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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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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Fire Country S2 on Showmax

Fire Country S1-2

Bode Donovan joins a fire-fighting programme to shorten his prison sentence, battling massive, unpredictable blazes across the country.

The Equalizer S4 on Showmax

The Equalizer S1-4

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

The Penguin on Showmax

The Penguin S1

Based on the DC Comics character, Penguin, this limited series explores the transformation of Oswald Cobblepot (Colin Farrell) from a disfigured nobody to a noted Gotham gangster.

Elsbeth S1 on Showmax

Elsbeth S1

Elsbeth Tascioni, an unconventional attorney, gives her singular point of view to make observations to catch criminals alongside the NYPD.

Laugh Africa Comedy Festival on Showmax

Laugh Africa Comedy Festival

With 13 brand-new South African comedy specials, Showmax is bringing all the magic of the Laugh Africa Comedy Festival straight to you.

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Cobra: Cyberwar on Showmax

COBRA: Cyberwar

Following a cyber-attack that continues to jam communications, the Prime Minister convenes an emergency COBRA meeting. 

A Gentleman in Moscow on Showmax

A Gentleman in Moscow

Ewan McGregor plays Count Rostov, who is banished to an attic room in a Moscow hotel after the Russian revolution. New episodes on Mondays.

Random Acts of Flyness S2 on Showmax

Random Acts of Flyness S2

Artist, musician and filmmaker Terence Nance explores the metaphysics of Black life through avant-garde storytelling. 

Fantasmas S1 on Showmax

Fantasmas S1

Julio Torres spins a fantastical tale of losing a gold oyster earring. In his search to find the earring, he encounters offbeat characters in comedic vignettes set in a surrealist, alternate version of New York.

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The Girls on the Bus on Showmax

The Girls on the Bus S1

Four female journalists follow every move of a parade of flawed presidential candidates, discovering friendship, love and a dangerous scandal.

The Tattooist of Auschwitz S1 on Showmax

The Tattooist of Auschwitz

Based on the real-life story of Lali Sokolov, a Jewish prisoner who had to tattoo ID numbers on prisoners’ arms in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp during World War II.

Industry S3 on Showmax

Industry S1-3

Young bankers and traders in the UK banking world make their way in the financial world in the aftermath of the 2008 collapse.

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The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip - RHONY on Showmax

The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: RHONY Legacy

The ex-Housewives of Bravo are heating things up in this explosive season filled with drama, love, luxury and travel.

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Survivor S46 on Showmax

Survivor SA S6-9 and USA S46

It’s the ultimate binge: season after season of Survivor, both the US and SA versions. Who will outwit, outplay and outlast? 

Mandy Moore as Benita Alexander and Edgar Ramírez as Dr. Paolo Macchiarini in Dr. Death

Dr Death S1-2

Investigative journalist Benita Alexander discovers a new subject in world-renowned surgeon Paolo Macchiarini, known as The Miracle Man.

Bel Air S3 on Showmax

Bel-Air S1-3

A dramatic and gritty re-imagining of Will Smith’s iconic hit sitcom about a street-smart teen who moves from west Philadelphia to Bel-Air.

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The Sympathizer on Showmax

The Sympathizer S1

The Sympathizer follows a communist spy who finds that his spying days aren’t over when he ends up in Los Angeles as a refugee at the end of the Vietnam War.

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