Dark TV shows on HBO Max right now

Dark, heavy TV shows streaming on HBO Max tonight. Picked by mood from Rex’s catalog and checked against HBO Max every day.

Updated October 13, 2026. Availability via JustWatch.

  1. Exterminate All the Brutes Limited series · 2021 · Raoul Peck
  2. Chernobyl Limited series · 2019 · Craig Mazin
  3. Gomorrah TV · 2014
  4. Sharp Objects (TV Mini Series 2018) Limited series · 2018 · Marti Noxon
  5. The Leftovers TV · 2014 · Damon Lindelof / Tom Perrotta
  6. Our Boys Limited series · 2019
  7. Game of Thrones TV · 2011 · David Benioff / D.B. Weiss
  8. The Pacific Limited series · 2010
  9. I May Destroy You Limited series · 2020 · Michaela Coel
  10. The Last of Us (TV Series 2023– ) TV · 2023 · Craig Mazin
  11. The Sympathizer Limited series · 2024 · Park Chan-wook / Don McKellar
  12. It's a Sin Limited series · 2021 · Russell T Davies
  13. Oz TV · 1997 · Tom Fontana
  14. The Penguin Limited series · 2024 · Lauren LeFranc
  15. Succession TV · 2018 · Jesse Armstrong
  16. I'll Be Gone in the Dark Limited series · 2020
  17. Watchmen Limited series · 2019 · Damon Lindelof
  18. House of the Dragon TV · 2022 · George R.R. Martin, Ryan J. Condal
  19. Barry TV · 2018 · Alec Berg, Bill Hader
  20. Lovecraft Country TV · 2020
  21. The Night Of Limited series · 2016 · Richard Price / Steven Zaillian
  22. Perry Mason TV · 2020
  23. Deadwood TV · 2004
  24. The Jinx TV · 2015
  25. The Wire TV · 2002 · David Simon
  26. The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst TV · 2015 · Andrew Jarecki
  27. The Knick TV · 2014
  28. The Third Day Limited series · 2020
  29. Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults Limited series · 2020
  30. True Detective (TV Series 2014– ) TV · 2014 · Ray McKinnon
  31. The Sopranos TV · 1999 · David Chase
  32. 4 Blocks TV · 2017
  33. Euphoria TV · Sam Levinson
  34. Years and Years Limited series · 2019
  35. Boardwalk Empire TV · 2010
  36. The Deuce TV · 2017
  37. Luther TV · 2010
  38. Olive Kitteridge Limited series · 2014
  39. IT: Welcome to Derry TV · 2025 · Andy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti, Jason Fuchs
  40. The Outsider Limited series · 2020 · Richard Price
  41. The Investigation Limited series · 2020
  42. The World Between Us TV · 2019
  43. Band of Brothers Limited series · 2001 · Steven Spielberg / Tom Hanks
  44. Six Feet Under TV · 2001 · Alan Ball
  45. Witness Limited series · 2012 · Ga-Ho Lau
  46. The Pitt TV · 2025 · R. Scott Gemmill
  47. Angels in America Limited series · 2003
  48. Mare of Easttown (TV Mini Series 2021) Limited series · 2021 · Brad Ingelsby

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