Best American Action TV Shows
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Best American Action TV Shows
TOP TV Shows: Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018), Reacher (2022), 24 (2001), Major Crimes (2012), The Last Ship (2014), Blindspot (2015), Nikita (2010), Human Target (2010), Cobra Kai (2018), Banshee (2013), Colony (2016), American Odyssey (2015), Z Nation (2014), The Flash (2014), Stargate SG-1 (1997), Battlestar Galactica (2004), Wayne (2019), Teen Wolf (2011), Star Trek: Picard (2020), Person of Interest (2011).
List of Best TV Shows
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
When CIA analyst Jack Ryan stumbles upon a suspicious series of bank transfers his search for answers pulls him from the safety of his desk job and catapults him into a deadly game of cat and mouse throughout Europe and the Middle East, with a ...
Style:
exciting, serious, captivating, anime, political ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
espionage, cia, investigation, spy, terrorism, agent, conspiracy, cia agent, twists and turns, terrorist, suspense, murder ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, langley virginia, washington d.c.
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132K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story:
Plot unknown
Style:
disturbing, tense, captivating, perverse, exciting ...
Plot:
one man army, police, ex military, corruption, murder, warrior, police officer, vigilante, muscleman, male nudity, tough guy, agent ...
Time:
future, 2020s
Place:
usa
Is relevant ?
189K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
24 is an American television series produced for the Fox network and syndicated worldwide, starring Kiefer Sutherland as Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer. Each 24-episode season covers 24 hours in the life of Bauer, using the real time method ...
Style:
exciting, serious, stylized, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, political conspiracy, terrorist, government agency, terrorist plot, special agents, race against time, secret service, president, assassination of president, mission, investigation ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, new york, california, usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Major Crimes explores how the American justice system approaches the art of the deals as law enforcement officers and prosecutors work together to score a conviction. Los Angeles Police Captain Sharon Raydor heads up a special squad within the LAPD ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, tense
Plot:
female protagonist, law enforcement, female detective, homicide detective, police detective, policewoman, coworker, murder investigation, murder, lapd, fighting crime, investigator ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Their mission is simple: Find a cure. Stop the virus. Save the world. When a global pandemic wipes out eighty percent of the planet's population, the crew of a lone naval destroyer must find a way to pull humanity from the brink of extinction.
Style:
stylized, serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
navy, battleship, apocalypse, chaos, heroes, military, deadly virus, save the world, survival, plague, human existence, fate of humanity ...
Time:
21st century
Is relevant ?
76K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
A vast international plot explodes when a beautiful Jane Doe is discovered naked in Times Square, completely covered in mysterious, intricate tattoos with no memory of who she is or how she got there. But there's one tattoo that is impossible ...
Style:
tense, realistic, exciting, art house, intellectual
Audience:
teens
Plot:
investigation, fbi, puzzle, memory loss, killings, strong female character, twists and turns, terrorist, tattoo, amnesia, secret organization, martial arts ...
Place:
new york
Is relevant ?
52K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Nikita will stop at nothing to expose and destroy Division, the secret U.S. agency who trained her as a spy and assassin.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, stylized, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
female killer, hitman, spy, female spy, tough girl, female assassin, mole, strong female lead, female protagonist, heroine, secret government organization, martial arts ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Human Target is an American action drama television series that was broadcast by Fox in the United States. Based loosely on the Human Target comic book character created by Len Wein and Carmine Infantino for DC Comics, it is the second series based ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, sweet, epic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bodyguard, hidden identity, teamwork, mercenary, heroes, team, peril, fistfight, characters in danger, mixed martial arts, ex soldier, vigilante ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, san francisco
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191K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
This Karate Kid sequel series picks up 30 years after the events of the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament and finds Johnny Lawrence on the hunt for redemption by reopening the infamous Cobra Kai karate dojo. This reignites his old rivalry with the ...
Style:
light, exciting, motivational, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
martial arts, karate, dojo, martial arts training, master apprentice relationship, starting over, teenager, fight, middle aged man, father figure, father son relationship, rivalry ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s
Place:
california, los angeles, southern california
Is relevant ?
108K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Banshee is an American drama television series set in a small town in Pennsylvania Amish country and features an enigmatic ex-con posing as a murdered sheriff who imposes his own brand of justice while also cooking up plans that serve his own ...
Style:
exciting, sexy, serious, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ex convict, sheriff, tough heroes, female nudity, organized crime, sexual activity, small town, social relations, double life, thief, cons and scams, mysterious past ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, usa
Is relevant ?
37K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
In the near future a family must make difficult decisions as they balance staying together with trying to survive. They live in Los Angeles, which has been occupied by a force of outside intruders. While some people have chosen to collaborate with ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, serious, suspenseful, spiritual ...
Plot:
rebellion, alien invasion, family in danger, occupation, distopia, space and aliens, parents and children, colony, family relations, resistance, survival, evil alien ...
Time:
future
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
In this "Traffic"-like action drama, an international conspiracy explodes when three strangers' lives unexpectedly collide - a female soldier, a corporate lawyer and a political activist.
Style:
captivating, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
military, uncover truth, twists and turns, corporate crime, graphic violence, left to die, dishonesty, spy, family relations, society, state affairs, feminist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant ?
37K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Three years after the zombie virus has gutted the country, a team of everyday heroes must transport the only known survivor of the plague from New York to California, where the last functioning viral lab waits for his blood.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, exciting, absurd, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
zombie, apocalypse, zombie apocalypse, survival, virus, graphic violence, post apocalypse, supernatural, chaos, on the road, gunfight, friendship ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant ?
