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MacGyver(1985-1992)

45min per episode | Action & Adventure, Drama, Kids & Family, Crime, Western
3.9/5 (with 382 votes)

He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a secret agent whose wits are his deadliest weapon. Armed with only a knapsack filled with everyday items he picks up along the way, he improvises his way out of every peril the bad guys throw at him. Making a bomb out of chewing gum? Fixing a speeding car's breaks... while he's riding in it? Using soda pop to cook up tear gas? That's all in a day's adventures for MacGyver. He's part Boy Scout, part genius. And all hero.

With Richard Dean Anderson, Dana Elcar, Bruce McGill, Michael Des Barres, Traci Lords, Clive Revill, ...

Slow Horses(2022-)

16
| Crime, Drama, Comedy
3.9/5 (with 149 votes)

This quick-witted spy drama follows a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents—and their obnoxious boss, the notorious Jackson Lamb—as they navigate the espionage world’s smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces.

Directed by James Hawes - With Gary Oldman, Jack Lowden, Kristin Scott Thomas, Saskia Reeves, Olivia Cooke, Dustin Demri-Burns, ...

A Question of Sport(1970-)

30min per episode | Comedy
2.9/5 (with 7 votes)

Sporting quiz show, with regular captains leading teams of celebrities.

With Matt Dawson, Phil Tufnell

Manhunt(2017-2020)

42min per episode | Crime, Mystery
3.8/5 (with 196 votes)

Inspired by actual events, this true crime anthology series takes a deep dive into the dark, twisted minds of terrorists and follows the brave souls who hunt them down.

Directed by Greg Yaitanes - With Paul Bettany, Jane Lynch, Sam Worthington
Subscription Netflix

Designated Survivor(2016-2019)

42min per episode | Drama, War & Politics
3.6/5 (with 429 votes)

Tom Kirkman, a low-level cabinet member is suddenly appointed President of the United States after a catastrophic attack during the State of the Union kills everyone above him in the Presidential line of succession.

Directed by Paul McGuigan, Brad Turner, Sergio Mimica-Gezzan, Paul A. Edwards, Michael Katleman, Richard J. Lewis, ... - With Kiefer Sutherland, Natascha McElhone, Adán Canto, Italia Ricci, Kal Penn, Maggie Q, ...
Subscription Netflix

Psycho-Pass(2012-2019)

28min per episode | Animation, Crime, Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
3.9/5 (with 175 votes)

Psycho-Pass is set in a futuristic era in Japan where the Sibyl System, a powerful network of psychometric scanners, actively measures the biometrics of its citizens' minds. The resulting assessment is called a Psycho-Pass. When the calculated likelihood of an individual committing a crime, measured by the Crime Coefficient index, exceeds an accepted threshold, he or she is pursued, apprehended, and either arrested or decomposed by the field officers of the Crime Investigation Department of the Public Safety Bureau.

Hijack(2023-)

16
| Drama
4.0/5 (with 194 votes)

When Flight KA29 is hijacked during its seven-hour journey from Dubai to London, Sam Nelson—an accomplished corporate negotiator—tries using his professional skills to save everyone on board. Will this high-risk strategy be his undoing?

Directed by Jim Field Smith - With Idris Elba, Archie Panjabi, Neil Maskell, Eve Myles, Christine Adams, Max Beesley, ...

86 EIGHTY-SIX(2021-2022)

24min per episode | Animation, Action & Adventure, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
4.0/5 (with 59 votes)

Called “Juggernaut,” these are the unmanned combat drones developed by the Republic of San Magnolia in answer to the attacks by the autonomous unmanned drones of the neighboring Empire of Giad, the “Legion”. But they’re only unmanned in name. In reality, they are piloted by the Eighty-sixers—those considered to be less than human and treated as mere tools. Determined to achieve his own mysterious ends, Shin, the captain of Spearhead Squadron, which is comprised of Eighty-sixers, continues to fight a hopeless war on a battlefield where only death awaits him.

Directed by Toshimasa Ishii

Bodyguard(2018)

1h per episode | Crime, Drama, War & Politics, Documentary
3.9/5 (with 385 votes)

A troubled war veteran is assigned to protect a controversial politician who may be the target of a terror plot.

