Best Adventure TV shows
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Best Adventure TV shows
TOP TV Shows: Vikings (2013), Spartacus (2010), Merlin (2008), Game of Thrones (2011), Lost (2004), Loki (2021), Da Vinci's Demons (2013), The Witcher (2019), Black Sails (2014), Spartacus: Gods of the Arena (2011), The Mandalorian (2019), Marco Polo (2014), Into the Badlands (2015), Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013), The Shannara Chronicles (2016), Terra Nova (2011), Locked Up (2015), Firefly (2002), Dark Matter (2015), Arrow (2012).
List of Best TV Shows
545K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Ireland, Canada
Duration: 44 min.
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Story:
Vikings follows the adventures of Ragnar Lothbrok, the greatest hero of his age. The series tells the sagas of Ragnar's band of Viking brothers and his family, as he rises to become King of the Viking tribes. As well as being a fearless ...
Style:
atmospheric, exciting, heroic, captivating, breathtaking ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
warrior, viking, battles, king, legends and myths, norse mythology, historical character, leader, sword fight, sword and shield, war, adventurer ...
Time:
middle ages, 7th century, 9th century, 8th century
Place:
scandinavia, europe, iceland
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246K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
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Story:
Spartacus is an American television series inspired by the historical figure of Spartacus, a Thracian gladiator who from 73 to 71 BCE led a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic departing from Capua.
Style:
epic, sexy, heroic, sexual, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
ancient rome, ancient history, gladiator, sword fight, rebellion, roman empire, battles, slavery, swords and armor, ambition, rebel, intrigue ...
Time:
1st century b.c., ancient times
Place:
ancient greece
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84K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The unlikely friendship between Merlin, a young man gifted with extraordinary magical powers, and Prince Arthur, heir to the crown of Camelot.
Style:
epic, exciting, humorous, fairy tale, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
king arthur, supernatural, magic, arthurian legend, witch, supernatural ability, legends and myths, camelot, dragon, knight, wizards and magicians, friendship ...
Time:
middle ages
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 57 min.
TV show
Story:
Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the ...
Style:
epic, captivating, atmospheric, dramatic, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
intrigue, dragon, medieval, warrior, fantasy world, incest, power struggle, conflict, vicious, political intrigue, abuse of power, peril ...
Time:
middle ages, 2010s
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561K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Stripped of everything, the survivors of a horrific plane crash must work together to stay alive. But the island holds many secrets.
Style:
exciting, psychological, atmospheric, enigmatic, mind bending ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
survival, desert island, stranded on an island, human nature, air disaster, lost, island, mysterious place, destiny, plane crash, death, mysterious character ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
pacific ocean, fictional island
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329K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story:
The mercurial villain Loki resumes his role as the God of Mischief following the events of "Avengers: Endgame".
Style:
enigmatic, stylized, exciting, non-linear, captivating ...
Plot:
time travel, super villain, multiverse, time traveler, superhero, supernatural power, alien, norse mythology, good versus evil, alternate timeline, sorcerer, fantasy world ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Fantasy, History, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The series follows the "untold" story of Leonardo Da Vinci: the genius during his early years in Renaissance Florence. As a 25-year old artist, inventor, swordsman, lover, dreamer and idealist, he struggles to live within the confines of ...
Style:
exciting, intellectual, captivating, witty, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
leonardo da vinci, prodigy, renaissance, inventor, talented, sex scene, inventions and discoveries, escapades, shrewd, unconventional method, lust, visionary ...
Time:
15th century, future
Place:
italy, europe, florence, rome italy, istanbul turkey ...
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510K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Poland, USA, Hungary
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The witcher Geralt, a mutated monster hunter, struggles to find his place in a world where people often prove more wicked than beasts. Based on Andrzej Sapkowski's Witcher Saga.
Style:
dark fantasy, exciting, captivating, atmospheric, brutal ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
medieval, monster, fantasy world, magic, supernatural, anti heroine, elf, deadly creature, sorceress, mutant, prophecy, supernatural ability ...
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107K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 56 min.
TV show
Story:
The pirate adventures of Captain Flint and his men twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic “Treasure Island.” Flint, the most brilliant and most feared pirate captain of his day, takes on a fast-talking young addition to his ...
Style:
exciting, stylized, erotic, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
pirate, captain, pirate ship, swashbuckler, twists and turns, graphic violence, island, gold, treasure, killings, treasure hunt, ship ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century, georgian era
Place:
caribbean, west indies
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 331 min.
