When is One Battle After Another on streaming? The action drama's HBO Max release date revealed

Leonardo DiCaprio as Bob and Benicio del Toro as Sensei Sergio in One Battle After Another — (Image credit: Warner Bros.)

If you want to know when One Battle After Another is coming to streaming, then we have the answer for you right here. The latest film from acclaimed director Paul Thomas Anderson was a huge critical hit when it released in cinemas earlier this year, and is hotly-tipped as a strong contender for the Best Picture award at the next Oscars.

Loosely inspired by Thomas Pynchon's 1990 novel Vineland, One Battle After Another stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Bob, a former revolutionary who has given up his radical lifestyle in order to look after his teenage daughter. But as the title suggests, the war isn't over for Bob just yet, and he's about to be pulled back into the fray. The film also stars Benicio del Toro, Sean Penn, Regina Hall, and Teyana Taylor.

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One Battle After Another's streaming release date

Chase Infiniti in One Battle After Another — (Image credit: Warner Bros)

One Battle After Another was met with rave reviews on release. It currently sits with a highly impressive 95% score on Rotten Tomatoes and it performed exceptionally well in our list of the 25 Best Movies of 2025. Warner Bros are clearly keen to get the film out in time for the holidays – following its PVOD release back in November, it is finally coming to streaming on HBO Max this month.

We previously predicted on this page that the film would start streaming in mid-December – and we were right. It has now been confirmed that One Battle After Another will be streaming on HBO Max from December 19, so make sure to watch one of the year's most provocative and gripping movies.

Check out our five star One Battle After Another review. For more, check out our list of the best thriller movies, or our guide to the most exciting upcoming movies.

Will Salmon is the Streaming Editor for GamesRadar+. He has been writing about film, TV, comics, and music for more than 15 years, which is quite a long time if you stop and think about it. At Future he launched the scary movie magazine Horrorville, relaunched Comic Heroes, and has written for every issue of SFX magazine for well over a decade. His music writing has appeared in The Quietus, MOJO, Electronic Sound, Clash, and loads of other places too.