What to watch on Showmax in Ghana in November 2025

November brings a hotly anticipated second season of Outlaws, as well as a brand-new Showmax Original documentary about the Border War, and a crop of thrilling new movies.

Highlights

• Outlaws S2
• Ultimate Girls' Trip Africa
• The Unspoken War
• Cuckoo
• Drop
• Elsbeth S2
• Juror #2
• Last Breath
• Piece by Piece
• The Monkey

Week One: 1-2 November

Pick of the Week: Last Breath

Stream from Monday, 3 November on Showmax 

Based on a heart-pounding true story, Last Breath follows a team of seasoned deep-sea divers as they battle the raging elements to rescue their crewmate trapped hundreds of feet below the ocean’s surface with only his emergency air supply and no way to communicate with the surface.

Woody Harrelson, Simu Liu (Barbie) and Finn Cole (Peaky Blinders) star as saturation divers – one of the world’s most dangerous professions – working on undersea gas lines in the North Sea.

In their 4/5-star review, The Guardian says: “Riveting, seamless, at points genuinely shocking, Last Breath exemplifies the possibilities of human collaboration – a feat that has stuck with me and, yes, took my breath away.”

Also on Showmax

Saturday, 1 November

Bridget Jones’ Baby | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | Johnny English Reborn | My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 | The Little Rascals | Sing | Tower Heist | Trolls | Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins

Sunday, 2 November

Stina S1

Week Two: 3-9 November

Pick of the Week: Piece By Piece 

Stream from Sunday, 2 November on Showmax 

The Pharrell Williams story – in Lego! Piece by Piece is a one-of-a-kind animated biopic about one of music's most innovative minds: 13-time Grammy Award winner and two-time Oscar nominee Pharrell Williams.

Directed and co-written by Oscar winner Morgan Neville (20 Feet from Stardom), Piece by Piece was nominated for Best Documentary Feature and Best Music Documentary at last year’s Critics' Choice Documentary Awards, among other prizes. Wall Street Journal calls the film “a party for the eyes and ears”, and The Times (UK) “an exuberant joy”. 

Listen out for the likes of Kendrick Lamar, Gwen Stefani, Timbaland, Snoop Dogg, Justin Timberlake, Jay-Z, Daft Punk, Busta Rhymes, Pusha T and, of course, Pharrell himself. 

Football Matches of the Week

Saturday, 8 November 

Spurs v Manchester United: 14:30

Sunday, 9 November 

Manchester City v Liverpool: 18:30 

Special Mention: Alert: Missing Persons Unit S3

Binge from Wednesday, 5 November on Showmax

The third and final season of Alert: Missing Persons Unit returns with a shocking twist when the Missing Persons Unit must band together in a race to find one of their own. 

Co-created by Oscar winner Jaime Foxx and John Eisendrath (The Blacklist, Alias), Alert: Missing Persons Unit stars Golden Globe nominee Scott Caan and Dania Ramirez, who was nominated for Best Actress - Drama at the Imagen Awards for her role as Nikki. 

The late Malcolm-Jamal Warner (The Cosby Show, Suits) joins the cast this season.

Also on Showmax

Monday, 3 November

Dloz’lam S14 | Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning | Problem Child | Problem Child 2 | Thina Singo Zungu S1

Thursday, 6 November

High Ground | Little Fockers | Meet The Fockers | Meet The Parents | You Can’t Run Forever

Friday, 7 November

Uthi Uyi’Kleva S1 

Week Three: 10-16 November 

Local Pick of the Week: The Unspoken War

Showmax Original | Binge from 12 November 

The war is over; the silence is not. 

Between 1966 and 1989, South Africa fought a brutal, covert war across Angola, Namibia, and within its own borders. This was known variously as the South African Border War, the Angolan Bush War, or the Namibian War of Independence. 

No formal declaration of war was ever made. Soldiers were ordered not to speak about it. Families were left guessing about what their loved ones had done and endured.

Through rare archival footage and intimate personal testimony, Unspoken War gathers voices from across the conflict: SADF conscripts (some as young as 16 at the time), voluntary servicemen, Special Battalion commanders, SWAPO fighters, spies, conscientious objectors and wives and daughters who live in the wake. Historians and journalists also place the conflict within the broader context of the Cold War and the “threat of communism”.

The Showmax Original is produced by IdeaCandy, the company behind the multi-award-winning documentary Steinheist and School Ties, which was recently nominated for an International Emmy. The five-part series is directed by Nikki Comninos (2024 Best Documentary Series SAFTA nominee for Convict Conman and Showmax true-crime record-holder Tracking Thabo Bester).

Special Mentions: Drop

Stream from Monday, 10 November on Showmax 

Drop follows a widowed mother who is relieved that her first date in years is more handsome and charming than expected. But her cautious optimism quickly gives way to irritation, then terror, as a series of anonymous drops to her phone make everyone in the vicinity a suspect.

