Crime

Elani Dekker on her role as Katrien in Die Bloedhonde

Elani Dekker on her role as Katrien in Die Bloedhonde

“We can all think differently and see the world differently,” says Elani Dekker, who plays the lead role in Die Bloedhonde, streaming on Showmax

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Die Bloedhonde on Showmax

Die Bloedhonde (2024)

Katrien is on holiday with her family when an unexplained death gives her reason to suspect the beloved local pastor of foul play…

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Die Bloedhonde on Showmax

Stream Die Bloedhonde on Showmax from 6 September

From Silwerskerm to Showmax: the quirky mystery movie Die Bloedhonde starts streaming from Friday, 6 September.

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Tell Them You Love Me

Tell Them You Love Me (2023)

A true-crime documentary about the university professor who had a controversial affair with a non-verbal man with cerebral palsy.

Edgar Ramírez as Dr. Paolo Macchiarini in Dr. Death

Stealing hearts in Dr Death Season 2: how Dr Death operates

Mandy Moore and Edgar Ramírez talk about how a journalist fell in love with a doctor who was killing his patients in true-crime drama series Dr Death Season 2.

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.

Daar's Bloed on Showmax

Daar’s Bloed (2023)

A famous South African actress becomes paranoid when private photos of her appear in a magazine. Does she have a stalker?

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Sienna King as Scotty Lyon and Juno Temple as Dorothy “Dot” Lyon in Fargo S5

5 must-see moments from Fargo Season 5

Come back for one last con in Fargo as Jon Hamm goes bad, Lamorne Morris upholds the law, and Jennifer Jason Leigh and Juno Temple play wives with knives. 

Fargo S5 on Showmax

Fargo S5

Golden Globe- and Emmy-winning anthology series about a crime in an unassuming town. This season, housewife Dot finds herself plunged into her past.

False Glory on Showmax

False Glory: Showmax series investigates shocking sports stories

First look at the explosive trailer for False Glory, a true-crime documentary series that delves into three shocking stories that rocked the sports world. Premiering 19 August on Showmax.

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Dark Side of Glory on Showmax

Dark Side of Glory

Two-part documentary Dark Side of Glory tells the stories behind shocking cases of murder and unexplained deaths in the world of sport. All the episodes are streaming.

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Must watch trailer: true-crime doccie Dark Side of Glory

Watch the explosive first trailers for Dark Side of Glory, a true crime documentary about the shocking cases of murder in the world of sport. Premieres 31 July on Showmax.

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Alert: Missing Persons Unit - Season 2 on Showmax

Alert: Missing Persons Unit S1-2

Showrunner John Eisendrath and Jamie Foxx are behind this police procedural. After her son goes missing, Nikki Batista joins the Philadelphia Missing Persons Unit, helping find people’s loved ones as she searches for her own.

Tony Shalhoub as Adrian Monk in Mr Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie on Showmax

10 triggers in Mr Monk’s Last Case

We spotted 10 things triggering detective Adrian Monk’s obsessive compulsive disorder, and other issues, in his new movie Mr Monk’s Last Case.

Tony Shalhoub as Adrian Monk and Melora Hardin as Trudy in Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie

Mr Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie (2023)

In this enjoyable movie sequel to the beloved show, Monk steps out of retirement as his stepdaughter’s wedding takes a tragic turn.

A re-enactment in The Illuminated

9 most shocking moments in The Illuminated

Are you strong enough to binge Showmax Original documentary series The Illuminated? Here’s what you’ll need to prepare yourself.

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Koek S1 on Showmax

“This type of story has never been told in Afrikaans.” Koek director

SAFTA and Silwerskerm-winning director and cinematographer Johannes Pieter Nel talks about directing the critically acclaimed crime comedy Koek, now streaming on Showmax.

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True Detective: Night Country on Showmax

Truly chilling! True Detective: Night Country

What could have happened to the Tsalal scientists in the latest season of True Detective: Night Country?

True Detective: Night Country on Showmax

True Detective S1-4

Anthology series in which police investigations unearth the personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within and outside the law.

Tokyo Vice S1 on Showmax

How Tokyo Vice went back to the 90s

For Tokyo Vice, now streaming on Showmax, to recreate the story of an American journalist reporting on the yakuza, they had to visit Tokyo itself, then jump back in time to the 1990s.

Tokyo Vice S1 on Showmax

Tokyo Vice S1

In this powerful HBO crime thriller based on true events, a Western journalist working in Tokyo takes on one of the city’s most powerful crime bosses.

Donna Cormack-Thomson as Erika in Catch Me A Killer

Donna Cormack-Thomson on her breakthrough in Catch Me A Killer

Newcomer Donna Cormack-Thomson talks about her breakthrough role as Micki’s partner, detective Erica Botha. All episodes of Catch Me A Killer are streaming on Showmax.

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When We Were Bullies is on Showmax

When We Were Bullies (2022)

A mind-boggling coincidence leads the filmmaker to track down his fifth-grade class and fifth-grade teacher to examine their memory of and complicity in a bullying incident 50 years ago.

Ben Field and Ann Moore Martin in The Sixth Commandment on Showmax

True-crime case: The Sixth Commandment

True crime is killing it on screen, but can our entertainment also give victims and survivors back their voices? Time to investigate The Sixth Commandment.