Top crime series to binge-watch on Showmax

Top crime series to binge-watch on Showmax

Feel like sinking your teeth into a gritty thriller, crime caper or police procedural series? Here are some of the most addictive series that fit the bill, all available on Showmax.

Prepare to be gripped by police procedurals that take you behind the scenes of law enforcement, gritty stories of ordinary people turning to a life of crime to secure their families’ futures, and shows about the pursuit of justice in all its forms. These crime series on Showmax are sure to keep you hooked for hours on end.

The Penguin on Showmax

The Penguin S1

Based on the DC Comics character, Penguin, this limited series explores the transformation of Oswald Cobblepot (Colin Farrell) from a disfigured nobody to a noted Gotham gangster.

Tell Them You Love Me

Tell Them You Love Me (2023)

A true-crime documentary about the university professor who had a controversial affair with a non-verbal man with cerebral palsy.

Mandy Moore as Benita Alexander and Edgar Ramírez as Dr. Paolo Macchiarini in Dr. Death

Dr Death S1-2

Investigative journalist Benita Alexander discovers a new subject in world-renowned surgeon Paolo Macchiarini, known as The Miracle Man.

Fargo S5 on Showmax

Fargo S5

Golden Globe- and Emmy-winning anthology series about a crime in an unassuming town. This season, housewife Dot finds herself plunged into her past.

Alert: Missing Persons Unit - Season 2 on Showmax

Alert: Missing Persons Unit S1-2

Showrunner John Eisendrath and Jamie Foxx are behind this police procedural. After her son goes missing, Nikki Batista joins the Philadelphia Missing Persons Unit, helping find people’s loved ones as she searches for her own.

Tony Shalhoub as Adrian Monk and Melora Hardin as Trudy in Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie

Mr Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie (2023)

In this enjoyable movie sequel to the beloved show, Monk steps out of retirement as his stepdaughter’s wedding takes a tragic turn.

True Detective: Night Country on Showmax

True Detective S1-4

Anthology series in which police investigations unearth the personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within and outside the law.

Tokyo Vice S1 on Showmax

Tokyo Vice S1

In this powerful HBO crime thriller based on true events, a Western journalist working in Tokyo takes on one of the city’s most powerful crime bosses.

When We Were Bullies is on Showmax

When We Were Bullies (2022)

A mind-boggling coincidence leads the filmmaker to track down his fifth-grade class and fifth-grade teacher to examine their memory of and complicity in a bullying incident 50 years ago.

The Cleaning Lady S3 on Showmax

The Cleaning Lady S3

A marginalised Cambodian doctor in the US struggles to keep her ill son alive. She becomes a cleaning lady for an organised crime syndicate to save him.

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The Sixth Commandment on Showmax

The Sixth Commandment S1

Follow the events that unfolded after the real-life deaths of Peter Farquhar and Ann Moore-Martin in a Buckinghamshire village.

Time S2 on Showmax

Time S2

A tense and gritty British prison anthology series that looks at a new scenario of life in prison. Season 2 focuses on a women’s prison.

ZeroZeroZero on Showmax

ZeroZeroZero S1

The drug underworld is a zero-sum game in this gritty crime drama exploring the inner workings of the global cocaine trade.

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Accused S1 on Showmax

Accused S1

An engrossing anthology courtroom drama based on the acclaimed BBC crime series. Each episode follows a new defendant as they await their verdict, while flashbacks reveal how they ended up in court.

The Rookie S5 on Showmax

The Rookie S1-5

The oldest rookie in the LAPD uses his life experience, determination and sense of humour to keep up with colleagues 20 years his junior.

Headhunters on Showmax

Headhunters S1

Follow Roger Brown, a corporate headhunter who has lied and manipulated his way to success in this Norwegian thriller.

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Found is on Showmax

Found S1

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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Libby, Are You Home Yet S1 is on Showmax

Libby, Are You Home Yet?

This award-winning true-crime British series tells the story of a 21-year-old who was sent home alone in a taxi, from a nightclub – but never arrived.

Natasha Lyonne as Charlie Cale in Poker Face S1 on Showmax

Poker Face S1

Natasha Lyonne plays a woman who can tell when people lie, and gets herself involved in crimes she can’t help but investigate and solve.

Annie Conlon (KATHERINE DEVLIN), Grace Ellis (SIÂN BROOKE), (Tommy Foster (NATHAN BRANIFF) in Blue Lights S1 on Showmax

Blue Lights S1

Rookie police officers Grace, Tommy and Annie tackle criminal gangs, undercover agents and their own communities in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Eye-opening documentaries to stream

Chernobyl The Lost Tapes is on Showmax

Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes (2022)

From Emmy-winning director James Jones, this gripping documentary tells the story of the Chernobyl disaster through newly discovered archive footage and witness accounts.

Tell Them You Love Me

Tell Them You Love Me (2023)

A true-crime documentary about the university professor who had a controversial affair with a non-verbal man with cerebral palsy.

False Glory on Showmax

False Glory: The fate of Ivorian teens who aimed for football fame

This three-part true-crime documentary reveals shocking sports scandals, from Comrades Marathon cheating to match-fixing and illegal immigration. Now streaming on Showmax.

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The Commandant's Shadow on Showmax

The Commandant’s Shadow

A touching and powerful documentary that follows the son of Auschwitz commandant, Rudolf Höss, as he confronts his father’s horrific legacy.

Edge of the Earth S1 on Showmax

Edge of the Earth S1

Four groups of extreme athletes embark on four never-before-accomplished missions, including big wave surfing on Africa’s west coast.

Endangered on Showmax

Endangered (2022)

An in-depth look at a year in the life of four journalists reporting inside Mexico, Brazil and the United States, three democratic nations where the view of the press is rapidly deteriorating.

The Anarchists on Showmax

The Anarchists

A community of anarchists emigrate to Mexico to evade the powers of nations and banks. As the movement grows, the community is derailed by wealth, conflict, drugs and murder.

Football documentary Shine on Showmax

Showmax set to release gripping new football documentary Shine

The brand-new African football documentary Shine releases on Showmax this Friday, 5 July 2024, directed by acclaimed Nigerian filmmaker nora Awolowo.

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