Mother Mary just landed on HBO Max, so if you already subscribe, you can stream it tonight at no extra cost.
If you have not subscribed to the platform, Anne Hathaway’s pop star drama is also available to rent or buy digitally through a couple of other services.
Here’s where to find Mother Mary, what the movie is actually about, and why it took a few months to reach a streaming service after its short run in theaters.
What is Mother Mary about?
Mother Mary comes from writer-director David Lowery. He is the filmmaker behind The Green Knight and Peter Pan & Wendy.
Anne Hathaway plays the title character. She is a pop star preparing for a comeback performance after an on-stage accident. When she reconnects with Sam Anselm (Michaela Coel), her estranged former best friend and costume designer, old wounds start to surface.
The story leans into supernatural and dreamlike touches as the two women work through their shared past.
The cast also includes Hunter Schafer, Kaia Gerber, FKA Twigs, Sian Clifford, and Jessica Brown Findlay. Jack Antonoff and Charli XCX wrote the original songs. The film is rated R and runs 112 minutes.
Why Mother Mary skipped a long theatrical run
A24 released Mother Mary in a limited run on April 17, 2026, before expanding it a week later. The film made under $3 million against a $20 million budget, a quiet result for a movie with this much star power behind it.
Because of that, Mother Mary didn’t stay in theaters long. A24 has a deal with Warner Bros. Discovery that sends its films to digital rental platforms first, then to HBO Max a few months later. Mother Mary followed that same path: digital rental in May, then HBO Max in August.
Where to watch Mother Mary
Here’s where you can stream, rent, or buy the movie right now.
1. HBO Max
HBO Max is currently the only subscription service streaming Mother Mary. It arrived there on August 21, 2026.
The ad-supported plan costs $10.99 a month. If you’d rather skip ads, Standard runs $18.49 a month and Premium costs $22.99 a month, which also adds 4K video and Dolby Atmos sound. Paying yearly instead of monthly saves close to 16 percent on either ad-free plan.
You don’t need a separate HBO Max account to watch, either. The movie is also reachable through the HBO Max add-on inside Amazon Prime Video, or through Hulu if you’ve added the HBO Max bundle there.
HBO Max is also where you’ll find Stuart Fails to Save the Universe, another recent original worth a look while you’re there.
2. Amazon Prime Video
If you’d rather not commit to a subscription, Amazon lets you rent Mother Mary for $5.99 or buy it for $19.99.
A rental gives you 30 days to start watching and 48 hours to finish once you press play. Buying keeps the film in your digital library with no expiration date.
3. Apple TV
Apple TV carries the same rent and buy pricing as Amazon, $5.99 to rent and $19.99 to own. Fandango at Home offers the same two options if you already use that store for digital movies.
Should you rent it or subscribe to HBO Max?
If you already pay for HBO Max, there’s no reason to rent. Just open the app and start watching.
If you don’t, the choice comes down to how badly you want to see it right now. A single rental costs less than a month of HBO Max’s ad-supported plan, so renting makes sense for a one-time watch. If you know you’ll use HBO Max for other shows and movies too, the subscription is the better long-term value.