5 Films to Watch Before Leaving Max in March 2024

5 Films to Watch Before Leaving Max in March 2024

As we near the end of the month, it's time for more great movies from Max. Like many of the best streaming services, Max is constantly adding new shows and movies to its library. But that also means that, as the saying goes, out with the old comes the new, and there are some great movies to watch now before they disappear from Max in a matter of days. At least for the time being.

The best Max movies leaving the service this month include Stanley Kubrick's masterful war drama "Full Metal Jacket." We also said goodbye to the cult favorite horror film "Jennifer's Body," the Beatles-inspired musical "Across the Universe," and great children's films like "Coraline" and "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory." in March 2024. Take a look at our top five movies to watch before you leave Max.

For streaming recommendations, be sure to check out our roundup of the best new movies to stream this week on Netflix, Peacock, and more.

Many prominent directors have made Vietnam War films. But with Full Metal Jacket, Stanley Kubrick brought his unique visual style, meticulous attention to detail, and uncompromising approach to filmmaking to create a harsh, yet spellbinding, cinematic vision of war.

The film can be neatly divided into two segments. The first is in which Private Joker (Matthew Modine) attempts to lead a struggling recruit, Pyle (Vincent D'Onofrio), through a grueling basic training exercise, under the watchful eye of a strict sergeant (Lee Ermey). The story then takes a turn when the Joker and his comrades are sent to the front lines and must deal with the harsh realities of combat and the brutality of the 1968 Tet Offensive.

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"Across the Universe" is one of the trippiest films to come out of the movie/musical boom of the 1980s and early 2010s. It is certainly a bold vision, combining cutting-edge visual technology (at least for the time), psychedelic sets, and a collection of Beatles songs. And while the film is packed with so many musical numbers, it is also packed with a full-length plot.

The Beatles' hit songs and the Vietnam War serve as the backdrop for the cross-eyed romance between Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood), an upper-class American woman, and Jude (Jim Sturgess), a young English laborer who goes to America to find his father. After a tepid reunion, Jude befriends a couple of rambunctious college students who show him around New York City, but their relationship is threatened by the social upheavals associated with the Vietnam War.

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Based on Neil Gaiman's terrifying children's novel of the same name, Coraline perfectly captures the joys and horrors of being a child. This original and fantastical stop-motion animated film also marks the return of Henry Selick, director of "The Nightmare Before Christmas."

The protagonist is an imaginative young girl (voiced by Dakota Fanning), bored with her family's new home. When a neighbor gives Coraline a doll that leads to a secret door, she discovers another world that mirrors her own. At first, Coraline is overjoyed to see her other mother and parallel family and friends. But when they offer to let her stay there forever on the condition that she sew a button over her eyes, Coraline is horrified and must escape to return to her real home.

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Although critically panned upon its initial release, "Jennifer's Body" has since developed a cult following--especially after its streaming debut introduced this feminist horror comedy to a new generation.

Megan Fox stars as Jennifer, a high school cheerleader who starts acting strange one day, worrying her wallflower best friend Anita (Amanda Seyfried). She was possessed by a demon and enjoyed devouring the flesh and blood of her male classmates. Anita stops her outburst, escapes from a correctional facility, and goes after a Satanist rock band.

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I'm old school, but when it comes to famous chocolatiers, I'll take Gene Wilder over Johnny Depp or Timothée Chalamet. Like "Coraline," the original "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" walks the line between whimsy and horror.

Like Roald Dahl's classic children's novel of the same name, the story follows young Charlie Bucket (Peter Ostrum) who, along with four other children, finds a golden ticket hidden in a Wonka bar and a tour of Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory. The idea is to win a tour of Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory. Led by the enigmatic Wonka himself (Wilder), the group embarks on a surreal journey through his factory. But as the tour progresses, the children's reactions to Wonka's fantastic inventions are tested, and one by one they face the consequences of their choices.

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