TV show
Story:
Before Spartacus struck down his first opponent in the arena, there were many gladiators who passed through the gates onto the sand.'Spartacus: Gods of the Arena' tells the story of the original Champion of the House of Batiatus: Gannicus ...
Style:
exciting, epic, serious, realistic, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
ancient rome, ancient history, arena, roman empire, gladiator, roman, heroes, slave, slavery, warrior, betrayal, sword fight ...
Time:
1st century b.c., ancient times
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
Plot under wraps
Style:
futuristic, exciting, suspenseful, enigmatic, serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
star wars, space travel, warrior, space and aliens, one man army, bounty hunter, loner, alien civilization, tough guy, gunslinger, space opera, space ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
An epic adventure that follows the early years of the famous explorer as he travels the exotic Silk Road to the great Kublai Khan’s court. But Marco soon finds that navigating the Khan’s world of greed, betrayal, sexual intrigue and rivalry will ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, epic, atmospheric, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
intrigue, rivalry, medieval, kung fu master, adventure hero, palace, strong violent content, culture clash, barbarian, martial arts, conqueror, warrior ...
Time:
middle ages, 13th century
Place:
mongolia, asia, china, venice, beijing china
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
In a land controlled by feudal barons, a great warrior and a young boy embark on a journey across a dangerous land to find enlightenment.
A genre-bending martial arts series very loosely based on the classic Chinese tale Journey to the West.
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, suspenseful, scenic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, warrior, death, post apocalypse, master warrior, murder, betrayal, heroes, vengeance, brutality, enlightenment, chase ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Place:
usa, southern usa, america
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Agent Phil Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division) puts together a team of agents to investigate the new, the strange and the unknown around the globe, protecting the ordinary from the ...
Style:
exciting, semi serious, suspenseful, stylized, epic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
good versus evil, master villain, heroes, superhuman powers, special agents, save the day, hacker, superhero, secret government organization, s.h.i.e.l.d., secret agents, scientist ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant ?
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
A young Healer armed with an unpredictable magic guides a runaway Elf in her perilous quest to save the peoples of the Four Lands from an age-old Demon scourge.
Style:
exciting, captivating, serious, entertaining, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, teen fantasy
Plot:
supernatural, supernatural ability, elf, good versus evil, magic, demon, imaginary kingdom, fantasy world, betrayal, post apocalypse, heroes, young heroes ...
Time:
future
Place:
san francisco
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
TV series centering on Marvel Cinematic Universe characters Falcon and The Winter Soldier.
Style:
exciting, tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
superhero, superhero team, warrior, heroes, society, friends, save the world, extraterrestrial, super powers, violence, tough guy, cyborgs ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
Terra Nova follows an ordinary family on an incredible journey back in time to prehistoric Earth as a small part of a daring experiment to save the human race. In the year 2149, the world is dying. The planet is overdeveloped and overcrowded, with ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspenseful, apocalyptic, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
time travel, dinosaur, post apocalypse, survival, human existence, extinction, changing the past or future, characters in danger, experiment, dangerous animal, alternate universe, fate of humanity ...
Time:
prehistoric times, jurassic, prehistory, 22nd century
Is relevant ?
23K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story:
Set up to take the blame for corporate fraud, young Macarena Ferreiro is locked up in a high-security women's prison surrounded by tough, ruthless criminals in this tense, provocative Spanish thriller.
Style:
psychological, tense, captivating, rough, disturbing ...
Plot:
prison, women's prison, prison guard, female prisoner, lesbian, jail, women in prison, female homosexuality, corruption, life is a bitch, false accusation, prisoner ...
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269K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Firefly is set in the year 2517, after the arrival of humans in a new star system and follows the adventures of the renegade crew of Serenity, a "Firefly-class" spaceship. The ensemble cast portrays the nine characters who live on Serenity.
Style:
exciting, captivating, witty, futuristic, clever ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
space, friendship, spacecraft, space travel, preacher, space opera, escapades, survival, space and aliens, captain, smuggling, space wars ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
The six-person crew of a derelict spaceship awakens from stasis in the farthest reaches of space. Their memories wiped clean, they have no recollection of who they are or how they got on board. The only clue to their identities is a cargo bay full ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, semi serious, ambiguous ending, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
space travel, space, memory loss, space and aliens, space wars, time travel, distant planet, amnesia, survival, androids, spacecraft, friendship ...
