Family
Arthur the King (2024)
An adventure racing team befriends a stray dog while competing in an endurance race in the Dominican Republic in this heart-warming movie.
Meet the colourful crew of Headspace
Meet the colourful characters behind the action-packed animation feature film Headspace, the most watched local film at SA cinemas last year.
Headspace (2023)
An alien invasion animation like no other, as miniature aliens want to take over the world!
Global Afro-pop superstar Yemi Alade to record theme song for Iyanu
The female-led Nigerian superhero series Iyanu, coming to Showmax across Africa in 2025, is created by award-winning Nigerian filmmaker Roye Okupe and produced by Lion Forge Entertainment.
Showmax to stream Lion Forge Entertainment’s epic Nigerian superhero animation Iyanu across Africa
Showmax announces Iyanu, an animated series from Roye Okupe’s Nigerian superhero graphic novel, premiering in 2025. Produced by Lion Forge Entertainment.
Migration’s journey behind the scenes
The production team behind animated adventure Migration take us behind the scenes to reveal how they captured the perfect waddle and quack.
Watch the Barbie movie online, plus uplifting family films
Stream the Barbie movie on Showmax, along with other beautiful, empowering movies to watch with your little ones.
The Ninja Turtle Renaissance
The four turtles return in a brand-new movie adventure.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023)
Everyone’s favourite crime-fighting reptiles return. The turtles work to earn the love of New York while facing down an army of mutants.
Miraculous: Ladybug and Cat Noir: The Movie (2023)
Two teens transformed into superheroes join forces to protect their city from a villain in this animated movie for the whole family.
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (2023)
Miles Morales jets across the Multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence.
5 Christmas movies with love, sugar and spice from Africa
With five South African festive movies, a brand-new Christmas movie from Kenya and a holiday-themed film from Nigeria, this Christmas on Showmax is one for the books.
The Super Mario Bros Movie: A feast of full-tilt fun
Stream The Super Mario Bros Movie for plucky voice talent, shiny visual splendour and an awesome soundtrack, now on Showmax.
The Super Mario Bros Movie (2023)
A plumber named Mario travels through an underground labyrinth with his brother, Luigi, trying to save the captured Princess Peach.
The Amazing Maurice (2022)
A goofy streetwise cat has the perfect money-making scam that involves a dumb-looking, pipe-playing kid and a horde of strangely literate rats.
Tad, the Lost Explorer and the Emerald Tablet (2022)
An adventure-filled animation. After Tad accidentally unleashes a curse that endangers his friends, he sets out to reverse it.
6 epic, fierce and fun-filled animated adventures
Explore some of the most epic animated movies now available to stream on Showmax, including Puss in Boots: The Last Wish.
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)
The charming, swashbuckling Puss in Boots is down to the last of his nine lives. He sets out to restore them by finding the mythical Last Wish.
What to do with a crocodile like Lyle
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile is great fun for the whole family. But be warned, this movie will make you want a crocodile of your very own at home!
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (2022)
Javier Bardem stars in this charming musical comedy about a family who moves into a new house with a living, singing crocodile.
The Bad Guys (2022)
Several reformed yet misunderstood criminal animals attempt to become good, with disastrous results, in this fun animated comedy.
7 creature features for the whole family
We all love our pets, but the cute critters in these family-friendly movies on Showmax are even more adorable than our cats and dogs.
Abominable and The Invisible City S1
Set in modern-day Shanghai, the animated series follows Yi, Jin, and Peng as they venture out to a mythical world of creatures beyond Everest.
Cats (2019)
In this adaptation of the hit Broadway musical, a group of cats known as The Jellicles compete in an annual singing contest.