Documentaries

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story on Showmax

Christopher Reeve documentary on Showmax get four Emmy nods

South African producer Robert Ford discusses his Emmy-nominated documentary, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, which premieres on Showmax on Friday, 25 July 2025.

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Catch the Giants documentary on Showmax Premier League from 27 July.

Giants: Buccaneers’ untold story streams live on Showmax PL

Showmax Premier League is set to bring you docuseries Giants, which delves deep into the heart of South African football, from 27 July 2025.

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The ABC Killer on Showmax

Director Jasyn Howes on true-crime documentary The ABC Killer

The director of Showmax Original doccie The ABC Killer, Jasyn Howes, talks about the twisty three-part series about serial killer Moses Sithole. Stream it now on Showmax.

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The ABC Killer on Showmax

The ABC Killer S1

Delve into the story of South African serial killer Moses Sithole, whose reign of terror on young Black women in Atteridgeville, Boksburg and Cleveland earned him the nickname the ABC Killer.

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Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary on Showmax

Music Box: Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary (2024)

This documentary chronicles the world of soft rock epitomised by artists such as Christopher Cross, Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins, Steely Dan, and Toto in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

The Americas on Showmax

The Americas S1

Tom Hanks narrates this exploration of the wonders, mysteries, extraordinary wildlife and fragilities of the Americas, the largest landmass on Earth.

The Americas on Showmax

6 documentaries streaming on Showmax this July

Wildlife documentary The Americas, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, South African true-crime documentary The ABC Killer, and more real-life stories coming to Showmax this month.

The Nazi Cartel on Showmax

The Nazi Cartel S1

This unbelievable documentary sheds light on the involvement of two men, a notorious Nazi and a narco, in setting up drug cartels.

Last Call S1 on Showmax

Last Call: When a Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York S1

This intense and emotional book-inspired documentary tells the story of a serial killer who preyed on gay men in New York City in the early 90s.

Elders Ligtoring Roete on Showmax

Elders: Ligtoring Roete

In the seventh season of the SAFTA-winning Elders, hiker and author Erns Grundling walks the new 340km Lighthouse Route between the iconic lighthouses of Mossel Bay and Cape Agulhas.

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The ABC Killer on Showmax

Eye-opening homegrown documentaries to stream

These unmissable South African shows and movies deliver surprising insights on the country we’re living in today.

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Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy on Showmax

Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy

This sensational documentary delves into the rise and fall of Diddy, offering insight into his childhood, his meteoric rise, and his arrest.

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The Stroll is on Showmax

The Stroll (2023)

When director Kristen Lovell began to transition in the 90s, she was fired from her job. Like many transgender women of colour during this era, she began sex work in an area known as The Stroll.

The Rehearsal S2 on Showmax

The Rehearsal S1-2

In this bizarre HBO docuseries people get a chance to rehearse for their own lives in a world where nothing ever works out as expected.

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The ABC Killer on Showmax

Must-watch trailer: The ABC Killer, about serial killer Moses Sithole

Watch the chilling trailer for the Showmax twisty true-crime documentary The ABC Killer, about serial killer Moses Sithole. Premiering 22 July on Showmax.

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How Do You Measure A Year on Showmax

How Do You Measure A Year? (2022)

In this deeply personal Oscar-nominated documentary short, longtime HBO collaborator Jay Rosenblatt interviews his daughter on her birthday for 17 years. 

Chimp Crazy on Showmax

Chimp Crazy S1

Tiger King filmmaker Eric Goode delivers another view into exotic animal owners – this time, focusing on the lengths chimpanzee “owners” go to keep their ape babies.

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All That Breathes on Showmax

All That Breathes (2022)

Two Muslim brothers devote their lives to protecting black kites, a majestic bird of prey falling from New Delhi’s skies at alarming rates.

Boyzone: Life, Death and Boybands on Showmax

Boyzone: Life, Death & Boybands S1

In exclusive interviews, Boyzone band members reveal personal experiences in their massively successful boy band and the true cost of global fame.

1000% Me: Growing Up Mixed is on Showmax

1000% Me: Growing Up Mixed (2023)

Emmy-winning filmmaker and comedian W Kamau Bell tackles the joys and challenges of growing up mixed-race through conversations with kids and families, including his own.

Striking With Pride on Showmax

Striking with Pride

See how striking miners in South Wales and gay activists in London came to form an unlikely alliance during the mid-1980s.

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100 Foot Wave S3 is on Showmax

100 Foot Wave S1-3

This Emmy-winning docuseries follows big-wave pioneer Garrett McNamara’s decade-long odyssey chasing a massive wave in a small fishing village in Portugal.

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Wild Wild Space on Showmax

Wild Wild Space (2024)

A high-stakes HBO doccie that chronicles the modern-day, celestial land grab – a fast-paced, high-stakes race of epic proportions in which companies compete to blast satellite-carrying rockets into low Earth orbit.

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Wild Wild Space and 10 more titles to join your space race

We have liftoff! As new HBO documentary Wild Wild Space takes us into low orbit, mission control has 10 more titles ready for space junkies, from Apollo 13 to Interstellar.