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

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500 series (top 500 shown)

Those About to Die

★ 6.7
23K 10 2024–2024
Period piece

Stargirl

★ 7.1
22K 39 2020–2022
Young adult · Found family

Supacell

★ 7.0
22K 8 2024–present
Urban fantasy · British TV

Last Samurai Standing

★ 7.5
22K 6 2025–present
Survival · Graphic violence

The Bondsman

★ 7.0
22K 8 2025–2025
Supernatural · Dark comedy

Pluto

★ 8.1
21K 8 2023–2023
Anime · Philosophical

Crackdown

★ 7.3
21K 16 2020–present
Criminal underworld · Gritty

Diabolical

★ 6.8
21K 8 2022–2022
Anthology · Adult animation

The Equalizer

★ 5.6
21K 74 2021–2025
Procedural · Strong female lead

Alex Rider

★ 7.5
20K 24 2020–2024
Espionage · Young adult

Dragon Ball Daima

★ 7.7
20K 20 2024–2025
Anime · Kids & family · Nostalgic

Mouse

★ 8.6
19K 22 2021–2021
K-drama · Tense · Dark tone

Special Ops 1.5: The Himmat Story

★ 8.2
19K 4 2021–2021
Espionage · Indian TV

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man

★ 7.5
19K 12 2025–present
Coming of age · Kids & family

Steal

★ 7.0
19K 6 2026–present
Heists & cons · Tight limited run

Ranneeti: Balakot & Beyond

★ 7.8
18K 9 2024–present
War & military · Indian TV

The Last Frontier

★ 6.7
18K 10 2025–2025
Survival · Tense

Kleo

★ 7.5
18K 15 2022–2024
Revenge · Strong female lead

Star Wars: Tales of the Empire

★ 7.0
18K 6 2024–2024
Anthology · Villain's POV

Shantaram

★ 7.4
18K 12 2022–2022
Outsider lead

Inspector Avinash

★ 7.6
18K 19 2023–present
Indian TV · Antihero lead

Sakamoto Days

★ 7.5
17K 23 2025–present
Anime · Adrenaline

The Empire

★ 4.7
17K 10 2021–present
Royalty & aristocracy

Mashle: Magic and Muscles

★ 7.5
17K 26 2023–present
Anime · Parody · Absurdist
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