings of Desire
  • Yojimbo

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