Action & Adventure TV Shows
The list contains the best, new, and most relevant Action & Adventure TV Shows ordered by relevance. Trendflicks helps you find the most attractive TV Shows from all kinds of streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, Prime Video, HBO, etc.
Best TV Shows
Popular TV Shows:
Stargate Atlantis(2004) , Marco Polo(2014) , Penny Dreadful(2014) , Queen Sono(2020) , The Last Kingdom(2015) , Batwoman(2019) , Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles(2008) , Firefly(2002) , NCIS: New Orleans(2014) , Magnum P.I.(2018) , Arcane(2021) , Treason(2022) , X-Men: Evolution(2000) , Buffy the Vampire Slayer(1997) , Warehouse 13(2009) , Hawaii Five-0(2010) , Merlin(2008) , Batman: The Brave and the Bold(2008) , Masters of the Universe: Revelation(2021) , Teen Titans Go!(2013) , Jupiter's Legacy(2021) , Rome(2005) , Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake(2023) , JAG(1995) , Stargate SG-1(1997) , Quantum Leap(1989) , Switch(1975) , He-Man and the Masters of the Universe(2021) , Steven Universe(2013) , Gotham Knights(2023)
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Stargate Atlantis (2004)
8.1
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Release Date: 2004-07-15
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: After Major Sheppard and Dr. Elizabeth Weir lead a scientific expedition to the long-abandoned ancient metropolis of Atlantis in the Pegasus system, Stargate Command discovers the city. Once there, they discover they cannot contact Earth and that their exploration has unintentionally awakened the deadly enemies of the ancients, the Wraiths, who are pursuing them. Now, with the aid of new local allies like Teyla Emmagan, the Atlantis team starts to discover the secrets of their new home while simultaneously beginning their fight for survival against the Wraiths.
Cast: Joe Flanigan, David Hewlett, Rachel Luttrell, Jewel Staite, Robert Picardo
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Marco Polo (2014)
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Release Date: 2014-12-12
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Young Marco Polo of Venice sets off on a diplomatic and spy expedition following the fabled traveler Marco Polo's 13th-century journey around the world and arrival at the court of Kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire. He frequently feels alone while gaining Kublai Khan's trust and forging allies and adversaries in political intrigues. His journey takes a turn for the better when he joins the Mongol Empire in its conflict with the Chinese Dynasty and falls in love with a long-lost princess. He journeys across dangerous areas, engages in valiant combat, and surmounts personal challenges alongside companions like Khutulun and the Hundred Eyes.
Cast: Lorenzo Richelmy, Benedict Wong, Joan Chen, Remy Hii, Zhu Zhu
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Penny Dreadful (2014)
8.2
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Release Date: 2014-05-11
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Explorer Sir Malcolm Murray and beautiful psychic Vanessa Ives were searching for his daughter Mina. While fighting with a group of unknown creatures, they seemed to have glimpsed the secrets of ancient Egypt two thousand years ago. Genius surgeon Victor Frankenstein created Frankenstein with corpse parts. While he experienced the creator's joy, he was also bound by the shadow of the past. Ethan Chandler, a poor American boy looking for a performance, was hired by Vanessa because of his excellent marksmanship. His incredible experience made him linger in London, and he could not escape. These people came together for various reasons and faced nightmares that they could never get rid of.
Cast: Eva Green, Josh Hartnett, Timothy Dalton, Harry Treadaway, Reeve Carney
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Queen Sono (2020)
6.1
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Release Date: 2020-02-28
Duration: 30min
Country: ZA
Plot: Queen Sono has received training as an undercover spy, and she frequently undertakes risky operations on the African continent as a member of the Special Operations Group (SOP), a South African intelligence organization that deals with terrorism, European neo-colonialism, and corruption. At the same time, she has been investigating the motives behind her mother's murder for a long time. Her mother was slain when she was a young girl.
Cast: Pearl Thusi, Vuyo Dabula
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The Last Kingdom (2015)
8.5
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Release Date: 2015-10-10
Duration: 30min
Country: GB
Plot: Only the Kingdom of Wessex, ruled by King Alfred, remained intact after the Danes conquered several of England's sovereign kingdoms in 872 AD. As the heir of a strategically important lordship, Uhtred was born into a Saxon aristocratic family. Uhtred was taken prisoner by the Danes and brought up as a Dane after Danish invaders slew his father during the conflict. Following the establishment of Danish power, the Vikings persisted in their attempts to subjugate all of England, and Uhtred, a Saxon who the Danes had reared, assisted King Alfred of the Kingdom of Wessex in the hopes of someday regaining his hometown of Bebbanburg.
