Best action movies and series on Showmax

Best action movies and series on Showmax

Can’t get enough of car chases and fight scenes? We’ve trawled through the entire Showmax catalogue to pick our favourite hard-hitting action movies and series. Travel from war zones to outer space in this action-packed selection.

From gripping heists to the relentless pursuit for justice, heart-stopping hand-to-hand (or sword-to-sword) combat, war zone terror, high-stakes shootouts and the bloody quest for revenge, this curated selection of action-packed series and movies is sure to satisfy your craving for non-stop excitement.

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Duster Season 1 on Showmax

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.

Justice League Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part Three on Showmax

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Three (2024)

The Anti-Monitor wages an unrelenting attack on the surviving Earths that struggle for survival in a pocket universe.

The Equalizer S5 on Showmax

The Equalizer S1-5

Queen Latifah plays Robyn McCall, an enigmatic former CIA operative who uses her extensive skills to help those with nowhere else to turn.

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part 2 on Showmax

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Two (2024)

An army of shadow demons wanting to destroy all reality swarms all Earths! The only thing opposing them are the mightiest metahumans.

Special Ops: Lioness S2 on Showmax

Special Ops: Lioness S1-2

This pulsating espionage drama, led by Zoe Saldaña and a stellar cast, is based on the true story of the agents at the tip of the CIA’s spear in the war on terror.

Twisters on Showmax

Twisters (2024)

Storm chasers take on Mother Nature in this thriller with a modern twist. A former tornado chaser is lured back to Oklahoma to study tornadoes using new technology.

Gladiator II on Showmax

Gladiator II (2024)

In this epic saga, a gladiator must draw strength from his past to avenge his family and return Rome to its former glory.

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.

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga on Showmax

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth tell the origin story of renegade warrior Furiosa before her encounter with Mad Max.

Boy Kills World on Showmax

Boy Kills World (2023)

Boy is a maniacal killer who’s been trained to assassinate Hilda Van Der Koy and avenge his family’s murder.

Venom: The Last Dance on Showmax

Venom: The Last Dance (2024)

Tom Hardy reunites with the symbiote in this thrilling third instalment. Eddie and Venom are on the run, hunted by both their worlds, forcing them into a devastating decision.

Mpumi Mpama as Khaya Bhodoza in Empini Season 2

Empini S1-2

Meet Ndoni Themba, who makes it her life’s mission to repay her father’s betrayal by infiltrating the shady world of VIP security.

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Joseph Sikora plays Tommy in Power Book IV: Force

Power Book IV: Force S2

Tommy Egan is on a mission to avenge Liliana and take over Chicago. But what is he willing to sacrifice to ascend a kingpin’s throne?

Jack Barton as John Tonkin in SAS Rogue Heroes Season 2

SAS Rogue Heroes S1-2

Follow how the world’s greatest Special Forces unit, was formed under extraordinary pressure in the darkest days of World War Two.

Bad Boys Ride of Die on Showmax

Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024)

As always, Will Smith and Martin Lawrence find themselves in a precarious situation as they are framed and on the run in Bad Boys: Ride or Die.

The Killer on Showmax

The Killer (2024)

When a feared contract killer refuses to murder a young blind woman, she finds herself hunted by old colleagues and a determined detective.

Civil War on Showmax

Civil War (2024)

Amid a civil war, a group of journalists try to reach DC before rebel factions get to the White House in this dystopian thriller.

Billy The Kid S2 on Showmax

Billy the Kid S2

An epic western adventure based on the life of Billy the Kid, from his humble roots to his days as a gunslinger to his role in the war.

The Fall Guy on Showmax

The Fall Guy (2024)

A stuntman must track down a missing movie star, solve a conspiracy and try to win back the love of his life in this crazy mixture of action, comedy and romance.

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part One on Showmax

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part 1 (2024)

Based on DC’s iconic comic book. The Monitor tries to gather heroes from across the Multiverse to fight his evil counterpart.

Eye-opening documentaries to stream

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story on Showmax

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (2024)

Christopher Reeve rose to fame as a celebrated actor before a near-fatal riding accident left him paralysed. This award-winning and Emmy-nomintead documentary was produced by South African Robert Ford.

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The ABC Killer on Showmax

10 South African true-crime series, ranked

From The ABC Killer to Tracking Thabo Bester, these true-crime documentary series explore some of South Africa’s darkest crime stories – all available to stream on Showmax.

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Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story on Showmax

Christopher Reeve documentary on Showmax get four Emmy nods

South African producer Robert Ford discusses his Emmy-nominated documentary, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, which premieres on Showmax on Friday, 25 July 2025.

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Giants: Buccaneers’ untold story streams live on Showmax PL

Giants: Buccaneers’ untold story streams live on Showmax PL

Showmax Premier League is set to bring you docuseries Giants, which delves deep into the heart of South African football, from 27 July 2025.

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The ABC Killer on Showmax

Director Jasyn Howes on true-crime documentary The ABC Killer

The director of Showmax Original doccie The ABC Killer, Jasyn Howes, talks about the twisty three-part series about serial killer Moses Sithole. Stream it now on Showmax.

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The ABC Killer on Showmax

The ABC Killer S1

Delve into the story of South African serial killer Moses Sithole, whose reign of terror on young Black women in Atteridgeville, Boksburg and Cleveland earned him the nickname the ABC Killer.

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Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary on Showmax

Music Box: Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary (2024)

This documentary chronicles the world of soft rock epitomised by artists such as Christopher Cross, Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins, Steely Dan, and Toto in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

The Americas on Showmax

The Americas S1

Tom Hanks narrates this exploration of the wonders, mysteries, extraordinary wildlife and fragilities of the Americas, the largest landmass on Earth.