Time:
future
Is relevant ?
435K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Spoiled billionaire playboy Oliver Queen is missing and presumed dead when his yacht is lost at sea. He returns five years later a changed man, determined to clean up the city as a hooded vigilante armed with a bow.
Style:
exciting, captivating, realistic, stylized, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
superhero, heroes, double life, fighting crime, martial arts, rivalry, parkour, crime fighter, vigilante, archer, dual identity, scheme ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa, fictional island
Is relevant ?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
With the Ancients' city of Atlantis discovered in the Pegasus Galaxy by Stargate Command, Dr. Elizabeth Weir and Major Sheppard lead a scientific expedition to the ancient abandoned city. Once there, the team not only find themselves unable to ...
Style:
exciting, tense, captivating, epic, funny ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
space travel, fate of humanity, spacecraft, alien planet, ancient mystery, space, save the world, parallel world, good versus evil, space wars, technology, evil alien ...
Time:
2000s, future
Is relevant ?
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
There is a town in Maine where every story book character you've ever known is trapped between two worlds, victims of a powerful curse. Only one knows the truth and only one can break the spell.
Emma Swan is a 28-year-old bail bonds collector ...
Style:
fairy tale, stylized, sentimental, captivating, touching ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, boys' night, adult
Plot:
magic, fantasy world, power of love, true love, hopes, imaginary kingdom, good versus evil, magical, prince, fairy, curses spells and rituals, princess ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
maine, seattle, usa, new england, fictional island
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Star Trek: The Next Generation is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry as part of the Star Trek franchise. The show is set in the nearby regions of the Milky Way galaxy, approximately during the 2360s and ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, captivating, epic ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, teens
Plot:
space travel, star trek, space opera, space, space exploration, alien planet, spacecraft, captain, alien, alien species, alien contact, teleportation ...
Time:
future, 24th century
Is relevant ?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A dysfunctional family of superheroes comes together to solve the mystery of their father's death, the threat of the apocalypse and more.
Style:
exciting, tense, anime, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
superhero, time travel, heroes, team, apocalypse, time traveler, fight, academy, fantasy world, life is a bitch, death, super strength ...
Time:
future, 80s, year 1989, 60s, 20th century ...
Place:
usa
Is relevant ?
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Lyra is an orphan who lives in a parallel universe in which science, theology and magic are entwined. Lyra's search for a kidnapped friend uncovers a sinister plot involving stolen children, and turns into a quest to understand a mysterious ...
Style:
atmospheric, enigmatic, dark, exciting, sad ...
Audience:
teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
magic, travel, friendship, children, prophecy, child protagonist, conspiracy, church, suspense, journey, grownups, multiverse ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2020s
Place:
england, london, united kingdom, norway
Is relevant ?
104K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A team of young superheroes led by Nightwing (formerly Batman's first Robin) form to combat evil and other perils.
Style:
tense, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, anime ...
Audience:
teens, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
superhero, superhero team, supernatural ability, secret identity, friendship, murder, vengeance, villain, self discovery, superheroine, brutality, coming of age ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, san francisco
Is relevant ?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
Set twenty years after the events of Star Trek Nemesis, we follow the now-retired Admiral Picard into the next chapter of his life.
Style:
exciting, tense, captivating, epic, breathtaking ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
star trek, space travel, spacecraft, space, alien, exploration, friendship, male protagonist, mentor, isolation, destiny, alien species ...
Time:
future, 24th century, 2020s
Is relevant ?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of Stargate SG-1 begins about a year after the events of the feature film, when the United States government learns that an ancient alien device called the Stargate can access a network of such devices on a multitude of planets. SG-1 is an ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, serious, atmospheric, epic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
space travel, time travel, space and aliens, alien planet, parallel world, alien race, save the world, ancient mystery, parallel universe, space, alien, back from the dead ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, near future, 2000s, 21st century
Is relevant ?
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The crew of a Royal Naval expedition searching for the Arctic's treacherous Northwest Passage discovers instead a monstrous predator.
Style:
twist ending, psychological, suspenseful, bleak, slasher ...
Plot:
arctic, expedition, cannibalism, starvation, insanity, violence, british navy, paranoia, leadership, animal attack, delusion, corpse ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1940s
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