Cast: Alexander Dreymon, Emily Cox, Eliza Butterworth, Mark Rowley, Ruby Hartley
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Batwoman (2019)
3.6
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Release Date: 2019-10-06
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Three years after Batman's mysterious disappearance, Gotham City is in despair. Without the Caped Crusader, the Gotham City Police Department has been overrun by criminal gangs and outdated with weaponry. Enter Jacob Kane and his military-grade Raven private security team, who now protect the city with ubiquitous firepower and militias. Jacob dies in a firefight with criminals, and his surviving daughter Kate decides to follow in his footsteps, using Z's military skills to become the new generation of Batman, dubbed "Batwoman" by the media. With a passion for social justice and a gift for outspokenness, Kate uses everything she can to fight Alice's dark machinations.
Cast: Javicia Leslie, Rachel Skarsten, Meagan Tandy, Nicole Kang, Camrus Johnson
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Release Date: 2008-01-13
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Following the deaths of Dr. Miles Dyson and the T-800 101 Terminator, the Connors were once again trailed by Skynet agents from the future. Realizing that the nightmare was far from finished, they vowed to continue fleeing and do everything they could to halt the "Skynet" plot, a technical weapon designed by the firm to destroy humanity. They escaped to a new city, hoping that their lives would return to normal, but they were surprised to find a Terminator disguised as a teacher plotting to assassinate John instead. So, a new escape started.
Cast: Lena Headey, Thomas Dekker, Summer Glau, Richard T. Jones, Shirley Manson
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Firefly (2002)
8.9
TV-14
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Release Date: 2002-09-20
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Five hundred years later, without a home, Captain Malcolm Reynolds's starship Serenity is cruising the cosmos. As they go across a galaxy governed by the federal government, the spaceship Serenity crew and passengers will investigate the planets' boundaries. Every passenger aboard the ship will have ambitions and intentions, so crew members with varying backgrounds and motivations must conceal their true identities until they accomplish their objectives. The crew will need to take any legal or criminal job to live.
Cast: Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin
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NCIS: New Orleans (2014)
6.8
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Release Date: 2014-09-23
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: This television series follows a local field office in New Orleans as it investigates criminal cases involving military members. Special Agent Dwayne Pride, a New Orleans native, leads the squad. Working with Pride are hard-working Special Agent Christopher Lasalle, former FBI agent Tammy Gregorio, forensic agent Sebastian Lund, and Special Agent Hannah Khoury, specializing in international counterintelligence. The team also includes medical examiner Dr. Loretta Wade, both intelligent and eccentric, and investigative computer expert Barton Prime, a lively and talented hacker.
Cast: Scott Bakula, Vanessa Ferlito, Necar Zadegan, Charles Michael Davis, Rob Kerkovich
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Magnum P.I. (2018)
6.3
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Release Date: 2018-09-24
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Following his return from Afghanistan, Thomas Magnum, a former Navy SEAL, uses his military experience to work as a private investigator in Hawaii. He pretends to be the security detail of Hawaiian billionaire author Robin Masters and lives in his home, managed by former MI6 agent Juliet Higgins. Thomas has extraordinary abilities and can get involved in cases involving serious crimes. With encouragement and support from his close friends Rick and TC, they investigate various strange cases together.
Cast: Jay Hernandez, Perdita Weeks, Zachary Knighton, Stephen Hill, Tim Kang
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Arcane (2021)
9.1
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Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Sisters Vi and Jinx live in the steampunk utopia of Piltover and the chemical-driven dungeon of Zaun. Tensions between the two city-states have peaked with the advent of Hextech, a method of controlling magical energy in Piltover. In Zaun, a new drug called Flash can turn humans into monsters. The competition between the cities has torn apart families and friends, and they have stood on opposite sides of each other, parted ways, and headed toward different destinies. But the constraints in their hearts always make them want to reunite, and the righteous sister Vi also tries her best to defeat all the evil in the dungeon.
Cast: Hailee Steinfeld, Ella Purnell
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Treason (2022)
6.4
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Release Date: 2022-12-26
Duration: 30min
Country: GB
Plot: Kara and Adam have a complicated past, which makes their reunion fraught with tension and uncertainty. Meanwhile, Adam's wife, Maddy, is also involved in the complicated affair. The three form a delicate triangle relationship. In this relationship, each person tries to reveal the other's secrets. At the same time, they are trying to protect their personal lives and their loved ones.
Cast: Charlie Cox, Olga Kurylenko, Oona Chaplin, Ciarán Hinds
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X-Men: Evolution (2000)
7.8
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Release Date: 2000-11-04
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Professor Charles Francis Xavier's mission at the School for Gifted Children is to teach mutants how to utilize their talents for good and keep them from hurting themselves or others. Xavier possesses the ability to read minds. However, Shapeshifter Mystique was appointed principal of his high school by his enemy Magneto, who wanted to gather deficient mutants for battle against non-mutants.