With Keeley Hawes, Richard Madden, Tom Brooke, Stuart Bowman
Subscription Netflix

Counterstrike(1990-1993)

1h per episode | Action & Adventure, Drama

Counterstrike is a Canadian/French crime-fighting/espionage television series. It premiered on November 2, 1991 on CTV in Canada and on November 20, 1991 on TF1 in France. It also aired in the United States on cable channel USA Network, premiering on July 1, 1990. The series ran for three seasons, airing 66 hour-long episodes in total. Counterstrike has since aired in reruns in Canada on Showcase and TVtropolis.

With Simon MacCorkindale, Christopher Plummer, Tom Kneebone, Cyrielle Clair, Stephen Shellen, James Purcell, ...

Guilty Crown(2011-2012)

12
| 24min per episode | Animation, Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
3.7/5 (with 90 votes)

The story revolves around Shu Ouma, a high school boy who inadvertently obtains an ability called "The Power of the Kings" that enables him to draw out items called "Voids" from other people. He is then thrown into the conflict between a resistance group called Funeral Parlor which aims to restore Japan's independence from a quasi-governmental organization known as the GHQ. In the process, Shu has to deal with the burden his ability puts on his shoulders and the horrific mystery of his past.

Directed by Tetsurō Araki
Subscription Netflix

Penguindrum(2011)

24min per episode | Mystery, Animation, Drama, Comedy, Crime, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
4.1/5 (with 35 votes)

A terminally ill girl named Himari Takakura is miraculously saved from death by a strange spirit who resides in a penguin-shaped hat. However, in exchange for extending her life, the spirit tasks Himari's brothers, Kanba and Shōma, to seek out an elusive item known as the Penguin Drum with assistance from a trio of strange penguins.

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Terror in Resonance(2014)

23min per episode | Animation, Drama, Mystery
3.9/5 (with 175 votes)

In an alternate version of the present, Tokyo has been decimated by a shocking terrorist attack, and the only hint to the identity of the culprit is a bizarre video uploaded to the internet. The police, baffled by this cryptic clue, are powerless to stop the paranoia spreading across the population. While the world searches for a criminal mastermind to blame for this tragedy, two mysterious children - children who shouldn't even exist - masterfully carry out their heinous plan. Cursed to walk through this world with the names Nine and Twelve, the two combine to form "Sphinx," a clandestine entity determine to wake the people from their slumber - and pull the trigger on this world.

Directed by Shin'ichirō Watanabe

World's End Harem(2021-2022)

24min per episode | Animation, Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery
3.8/5 (with 100 votes)

The Man-Killer Virus: a lethal disease that has eradicated 99.9% of the world's male population. Mizuhara Reito has been in cryogenic sleep for the past five years, leaving behind Tachibana Erisa, the girl of his dreams. When Reito awakens from the deep freeze, he emerges into a sex-crazed new world where he himself is the planet's most precious resource. Reito and four other male studs are given lives of luxury and one simple mission: repopulate the world by impregnating as many women as possible! All Reito wants, however, is to find his beloved Erisa who went missing three years ago. Can Reito resist temptation and find his one true love?

Furia(2021-)

45min per episode | Drama, Crime
3.5/5 (with 53 votes)

Policeman Asgeir moves to an idyllic town in the west part of Norway. After a local conflict, he meets a mysterious woman named Ragna, and soon they are both trapped in a network of right-wing radical forces that threaten Europe.

Directed by Lars Kraume, Magnus Martens - With Ine Marie Wilmann, Nina Kunzendorf, Pål Sverre Hagen, Preben Hodneland, Cecilie Mosli, Ulrich Noethen, ...

SIX(2017-2018)

43min per episode | War & Politics, Drama, Crime, Action & Adventure
3.7/5 (with 239 votes)

Action drama series inspired by the real missions of Navy SEAL Team Six.

With Barry Sloane, Kyle Schmid, Juan Pablo Raba, Walton Goggins, Jaylen Moore, Edwin Hodge, ...

The Grid(2004)

44min per episode | Action & Adventure, Drama
3.3/5 (with 7 votes)

A team of American and British counter-terrorists are tasked with stopping a terrorist cell that is operating on a global level.

Directed by Mikael Salomon - With Dylan McDermott

Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror(2021)

1h per episode | Documentary, War & Politics
3.7/5 (with 44 votes)

Modern history can be divided into two time frames: before 9/11 and after 9/11. This five-part docuseries is a cohesive chronicle of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S., offering illuminating perspectives and personal stories of how the catastrophic events of that day changed the course of the nation.