351K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
After a particle accelerator causes a freak storm, CSI Investigator Barry Allen is struck by lightning and falls into a coma. Months later he awakens with the power of super speed, granting him the ability to move through Central City like an unseen ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, humorous, epic, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
superhero, heroes, time travel, speed, supernatural power, superhuman powers, multiverse, good versus evil, alternate universe, secret identity, super strength, masked superhero ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
When an old enemy, the Cylons, resurface and obliterate the 12 colonies, the crew of the aged Galactica protect a small civilian fleet - the last of humanity - as they journey toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth.
Style:
futuristic, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
space travel, space, space wars, space and aliens, androids and robots, cyborgs, alien planet, extinction, human in outer space, military, heroes, space battle ...
Time:
future
Is relevant ?
17K
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
In this gritty and sometimes bloody tale, sixteen year-old Wayne sets out on a dirt bike with his new crush Del to take back the 1978 Pontiac Trans Am that was stolen from his father before he died. It is Wayne and Del against the world.
Style:
tense, brutal, anime, thought provoking, teen comedy
Plot:
teenage boy, tragic hero, fall in love, target, dark humor, violence, grief, love, irony of fate, motorcycle, coming of age, dead father ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
massachusetts
Is relevant ?
154K
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 41 min.
TV show
Story:
Scott McCall, a high school student living in the town of Beacon Hills has his life drastically changed when he's bitten by a werewolf, becoming one himself. He must henceforth learn to balance his problematic new identity with his day-to-day ...
Style:
touching, suspenseful, serious, humorous, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
werewolf, supernatural, supernatural ability, high school, youth, high school life, peril, team, lycanthropy, friends, life turned upside down, transformation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, mexico, california, japan, france
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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, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Person of Interest follows former CIA paramilitary operative, John Reese, who is presumed dead and teams up with reclusive billionaire Finch to prevent violent crimes in New York City by initiating their own type of justice. With the special ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, serious, clever, heroic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
artificial intelligence, surveillance, computer system, hi-tech, partners against crime, mysterious character, privacy invasion, hacker, characters in danger, fighting crime, computer genius, secret ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Is relevant ?
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 ?
86K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Space. The Final Frontier. The U.S.S. Enterprise embarks on a five year mission to explore the galaxy. The Enterprise is under the command of Captain James T. Kirk with First Officer Mr. Spock, from the planet Vulcan. With a determined crew, the ...
Style:
exciting, futuristic, intellectual, epic, political ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
star trek, space travel, heroic mission, space and aliens, space, spacecraft, benign alien, friendship, alien planet, alien species, space exploration, scientist ...
Time:
23rd century, future
Place:
arizona
Is relevant ?
72K
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Angel is an American television series, a spin-off from the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Angel, a 240-year old vampire cursed with a conscience, haunts the dark streets of Los Angeles alone. But after he meets a half-demon with ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, witty, sentimental, neo noir ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
vampire, supernatural ability, vampire human love, supernatural, monster, investigator, heroes, vampire slayer, good versus evil, hopes, righting the wronged, double life ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
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28K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A gritty, action-packed crime drama set during the brutal Tong Wars of San Francisco’s Chinatown in the second half of the 19th century. The series follows Ah Sahm, a martial arts prodigy who immigrates from China to San Francisco under mysterious ...
Style:
exciting, brutal, intense, captivating, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
martial arts, gang war, fistfight, corporation, rivalry, business, fight, gang member, criminal gang, gangsters, showdown, gang ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
san francisco, usa
Is relevant ?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 183 min.
TV show
Story:
After a 40-year armistice in a war between the Twelve Colonies and the Cylons, the Cylons launch a surprise nuclear attack intended to exterminate the human race. Virtually all of the population of the Twelve Colonies are wiped out.
Style:
futuristic, bleak, cerebral, tense, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
space travel, space wars, space, space battle, future dystopia, cyborgs, space and aliens, androids and robots, alternate universe, good versus evil, obsessive quest, military ...
Time:
future, 70s
Is relevant ?
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Follow the elite and experimental Clones of the Bad Batch as they find their way in a rapidly changing galaxy in the aftermath of the Clone Wars.
Style:
captivating, exciting, anime, tense, disturbing ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
star wars, intergalactic, space wars, clones, space and aliens, alien, space, galaxy, chase, heroes, fight for supremacy, escapades ...
Place:
usa
Is relevant ?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Star Trek: Enterprise is a science fiction TV series and a prequel to the original Star Trek set 100 years before. The series premiered September 26, 2001 on the UPN television network with the final episode airing on May 13, 2005.
The series takes ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, serious, erotic, epic ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
space travel, space and aliens, time travel, spacecraft, space, space exploration, alien life-form, star trek, space opera, heroes, good versus evil, astronaut ...
Time:
future, 22nd century
Is relevant ?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
A formerly blacklisted spy uses his unique skills and training to help people in desperate situations.
Style:
semi serious, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
spy, espionage, starting over, uncover truth, private investigator, new job, ex law enforcer, peril, lifestyle change, gadget, dishonesty, secret agents ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
miami, florida, usa
Is relevant ?
44K
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:
exciting, romantic, light, entertaining, surprise ending ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
time travel, time machine, alternate reality, alternate timeline, murder, female scientist, fighting crime, betrayal, team, conspiracy, gang of outlaws, mother daughter relationship ...
Place:
san francisco
Is relevant ?
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
Is relevant ?
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