The best comedy series and movies on Showmax

The best comedy series and movies on Showmax

You deserve a break from life. And a funny one at that. So get your favourite snacks ready and put on the most comfortable gear you have, because these are the best comedy series and movies made for binge-watching.

Get ready to laugh your butt off with our handpicked selection of the most hilarious series and movies, bound to lift your spirits and bring tears of joy to your eyes.

Hacks S3 on Showmax

Hacks S1-3

Emmy winner Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder make an odd partnership in the acclaimed HBO dramedy Hacks, about a legendary Vegas comedian and her new writer. 

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Julia S2 on Showmax

Julia S1-2

Without Julia Child’s 1960s television series The French Chef, the modern cooking show would not exist. This series is inspired by her extraordinary life.

Straat 1 on Showmax

Straat S1

Whistleblower Robert Muller hides out in a cul-de-sac after dangerous businessmen and CEOs hire a hitman to take him out before he can testify against them.

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Extended Family on Showmax

Extended Family S1

A happily divorced couple with an unusual living situation, Jim and Julia’s lives are disrupted when Julia finds a new love.

M'tase Khaya on Showmax

M’tase Khaya (2024)

A hot-shot prosecutor is on the verge of solving the biggest case of her career when she finds herself on the wrong side of the law. 

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Strays on Showmax

Strays (2023)

In this hilarious canine comedy, an abandoned dog teams up with other stray dogs to exact revenge on the owner who abandoned him.

Asteroid City on Showmax

Asteroid City (2023)

A starry, quirky and striking sci-fi comedy by Wes Anderson. Junior Stargazers and their parents attend a space cadet convention, only to have their worldview disrupted forever.

Elsbeth S1 on Showmax

Elsbeth S1

Elsbeth Tascioni, an unconventional attorney, gives her singular point of view to make observations to catch criminals alongside the NYPD.

Laugh Africa Comedy Festival on Showmax

Laugh Africa Comedy Festival

With 13 brand-new South African comedy specials, Showmax is bringing all the magic of the Laugh Africa Comedy Festival straight to you.

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Fantasmas S1 on Showmax

Fantasmas S1

Julio Torres spins a fantastical tale of losing a gold oyster earring. In his search to find the earring, he encounters offbeat characters in comedic vignettes set in a surrealist, alternate version of New York.

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Meisiekind on Showmax

Meisiekind

In this 50-minute film written by and starring Iette Blignaut, Louise and Megan form an adventure-filled friendship. But can it survive heartbreak?

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Eksie Perfeksie on Showmax

Eksie Perfeksie (2024)

After discovering that his new girlfriend is still friends with all of her ex-boyfriends, André desperately tries to break the pattern.

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Bob Hearts Abishola S5 on Showmax

Bob Hearts Abishola S5

A middle-aged businessman falls in love with his cardiac nurse, a Nigerian immigrant, while recovering from a heart attack. 

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Anyone But You on Showmax

Anyone But You (2023)

Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell star in this steamy romcom. After a great first date, Bea and Ben’s attraction turns cold, until they’re reunited at a destination wedding.

Kate Winslet as Chancellor Elena Vernham in The Regime S1

The Regime S1

Kate Winslet exudes power in this captivating HBO limited series as the Chancellor of an unnamed Central European nation, unravelling behind the palace walls.

Bookie is on Showmax

Bookie S1

A veteran bookie struggles to survive the impending legalisation of sports gambling, increasingly unstable clients, family and co-workers.

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Mean Girls on Showmax

Mean Girls (2024)

A new student is a hit with an A-list girl clique called the Plastics. However, everything changes when she falls for the wrong guy.

Killing It S2 on Showmax

Killing It S2

A comedy series about class, capitalism and one man’s quest to achieve the American dream. And to kill really big snakes.

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Champions is now on Showmax

Champions (2023)

In this charming underdog tale, a former minor league basketball coach is ordered to train a team of players with learning disabilities.

Home Economics Season 2 is on Showmax

Home Economics S3

In this comedy about the challenging relationship of three siblings, one of them is in the 1%, one middle-class and one barely holding on.

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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.

Chernobyl The Lost Tapes is on Showmax

Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes (2022)

From Emmy-winning director James Jones, this gripping documentary tells the story of the Chernobyl disaster through newly discovered archive footage and witness accounts.

It's A Sin on Showmax

It’s a Sin S1

The lives of five friends in London in 1981 are tested as they grow up in the shadow of the Aids pandemic. 

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The Girls on The Bus on Showmax

The Girls on the (party) Bus: 5 secrets about political reporters

Find out what really happens on the press bus as comedy drama The Girls on the Bus follows four political journalists through 52 cities in 32 days on the campaign trail.

Random Acts of Flyness S2 on Showmax

Random Acts of Flyness S2

Artist, musician and filmmaker Terence Nance explores the metaphysics of Black life through avant-garde storytelling. 

The Girls on the Bus on Showmax

The Girls on the Bus S1

Four female journalists follow every move of a parade of flawed presidential candidates, discovering friendship, love and a dangerous scandal.