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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Adulting S3 on Showmax

Adulting S1-3

Adulting follows four varsity friends on their journey to find love and success in modern-day South Africa. New episodes land every Saturday on Showmax.

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Boer Soek n Vrou on Showmax

Boer Soek ‘n Vrou S16

Ten eligible farmers are looking for love. We travel across the country to visit them on their farms and to find out what they are looking for in a partner.

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Power Book III: Raising Kanan S3 on Showmax

Power Book III: Raising Kanan S3

Teenaged Kanan Stark works to join the family drug business in Queens in the prequel series to the hit show Power.

Get Millie Black S1 on Showmax

Get Millie Black S1

An ex-Scotland Yard detective returns to Jamaica to work on missing persons cases, and soon finds herself on a the toughest quest case of her career. 

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Laid S1 on Showmax

Laid S1

A woman discovers her exes are dying in unusual ways and must go back through her sex timeline to confront her past in order to move forward.

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The Real Housewives of Orange County S18 on Showmax

The Real Housewives of Orange County S18

In The Real Housewives OG series, we follow the lives of some of the wealthiest women and their families who live in Orange County, California.

The Day of the Jackal on Showmax

The Day of the Jackal

Oscar-winning actor Eddie Redmayne stars as the unrivalled and highly elusive lone assassin, the Jackal, who makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee.

The Real Housewives of Lagos S3 on Showmax

The Real Housewives of Lagos S1-S3

Binge-watch The Real Housewives of Lagos S1-2, and catch new episodes on Showmax every Monday, express from the Africa Magic Showcase airing.

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Sullivan's Crossing S2 on Showmax

Sullivan’s Crossing S1-2

A riveting and emotional romantic drama series based on Robyn Carr’s bestselling novel. Follow Neurosurgeon Maggie Sullivan as her life is upended, leading her to return home to Sullivan’s Crossing.

Found S2 on Showmax

Found S2

Found follows recovery specialist Gabi Mosely as she and her team work tirelessly to find missing people forgotten by the system.

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Two men with a pink rope around a woman in a suit; from drama series Entangled on Showmax

Entangled S1-2

This rom-com drama series follows the trials and tribulations of a woman and her friends as they navigate the world of relationships and the complications that come with it.

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White Lies is on Showmax

White Lies S1

Natalie Dormer drives this thrilling crime drama set in the Mother City. When an investigative journalist’s estranged brother is murdered, she’s drawn into the underworld of Cape Town.

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Son of a Critch S1 is on Showmax

Son of a Critch S3

The executive producer of Schitt’s Creek delivers this heartfelt comedy that is a window into the life of an 11-year-old boy battling through middle school in the 80s.

Law and Order: Criminal Intent S1 on Showmax

Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent S1

This spin-off of the hit crime drama franchise follows an elite squad investigating corruption and high-level criminality in the Greater Toronto.

Somebody Somewhere S3 on Showmax

Somebody Somewhere S1-3

Binge-watch the final season of this semi-autobiographical HBO dramedy about Sam, who finds an unlikely community in her small home town after the death of her sister.

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Sweetpea S1 on Showmax

Sweetpea S1

Rhiannon Lewis doesn’t make much of an impression – until she is pushed over the edge and loses control. Her life transforms, but can she keep her killer secret?

Chicago Med S9 on Showmax

Chicago Med S9

Another compelling instalment of the pulse-pounding medical drama about the courageous team of doctors at a trauma centre in Chicago.

Emperor of Ocean Park on Showmax

Emperor of Ocean Park S1

When a Black candidate for the Supreme Court dies of a heart attack, his daughter, a former journalist, believes his death was foul play.

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Spooksoeker S1 on Showmax

Spooksoeker S1

When he is suddenly thrust into the supernatural realm, a teenage boy must quickly learn how to banish ghosts and save his town, friends, and family.

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My Brilliant Friend Season 4 is on Showmax

My Brilliant Friend S4

This gorgeous HBO series recounts a 60-year friendship between two women, which began in 1950s Naples, based on the bestselling novels.

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