Oscar-nominated artist and Grammy-winning pop star Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye, alongside co-star Lily-Rose Depp in HBO's The Idol

Best series on Showmax

We've rounded up our pick of the best series to stream - whether it's brand-new series that you've never seen before, fan favourites, original African series, the best of HBO, or Emmy and Golden-Globe winning titles. We update this list with our faves throughout the month, so keep it bookmarked.

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The Peacemaker S2 is on Showmax

The Peacemaker S1-2

John Cena reprises his role in the spin-off of DC's Suicide Squad, where Peacemaker and his ragtag black ops squad target dangerous parasites.

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Love Island UK S12 on Showmax

Love Island UK S12

Gorgeous singles live in a luxury villa - with the added possibility of meeting their soul mate - in this fun and flirty reality series.

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Dexter: Original Sin on Showmax

Dexter: Original Sin S1

The prequel series to the multi-award-winning show follows young Dexter Morgan, who is about to become everyone's favourite vigilante serial killer.

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Found S2 on Showmax

Found S2

Found follows recovery specialist Gabi Mosely as she and her team work tirelessly to find missing people forgotten by the system.

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Matlock S1 on Showmax

Matlock S1

Retired 70-year-old Madeline Matlock rejoins the work force at a prestigious law firm, where she uses her wily tactics to win cases and expose wrongdoing in this hit reboot.

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Love Island: Beyond the Villa on Showmax

Love Island: Beyond the Villa S1

This riveting and drama-filled spinoff of the popular dating reality show follows the lives of former Islanders as they take on life outside the villa.

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The Real Housewives if Atlanta S16 on Showmax

The Real Housewives of Atlanta S16

These sassy women of Atlanta's entrepreneurial spirits are in full bloom as they juggle their personal and professional lives, along with their busy social calendars.

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Love Island USA S7 on Showmax

Love Island USA S5-7

The American version of the hit show moves the action to Las Vegas, but the premise remains: the most beloved couple will sashay away with $100 000.

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The Institute S1 on Showmax

The Institute S1

In this Stephen King sci-fi series, a kidnapped 12-year-old genius awakens at The Institute, a facility full of children who all possess unusual abilities.

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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.

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Bravo's Love Hotel S1 on Showmax

Bravo's Love Hotel S1

The Real Housewives stars Shannon Beador, Gizelle Bryant, Ashley Darby, and Luann de Lesseps visit Mexico's Grand Velas Hotel to find love among eligible bachelors.

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The Valley S1 on Showmax

The Valley S2

Their lives might have slowed down, but the drama hasn't. Vanderpump Rules's former West Hollywood partygoers embrace the next chapter of their lives in the Valley.

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Doc S1 on Showmax

Doc S1

A powerful medical drama based on an incredible true story. Dr. Amy Larsen (Molly Parker) loses her memory during a car accident and must return to being an intern as she rebuilds her life.

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Funny Woman S2 on Showmax

Funny Woman S1-2

Based on the Nick Hornby novel Funny Girl, this is the story of a Blackpool beauty queen who tries to make is a comedian in the 1960s.

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Grosse Point Garden Society on Showmax

Grosse Pointe Garden Society S1

Four members of a garden club get entangled in a scandalous murder, and are forced to bury the body in their own flower beds in this crime drama.

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Power Book III: Raising Kanan S4 on Showmax

Power Book III: Raising Kanan S1-4

Teenaged Kanan Stark works to join the family drug business in Queens in the prequel series to the hit show Power.

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Happy Face on Showmax

Happy Face S1

A young woman's world is turned upside down when she discovers that her father is an infamous serial killer in this tense series.

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Sylvester Stallone (aka Rocky Balboa) as Dwight “The General” Manfredi in Tulsa King S1

Tulsa King S2

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

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Denise Richards and her Wild Things S1 on Showmax

Denise Richards & Her Wild Things S1

Hollywood icon Denise Richards is trying to balance everything as she navigates being an actress, a wife, and a mother in the public eye.

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Poppa's House S1 is on Showmax

Poppa's House S1

Comedian Damon Wayans stars as a talk radio host who finds himself challenged when a new female co-host is hired and by still having to parent his adult son.

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