Showmax has the world’s biggest shows

Whether you’re looking for comfort viewing comedies like The Office or you want to finally get into a mega-hyped series like Game of Thrones in your own time and on your own terms, you can start your search on Showmax. 

Showmax is currently the home of five of IMDb’s six highest-rated live action series of all time (Band of Brothers, Chernobyl, The Wire, The Sopranos, Game of Thrones), as well as the highest-rated animated series of all time (Avatar: The Last Airbender).

• Click here to see everything on Showmax in December.
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Here are some series to bookmark:

The Sopranos Season 1-6

This crime drama series, which centres on the inner workings of one New Jersey Mafia family and won 21 Emmys, is seen to be the starting point of the The Golden Age of television. Season 1 has a 100% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with Empire hailing it as, “The definitive chronicle of The Best Show Ever.” And a masterful blend of comedy and drama had The Writers Guild of America naming The Sopranos “the best-written television series of all time”.

Mob boss Tony Soprano (the late James Galndolfini) became the blueprint of complex anti-hero protagonists. The Sopranos explores his personal psychology – as seen in his therapy sessions, which he starts to combat the anxiety and stress of his secret life, from assassinations, to his family legacy, a looming FBI investigation, his infidelity, and his roles as husband, father and son.

Also watch: 2024 marked the 25th anniversary of The Sopranos and in late January 2025, Showmax will air the documentary series Wise Guy: David Chase And The Sopranos.

Game of Thrones Season 1-8

This epic fantasy series, based on George RR Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire books, became a global obsession that defined must-see TV in the 2010s and won 272 awards including 47 Emmys.

Set in the fictitious realm of Westeros, the series follows the political manoeuvring for the Iron Throne (hence the Game of Thrones) between rival claimants from seven kingdoms. The series has dragons and zombies, beautiful costumes, witty scripts, bloody battles, and the most gorgeous fantasy costumes ever made for the small screen.

Also watch: The Iron Throne was originally held by the Targaryen dynasty. House of the Dragon Season 1-2 tells the ongoing story of how they came to lose it to the Baratheons at the start of Game of Thrones.

Euphoria Season 1-2

Every generation gets its scandalous series that claims to expose the secret lives of high school students, from Skins to Pretty Little Liars and Gossip Girl, to Sam Levinson’s Euphoria, which inspired TikTok’s “forgetting I go to Euphoria High.” meme thanks to its wild fashion choices

Euphoria led topical discussions around drug abuse and sobriety, trauma, gender identity, sexual orientation, abuse, bullying, blackmail, sexual violence, co-dependency, and self-destructive behaviour. The series won 28 awards, including (then 18-year-old) Zendaya’s 2020 Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role as teenage addict Rue.

Celebrate Binge-mass

For anyone wanting to take advantage of the holiday break to catch up on the best series they never saw, Showmax also has every season and episode of the following series: comedy classics The Office, Parks and Recreation, 30 Rock (from 12 December), Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Veep, Insecure, Entourage, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Silicon Valley. Award winning dramas Succession, Billions, The Wire, Suits, Boardwalk Empire, and Six Feet Under. And sci-fi and fantasy smash hits like True Blood and Westworld, and Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Click here to see everything on Showmax in December.

Click here to see what’s available as a box set on Showmax.