Best international series on Showmax in October, from Yellowstone prequel 1923 to Chucky S3 to The..

30th Sep 2023 | Source: Showmax

<div>Looking for new titles to watch? Here are the best international series coming to Showmax in October.</div>

<div><em>1st seasons of 1923, Rain Dogs, The Rookie: Feds, Six Four, American Auto; new Chucky, Son of a Critch</em></div>

<div><strong>CHUCKY S3</strong><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">| First on Showmax | 2 episodes on Mondays from 23 October</span></div>

<div><em>Chucky</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> is headed for the White House in the third season of the cult horror franchise. It's up to Jake, Devon, and Lexy to figure out how to stop Chucky when he's cosied up to America's First Family, in the most secure house in the US. </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Returning just in time for both Pride Month and Halloween, </span><em>Chucky </em><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">was nominated for Best Horror Series at this year's Critics Choice Super Awards, with Brad Dourif up for Best Villain in a Series as the title character. The series </span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">has a 91% critics' rating on </span><em>Rotten Tomatoes</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, where the critics' consensus praises its "absurd humour and creative horror." </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Alyvia Alyn Lind, Zackary Arthur and </span><span style="color:#0f0f0f; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Björgvin Arnarson are back as Lexy, Jake and Devon, as is Oscar nominee Jennifer Tilly as Chucky's ex and now sworn enemy, Tiffany, who's </span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">facing a looming crisis of her own this season as the police close in on her. </span></div>

<div><strong>1923 S1 </strong><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">| Binge from 16 October </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">The</span><em> </em><a href="https://usw2.nyl.as/t1/211/5o13691y0nvghb9o7gc204bh4/2/b3402fb5e76c9d30535ff5f50afb071bf90015f27575a20321068083d38809a5" rel="noreferrer" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: #000000" target="_blank"><em>Yellowstone</em></a><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> prequel </span><em>1923</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> stars Oscar winner Helen Mirren (</span><em>The Queen</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) and Oscar nominee Harrison Ford (aka Indiana Jones) as Cara and Jacob Dutton, who head a new generation of the Dutton family in Montana during the time of western expansion, Prohibition, and the Great Depression.</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Continuing the saga from Oscar nominee Taylor Sheridan's first </span><em>Yellowstone</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> prequel </span><a href="https://usw2.nyl.as/t1/211/5o13691y0nvghb9o7gc204bh4/3/e79fb85501a8f165b05c321dca116563eb97bc6b90b5082018a1780837e2965a" rel="noreferrer" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: #000000" target="_blank"><em>1883</em></a><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>1923</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> was conceived as a two-season series. The show has also already earned Helen Mirren a 2023 Critics Choice Super Award for Best Actress in an Action Series or Limited Series. It has an 8.4/10 score on </span><em>IMDb</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> and a 90% critics' rating on </span><em>Rotten Tomatoes</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, with </span><em>Variety</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> saying, "Mirren and Ford make for such a potent pairing; their chemistry alone is enough to make </span><em>1923</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> feel like an elevated version of Sheridan's neo-Western fare."</span></div>

<div><em>1923</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> was partly shot in Kenya, South Africa and Tanzania, so look out for SAFTA winner Nick Boraine (</span><em>The Mating Game</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) as safari operator Richard Holland and Colin Moss (</span><a href="https://usw2.nyl.as/t1/211/5o13691y0nvghb9o7gc204bh4/4/eb868f6f197fd2ff1c7c6f64c6138c148aedd360ed7f552e413eef5dbb6f67b4" rel="noreferrer" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: #000000" target="_blank"><em>Warrior</em></a><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) as Tanganyika railroad construction supervisor Charles Hardin.</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">The international support cast includes the likes of the former James Bond, Timothy Dalton; BAFTA nominee Jerome Flynn (Bronn in </span><a href="https://usw2.nyl.as/t1/211/5o13691y0nvghb9o7gc204bh4/5/8ffff3c0600117c1a7af1153813ac94fce0e5c921bfa6af9cff4531ceba8fa8d" rel="noreferrer" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: #000000" target="_blank"><em>Game of Thrones</em></a><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">); and Robert Patrick (</span><em>Peacemaker</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), while Isabel May reprises her </span><em>1883 </em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">role as Elsa Dutton to narrate. </span></div>

<div><strong>RAIN DOGS S1 </strong><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">| Binge from 19 October</span></div>

<div><em>Rain Dogs</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> stars double-BAFTA winner Daisy May Cooper (</span><em>Avenue 5</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) as Costello Jones, a devoted mother who wants more for her precocious young daughter, Iris (Fleur Tashjian). </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">As she hustles to survive, Costello leans on Selby (Jack Farthing from </span><em>Poldark</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), Iris' pseudo father and Costello's pseudo soulmate, and Gloria (Ronk? Adékolu?jo from </span><em>Alex Rider</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> and </span><em>Christopher Robin</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), the duo's loyal yet chaotic godmother/best friend. Together they form a dysfunctional family on the fringes of society, trying to defy a system built against them to go straight in a crooked world. </span></div>

<div><em>Rain Dogs</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> has a 93% critics' score on </span><em>Rotten Tomatoes</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, where it's #37 among the Best TV Shows of 2023 (So Far). </span><em>Time </em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">calls Costello and Selby "easily the most compelling characters I've encountered this year", hailing </span><em>Rain Dogs</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> as "magnificently dark... like no other family comedy on TV..." </span></div>

