I think Max is one of the best streaming services available today. It has a lot of great programming, including top-rated miniseries that can be watched in one weekend.

There are so many streaming services on the market and so many new titles being delivered all the time. And when looking for the next show you can binge (on Max or elsewhere), you may not necessarily want to commit to a show that has many seasons or episodes.

If you have a few hours to kill and want to do so by cramming in a Max miniseries, here are five of the best limited series Max has to offer. And if you're looking for more streaming recommendations, check out our roundup of Max's Top 10 Shows and all the new shows on HBO and Max this month. Otherwise, here are five highly rated Max miniseries that you can easily enjoy over the weekend.

"Chernobyl" is a tragic dramatization of the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the early morning hours of April 1986. Beginning immediately after the accident, this five-part miniseries follows the tragedy as it unfolds and documents the loss of life in the days that follow. Raw, often horrific, and always intense, "Chernobyl" has been an unforgettable series since I first saw it.

episodes: 5 Genre Drama Rotten Tomatoes Score: 95 Watch with Max

What if "Succession" wasn't based around a media company, but around the largest renaissance festival in the United States? That is the purpose of Ren Faire, a three-part documentary that revolves around the Texas Renaissance Festival.

George Coulam (King George to his employees), at age 86, decides that after half a century it is finally time to retire from TRF. When this is discovered, a power struggle erupts between the actor, former elephant trainer, and kettle corn magnate.

Episode 3 Genre Documentary Rotten Tomatoes Score: 100 Set 34 years after the events of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' seminal graphic novel, HBO's "Watchmen" is both a sequel and a reworking of the core idea, examining vigilantes operating on both sides of the law.

The series focuses on racial violence in Oklahoma. After a white supremacist group launches a coordinated attack against the Tulsa Police Department, a law is passed allowing officers to conceal their identities. One of the survivors, Angela Aber, begins investigating the murder of the police chief.

episodes: 9 Genre Drama/Science Fiction Rotten Tomatoes Score: 96 Before returning to "Doctor Who," British screenwriter Russell T. Davies set this moving drama in 1980s London about Colin (Caru), Richie (Ollie Alexander), Ash (Nathaniel Curtis), Roscoe (Omari Douglas), and their friends The film follows the lives of four young gay men, Jill (Lydia West), as they search for their identities and carve out their lives throughout the decade as a new disease, HIV/AIDS, affects their lives. It is an entertaining, heartbreaking, and engaging television show.

Episodes: 5 Genre Drama Rotten Tomatoes Score: 97 Max

"Irma Vep" is an HBO comedy miniseries based on the Olivier Assayas film of the same name. Mira Harberg (Alicia Vikander), an American movie star, disillusioned with her career, experiences a breakup, and heads to France to star in "Les Vampires," a remake of the silent film. Witty, meta and clever, this is a film not to be missed.

episodes: 8 Genre Comedy Rotten Tomatoes Score: 95 Max