Cast: Kirby Morrow, Venus Terzo, David Kaye, Brad Swaile, Maggie O'Hara
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)
8.3
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Release Date: 1997-03-10
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Buffy Summers is a chosen one who will battle the powers of evil, demons, and vampires by themselves. No matter how hard Buffy strives to be an ordinary girl, she is doomed to repeat this cycle over and over again. Fortunately, she gets support from her friends, the amusing and unexpectedly successful evil-fighting squad known as the Scooby Gang. They would defeat their inner demons, endure several tragedies, and attend college together.
Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, Emma Caulfield Ford, Michelle Trachtenberg
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Warehouse 13 (2009)
7.6
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Release Date: 2009-07-07
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Two U.S. Secret Service officers are taken to a secret facility in South Dakota, which has magical artifacts gathered over millennia by regents with authority above any government, after saving the president's life in Washington. Their new task is to look into reports of new goods and recover missing objects known as "artifacts," which seem innocuous but have great power.
Cast: Eddie McClintock, Joanne Kelly, Saul Rubinek, Allison Scagliotti, Aaron Ashmore
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Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
7.4
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Release Date: 2010-09-20
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: The governor of Hawaii formed the Five-0 task force to look into significant crimes committed on the islands, even though the state does not have its state police agency. Leading the squad is Danny Williams, a second-in-command of Reservist Naval Officer Steve McGarrett, and together, they combat a string of crimes with considerably more severe repercussions than those the Honolulu faced—police services, including the handling of major organized crime and terrorism.
Cast: Alex O'Loughlin, Scott Caan, Ian Anthony Dale, Meaghan Rath, Beulah Koale
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Merlin (2008)
7.9
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Release Date: 2008-09-20
Duration: 30min
Country: GB
Plot: Merlin traveled to the palace from his birthplace to study under the royal physician Gaius. The ruler there forbade magic in any form. But Gaius discovered Merlin's magic. Rather than blaming him, Gaius acknowledged him as his adopted son and counseled him on making the most of his abilities. Merlin also encountered an old dragon in the castle. The dragon informed him that he had a problematic duty: protecting Prince Arthur and elevating him to the position of future king. Merlin safeguards Arthur as his valet. However, things did not turn out the way Merlin had planned. Nimueh, the wicked witch, discovers Merlin's aim and devises a scheme.
Cast: Colin Morgan, Angel Coulby, Bradley James, Katie McGrath, Richard Wilson
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Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2008)
7.3
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Release Date: 2008-11-14
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Batman joins forces with superheroes from the DC Universe for nonstop adventures sprinkled with humor. He teams up with Blue Beetle, Green Arrow, Aquaman, and numerous others to defend the law. In Gotham, formidable adversaries are everywhere, and Batman will continue to use cunning, ingenuity, and an endless supply of awesome gear to bring justice to bear.
Cast: Diedrich Bader
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Release Date: 2021-07-23
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: This series continues the narrative of the Battle for Eternia from the decades-old iconic character series Titans. The struggle will get fiercer in this season. Following the intense battle between He-Man and Skeletor King, Eternia disintegrated, scattering the protectors of Whikburg. Teela must get this dispersed group of heroes back together and work quickly to solve the mystery of the stolen Excalibur to restore Eternia and avert the destruction of the cosmos.
Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Tiffany Smith, Lena Headey, Liam Cunningham, Mark Hamill
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Teen Titans Go! (2013)
5.7
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Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: The series focuses on Beast Boy, Robin, Cyborg, Raven, and Starfire—the younger Titans. They live in Jump City together as teens without any grownups to come while they're not rescuing the planet. Unlike most other superhero shows, some stories are absurd, humorous, and parodic, such as obtaining a driver's license after wrecking the Batmobile and washing clothing after an adversary has filthy them.
Cast: Scott Menville, Greg Cipes, Khary Payton, Tara Strong, Hynden Walch
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Jupiter's Legacy (2021)
6.7
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Release Date: 2021-05-07
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: The guiding principles that Sheldon Sampson followed during his almost century-long life as a utopian—never murdering anybody, never meddling in political matters—remain constant throughout the journey. Sampson founded the Justice League, a group of superheroes. But his kids and other superheroes of the future are having a hard time living up to his high standards and rigid beliefs. Whether these principles still hold was the subject of public discussion when Sheldon's son Brandon seemed to kill one of their worst foes to save Sheldon.
