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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)

Marshals

★ 6.1
17K 31 2026–present
Action · Crime · Drama

Gyeongseong Creature

★ 7.4
17K 17 2023–2024
Period piece · Monster horror

Batman: Caped Crusader

★ 7.2
17K 20 2024–present
Stylized direction

Utopia

★ 6.7
17K 8 2020–2020
Graphic violence · Mystery box

Parasyte: The Grey

★ 7.1
17K 6 2024–2024
Monster horror · Graphic violence

Aarya

★ 7.7
17K 25 2020–2024
Strong female lead · Indian TV

Walker

★ 6.2
17K 69 2021–2024
Procedural · Easy watching

Moving

★ 8.4
17K 21 2023–2023
K-drama · Serialized · Espionage

Most Dangerous Game

★ 6.6
17K 27 2020–2023
Survival · Adrenaline · Tense

The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself

★ 7.5
17K 8 2022–2022
Young adult · Outsider lead

The Night Manager

★ 7.6
17K 8 2023–present
Espionage · Indian TV · Tense

Clark

★ 7.3
17K 6 2022–2022
Antihero lead · Stylized direction

Teach You a Lesson

★ 8.5
17K 10 2026–present
Revenge · Fast-paced

Lord of Mysteries

★ 8.5
17K 17 2025–present
Deep worldbuilding · Supernatural

Y: The Last Man

★ 6.0
17K 10 2021–2021
Post-apocalyptic

Dorohedoro

★ 8.1
17K 24 2020–2026
Anime · Graphic violence

Tomorrow

★ 8.1
17K 16 2022–2022
Mental health · K-drama

Happiness

★ 7.7
16K 12 2021–2021
Survival · K-drama · Tense

Goosebumps

★ 6.7
16K 18 2023–2025
Monster horror · Young adult

Ranking of Kings

★ 8.4
16K 23 2021–2022
Outsider lead · Anime · Hopeful

The Lost Symbol

★ 6.3
16K 10 2021–2021
Action · Adventure · Drama

86

★ 8.3
16K 24 2021–2022
War & military · Anime

Bhaukaal

★ 7.7
16K 20 2020–present
Criminal underworld · Indian TV

The Eminence in Shadow

★ 7.7
16K 32 2022–2023
Anime · Ironic & meta · Parody
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