The Best TV Shows on Showmax

Every Showmax Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Premiering in 2015 and 2016, Suidooster and Die Byl are among Showmax’s most celebrated shows. As of June 2025, our compilation of Showmax’s top-rated series boasts over 20 unique shows. From 2015 through to 2025, Showmax has accumulated a diverse collection of over 20 television shows.

  • 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.

  • Die Tollie & Manila Show
    Die Tollie & Manila Show (2024)8.0

    A bold talk show where SA celebs join drag queens Tollie Parton and Manila von Teez for an evening of conversation and games… in drag.

  • 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.

  • Suidooster
    Suidooster (2015)7.1

    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.

  • 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.

  • Trackers
    Trackers (2019)6.4

    Three story strands are interwoven into a sophisticated action-packed thriller that covers the length and breadth of South Africa, explosively colliding in Cape Town in a violent conspiracy involving organized crime, smuggled diamonds, state security, Black Rhinos, the CIA and an international terrorist plot.

  • Koek
    Koek (2024)6.3

    When Cape Town housewife discovers evidence her husband is having an affair with a stripper, her investigation takes her to a world poles apart from the suburban utopia she knows.

  • 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.

  • Adulting
    Adulting (2023)6.2

    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.

  • 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.

  • SNL Polska: Weekend Update
    SNL Polska: Weekend Update (2018)6.0

  • Kobiety mafii
    Kobiety mafii (2018)5.2

    Story of idealistic police officers in a deadly struggle with ruthless organized crime syndicates.

  • Botoks
    Botoks (2018)3.4

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