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The Best TV Shows on Showmax

Every Showmax Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Showmax has delivered an expansive roster of over 20 shows, dating from 2015 all the way to 2025. Leading the pack on Showmax are Suidooster and Die Byl, with their initial broadcasts in 2015 and 2016. As of February 2025, our compilation of Showmax’s top-rated series boasts over 20 unique shows.

  • Youngins
    Youngins (2024)9.5

    A hard-hitting teen telenovela set at a boarding school in Johannesburg. When a teen flees from a family tragedy in rural KwaZulu Natal to a boarding school in Jozi, she finds herself entangled in a scandal of epic proportions.

  • Adulting
    Adulting (2023)9.4

    Four varsity friends, whose strong bond has held them together even as their journeys in life have taken them in very different directions. As they try to find love and success in Johannesburg after university.

  • Tali's Wedding Diary
    Tali's Wedding Diary (2017)9.0

    Tali’s Wedding Diary follows a self-obsessed Sandton princess who’s moved to Cape Town and is filming the build-up to her wedding to her property-agent fiancé Darren.

  • Wyfie
    Wyfie (2024)9.0

    An edgy, youthful and urban Afrikaans drama that follows four females as they navigate the complicated world of university life and how they walk the thin line between mischief and wrongdoing to survive.

  • Reënboogrant
    Reënboogrant (2025)9.0

    Buckle up for an exhilarating rollercoaster ride through the world of authentic teenage drama, family conflicts, love, aspirations and fierce rivalries. An adaption based on Louise van Niekerk's gripping coming-of-age book series.

  • Troukoors
    Troukoors (2021)8.5

    A South African, Afrikaans-language comedy series which evolves after 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.

  • Die Byl
    Die Byl (2016)8.0

    The unit specializes in the investigation of serial murders and is led by Van der Bijl, a former murder and robbery detective who gained fame for his handling of several high-profile cases. Each episode focuses on a serial killer. The main character, Colonel Piet van der Bijl, also known as Die Byl, is loosely modeled on the famous ex-detective Piet Byleveld.

  • Spinners
    Spinners (2023)8.0

    Ethan is a 17-year-old driver working for a local gang. Disgusted with gang life, Ethan discovers a possible way out via spinning, an extreme motorsport. But the looming gang war jeopardises that hope.

  • Suidooster
    Suidooster (2015)7.7

    Suidooster is a South African television soap opera produced by Suidooster Films which revolves around a matriarch, her family, friends and the people of Suidooster, a small shopping and business centre in the fictional Cape Town suburb of Ruiterbosch.

  • The Chairman's Ear
    The Chairman's Ear (2017)7.5

  • Spooksoeker
    Spooksoeker (2024)7.5

    When Warno Alberts turns 15, he suddenly becomes aware of ghosts in his dorpie - and it's now his job to banish them.

  • SNL Polska
    SNL Polska (2017)7.0

  • The Mire
    The Mire (2018)6.8

    The town is shocked with a brutal double murder. The "Courier" hands the case to an experienced journalist - Witold Wanycz. At the same time, he learns about the mysterious suicide of two teenagers. Together with Piotr, a young journalist, they start their own investigation.

  • Dam
    Dam (2021)6.2

    Set in an Eastern Cape farming community, the story follows Yola who returns home from Chile for her father's funeral, only to be met by the ghosts of her past.

  • The Real Housewives of Lagos
    The Real Housewives of Lagos (2022)6.1

    The show focused on the luxury lives in the Lagos socialites, from shopping sprees, parties, traveling, and competition within their social circles.

  • The Real Housewives of Durban
    The Real Housewives of Durban (2021)5.0

    The Real Housewives of Durban (abbreviated RHODurban) is a South African reality television series that focuses on the personal and professional lives of several women living in Durban, South Africa.

  • The Mommy Club
    The Mommy Club (2023)3.0

    Meet the glamorous ladies of the Mommy Club, the Jozi mothers who take parenting to a whole other level. With the help of their beloved nannies, these five women show us how they have it all - and we do mean all.

  • Lekarze na start
    Lekarze na start (2017)N/A

  • The Girl from St. Agnes
    The Girl from St. Agnes (2019)N/A

    Dark secrets are revealed after a tragic event at an elite boarding school sets off a search for the truth.

  • Crime and Justice
    Crime and Justice (2021)N/A