The best erotic series and movies on Showmax
Here’s our pick of the R-rated, absolutely NSFW series and movies you’ll find on Showmax – but please remember to hide your kids before you start watching. These are strictly for over-18s only.
Oh, and here’s a tip – make sure you’re watching these series on your own Profile, so they don’t show up when your kids start watching on theirs. Read more about Showmax Profiles here.
This Body Works For Me S1
Seven women in the adult entertainment industry let us in on their careers, families and personal lives in this 18LN reality show.
Made in South Africa
Sex and Pleasure
What do South Africans get up to behind closed doors (and, well, everywhere else too)? This documentary series, hosted by writer Kim Windvogel and journalist Romantha Botha, explores this hot topic. Strictly for adults only.
Made in South Africa
The Girlfriend Experience S1-3
They’re career professionals by day and high-end escorts by night. From executive producer Steven Soderbergh.
Gossip Girl S2
HBO Max’s edgy revival of the hit TV series follows a new generation of New York private school teens using social media to spread gossip.
Planet Sex With Cara Delevingne
Cara Delevingne explores big questions about human sexuality, examining issues including relationships, sex appeal and the popularity of porn.
The Wife S1-3
Binge the full Seasons 1-2 of The Wife plus new episodes of Season 3 online or on your phone with the Showmax app.
Made in South Africa
The White Lotus S2
Follow the outrageous exploits of the employees and guests of an exclusive resort in this buzz-worthy HBO comedy drama.
P-Valley S2
Down deep in the Mississippi Delta lies a place where beauty can be hard to find. Follow the lives of strippers and gangsters in this gritty series.
Minx
In 1970s LA, an earnest young feminist and a low-rent publisher team up to create the first erotic magazine for women.
After We Fell (2021)
Tessa and Hardin face another test when Tessa makes a life-changing decision and shocking revelations threaten everything they’ve built.
Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)
Anastasia Steele is a naive student who finds herself in a steamy, complicated relationship with handsome billionaire Christian Grey.
After (2019)
In her first semester in college, good girl Tessa meets the rebellious Hardin, who makes her question what she knows about herself and her ambitions.
Industry S1-2
Created by former bankers Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, the new HBO series follows a group of young finance graduates in London as they work hard and party harder.
Troukoors (Wedding Fever) S1-2
In this sexy Afrikaans comedy, a freak accident sets a wedding planner on an unexpected path. Together with her friends she navigates life and love while wondering if the perfect person, and day, really exists.
Made in South Africa
Cheaters S1
A sexy, messy and hilarious BBC comedy. A chance meeting after a cancelled flight leads to an unlikely night of drunken airport-hotel sex between two strangers. Both are in relationships and will unknowingly soon be neighbours.
Sex in Afrikaans
Four Afrikaans couples and two singles have shameless discussions about their sex lives for the first time – and, in the process, discover that there is so much more fun to be had! Presented by psychologist Bradley R Daniels.
Temptation Island South Africa
The global pop culture phenomenon has hit our shores! Four Mzansi couples discover if they are meant to be: will their relationships sink or swim when they’re tempted by gorgeous singles looking for love?
Made in South Africa
Euphoria S1-2
This adults-only series about teenage life is the HBO series everyone is talking about. Season 2 comes to Showmax in weekly express episodes.
The L Word: Generation Q S1-2
The glossy, sexy series about a group of lesbians living and loving in LA has been given a polish for a new generation.
Normal People
Follow a couple over several years as they embark on an on-again/off-again romance that starts at school and continues through college.
The most binge-worthy series
The Bachelorette S19
The 2022 edition of the fan-favourite reality dating show sees not one but two gorgeous women looking for love.
The Good Fight S1-6
All episodes of this cult legal drama are now ready to binge, with the law firm facing tough new challenges.
The English
An aristocratic Englishwoman and a Pawnee ex-cavalry scout come together in 1890 mid-America to cross a violent landscape.
Mnakwethu S1-3
Hosted by Musa Mseleku, Mnakwethu is an emotional reality show that sees married men introducing polygamy, and potential new wives, to their existing spouses.
Made in South Africa
Pastor Wants A Wife S1-2
Pastor Wants A Wife follows South African pastors as they balance their family lives and their roles at church with finding love.
Made in South Africa
Abandoned S1-2
Actress and host Phumeza Mdabe attempts to reunite people with their long-lost or unknown parents in Abandoned, now streaming on Showmax.
Made in South Africa
Downtime With Somizi
Somizi sits with Mzansi celebrities and tackles topics the audiences have always wanted to know more about.
Made in South Africa
Bump S1-2
This Australian drama focuses on an ambitious teenage girl, a surprise baby and the complications that ensue for two families.
Shocking reality shows
The Bachelorette S19
The 2022 edition of the fan-favourite reality dating show sees not one but two gorgeous women looking for love.
The Real Housewives of Durban Season 3: Has Jojo had enough of the drama?
In episode 8 of The Real Housewives of Durban S3, Jojo walks away from her cast mates during a heated argument with Annie.
Made in South Africa
The Real Housewives of Durban S3: Sorisha and Nonku’s argument
In episode 7 of The Real Housewives of Durban Season 3, Sorisha and Nonku argue about who Sorisha flew with to Jojo’s Drakensberg getaway.
Made in South Africa
The most entertaining moments so far in Makoti, Are You The One?
In Makoti, Are You The One?, four women from different backgrounds prep for their 21-day stay with their in-laws. Will it lead to marriage?
Made in South Africa
Makoti, Are You The One?
Makoti, Are You The One? follows four women as they move into their potential mother-in-law’s home before they marry their son.
Made in South Africa
The Real Housewives of Durban S3: Nonku is not ready for marriage
In episode 6 of The Real Housewives of Durban Season 3, Nonku has a heart to heart with her mom about the new man in her life.
Made in South Africa
This Body Works For Me S1
Seven women in the adult entertainment industry let us in on their careers, families and personal lives in this 18LN reality show.
Made in South Africa
Survivor SA S9: Return of the Outcasts
Twenty returning players from all seasons of Survivor South Africa reunite and reignite their flames to take home double the prize money!
Made in South Africa
Shows you won't find anywhere else
Jeffrey Sekele on his role in Showmax film AboMkhulu
Veteran actor Jeffrey Sekele talks about his role as a former freedom fighter in comedy AboMkhulu, now streaming on Showmax.
South African
Swimming With Sharks S1
Kiernan Shipka and Diane Kruger star in this series about a female assistant who is thrust into a movie studio filled with danger.
AboMkhulu (2023)
After a crime committed in the Struggle 30 years ago, three childhood friends are set free and have to face a whole new reality.
Made in South Africa
Chucky S2
Based on the popular horror movies: a vintage doll turns up at a yard sale and soon the tone faces a series of horrifying murders.