HBO Max Movies That Critics Love

HBO Max is the home of some A-list films, but even many of its best movies fail to reach the 90 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes.

The reality is that the vast majority of all movies fall well below that high-water mark. So it’s only fitting that we honor the films that pull it off.

Watch With Us has selected the three new HBO Max movies with at least 90 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.

Our picks this month include an all-time great mockumentary, a historical drama and an over-the-top comedy.

‘This is Spinal Tap’ (1984)

Rotten tomatoes Score: 98 percent

This movie woudl have made the list even if director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, hadn’t been murdered this week. This Is Spinal Tap is one of the best films of Reiner’s career and a hilarious send-up of all of the music biopics that came before it. Reiner directed the flick and stars as documentary filmmaker Martin “Marty” Di Bergi, the man who wants to chronicle the story of the rock band Spinal Tap.

David St.Hubbins (michael McKean),  Nigel Tufnel (Christopher guest) and Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer) are the core members of the group, with Mick Shrimpton (R. J. Parnell) as the latest drummer following the inexplicable fates of his predecessors.Collectively, the band is fueled by ego and hubris, as well as an inability to understand why and how they appeal to their fans in the first place. They embody all of the worst excesses of a celebrity rock star, and yet they were so popular in real life that the actors reunited for concerts, special appearances and even a sequel.

This Is spinal Tap is streaming on HBO Max.