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Best Action TV Series of the 2020s

Top 500 most popular Action series that started in the 2020s

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500 series (top 500 shown)

Butterfly

★ 6.7
9K 6 2025–2025
Espionage · Tense · Secrets & lies

Rashash

★ 8.0
9K 8 2021–2021
Criminal underworld · Family saga

Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft

★ 5.6
9K 16 2024–2025
Strong female lead · Adrenaline

Bang Baang

★ 3.7
9K 10 2021–present
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The Letter for the King

★ 6.0
9K 6 2020–2020
Young adult · Coming of age

Esref Rüya

★ 6.8
9K 47 2025–2026
Turkish drama

Lookism

★ 7.6
9K 8 2022–2022
Outsider lead · School & campus

Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts

★ 8.3
9K 30 2020–2020
Post-apocalyptic · Hopeful

My Name Is Farah

★ 6.0
9K 27 2023–2023
Strong female lead · Turkish drama

Ninja Kamui

★ 7.0
9K 13 2024–2024
Revenge · Graphic violence

Reeta Sanyal

★ 5.1
9K 20 2024–present
Indian TV · Strong female lead

Gotham Knights

★ 5.3
8K 13 2023–2023
Young adult · Found family

The Rookie: Feds

★ 5.4
8K 22 2022–2023
Procedural · Episodic

The Copenhagen Test

★ 7.1
8K 8 2025–2025
Mystery box · Serialized · Tense

The Worst of Evil

★ 8.3
8K 12 2023–2023
Criminal underworld

Raktanchal

★ 6.8
8K 27 2020–present
Criminal underworld · Indian TV

KinnPorsche

★ 8.5
8K 15 2022–2022
Queer stories · Love story

Ride or Die

★ 7.6
8K 8 2026–present
Action · Adventure · Comedy

Star Trek: Prodigy

★ 7.6
8K 40 2021–2024
Space & sci-fi · Found family

Amazing Stories

★ 6.4
8K 5 2020–2020
Anthology · Episodic

Eclipse

★ 8.3
8K 8 2021–present
Real history · Period piece

Almost Paradise

★ 7.5
8K 20 2020–2023
Easy watching

The Freelancer

★ 8.1
8K 7 2023–present
Tense · Espionage · Indian TV

Redo of Healer

★ 6.4
8K 12 2021–2021
Sexually explicit · Revenge
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