Best Adventure TV shows

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Best Adventure TV shows
Best Adventure TV shows
TOP TV Shows: Game of Thrones (2011), Lost (2004), Merlin (2008), Spartacus (2010), Vikings (2013), The Shannara Chronicles (2016), Marco Polo (2014), Terra Nova (2011), Into the Badlands (2015), Black Sails (2014), The Witcher (2019), Spartacus: Gods of the Arena (2011), Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013), Loki (2021), The Mandalorian (2019), Dark Matter (2015), Timeless (2016), The Umbrella Academy (2019), Firefly (2002), Locked Up (2015).

List of Best TV Shows

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 9.2
 2.3M
Game of Thrones (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 55 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: dragon, medieval, intrigue, incest, fantasy world, kingdom, power struggle, conflict, political intrigue, peril, abuse of power, treason ...
Time: middle ages, 2010s, medieval times, 2000s, year 2011 ...
Place: idaho, hawaii
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 8.3
 591K
Lost (2004)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 5445 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, atmospheric, psychological, enigmatic, mind bending ...
Audience: teens
Plot: survival, island, stranded, desert island, stranded on an island, human nature, lost, mysterious place, death, air disaster, destiny, plane crash ...
Time: y2k, 70s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: fictional island, hawaii, pacific ocean
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 7.9
 87K
Merlin (2008)
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, arthurian, humorous, fairy tale ...
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: king arthur, supernatural, arthurian legend, dragon, magic, witch, supernatural ability, legends and myths, knight, camelot, wizards and magicians, friendship ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times
Place: england, wales, europe
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 8.5
 255K
Spartacus (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
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, exciting, stylized, sexual ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: ancient rome, ancient history, roman empire, gladiator, sword fight, rebellion, ambition, battles, sex, slavery, swords and armor, rebel ...
Time: 1st century b.c., ancient times, 1st century, 2000s
Place: ancient greece
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 8.5
 576K
Vikings (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Ireland, Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
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: exciting, atmospheric, heroic, captivating, historical drama ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: viking, battles, king, warrior, medieval, sword fight, sword and shield, legends and myths, norse mythology, historical character, war, adventurer ...
Time: middle ages, ancient times, medieval times, 9th century, 7th century ...
Place: scandinavia, chicago, ireland, europe, iceland
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The Shannara Chronicles (2016)
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, suspense, apocalyptic ...
Audience: teens, teen fantasy
Plot: supernatural, supernatural ability, elf, demon, fantasy world, imaginary kingdom, imaginary, danger, good versus evil, magic, young heroes, post apocalypse ...
Time: future
Place: san francisco
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 8.0
 78K
Marco Polo (2014)
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: medieval, intrigue, culture clash, danger, kung fu master, adventure hero, palace, strong violent content, rivalry, barbarian, conqueror, martial arts ...
Time: middle ages, 13th century, medieval times
Place: mongolia, asia, china, venice, beijing china
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 6.7
 86K
Terra Nova (2011)
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, teen drama
Plot: time travel, dinosaur, post apocalypse, survival, human existence, extinction, danger, changing the past or future, experiment, dangerous animal, imaginary, research ...
Time: prehistoric times, jurassic, near future, prehistory, 22nd century
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Into the Badlands (2015)
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, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, warrior, danger, master warrior, post apocalypse, murder, death, heroes, fantasy world, enlightenment, vengeance, blood ...
Time: future, 2010s
Place: southern usa, america, usa
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 8.2
 112K
Black Sails (2014)
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, suspense, historical drama, costume drama ...
Audience: teens
Plot: pirate, captain, pirate ship, swashbuckler, island, treasure, gold, treasure hunt, ship, graphic violence, danger, sea ...
Time: 18th century, 19th century, ancient times
Place: caribbean, syria, america, west indies
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 8.0
 566K
The Witcher (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Poland, Hungary, USA, UK
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, atmospheric, captivating, brutal ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick, adult
Plot: medieval, supernatural, fantasy world, monster, magic, anti heroine, deadly creature, elf, sorceress, destiny, prophecy, violence ...
Time: medieval times
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Spartacus: Gods of the Arena (2011)
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, realistic, serious, stylized ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: ancient history, ancient rome, roman empire, gladiator, arena, roman, slave, heroes, warrior, sword fight, slavery, master warrior ...
Time: ancient times, 1st century b.c., 1st century
Place: hawaii
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Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013)
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, superhuman powers, save the day, hacker, heroes, superhero, secret government organization, s.h.i.e.l.d., scientist, teamwork, team ...
Time: future, 20th century, 2010s, 1930s, 21st century
Place: usa
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 8.2
 407K
Loki (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 586 min.
TV show
Story: The mercurial villain Loki resumes his role as the God of Mischief following the events of "Avengers: Endgame".
Style: enigmatic, surreal, spectacular, exciting, non-linear ...
Plot: time travel, multiverse, time traveler, super villain, supernatural power, outer space, good versus evil, norse mythology, sorcerer, fantasy world, alien, god ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
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 8.7
 581K
The Mandalorian (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story: Plot under wraps
Style: futuristic, exciting, action adventure, suspenseful, enigmatic ...
Audience: kids, adult
Plot: star wars, outer space, space travel, space opera, bounty hunter, space and aliens, warrior, one man army, loner, alien civilization, gunslinger, tough guy ...
