New On HBO Max In January 2023: The Last Of Us, Velma

December is already more than half gone, and January is not far away. A new month ahead also means a whole new slate of shows and movies to watch on HBO Max. Some of that content will be available on January 1, while other shows and movies will be available a little later next month. For more, check out our similar January 2023 rundowns for Hulu, Prime Video, and Disney+.

The big marquee content for January on HBO is undoubtedly The Last of Us, coming to the platform on January 15. It's been a long, long road for the series adapting the popular and grim 2013 zombie video game. Rather than rehash the game, the story as presented there, and the other adaptations that were attempted along the way, here's the official synopsis: "This series takes place 20 years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel (Pedro Pascal), a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie (Bella Ramsey), a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal and heartbreaking journey as they both must traverse the U.S. and depend on each other for survival."

For something similar--but way less scary and also pretty different--the series premiere of Velma hits HBO Max on January 12. The adult animated series stars Mindy Kaling in a Scooby-Doo series that tells the origin story of a reimagined Velma. First announced back in February this year, a synopsis says the show will be "an original and humorous spin that unmasks the complex and colorful past of one of America's most beloved mystery solvers." Reportedly, the show will be gorier from the original long-running Scooby-Doo everyone remembers--and will likely, per the "adult" descriptor here, diverge in other ways as well.

Below is a list of all the content coming to HBO Max in January.

New to Prime Video January 2023

January 1

• 20 Feet From Stardom, 2013 (HBO)
• American Hustle, 2013
• American Ultra, 2015 (HBO)
• At Middleton, 2013 (HBO)
• Back to School, 1986 (HBO)
• Batman and Superman Battle of the Super Sons, 2022
• Black Butterfly, 2017 (HBO)
• Captain Phillips, 2013 (HBO)
• Catch a Fire, 2006 (HBO)
• Child's Play, 2019 (HBO)
• Cold Pursuit, 2019 (HBO)
• Cops and Robbersons, 1994 (HBO)
• Coup de torchon, 1981
• Crocodile Dundee, 1986 (HBO)
• Crocodile Dundee II, 1988 (HBO)
• Crocodile Dundee In Los Angeles, 2001 (HBO)
• Cruising, 1980 (HBO)
• Death Warrant, 1990 (HBO)
• Dim Sum Funeral, 2008 (HBO)
• Dom Hemingway, 2013 (HBO)
• Every Secret Thing, 2014 (HBO)
• Extortion, 2017 (HBO)
• Fool's Gold, 2008 (HBO)
• Flashpoint, 2007 (HBO)
• From Here to Eternity, 1953
• Gemini, 2017 (HBO)
• Geronimo An American Legend, 1993
• Ghostbusters, 1984
• Ghostbusters II, 1989
• Hereditary, 2018 (HBO)
• Hoodlum, 1997 (HBO)
• Insidious Chapter 2, 2013
• Jennifer Eight, 1992 (HBO)
• John Wick, 2014
• John Wick Chapter 2, 2017
• John Wick Chapter 3 - Parabellum, 2019
• Jumping the Broom, 2011
• Jury Duty, 1995 (HBO)
• Kill The Irishman, 2011 (HBO)
• Kusama Infinity, 2018 (HBO)
• Law Abiding Citizen, 2009 (HBO)
• Lawrence of Arabia, 1962
• Line of Duty, 2019 (HBO)
• Marley & Me, 2008 (HBO)
• Matilda, 1996
• Nine, 2009 (HBO)
• Oasis Supersonic, 2016 (HBO)
• Our Idiot Brother, 2011
• Piranha 3D, 2010 (HBO)
• Piranha 3DD, 2012 (HBO)
• Planet 51, 2009
• Precious Cargo, 2016 (HBO)
• Quartet, 2012 (HBO)
• Regression, 2015 (HBO)
• Rememory, 2017 (HBO)
• Sarah's Key, 2010 (HBO)
• Skate Kitchen, 2018 (HBO)
• Stephen King's Graveyard Shift, 1990 (HBO)
• Stephen King's Silver Bullet, 1985 (HBO)
• Support the Girls, 2018 (HBO)
• Teen Wolf, 1985 (HBO)
• Teen Wolf Too, 1987 (HBO)
• The Artist, 2011 (HBO)
• The Book of Life, 2014 (HBO)
• The Brink, 2019 (HBO)
• The Cabin in the Woods, 2012 (HBO)
• The Company Men, 2010 (HBO)
• The Cookout, 2004
• The Crying Game, 1992 (HBO)
• The Guilty, 2021 (HBO)
• The Haunting, 1999 (HBO)
• The Homesman, 2014 (HBO)
• The Hunter, 2011 (HBO)
• The Iron Lady, 2011 (HBO)
• The Last Face, 2016 (HBO)
• The Lobster, 2015 (HBO)
• The Master, 2012 (HBO)
• The Perfect Score, 2004 (HBO)
• The Promise, 2016 (HBO)
• The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, 1974 (HBO)
• The Unborn, 2009 (HBO)
• The Whole Ten Yards, 2004 (HBO)
• This Boy's Life, 1993 (HBO)
• This One's For The Ladies, 2018 (HBO)
• Urge, 2016 (HBO)
• USS Indianapolis Men of Courage, 2016 (HBO)
• Vendetta, 2022 (HBO)
• When We Were Kings, 1996
• White Chicks, 2004 (HBO)
• Wild Rose, 2018 (HBO)
• Woman at War, 2018 (HBO)
• Zero Dark Thirty, 2012

January 3

• The Menu, 2022 (HBO)

January 6

• DC's Stargirl, Season 3
• The Nun, 2018 (HBO)
• Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?, Season 2

January 8

• We Baby Bears, Season 1F

January 10

• Horrible Bosses 2, 2014 (HBO)

January 11

• In with the Old, Season 3

January 12

• Blended, 2014 (HBO)
• The Climb, Max Original Series Premiere
• Velma, Max Original Series Premiere

January 13

• The Big Soirée (El Gran Sarao), Max Original Premiere
• I Don't Like Driving w/t (No Me Gusta Conducir), Max Original Premiere

January 15

• The Last of Us, Series Premiere (HBO)

January 17

• Batman and Superman Battle of the Super Sons
• ​​Sesame Street Mecha Builders, Season 1E
• USWNT @ New Zealand #1, Live Sports

January 20

• Game Theory with Bomani Jones, Season 2 Premiere (HBO)
• Real Time with Bill Maher, Season 21 Premiere (HBO)
• The Cabin Chronicles, Season 3
• USWNT @ New Zealand #2, Live Sports

January 23

• YOLO Silver Destiny, Season 2

January 25

• USMNT vs Serbia, Live Sports