Tearjerker drama series to bring on the feels
Let it all go with these emotional drama series that you can watch right now on Showmax.
It’s good to cry sometimes. It helps to let those feelings go. And don’t pretend like you’ve never shed a tear for your favourite show in an emotional binge-watching session? It happens here at Showmax quite often. So here are some handpicked series to scrub the emotional pan of your life.
Better Things S1-2
Single mom Sam is juggling motherhood, a busy acting career, an eccentric mother and an unreliable ex-husband. Better Things has been critically praised and has won several awards. Watch now »
Kidding S1
Jim Carrey stars as Jeff Piccirillo, better known by his long-time children’s puppet show persona Mr Pickles. Jeff’s whole world starts to fall apart following the death of one of his sons. Watch now »
New Amsterdam S1
Dr Max Goodwin takes over as medical director at the oldest public hospital in America. He bends the rules and challenges the status quo to provide the best medical care possible. Watch now »
A Million Little Things
A suicide shakes up a group of friends who realise that they shouldn’t take their own lives for granted. Each of them takes steps to live a fuller life. An ensemble cast delivers deeply emotional performances. Watch now »
My Brilliant Friend
Elena, an elderly woman, has lost her closest friend, Lila, who’s mysteriously disappeared. She recounts their six-decade-long friendship, which began in 1950s Naples, by writing a story about their tumultuous relationship. Watch now »
Zac & Mia
Likened to The Fault in Our Stars, this series follows two very different teenagers who bond over their battle with cancer while in hospital. Based on the novel by AJ Betts. Watch now »
Good Karma Hospital
Ruby needs to escape and takes a job as a doctor in India. She thinks she’s prepared, but she didn’t expect how much the place would change her… Watch it now »
The Handmaid’s Tale
Once, June had a husband, a job, a life. Now she’s Offred, enslaved as a walking womb in a country where the only thing rarer than pregnancy is escape. Watch it now »
Big Little Lies
The well-hidden secrets of a seaside town’s elite are suddenly exposed after a suspicious death in this darkly funny, Emmy-nominated miniseries with an all-star cast. Watch it now »C
Younger
First and only on Showmax! Will love come out tops? Binge S1 – S5 now on Showmax. Watch it now »
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