Time: 90s, future
Place: space western
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 7.5
 45K
Dark Matter (2015)
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, action adventure, mind blowing ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, boys' night, adult
Plot: space travel, outer space, memory loss, space opera, space and aliens, space wars, time travel, androids, distant planet, survival, friendship, danger ...
Time: future
Place: space western
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 7.6
 47K
Timeless (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A mysterious criminal steals a secret state-of-the-art time machine, intent on destroying America as we know it by changing the past. Our only hope is an unexpected team: a scientist, a soldier and a history professor, who must use the ...
Style: romantic, exciting, light, surprise ending, intellectual ...
Audience: kids
Plot: time travel, time machine, alternate reality, alternate timeline, murder, female scientist, fighting crime, betrayal, mother daughter relationship, team, shooting, conspiracy ...
Place: san francisco
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The Umbrella Academy (2019)
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, suspense, captivating ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: superhero, time travel, heroes, apocalypse, time traveler, danger, fight, fantasy world, team, alternate history, academy, life is a bitch ...
Time: future, year 1989, 80s, year 1963, 60s ...
Place: usa
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 9.0
 280K
Firefly (2002)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 616 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, neo western ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: outer space, space travel, space opera, spacecraft, danger, escapades, survival, captain, space and aliens, smuggling, friendship, preacher ...
Time: future, 2000s
Place: space western
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 8.1
 26K
Locked Up (2015)
Genre: 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, suspense, rough ...
Plot: lesbian, women's prison, female prisoner, prison guard, prison, life is a bitch, women in prison, female homosexuality, corruption, jail, false accusation, brutality ...
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Once Upon a Time (2011)
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, offbeat, stylized, sentimental, captivating ...
Audience: teens, family outing, boys' night, teen fantasy, adult
Plot: magic, fantasy world, magical, power of love, true love, good versus evil, imaginary kingdom, hopes, prince, fairy, curses spells and rituals, princess ...
Time: 2010s, medieval times, 21st century
Place: maine, idaho, fictional island, seattle, new england ...
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Da Vinci's Demons (2013)
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: renaissance, prodigy, leonardo da vinci, inventions and discoveries, inventor, sex scene, escapades, shrewd, talented, medieval, intelligence, lust ...
Time: 15th century, medieval times, future
Place: italy, europe, wales, syria, florence ...
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Stargate Atlantis (2004)
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, captivating, tense, action adventure, epic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: space travel, outer space, fate of humanity, space opera, spacecraft, danger, alien planet, space adventure, ancient mystery, good versus evil, parallel world, space wars ...
Time: 2000s, future
Place: space western
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 7.5
 445K
Arrow (2012)
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, adult
Plot: superhero, heroes, double life, fighting crime, martial arts, crime fighter, vigilante, archer, rivalry, archery, dual identity, millionaire ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: usa, chicago, fictional island
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 7.2
 23K
Killjoys (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: An action-packed adventure series following a fun-loving, hard living trio of interplanetary bounty hunters (a.k.a. Killjoys) sworn to remain impartial as they chase deadly warrants around the Quad, a system of planets on the brink of revolution.
Style: exciting, captivating, semi serious, tense, dark ...
Audience: adult
Plot: outer space, imaginary, space and aliens, space travel, danger, space opera, bounty hunter, space, space mission, distant planet, spaceship, escapades ...
Time: future
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 8.0
 99K
The Orville (2017)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Follow the crew of the not-so-functional exploratory ship in the Earth's interstellar fleet, 300 years in the future.
Style: futuristic, feel good, exciting, humorous, funny ...
Audience: teens
Plot: outer space, space travel, alien, space battle, space exploration, human in outer space, space adventure, robot, spaceship, danger, friendship, spacecraft ...
Time: future, distant future
Place: space western
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 7.5
 114K
Shadow and Bone (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A teenage orphan who grows up in the land of Ravka. Her entire life changes after unexpectedly harnessing a power she never knew she had to save her best friend.
Style: suspense, captivating, mysterious, disturbing, exciting ...
Audience: teens
Plot: magic, power, supernatural, magical, young woman, black magic, showdown, witchcraft, conspiracy, rivalry, good versus evil, fantasy world ...
Time: future, 19th century
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Star Trek: Picard (2020)
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, captivating, tense, epic, breathtaking ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: star trek, space travel, space, spacecraft, spaceship, alien, exploration, outer space, human in outer space, friendship, space opera, space exploration ...
Time: future, 24th century, 2020s
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The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 300 min.
TV show
Story: TV series centering on Marvel Cinematic Universe characters Falcon and The Winter Soldier.
Style: exciting, suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating ...
Audience: kids
Plot: superhero, superhero team, heroes, friends, society, save the world, super powers, multiverse, buddy, violence, cyborgs, tough guy ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: usa
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His Dark Materials (2019)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
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, suspense, exciting, sad ...
Audience: teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot: travel, magic, prophecy, friendship, children, child protagonist, steampunk, journey, parallel universe, conspiracy, coming of age, church ...
Time: future, 2020s, 2010s
Place: england, london, united kingdom
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