The Oscar-Nominated Timothée Chalamet Bob Dylan Biopic Everyone’s Been Waiting For Lands on HBO Max This Month

Bob Dylan goes electric on streaming again. James Mangold's 2024 biopic A Complete Unknown is landing on HBO Max on May 27, 2026, after a victory lap through theaters and an earlier pit stop on Hulu.

When and where to watch

A Complete Unknown first hit streaming on Hulu, shot to No. 1 there, and then disappeared. Now it has a new home: HBO Max, starting May 27. Given how it performed everywhere else, do not be shocked if it charts all over again.

• Streaming date: May 27, 2026 (HBO Max)
• Box office: Over $140 million worldwide on a $70 million budget
• Awards: Timothee Chalamet won the SAG Award for Best Actor; he was also nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor; the film picked up eight nominations overall that season
• Reception: 82% on Rotten Tomatoes; 7.3 on IMDb

What the movie actually covers

Mangold (co-writing with Jay Cocks) narrows in on Dylan's early ascent and the moment he plugged in, which rattled folk purists and reshaped rock. The film is loosely drawn from Elijah Wald's 2015 book 'Dylan Goes Electric!'—emphasis on 'loosely.' It is not a cradle-to-grave greatest-hits montage; it is more about the cultural jolt and the messiness around it.

Chalamet does the singing, too

Timothee Chalamet is not just miming here. He tackles the voice, the posture, the tics—and he sings. The setlist inside the film hits the obvious flashpoints: 'Like a Rolling Stone,' 'A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall,' 'Mr. Tambourine Man,' 'Blowin' in the Wind,' and 'Girl from the North Country.' That commitment is a big reason the performance cleaned up at SAG and resonated with Oscar voters.

A little release- window trivia

The Hulu-to-HBO Max hop is a fun one if you follow how these things move around: after topping Hulu's charts, A Complete Unknown exits and resurfaces on Max right as the long-tail awards glow still helps it travel. Not exactly shocking, but notable given how quickly some films vanish into the algorithmic ether.

If you're on a Timothee binge

With A Complete Unknown joining the service, that makes five Chalamet titles on Max: Call Me by Your Name, Dune: Part One, Dune: Part Two, Wonka , and Marty Supreme. Different roles, different registers—nice little sampler of what he can do.

Short version: if you missed it in theaters or on Hulu, this is a very easy press-play. And if you saw it already, it is one of those performances that plays even better on a rewatch when you are not bracing for the boos the first time the amps switch on.