Meghann Fahy (The White Lotus)and Brandon Sklenar (It Ends with Us) co-star. 

Drop has an 83% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Praising “Fahy’s movie-star-making performance,” Salon.com calls the film “immensely entertaining… a tense throwback to aughts genre delights, with a lead who doesn't need any saving [...and…] a high-octane third act that concludes with some of the most satisfying sequences of any thriller in recent memory.”

Cuckoo

Stream from Monday, 10 November on Showmax

Hunter Schafer (Euphoria) stars as 17-year-old Gretchen, who reluctantly leaves her American home to live with her father and his new family at an idyllic resort in the German Alps.

But something doesn't seem right in this tranquil vacation paradise as her father's boss takes an inexplicable interest in Gretchen's mute half-sister Alma, and Gretchen herself begins to be plagued by strange noises and bloody visions ...

Critics’ Choice Super Award nominee Dan Stevens and BAFTA nominee Jessica Henwick co-star in the film, which Time Out says is “sure to be a cult classic” and Variety calls “very bonkers and deliriously entertaining.”

Stand Up & Shout: Songs from a Philly High School

Stream from Thursday, 13 November on Showmax

Follow a group of teenagers from a Philadelphia public school who take part in a unique music program to write, compose, produce, and perform their own album.

Directed by eight-time Emmy and three-time Peabody Award winner Amy Schatz, and produced by Oscar-, Emmy- and multiple Grammy Award winner John Legend and the producers of La La Land, this soul-stirring documentary explores the transformative power of music and how arts education can unlock creativity, hope and healing. 

Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God

Stream from Thursday, 13 November on Showmax 

Boasting a 100% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes, this HBO documentary series explores how a young mother from Kansas grew an online following and became a cult leader known as Mother God. 

From Emmy-nominated director Hannah Olson (The Last Cruise), the three-part series chronicles the life and death of Amy Carlson (aka Mother God), a self-proclaimed spiritual saviour.

Told through the eyes of Amy’s devotees, both former and still practising, and constructed almost entirely from the cult’s archival footage, the series captures the early boom of internet proselytising and the perils of a conspiracy-driven faith that promises truth, healing, and meaning to the vulnerable. 

Calling the series “riveting, deeply troubling… sad and scary,” Rolling Stone says: “Of the many documentaries and docuseries out there exploring the creation, beliefs and actions of cults, this one cuts closest to the beating heart of darkness.” 

You Were My First Boyfriend

Stream from Thursday, 3 November on Showmax

What if you could rewrite your adolescence?

In this HBO Original documentary, award-winning filmmaker Cecilia Aldarondo embarks on a fantastical quest to reconcile her tortured teen years.

The film has a 100% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with Decider calling it “a fascinating, therapeutic meditation on memory and experience.”

In this high school reunion movie turned inside out, Aldarondo revisits some of her most formative – and at times cringeworthy – childhood experiences, tracking down old crushes and reenacting visceral memories of youthful humiliation and desire, at times playing the role of her younger self and casting teenagers to play the kids in her life who still haunt her. 

Week Three: 17-23 November

Telenovela Pick of the Week: Outlaws S2

Showmax Original | Mondays from 17 November 

Outlaws, named Best Telenovela at the 2024 SAFTAs, tells the story of two families at war with each other: the Zulu, cattle-farming Biyela clan, and the Basotho, cattle-raiding Ts’eoles.

New cast member Noluthando Ngema (Mbali in Ithonga) will replace Nirvana Nokwe as Sihle Biyela. This season, she gives up her entire family and community to build a life with her lover, Leruo Ts’eole (Lehlohonolo Mayeza).

2024 double SAFTA winner Thembinkosi Mthembu (Dingiswayo in Shaka iLembe) returns as her brother, Bandile, while new faces include Thandolwethu Zondi (Bolt in Go!), recently nominated as Best Newcomer of 2025 at the National Film and TV Awards, and Mamodibe Ramodibe (Sihle in Black Tax). 

Outlaws is produced by Tshedza Pictures, the powerhouse behind the Showmax record-holders Adulting and Youngins and the International Emmy-nominated The River.

Special Mentions: Elsbeth S2

Binge on Showmax from Wednesday, 19 November

Season 2 of Elsbeth returns Emmy winner Carrie Preston to her fan-favourite role from The Good Wife and The Good Fight as Elsbeth Tascioni, a brilliant but unconventional attorney who uses her sharp intuition to help the NYPD solve high-profile murders.

The show’s debut season was among Rotten Tomatoes’ Best TV Shows of 2024, and racked up a 92% critics’ rating, with Variety calling it “A gem of a series [and] …a breath of fresh air,” and The Daily Beast “TV’s Kookiest, Greatest Success Story”. 

