15 HBO Max Miniseries For When You Don't Want to Commit to a Multi-Season Show

Part psychological thriller, part horror, and part crime drama, this miniseries based on Stephen King's novel follows a mysterious police investigation in Cherokee City, GA. When it results in the murder of a young boy by a seasoned cop and it's clear supernatural forces were at play, investigators are left questioning everything they believe in.

Watch The Outsider on HBO Max.

Set in a coastal Maine town, Olive Kitteridge follows the life of a retired middle school maths teacher as well as her husband and her son. Divided into four parts, the series, like the Pulitzer-Prize winning novel it was based on, spans 25 years of Olive's life.

Watch Olive Kitteridge on HBO Max.

An alternate American history during World War II based on Philip Roth's novel is told through the eyes of a working-class Jewish family in New Jersey. American aviator Charles Lindbergh defeats Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1940 presidential election and turns the nation toward fascism.

Watch The Plot Against America on HBO Max.

Though it takes its title from Jule Verne's science fiction novel, this docudrama co-produced by Tom Hanks is actually based on Andrew Chalkin's A Man on the Moon. In this dramatization, fictional journalist Emmett Seaborn reports on the Apollo space program during the 1960s and early 1970s.

Watch From the Earth to the Moon on HBO Max.

This six-part miniseries starring Al Pacino and Meryl Streep is based on a two-part play by Tony Kushner and explores the AIDS epidemic, Regan-era politics, and the social climate of 1985 through the eyes of six New Yorkers. At the centre of the narrative is Prior Walter, a gay man living with AIDS who is visited by an Angel.

Watch Angels in America on HBO Max.

Chronicling the tail-end of World War I, Parade's End tells the story of English aristocrat Christopher Tietjens and his tumultuous relationship with his toxic wife Sylvia and suffragette Valentine Wannop. This adaptation of the historical fiction novels by Ford Madox Ford showcases idealism, elitism, and British life in the dying days of the Edwardian era.

Watch Parade's End on HBO Max.

Dystopian Britain slowly turns into a dictatorship at the hands of Vivienne Rook, a celebrity businesswoman turned politician with controversial opinions. The Lyons, an ordinary Manchester family endure 15 years in the unstable sociopolitical climate.

Watch Years and Years on HBO Max.