Reservoir Dogs, Quentin Tarantino's cult 1992 debut, will lose its home on HBO Max in August 2026. The film is best remembered for launching Tarantino's directing career and showcasing his gift for casting, and the departure is part of the platform's routine periodic content rotation rather than any wider controversy.

Among the film's ensemble of Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Steve Buscemi and Michael Madsen, the gang's boss is played by Lawrence Tierney, star of the 1945 gangster film Dillinger, itself a low-budget picture that became a surprise word-of-mouth hit. Dillinger depicted the real-life bank robber John Dillinger, a figure later portrayed by Johnny Depp in Michael Mann's 2009 film Public Enemies, and Tierney's casting reflected Tarantino's habit, evident since his first feature, of hiring actors he admired growing up.