The returning cast includes Wendell Pierce (The Wire) and Daniel K Isaac (Ben Kim in Billions) as Lieutenant Steve Connor.

But it’s the guest cast that has us really excited this season. The 2025 Black Reel Awards saw both David Alan Grier (St. Denis Medical) and Vanessa Williams (Ugly Betty) nominated for Outstanding Guest Performance.

Juror #2

Stream from Monday, 24 November on Showmax

From Oscar-winning filmmaker Clint Eastwood, Juror #2 stars Nicholas Hoult as a family man serving jury duty on a high-profile murder trial who finds himself struggling with a serious moral dilemma … one he could use to sway the verdict and potentially convict – or free – the accused killer.

The 40th directorial outing from the now-95-year-old Eastwood, Juror #2 is among Eastwood’s best works, says IndieWire. “Not only does the film rise to the occasion, it soars past it,” IndieWire says. “Juror #2 both enriches our understanding of the Hollywood icon who made it and stands on its own as one of the best studio films released in 2024… [and] exudes the certainty of an artist who knows exactly what will define him after he’s gone.”

Boasting a 93% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes, a place among the American National Board of Review’s Top Ten Films of 2024, and multiple critics’ awards, Juror #2 also sports a stellar cast, including JK Simmons, Toni Collette and Kiefer Sutherland.

Also on Showmax

Monday | 17 November

Mamazala S20 | Riff Raff 

Tuesday, 18 November

Rage

Wednesday, 19 November

Umdeni

Thursday, 20 November

The Front Room

Friday, 21 November

Queens of the Night S1 

Week Five: 24-30 November

Local Pick of the Week: The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip - Africa

Showmax Original | Fridays from 28 November

The first season, featuring South African Housewives, broke records on Showmax post-relaunch for seven-day views. It was also one of the top ten most-streamed titles of 2024. 

Now, get ready for a world-first with an all-African cast of Housewives from Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria and they’re taking the drama all the way to Brazil. 

Think the energy of Nairobi, the glam of Lagos, and the bold charm of Mzansi, all coming together for the ultimate cultural crossover. 

These fierce women are meeting for the very first time, bringing fresh dynamics, fiery clashes and unforgettable moments. 

It’s not just a trip. It’s a celebration of power, personality and pan-African sisterhood. Expect heart, surprises, and drama with a capital D.

The Monkey

Stream on Showmax from Thursday, 27 November

The Monkey is a new horror movie from Longlegs writer-director Osgood Perkins, which Bloody Disgusting says is ”a Stephen King adaptation like no other … death has never been funnier or gorier.”

When twin brothers find a mysterious wind-up monkey, a series of outrageous deaths tears their family apart. Twenty-five years later, the monkey begins a new killing spree, forcing the estranged brothers to confront the cursed toy. 

Produced by multi-award-winning horror legend James Wan (The Conjuring, Saw), The Monkey stars Emmy nominee Theo James (The White Lotus, The Gentlemen, Tobias Eaton in Divergent) and Emmy-winning Orphan Black star Tatiana Maslany. Also look out for multi-award-winning child star Christian Convery (Gus in Sweet Tooth), Critics' Choice winner Elijah Wood (Frodo in The Lord of the Rings trilogy) and Emmy nominee Adam Scott (Mark Scout in Severance).

Brett Goldstein: The Second Best Night of Your Life 

First on Showmax | Stream from Friday, 28 November

Emmy-winning British actor, writer, and comedian Brett Goldstein brings his irresistible charm and quick wit to the US for his first HBO stand-up special in Brett Goldstein: The Second Best Night Of Your Life. 

Best known for his roles in the hit shows Ted Lasso (on which he was also a writer) and Shrinking (which he co-created), Goldstein sheds his testy Roy Kent façade to share his hilarious insights on love, sex, masculinity, Sesame Street, and everything in between. 

Bill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This?

First on Showmax | Stream from Friday, 28 November

Host of the award-winning series Real Time with Bill Maher, acclaimed comedian and satirist Bill Maher serves up another dose of reality in his 13th HBO stand-up special, Is Anyone Else Seeing This?

With his signature sardonic wit and unfiltered approach to discussing controversial issues, the comedian offers up his scathing commentary on the hypocrisies of both conservative and liberal politics, as well as trends in modern parenting, sex and dating, and religion. 

Taped at the CIBC Theatre in Chicago, Bill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This? is an unflinching and honest showcase by a comedian unafraid to call out extremes … No matter where they come from.

Also on

Monday, 24 November 

Hanna S1-3 | Sugar Mamas S1 

Tuesday, 25 November 

Mission: Impossible 1-3 | Mission: Impossible – Fallout | Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol | Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation 

 Thursday, 27 November 

Madagascar | Penguins of Madagascar 

Friday, 28 November 

Sonic the Hedgehog | The Way Ngingakhona S1