5 StarMAX HD East

5 StarMAX HD East provides a schedule centered on theatrically released films and original series produced for cable. The channel draws primarily from a library of Hollywood studio titles, with an emphasis on action, drama, and comedy features from the past two decades. Some programming blocks also include behind-the-scenes featurettes and short-form documentaries about film production. As a high-definition feed originating from the Eastern Time Zone, the schedule aligns with prime-time viewing habits across the eastern half of the United States. Occasional marathons of franchise installments or director-focused retrospectives fill weekend slots, though the core offering remains commercial-free movie presentations.

Subscribers can access the channel through standard cable and satellite packages within the country. The linear broadcast is also available via certain authenticated streaming platforms that require a television provider login. Electronic program guide data for 5 StarMAX HD East typically lists the film titles, original release years, and brief synopses for each airing. The channel does not carry news, sports, or religious programming, and its content is rated for mature audiences, with R-rated and unrated films appearing regularly in the evening and overnight hours.

TV Guide

12 May 13 May Yesterday

02:15 - 04:24

Night on Earth

Movie, Comedy drama, Drama

This film presents five stories, each involving a cab ride and set in a different city around the world. In Los Angeles, no-nonsense taxi driver Corky (Winona Ryder) gets an engaging customer in the form of a Hollywood casting agent (Gena Rowlands), while a Parisian cabbie (Isaach De Bankolé) must contend with some rowdy African diplomats. Among the other tales, a standout is the Italian taxi ride that finds quirky driver Gino (Roberto Benigni) making a lively confession to an ailing priest.

04:24 - 05:42

Green Lantern: First Flight

Movie, Animated, Children, Action, Adventure

The Green Lantern must race against time to stop Sinestro from unleashing a sinister plot.

05:42 - 07:06

Green Lantern: Emerald Knights

Movie, Animated, Children, Action, Adventure, Science fiction

New recruit Arisia (Elisabeth Moss) joins forces with Hal Jordan (Nathan Fillion) to save the universe from the forces of Krona.

07:06 - 09:22

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me

Movie, Crime drama

In the folksy town of Deerfield, Wash., FBI Agent Desmond (Chris Isaak) inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experiencing dark visions and supernatural encounters, Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) chillingly predicts that the culprit will claim another life. Meanwhile, in the similarly cozy town of Twin Peaks, hedonistic beauty Lara Palmer (Sheryl Lee) hangs with lowlifes and seems destined for a grisly fate.

09:22 - 11:19

Time Bandits

Movie, Fantasy

Young history buff Kevin (Craig Warnock) can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being (Ralph Richardson), they've purloined a map charting all the holes in the fabric of time and are using it to steal treasures from different historical eras. Taking Kevin with them, they variously drop in on Napoleon (Ian Holm), Robin Hood (John Cleese) and King Agamemnon (Sean Connery) before the Supreme Being catches up with them.

11:19 - 13:00

Walkabout

Movie, Adventure

Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist (John Meillon) takes his teenage daughter (Jenny Agutter) and 6-year-old son (Lucien John) into the Australian outback and attempts to shoot them. When he fails, he turns the gun on himself, and the two city-bred children must contend with harsh wilderness alone. They are saved by a chance encounter with an Aborigine boy (David Gulpilil) who shows them how to survive, and in the process underscores the disharmony between nature and modern life.

13:00 - 14:41

Christmas With the Kranks

Movie, Holiday, Comedy

Finally alone for the holidays, Luther (Tim Allen) and Nora Krank (Jamie Lee Curtis) plan to eschew the Christmas traditions and take a cruise in the Caribbean instead. This doesn't sit well with their Christmas-obsessed neighbors Vic Frohmeyer (Dan Aykroyd) and Walt Scheel (M. Emmet Walsh), who are determined to win the annual "best decorated street" competition, and the Kranks soon find themselves social outcasts because of their lack of Christmas spirit.

14:41 - 16:24

Ricochet

Movie, Action

After tracking down and arresting Earl Talbot Blake (John Lithgow), a psychotic hit man, rookie Los Angeles police officer Nick Styles (Denzel Washington) is hailed as a hero. Several years later, Styles' life appears perfect: He has married his girlfriend, started a family and risen to the position of assistant district attorney. However, his world is turned upside down when Blake escapes from prison with plans to exact brutal and well-calculated revenge.

16:24 - 18:16

Repo Men

Movie, Science fiction, Action, Thriller

In the future, medical technology has advanced to the point where people can buy artificial organs to extend their lives. But if they default on payments, an organization known as the Union sends agents to repossess the organs. Remy (Jude Law) is one of the best agents in the business, but when he becomes the recipient of an artificial heart, he finds himself in the same dire straits as his many victims. With his former partner (Forest Whitaker) in hot pursuit, Remy runs for his life.

18:16 - 19:40

The Art of Getting By

Movie, Comedy drama

George (Freddie Highmore) is a senior at a posh Manhattan prep school, but his disaffected attitude leaves little room for toeing the line. He'd rather doodle and read philosophy, and he strenuously avoids his parents (Rita Wilson, Sam Robards) whenever possible. Unfortunately, George's attitude is endangering his chances of graduating. Then he meets Sally (Emma Roberts). George finds himself falling in love with her, but an older artist (Michael Angarano) adds a complication to the mix.

19:40 - 21:04

The Man

Movie, Comedy, Action

Seeking the gunrunners who killed his partner, undercover cop Derrick Vann (Samuel L. Jackson) sets up a sting. He arranges to meet an arms dealer at a diner, where he'll be the only one reading USA Today. But dentist Andy Fiddler (Eugene Levy), who's in Detroit for a conference, is there reading the same paper, and the dealer mistakes him for Vann and sets up the deal. When Vann realizes this, he drags the baffled Andy into the operation, forcing him to pose as the fake buyer.

21:04 - 23:05

Taking Woodstock

Movie, Comedy drama, LGBTQ

In the summer of 1969, Elliot Tiber divides his time between Greenwich Village and the upstate ramshackle motel, El Monaco, of his Old World parents. When the proposed venue for the upcoming Woodstock concert falls through, Elliot steps in and plays a pivotal role in the generation-defining event by helping organizers secure Max Yasgur's nearby farm for the festival and offering the El Monaco as the home base.

23:05 - 01:01

They All Laughed

Movie, Romantic comedy

The employees of New York City's Odyssey Detective Agency can't seem to prevent themselves from getting over-involved in their clients' lives. When aging gumshoe John Russo (Ben Gazzara) is assigned to trail an Italian millionaire's wife, Angela (Audrey Hepburn), he inevitably falls for her continental charm. His partner, Charles (John Ritter), is similarly unable to keep his hands off the woman he's trailing -- a winsome cheating spouse named Dolores (Dorothy Stratten).