This September, Max is bringing you a lot of entertainment with the highly anticipated DC action crime drama series The Penguin starring Colin Farrell and the new season of HBO’s great series My Brilliant Friend. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Max this month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the 5 best films coming to Max in September 2024 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.
Boogie Nights (September 1)
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 94%
Boogie Nights is a period drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. The 1997 film revolves around Eddie Adams, a high school dropout who begins working as a porn star and achieves huge success but his new glamorous lifestyle goes to his head and he gets addicted to drugs. Boogie Nights stars Mark Wahlberg in the lead role with Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore, Heather Graham, John C. Reilly, Don Cheadle, Philip Seymour Hoffman, William H. Macy, and Luis Guzmán starring in supporting roles.
Everything Everywhere All At Once (September 1)
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 93%
Everything Everywhere All At Once is an absurdist sci-fi action-adventure comedy-drama film written and directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. The 2022 film revolves around a Chinese immigrant as he gets embroiled in an epic multiversal adventure to defeat someone who intends to harm the multiverse. Everything Everywhere All At Once stars Michelle Yeoh in the lead role with Ke Huy Quan, Stephanie Hsu, Jamie Lee Curtis, James Hong, Jenny Slate, and Biff Wiff starring in supporting roles.
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (September 1)
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 98%
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On is a live-action/stop-motion animated mockumentary film directed by Dean Fleischer Camp from a screenplay co-written by Dean Fleischer Camp, Jenny Slate, and Nick Paley. The 2021 film revolves around Marcel, a one-inch-tall talking shell as he teams up with a documentary filmmaker to make a short film to find his lost family. Marcel the Shell with Shoes On stars Jenny Slate, Dean Fleischer Camp, Isabella Rossellini, Rosa Salazar, Thomas Mann, Lesley Stahl, Sarah Thyre, Andy Richter, and Nathan Fielder.
The Martian (September 1)
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 91%
The Martian is a sci-fi adventure film directed by Ridley Scott from a screenplay by Drew Goddard. Based on a 2011 novel of the same name by author Andy Weir, the 2015 film revolves around astronaut Mark Watney as he tries to survive on Mars after a space mission goes horribly wrong. While, he uses everything at his disposal to stay alive on Mars, on Earth NASA and his colleagues are also doing their best to bring him home. The Martian stars Matt Damon in the lead role with Jessica Chastain, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kate Mara, Sebastian Stan, Kristen Wiig, Michael Peña, Mackenzie Davis, Sean Bean, Jeff Daniels, Naomi Scott, and Donald Glover starring in supporting roles.
Drive My Car (September 2)
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 97%
Drive My Car is a Japanese drama film directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi from a screenplay co-written by Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe. Based on a 2014 short story of the same name by author Haruki Murakami, the 2021 film revolves around an aging widowed actor as he takes on a directing job in Hiroshima where he is required to hire a chauffeur for insurance reasons. He hires a 20-year-old girl to drive him around and despite their initial conflicts, they soon form a special bond. Drive My Car stars Hidetoshi Nishijima and Toko Miura in the lead roles with Reika Kirishima, Park Yu-rim, Jin Dae-yeon, Sonia Yuan, Ahn Hwitae, and Perry Dizon starring in supporting roles.
