The FIFA World Cup is currently in full swing, so you can be forgiven for going a little sports crazy at the moment. And luckily for you, if you want to know more about your sporting heroes, Showmax has you covered with these amazing sports documentaries that focus on everything from football to MMA and more.

It's Father's Day this coming Sunday! So why not take a break from your shopping for socks or cigars this weekend to watch a movie about some other great dads with yours?

Marvel's latest small screen sensation is here in the form of Cloak & Dagger! This new show is already drawing rave reviews, and thanks to Showmax we can watch here in South Africa pretty much on the day it airs internationally!

Teenagers and parents often don't get along. In Marvel's Runaways, now airing on Showmax, this is taken to the extreme as a group of teenagers discover their parents are super-villains in disguise, and must band together to run away from their homes in order to atone for their parents' actions and to discover the secrets of their origins.

There’s value attached to your prized possessions, value which should be covered with Household Insurance for some peace of mind. Which games in your collection could be worth a comprehensive and affordable insurance policy, and destined for Hollywood? We’ve got five contenders that you might want to look at.

School holidays are here! But what to do when the kids are coming off their Easter egg sugar rush and you need to keep them entertained for a few hours? Why not introduce them to some classic family movies courtesy of Showmax!

Lauded by many as the greatest TV series of all time, this month marks the 10th anniversary of when HBO's The Wire ended its acclaimed run. Now you can watch it all on Showmax.

With Guillermo Del Toro finally having won the Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director recently with The Shape of Water, we take a look back at his first internationally successful dark fantasty masterpiece Pan's Labyrinth.

I think it’s safe to say that Elisabeth Moss is not exactly a household name yet. I think that’s also a terribly unfortunate thing to say. In my opinion, the American actress is one of the finest thespians working today, but she’s mostly shied away from more general entertainment fare to instead take on more challenging roles, like Mad Men …

Nominated for both Best Comedy and Best Actress at the 2018 Golden Globes, SMILF is the raw and honest comedy from creator, writer and star Frankie Shaw exploring how the desires for relationships, sex and a career collide with the realities of working-class single motherhood in your twenties.

So you've been wanting to check out Showmax, but times are a bit tough. Not to worry as the local streaming service is now available to DStv Compact subscribers at a much reduced price.

Next to all the gold, platinum and diamonds, there's one other natural resource that we have in abundance in Mzansi: The ability to laugh about life in South Africa. Showmax is helping to do just that with their lineup of local comedy.