Movies

Vinette Ebrahim as Mercia in Skemerdans on Showmax

Celebrate Vinette Ebrahim in 10 roles on Showmax

This Women’s Month, the 2025 Silwerskerm Festival is honouring Vinette Ebrahim with a Lifetime Achievement Award, and we’ve picked just 10 roles that highlight her talent and charisma.

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Babes on Showmax

10 Women’s Month movies in the spotlight

Want a night-in that’s all about women’s friendships, careers, dreams and schemes? We’ve picked 10 movies that are watch-now or worth-the-wait this Women’s Month.

Khaki Fever on Showmax

Must-watch trailer: R-rated South African comedy Khaki Fever

After heading to the kykNET Silwerskerm Festival on 22 August 2025, the R-rated comedy Khaki Fever comes charging onto Showmax on 5 September 2025.

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Rob Peace on Showmax

Rob Peace (2024)

An underprivileged, gifted young Black man reaches Yale University, only for past injustices to threaten his future, in this emotional drama based on a true story.

Finding Optel on Showmax

Mikayla and Jesse Brown on co-directing Showmax film Finding Optel

Siblings Mikayla and Jesse Brown talk about co-directing Finding Optel, the Showmax film set to premiere at the Silwerskerm Film Festival this August, and coming to Showmax on 24 October 2025.

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Trap on Showmax

M Night Shyamalan chats about his family outing in Trap

Find out how M Night Shyamalan got his daughter Saleka to record an album and stage an entire concert for his new serial killer-thriller movie, Trap. 

Trap on Showmax

Trap (2024)

In this tense M Night Shyamalan thriller, a father takes his daughter to a live show by her favourite artist as a treat … but all is not as it seems.

Here is on Showmax

Here, and 15 more great movies to cry about

Whether you’re looking to shed happy tears or shed part of your soul, we have movies centred on love in all its forms to help you, starting with Tom Hanks and Robin Wright’s Here.

Better Man on Showmax

Better Man (2024)

This Oscar-nominated unusual biopic tells the tale of pop superstar Robbie Williams’s pursuit of money, fame and acceptance.

Here is on Showmax

Here (2024)

Forrest Gump stars Tom Hanks and Robin Wright are reunited for this quirky yet emotional drama. Follow the lives of multiple generations who have lived in the same home over a century.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice on Showmax

Bringing Beetlejuice Beetlejuice back from the grave

Production designer Mark Scruton and The Beetlejuice Beetlejuice production team reveal how they brought Tim Burton’s cult horror comedy movie into the modern world.

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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)

A family tragedy brings Lydia Deetz back to Winter River, where her daughter discovers the portal to the afterlife … and meets the creepy Beetlejuice.

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Late Night with The Devil on Showmax

Late Night with the Devil (2023)

A late-night talk show host in the 1970s plans a Halloween special, unaware he is about to unleash evil into people’s living rooms.

We Live In Time on Showmax

Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh seduce us in We Live in Time

Prepare to laugh, cry, and fall in love with two rather silly people. Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh chat about true love, time and going bald gracefully. 

The Day the Earth Blew Up on Showmax

The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (2024)

Porky Pig and Daffy Duck are Earth’s only hope. They must save the world from an alien threat, but only if they can work together!

We Live In Time on Showmax

We Live In Time (2024)

An emotional and unconventional love story led by Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh. Almut and Tobias meet, fall in love and start a family, but their love is tested by cancer.

Am I OK? on Showmax

Am I OK? (2024)

In this queer comedy-drama about self-discovery and friendship, a woman in her 30s navigates coming out and her lifelong friend’s impending move to London.

Justice League Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part Three on Showmax

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Three (2024)

The Anti-Monitor wages an unrelenting attack on the surviving Earths that struggle for survival in a pocket universe.

Sonic The Hedgehog on Showmax

Sonic The Hedgehog 3

When Team Sonic meets their match in Shadow, they must form an unlikely alliance with Dr Robotnik to save the world.

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Tokyo Vice S2 on Showmax

10-city tour! See the world with Showmax

So the exchange rate has clipped your wings and now your travel budget won’t get you further than the spaza? Tour these 10 must-see cities in 10 series and movies.

Magpie on Showmax

Magpie (2024)

Secret desires and lies threaten a couple’s marriage in this thriller. Their relationship begins to fracture when their daughter gets a role alongside a glamorous movie star.

Goodrich on Showmax

Goodrich (2024)

Andy Goodrich needs help raising his kids after his wife checks into rehab – so he leans on his daughter from his first marriage in this bittersweet family drama.

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part 2 on Showmax

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Two (2024)

An army of shadow demons wanting to destroy all reality swarms all Earths! The only thing opposing them are the mightiest metahumans.

Sting on Showmax

Sting (2024)

A rebellious 12-year-old secretly adopts a spider as a pet – but the creature soon starts growing in size and appetite … and never stops.