The best thrillers to watch online

The best thrillers to watch online

Some adrenaline junkies jump out of planes to get their fix. Others, they just need to put on a top quality thriller and that’ll do the trick! If you want to watch thrillers online rather than getting your heart pounding IRL, Showmax has a great selection of thriller series and movies! Take a look at some below.

Strap in for pulse-pounding suspense, heart-stopping twists, and nail-biting tension as you immerse yourself in the captivating world of thrilling entertainment.

Inside is now on Showmax

Inside (2023)

When his heist goes wrong, an art thief gets trapped in a penthouse, and he must use all his cunning and ingenuity to survive.

SAS Rogue Heroes on Showmax

SAS Rogue Heroes S1

Follow how the world’s greatest Special Forces unit, was formed under extraordinary pressure in the darkest days of World War Two.

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Knock at the Cabin is on Showmax

Knock at the Cabin (2023)

A holidaying gay couple and their daughter are taken hostage by four strangers who demand an unthinkable sacrifice.

The Black Phone is on Showmax

The Black Phone (2021)

A young boy is abducted by a sadistic killer and kept in a basement, where he gets calls from the killer’s past victims on a broken phone.

Angela Black is on Showmax

Angela Black

Trapped in her marriage, Angela is approached out of the blue by Ed, a private investigator, who spills her husband’s darkest secrets.

Desert Rose is on Showmax

Desert Rose S1

An M-Net Original family crime thriller following the Greyling family, crippled by debt and haunted by their father’s actions. 

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The Beta Test is now on Showmax

The Beta Test (2021)

An engaged Hollywood agent’s life is upended when he accepts an anonymous invitation to a no-strings-attached sexual encounter.

Fall is on Showmax

Fall (2022)

After climbing an abandoned 2000-foot radio tower, best friends Becky and Hunter find themselves trapped at the top with no way down.

The Fear Index on Showmax

The Fear Index S1

A genius scientist-turned-Wall-Street-tycoon becomes the target of a plot to destroy the world’s financial markets in this tense thriller.

Nope by Jordan Peele on Showmax

Nope (2022)

Two siblings (Keke Palmer and Daniel Kaluuya) discover a mysterious otherworldly phenomenon in the skies above their horse ranch.

Gold starring Zac Efron is on Showmax

Gold (2022)

Zac Efron stars in this survival thriller about gold and greed. When two men find a gold nugget in the desert, one guards it while the other gets equipment to excavate it.

Idris Elba in a scene from Beast (2022) on Showmax

Beast (2022)

In this action-packed movie shot in South Africa, Idris Elba fights for his family’s survival as a rogue lion hunts a father and his teenage daughters.

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DAM S2

DAM S2

Rain has finally come to Fischerhaven – but Yola has no memory of anything since her return for her father’s funeral. Will she ever put the missing pieces together?

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Kimi (2022)

Kimi (2022)

This thriller from Steven Soderbergh stars Zoë Kravitz as an agoraphobic woman who finds evidence of a crime.

The Ipcress File

The Ipcress File

As the Cold War rages, an ex-smuggler turned spy is drawn into a dangerous undercover mission to locate a missing British nuclear scientist.

Diiche

Diiche

When her fiancé is found dead, celebrated actress Diiche must confront her dark side and the secrets of her past.

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Zeros and Ones (2021)

Zeros and Ones (2021)

In post-apocalypse Rome, the Vatican is blown into the sky – and it’s up to one American soldier to expose the true terrorists to the world.

Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin

Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin

A new generation of teens is tormented by an unknown assailant determined to make them pay for the sins of their parents.

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The rising is streaming on Showmax

The Rising

A woman realises that she has been murdered and seeks out her killer and justice in this thriller based on the original Belgian series.

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John and the Hole (2021)

John and the Hole (2021)

When a 13-year-old boy decides it’s time to become an adult, he drugs his family and puts them in a bunker from which they can’t escape.

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Looking for something lighter?

Hacks S3 on Showmax

Hacks Season 3’s five best put downs and pranks

While veteran comedian Deborah Vance gets roasted in Hacks Season 3, she’s more than ready to fire back in five of our favourite moments.

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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.

Laugh Africa Comedy Festival on Showmax

7 South African stand-up comedians that bring the laughs

Discover these top SA comedians ready to make you laugh out loud in their comedy specials and the 13-part Laugh Africa Comedy Festival, now streaming on Showmax.

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One Weeks S1 on Showmax

“We didn’t try too hard to be funny” – One Weeks’ Siphiwe Mtshali

Renowned actor Siphiwe Mtshali talks about playing his first comedic role in the Showmax Original comedy series One Weeks. All the episodes are available to binge-watch on Showmax.

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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.

Nozuko Ncayiyane stars as Lindiwe in M'tase Khaya

DiepCity’s Nozuko Ncayiyane stars in Showmax film M’tase Khaya

DiepCity star Nozuko Ncayiyane talks about her role in Showmax film M’tase Khaya, directed by Athi Petela.

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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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