Best action movies and series on Showmax

Best action movies and series on Showmax

Can’t get enough of car chases and fight scenes? We’ve trawled through the entire Showmax catalogue to pick our favourite hard-hitting action movies and series. Travel from war zones to outer space in this action-packed selection.

From gripping heists to the relentless pursuit for justice, heart-stopping hand-to-hand (or sword-to-sword) combat, war zone terror, high-stakes shootouts and the bloody quest for revenge, this curated selection of action-packed series and movies is sure to satisfy your craving for non-stop excitement.

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Duster Season 1 on Showmax

Duster S1

Working on taking down a crime syndicate, the first Black female FBI agent recruits a gutsy getaway driver in this gritty series set in 1972.

Justice League Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part Three on Showmax

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Three (2024)

The Anti-Monitor wages an unrelenting attack on the surviving Earths that struggle for survival in a pocket universe.

The Equalizer S5 on Showmax

The Equalizer S1-5

Queen Latifah plays Robyn McCall, an enigmatic former CIA operative who uses her extensive skills to help those with nowhere else to turn.

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part 2 on Showmax

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Two (2024)

An army of shadow demons wanting to destroy all reality swarms all Earths! The only thing opposing them are the mightiest metahumans.

Special Ops: Lioness S2 on Showmax

Special Ops: Lioness S1-2

This pulsating espionage drama, led by Zoe Saldaña and a stellar cast, is based on the true story of the agents at the tip of the CIA’s spear in the war on terror.

Twisters on Showmax

Twisters (2024)

Storm chasers take on Mother Nature in this thriller with a modern twist. A former tornado chaser is lured back to Oklahoma to study tornadoes using new technology.

Gladiator II on Showmax

Gladiator II (2024)

In this epic saga, a gladiator must draw strength from his past to avenge his family and return Rome to its former glory.

Tulsa King S2

Tulsa King S2

An Italian mobster, played by Sylvester Stallone, is given the startling task of reestablishing his Italian mafia family in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga on Showmax

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth tell the origin story of renegade warrior Furiosa before her encounter with Mad Max.

Boy Kills World on Showmax

Boy Kills World (2023)

Boy is a maniacal killer who’s been trained to assassinate Hilda Van Der Koy and avenge his family’s murder.

Venom: The Last Dance (2024)

Venom: The Last Dance (2024)

Tom Hardy reunites with the symbiote in this thrilling third instalment. Eddie and Venom are on the run, hunted by both their worlds, forcing them into a devastating decision.

Joseph Sikora plays Tommy in Power Book IV: Force

Power Book IV: Force S2

Tommy Egan is on a mission to avenge Liliana and take over Chicago. But what is he willing to sacrifice to ascend a kingpin’s throne?

Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024)

Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024)

As always, Will Smith and Martin Lawrence find themselves in a precarious situation as they are framed and on the run in Bad Boys: Ride or Die.

The Killer (2024)

The Killer (2024)

When a feared contract killer refuses to murder a young blind woman, she finds herself hunted by old colleagues and a determined detective.

Civil War (2024)

Civil War (2024)

Amid a civil war, a group of journalists try to reach DC before rebel factions get to the White House in this dystopian thriller.

Billy The Kid S2 on Showmax

Billy the Kid S2

An epic western adventure based on the life of Billy the Kid, from his humble roots to his days as a gunslinger to his role in the war.

The Fall Guy (2024)

The Fall Guy (2024)

A stuntman must track down a missing movie star, solve a conspiracy and try to win back the love of his life in this crazy mixture of action, comedy and romance.

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part 1 (2024)

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part 1 (2024)

Based on DC’s iconic comic book. The Monitor tries to gather heroes from across the Multiverse to fight his evil counterpart.

Chicago PD S11 on Showmax

Chicago PD S11

Action-packed spin-off of the Chicago series, following two different units at the Chicago police department: uniformed cops and the Intelligence Unit.

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023)

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023)

The long-anticipated sequel to the 2018 release. Black Manta seeks revenge on Aquaman for his father’s death.

Eye-opening documentaries to stream

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story on Showmax

Christopher Reeve documentary on Showmax get four Emmy nods

South African producer Robert Ford discusses his Emmy-nominated documentary, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, which premieres on Showmax on Friday, 25 July 2025.

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Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary on Showmax

Music Box: Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary (2024)

This documentary chronicles the world of soft rock epitomised by artists such as Christopher Cross, Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins, Steely Dan, and Toto in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

The Americas on Showmax

The Americas S1

Tom Hanks narrates this exploration of the wonders, mysteries, extraordinary wildlife and fragilities of the Americas, the largest landmass on Earth.

The Americas on Showmax

6 documentaries streaming on Showmax this July

Wildlife documentary The Americas, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, South African true-crime documentary The ABC Killer, and more real-life stories coming to Showmax this month.

The Nazi Cartel on Showmax

The Nazi Cartel S1

This unbelievable documentary sheds light on the involvement of two men, a notorious Nazi and a narco, in setting up drug cartels.

Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy on Showmax

Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy

This sensational documentary delves into the rise and fall of Diddy, offering insight into his childhood, his meteoric rise, and his arrest.

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The Rehearsal S2 on Showmax

The Rehearsal S1-2

In this bizarre HBO docuseries people get a chance to rehearse for their own lives in a world where nothing ever works out as expected.

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How Do You Measure A Year on Showmax

How Do You Measure A Year? (2022)

In this deeply personal Oscar-nominated documentary short, longtime HBO collaborator Jay Rosenblatt interviews his daughter on her birthday for 17 years.