Best series on Showmax

Best series on Showmax

We’ve rounded up our pick of the best series to stream – whether it’s brand-new series that you’ve never seen before, fan favourites, original African series, the best of HBO, or Emmy and Golden-Globe winning titles. We update this list with our faves throughout the month, so keep it bookmarked.

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Queen's Court S2 on Showmax

Queens Court S1-2

Queens Court follows three famous single women seeking love and happiness with the help of power couple Holly and Rodney Peete.

Taktiek on Showmax

Taktiek S1

Staff at a security company in the safest town in the country has their relaxed way of operating turned upside down when their boss is arrested, and his daughter takes over the business.

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Tollie en Manila

Die Tollie & Manila Show S1

South African celebs join drag queens Tollie Parton and Manila von Teez for a bold and unfiltered conversation. New episodes land on Mondays.

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Devil's Peak

Devil’s Peak S1

This crime series follows Detective Benny Greissel in his quest to track down a righteous vigilante killer in Cape Town.

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The Good Doctor S7 is on Showmax

The Good Doctor S7

Freddie Highmore stars as a young, autistic surgeon in this fan-favourite medical drama. Season 7 is the final season.

Hysteria! on Showmax

Hysteria!

In this horror-comedy, when a quarterback disappears, a struggling high school heavy metal band capitalises on the town’s sudden interest in the occult.

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100 Days To Fall In Love on Showmax

100 Days to Fall in Love S1

Two good friends put their marriages on the line when one takes a break from her husband and the other reunites with an old flame.

Looking For Frida on Showmax

Looking For Frida S1

An upper-class family’s perfect world is shattered when their daughter, Frida, suddenly disappears. As the search unfolds, everyone is a suspect, including Frida.

How To Manifest A Man on Showmax

How To Manifest a Man S1

Duduzile refuses to accept that her husband wants to leave her. She takes drastic steps to ensure she gets a second chance.

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Hacks S3 on Showmax

Hacks S1-3

Emmy winner Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder make an odd partnership in the acclaimed HBO dramedy Hacks, about a legendary Vegas comedian and her new writer. 

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Mnakwethu S4 on Showmax

Mnakwethu S1-4

Hosted by Musa Mseleku, Mnakwethu is an emotional reality show that sees married men introducing polygamy, and potential new wives, to their existing spouses.

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The Real Housewives of Miami - Season 3 on Showmax

The Real Housewives of Miami S3

The ladies of the Sunshine State are turning up the heat and dialling up the drama this season.

Shannon Esra as Sam in Lioness S2

Lioness S1-2

A woman is wrongly convicted of fraud and, after eight years in prison, goes on a quest to reunite with her children and clear her name.

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Julia S2 on Showmax

Julia S1-2

Without Julia Child’s 1960s television series The French Chef, the modern cooking show would not exist. This series is inspired by her extraordinary life.

Roomies S1 on Showmax

Roomies S1

After a bad breakup and going broke, besties Naledi and Tsholo move into an apartment with two guy friends, and navigate love, family and work while living in Jozi.

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Straat 1 on Showmax

Straat S1

Whistleblower Robert Muller hides out in a cul-de-sac after dangerous businessmen and CEOs hire a hitman to take him out before he can testify against them.

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The Real Housewives of Cape Town on SHowmax

The Real Housewives of Cape Town

The Real Housewives of Cape Town follows the lives of powerful and affluent women who are beloved, enigmatic and often misunderstood. 

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Belgravia: Next Chapter on Showmax

Belgravia: The Next Chapter S1

In the 1800s, a couple’s happiness is threatened by the scandalous world of high society that has long-buried family secrets.

Extended Family on Showmax

Extended Family S1

A happily divorced couple with an unusual living situation, Jim and Julia’s lives are disrupted when Julia finds a new love.

Magaeng S1 on Showmax

Magaeng S1

The wife of a vengeful crime boss, Zama Ndaba, is forced to go under witness protection in a small rural town. With her estranged teenage kids in tow, the Ndabas must stick together under their new, low-profile aliases.

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