<div><strong>THE ROOKIE: FEDS S1</strong><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> | Binge from 23 October</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Five-time Emmy nominee Niecy Nash (</span><em>Dahmer, When They See Us</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) stars in </span><em>The Rookie: Feds</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> as Special Agent Simone Clark, the oldest rookie in the FBI Academy, who is assigned to support the Los Angeles field office.</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">A spin-off from Showmax favourite </span><em>The Rookie</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Feds</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> was nominated as Outstanding New TV Series at the 2023 GLAAD Media Awards and has an 86% critics' rating on </span><em>Rotten Tomatoes.</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Look out for Screen Actors Guild nominee Felix Solis (</span><em>Ozark</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), Black Reel nominee Frankie Faison (</span><em>The Wire</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), multi-award winners Kevin Zegers (</span><em>Transamerica</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) and Britt Robertson (</span><em>Tomorrowland</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), and James Lesure (</span><em>Good Girls</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">). </span></div>

<div><strong>SON OF A CRITCH S2 </strong><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">| Binge from 11 October</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">In Season 2 of </span><em>Son of a Critch</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, a new school year brings new challenges for 1980s junior high-schooler Mark Critch, including his first fight, first beer, and even his first pair of jeans. But the bigger Mark's world gets, the more complicated things become.</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Benjamin Evan Ainsworth (who voiced Zemeckis' </span><em>Pinocchio</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> and stars opposite Bryan Cranston in the upcoming </span><em>Everything's Going to Be Great</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) stars as the young Mark, with Hollywood Walk-of-Famer Malcolm McDowell (</span><em>Bombshell</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>A Clockwork Orange</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) as his grandfather, and the real Mark Critch as his dad. An award-winning Canadian actor and writer, Critch co-writes the show (which is based on his memoir), with Writers Guild of America Award nominee Tim McAuliffe (</span><em>The Last Man on Earth</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">).</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Season 1 scooped a 100% critics' rating on </span><em>Rotten Tomatoes</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> and was nominated for seven Canadian awards this year, including Best Supporting Performer: Comedy for McDowell at the Canadian Screen Awards, and both Best Performance in a Comedy Series and Best Youth Performance for Sophia Powers at the Leo Awards, as well as a 2023 Young Artist Award for Outstanding Ensemble Cast (for Ainsworth, Powers and Mark Ezekiel Rivera). </span></div>

<div><em>Son of a Critch</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> has already been renewed for a third season. </span><em>Common Sense Media</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> gives the family friendly show 4/5-stars, recommending the show for ages 10+. </span></div>

<div><strong>SIX FOUR S1 </strong><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">| Binge from 23 October</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Based on the bestselling novel by award-winning Japanese mystery writer Hideo Yokoyama, </span><em>Six Four</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> follows Glasgow police detective Chris and his wife, former undercover officer Michelle, who discover that the disappearance of their teenage daughter may be connected to a cold case.</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Kevin McKidd (Dr Owen Hunt in </span><em>Grey's Anatomy</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> and Tommy in the original </span><em>Trainspotting</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) and British Independent Film Award winner Vinette Robinson star alongside the likes of Richard Coyle (Aberforth in </span><em>Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, and Father Faustus Blackwood in </span><em>Chilling Adventures of Sabrina</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">). </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">In their four-star review, </span><em>London Evening Standard</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> praised </span><em>Six Four</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> as "tight, thrilling and full of twists and turns."</span></div>

<div><strong>AMERICAN AUTO S1</strong><strong> </strong><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">| Binge from 2 October</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">From Emmy nominee Justin Spitzer (the creator of </span><em>Superstore</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> and producer of </span><em>The Office</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), </span><em>American Auto</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> is set at the Detroit offices of Payne Motors, where the floundering corporate execs are at a crossroads: adapt to the changing times or be sent to the junkyard. Luckily, they have a bold new CEO, whose leadership, experience, and savvy are only slightly offset by her total lack of knowledge about cars. </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Nominated for a Hollywood Critics Association Award for Best Broadcast Network Series: Comedy, as well as for its writing, </span><em>American Auto</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> holds a 100% critics' rating on </span><em>Rotten Tomatoes</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, with </span><em>Globe and Mail </em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">calling it, "A mad satire of corporate life... mainly set in the boardroom, where executives prove daily that they know nothing."</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">The hilarious ensemble cast includes Ana Gasteyer (</span><em>Saturday Night Live</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), Jon Barinholtz (</span><em>Superstore</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">'s Marcus), Harriet Dyer (Ashley in </span><em>Colin From Accounts</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, Emily in </span><em>The Invisible Man</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), and X Mayo, an Emmy nominee for her writing on </span><em>The Daily Show</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">. </span></div>

<div><strong>EVERYTHING ON SHOWMAX IN OCTOBER 2023</strong></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">To see everything on Showmax in October 2023, including the Showmax Original </span><em>Boetie Boer, </em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">blockbuster films like </span><em>Cocaine Bear</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, and the Black Reel-nominated documentary </span><em>Love To Love You, Donna Summer</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, click </span><a href="https://usw2.nyl.as/t1/211/5o13691y0nvghb9o7gc204bh4/11/f969adf2882e02c98cd74e9b8bd76cf5f2e0c7e2797b4b5c375980d72bee8717" rel="noreferrer" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: #1155cc" target="_blank">here</a><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">.</span></div>