Crime series

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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Get Millie Black S1 on Showmax

The true story behind Get Millie Black’s Gully Queens

Detective Millie Black is on the hunt for missing people, as series writer-creator Marlon James tells the story of Jamaica’s LGBTQIA+ community: the Gully Queens.

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Die Byl on Showmax

Die Byl S1-5

Byl and his elite unit are reeling from the Adriaan Klopper nightmare. They’re traumatized, have no offices, and Byl’s about to lose his job…

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Eddie Redmayne as the Jackal in The Day of the Jackal on Showmax

007 things that make The Day of the Jackal a perfect spy series

Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch play assassin vs MI6 agent in this globe-trotting tale of deadly deception, double agents, seduction and spycraft.

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.

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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Law & Order - Season 23 on Showmax

Law & Order S23

The original Law & Order resumes its classic two-part approach following both the police who investigate crimes and the DAs who prosecute them.

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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White Lies on Showmax

Money and murder in White Lies and more crime drama series

Natalie Dormer and Brendon Daniels are investigating what the old money elite get up to behind high walls in crime drama series White Lies. So we’ve picked out five series from our evidence files to help them.

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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.

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?

Devil's Peak on Showmax

7 jaw-dropping moments in Devil’s Peak

Here are 7 unmissable moments from the South African crime drama thriller series Devil’s Peak, now streaming on Showmax.

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Terrence Howard as Cadillac Richie and Samuel L. Jackson as Frank Moten in Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist

Would you fall for the Fight Night scam?

A fool and their money are soon parted, sure. But if you put in enough work, everyone’s a fool. We look at Fight Night and two other real-life cons to see how the scams come together.

Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist on Showmax

Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist S1

An explosive star-studded limited series based on the infamous story of an armed robbery after Ali’s historical comeback fight.

Devil's Peak

Where to see the cast of Devil’s Peak on Showmax

We’ve played detective and rounded up the usual suspects who’ll have you in their grip in the brand-new Deon Meyer crime drama series Devil’s Peak. 

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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 Penguin on Showmax

Colin Farrell on The Penguin, IMDb’s most popular show globally

Colin Farrell discusses playing The Penguin in HBO’s latest smash hit, currently at #1 on IMDb’s Most Popular TV chart and streaming on Showmax.

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The Penguin S1 on Showmax

Meet Marié Botha in “the best episode yet” of The Penguin

South African actress Marié Botha discusses her role in the HBO limited series The Penguin. Catch her in episode 4, described as “the best episode yet,” now streaming on Showmax

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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.

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.

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.

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.