Movies

Conclave is on Showmax

Conclave (2024)

Secrets, drama, power, and faith collide when the Pope dies, leaving Cardinal Lawrence with the task of organising the conclave to elect a new Pope.

The Brutalist on Showmax

Art, money and power: a blueprint for The Brutalist

Writer-director Brady Corbet, actor Adrien Brody and the production team behind The Brutalist tease out the tense relationship between art, money and power.

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The Brutalist on Showmax

The Brutalist (2024)

Adrien Brody delivers an Oscar-winning performance in this period drama about a visionary architect who meets a wealthy client who changes his life.

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Dog Man is on Showmax

Behind the crime tape with Dog Man

Dav Pilkey and the Dog Man movie team open their case files to talk about how kittens and friendship could cure the World’s Most Evilest Cat.

Dog Man is on Showmax

Dog Man (2025)

This charming and heartwarming animated adventure follows Dog Man - a dog and human hybrid - who must take down feline supervillain Petey the Cat.

Nosferatu is on Showmax

Nosferatu rises from the grave again in creepy horror movie

Director Robert Eggers, Bill Skarsgård, and the Nosferatu production team reveal how the movies’ creepiest vampire has risen from the grave to feast on the living.

Nosferatu is on Showmax

Nosferatu (2024)

This chilling reimagining of a classic tale got four Oscar nominations. When a terrifying vampire becomes infatuated with a young woman, a series of inexplicable horrors are unleashed.

Iyanu is on Showmax

Iyanu: The Age of Wonders animated film lands on Showmax in September

The epic franchise returns with an animated feature film, Iyanu: The Age of Wonders, premiering on Showmax Friday, 26 September 2025.

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White Bird is on Showmax

White Bird (2023)

In the sequel to Wonder (2017), former bully Julian is struggling at his new school, until a visit from his grandmother offers perspective.

Flight Risk is on Showmax

Flight Risk (2025)

On a small plane, a US Marshal escorts a government witness, but the pilot (Mark Wahlberg) turns out to be an assassin.

Anora is on Showmax

Anora leads 10 sex workers who break the pole

No shame in the game! Mikey Madison on how Oscar winner Anora dodged sex worker stereotypes to join the ranks of our favourite on-screen hustlers.

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Anora is on Showmax

Anora (2024)

An Oscar-winning romantic drama that follows a young sex worker who marries the son of an oligarch. Life is good, until the news reaches Russia...

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Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga in Joker: Folie a Deux

Joker: Folie a Deux (2024)

Awaiting trial at Arkhem, Arthur Fleck, aka the Joker, not only stumbles upon true love, but also finds the music that's always been inside him.

Ilana Glazer and Michelle Buteau in Babes on Showmax

Babes (2024)

Childhood best friends Eden and Dawn face different phases of life when Eden decides to have a baby on her own.

Kate Winslet as photographer Lee Miller in the film Lee (2023), walking through a sandbagged street.

Lee (2023)

Oscar winner Kate Winslet stars in Lee, the true story of legendary World War II photographer Elizabeth “Lee” Miller.

Babes on Showmax

10 Women's Month movies in the spotlight

Want a night-in that’s all about women’s friendships, careers, dreams and schemes? We’ve picked 10 movies that are watch-now or worth-the-wait this Women’s Month.

Rob Peace on Showmax

Rob Peace (2024)

An underprivileged, gifted young Black man reaches Yale University, only for past injustices to threaten his future, in this emotional drama based on a true story.

Trap on Showmax

M Night Shyamalan chats about his family outing in Trap

Find out how M Night Shyamalan got his daughter Saleka to record an album and stage an entire concert for his new serial killer-thriller movie, Trap. 

Trap on Showmax

Trap (2024)

In this tense M Night Shyamalan thriller, a father takes his daughter to a live show by her favourite artist as a treat ... but all is not as it seems.

Here is on Showmax

Here, and 15 more great movies to cry about

Whether you’re looking to shed happy tears or shed part of your soul, we have movies centred on love in all its forms to help you, starting with Tom Hanks and Robin Wright’s Here.

Better Man on Showmax

Better Man (2024)

This Oscar-nominated unusual biopic tells the tale of pop superstar Robbie Williams's pursuit of money, fame and acceptance.

Here is on Showmax

Here (2024)

Forrest Gump stars Tom Hanks and Robin Wright are reunited for this quirky yet emotional drama. Follow the lives of multiple generations who have lived in the same home over a century.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice on Showmax

Bringing Beetlejuice Beetlejuice back from the grave

Production designer Mark Scruton and The Beetlejuice Beetlejuice production team reveal how they brought Tim Burton’s cult horror comedy movie into the modern world.

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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice on Showmax

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)

A family tragedy brings Lydia Deetz back to Winter River, where her daughter discovers the portal to the afterlife ... and meets the creepy Beetlejuice.

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