Cast: Josh Duhamel, Ben Daniels, Leslie Bibb, Andrew Horton, Elena Kampouris
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Rome (2005)
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Release Date: 2005-08-28
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: The series follows the dramatic transformation from the Roman Republic to a dictatorial empire, such as civil wars, conquests, and the rise of characters like Julius Caesar and his adoptive successor, Octavian Augustus, who alter historical events worldwide. The aristocratic viewpoint of Stu and theirs is used to illustrate political friends and rivals, as well as the politically ignorant opinions of certain common Romans, notably the families and soldiers Lucius Vorenus and Titus Plo.
Cast: Kevin McKidd, Ray Stevenson, Ciarán Hinds, James Purefoy, Polly Walker
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Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake (2023)
8.8
TV-14
Release Date: 2023-08-31
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Fiona and her cat Cake work at dead-end jobs all day in a parallel world devoid of magic; at night, Fiona dreams of a magical paradise that is perpetually out of reach. Similar to Fiona, Simon works from home in the kingdom of Ooo and is grieving for a life lost. He is like a living, breathing example of a bygone period. Later, as they traversed the multiverse, a new enemy bent on erasing the three of them from existence pursued them.
Cast: Madeleine Martin, Roz Ryan, Tom Kenny
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JAG (1995)
6.7
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Release Date: 1995-09-23
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: The main character is Harmon Rabb, a former fighter pilot turned military lawyer. With his keen insight, outstanding legal skills, and unwavering sense of justice, he successfully resolves numerous complex military legal cases. In the process of solving the cases, he not only establishes a deep friendship with the team members but also gradually wins the respect and trust of his superiors and peers.
Cast: David James Elliott, Catherine Bell, Patrick Labyorteaux
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Stargate SG-1 (1997)
8.4
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Release Date: 1997-07-27
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: In 1928, the discovery of a giant ring of extraterrestrial high-tech teleportation beneath the pyramids on the banks of the Nile opened the door to alien worlds. It gave humanity an unprecedented opportunity to re-examine its history and revise the history books, completely changing the fate and course of humanity and the Earth. The universe has also begun a new era because of the participation of Earth's people
Cast: Ben Browder, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, Michael Shanks, Claudia Black
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Quantum Leap (1989)
8.2
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Release Date: 1989-03-26
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Sam's time travel experiments are absorbed by a mysterious, unidentifiable, high-energy entity that uses him to avoid the tragedies that befall ordinary people. Sam also suffered from irregular amnesia, known as Swiss-cheesing, which left him unable to remember most of the details of his own life. His only link to his own time and space is the holographic projection of his friend Al.
Cast: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell
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Switch (1975)
7.1
Release Date: 1975-09-09
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: The Switch is a 1975 American science fiction television series that centers on two women who look alike but come from very different backgrounds. One woman comes from a wealthy family and lives well; the other was born poor and lives a hard life. Under the influence of some mysterious force, their lives are exchanged, and each enters the other's world. This sudden change has forced them to face unprecedented challenges and difficulties.
Cast: Robert Wagner, Eddie Albert, Charlie Callas, Sharon Gless, James Hong
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Release Date: 2021-09-16
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: In this animation, the story is set in a universe full of mystery and adventure. Characters like He-man have new challenges and adventures in the new story. Due to the high casualty rate of the series, male characters die frequently, and female characters gradually step forward to shoulder the responsibility of saving the entire universe. They carried the burden with their strong shoulders, showing bravery and wisdom unlike before.
Cast: Yuri Lowenthal
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Steven Universe (2013)
8.2
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Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: In the world of Cosmic Kids, a team of gem warriors protects the universe from the threat of evil forces. Steven Universe, a young boy, inherits his mother's gem power and lives with three other gem warriors, Pomegranate, Pearl, and Amethyst. The series revolves around them, telling the story of Steven and his three jewel warrior sisters, saving the world in their daily lives and exploring their own magical abilities as they grow up.
Cast: Zach Callison, Estelle, Michaela Dietz, Deedee Magno
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Gotham Knights (2023)
5.3
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Release Date: 2023-03-14
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Set in the aftermath of the murder of Batman Bruce Wayne, his rebellious adopted son and the descendants of his enemies are framed as the real culprits, forming an unlikely alliance. Now, as the city's most wanted men, the fringe must fight to prove their innocence. Meanwhile, the city is in the most dangerous situation it's ever been in because of the loss of Batman. However, hope will come from an unexpected place, and this group of fugitives will become the future of Gotham City. Their name is "Gotham Knights."
Cast: Oscar Morgan, Olivia Rose Keegan, Navia Robinson, Fallon Smythe, Tyler DiChiara