Jormungand(2012)

24min per episode | Animation, Action & Adventure, Drama
3.9/5 (with 26 votes)

Jonah is a child soldier and the newest bodyguard for Koko, an international arms dealer with an entourage of hired guns. The cold-blooded kid hates Koko’s line of work, but following her into the darkest corners of the black market might be the only way he can find those responsible for his family’s slaughter. Besides, his employer isn’t like most merchants of death. She uses guile and cutthroat tactics to keep her clients armed to the teeth—all while cultivating her own warped plan for the future of world peace. With the CIA desperate for her capture, assassins eager to collect her head, and the potential for every contract to end in ultra-violence, Koko and her comrades in arms bring the boom to every corner of the world.

Dance in the Vampire Bund(2010)

24min per episode | Animation, Drama, Action & Adventure, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
3.4/5 (with 18 votes)

Mina Tepeş, the Princess of the ancient covenant and ruler of all vampires, wants her race to stop hiding from the humans. Using her vast wealth, she has paid off Japan's entire national debt and by doing so, gained the right to create a district off Japan's coast that is to become the future haven to vampires worldwide. But when she finally attempts to make public the existence of vampires to the world some politicians, terrorists and rival factions are plotting to assassinate Mina before she has a chance to get Japan's and international recognition for the Vampire Bund. Now she must rely on her strength, cruelty and those closest to her, while trying to make a normal life.

CRISIS: Special Security Squad(2017)

1h per episode | Action & Adventure, Crime
3.5/5 (with 3 votes)

Inami and Tamaru work at the Public Security Mobile Investigation Unit Special Investigation Team, a team made up of specialists with different expertise. Inami tackles criminals with showy maneuvers, while Tamaru corners criminals with cool calculation. Together, the team tackles terrorists, new religious cults, military spies, secret narcotics organisations and complicit politicians.

The Last Enemy(2008)

1h per episode | Mystery, Drama
3.4/5 (with 10 votes)

Stephen Ezard's search for the truth about the death of his brother Michael catapults him into an international conspiracy and a passionate love affair.

Directed by Iain B. MacDonald - With Benedict Cumberbatch, Anamaria Marinca, Max Beesley, Robert Carlyle, Eva Birthistle, Geraldine James, ...

The State(2017)

50min per episode | Drama
3.2/5 (with 11 votes)

The experiences of four British men and women who leave their lives behind to join ISIS in Syria.

Directed by Peter Kosminsky

The Path to 9/11(2006)

Drama
3.6/5 (with 6 votes)

Beginning with the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center and ending on the morning of 9/11, the draws on detailed information from the 9/11 Commission Report to take viewers on an unforgettable journey through the events that presaged that fateful day -- to understand what went right and wrong, and what can be learned from this crucial eight-year period.

Directed by David L. Cunningham - With Al Sapienza, Amy Madigan, Barclay Hope, Dan Lauria, David Huband, David Zayas, ...

Fire Force(2019-)

24min per episode | Animation, Action & Adventure, Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy
4.3/5 (with 235 votes)

Year 198 of the Solar Era in Tokyo, special fire brigades are fighting against a phenomenon called spontaneous human combustion where humans beings are turned into living infernos called "Infernals". While the Infernals are first generation cases of spontaneous human combustion, later generations possess the ability to manipulate flames while retaining human form. Shinra Kusakabe, a youth who gained the nickname Devil's Footprints for his ability to ignite his feet at will, joins the Special Fire Force Company 8 which composes of other flames users as they work to extinguish any Infernals they encounter. As a faction that is creating Infernals appears, Shira begins to uncover the truth behind a mysterious fire that caused the death of his family twelve years ago.

Directed by Hideyuki Morioka

Exterior Night(2022)

55min per episode | Crime, Drama, War & Politics
3.8/5 (with 10 votes)

The 1978 kidnapping and assassination of former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro by Red Brigades terrorists.

NSU German History X(2016)

Drama, Crime
3.6/5 (with 5 votes)

After German reunification, the neo-Nazi National Socialist Underground begins a killing spree while cops fight an uphill battle to catch them.

Directed by Züli Aladağ, Florian Cossen, Christian Schwochow - With Anna Maria Mühe, Albrecht Schuch, Sebastian Urzendowsky

The Family Man(2019-)

Comedy, Drama, Action & Adventure
3.9/5 (with 55 votes)

The story of a middle-class man who works for a special cell of the National Investigation Agency. While he tries to protect the nation from terrorists, he also has to protect his family from the impact of his secretive, high-pressure, and low paying job.

Directed by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. - With Manoj Bajpai, Sharib Hashmi, Ashish Warang, Priyamani, Neeraj Madhav, Sharad Kelkar, ...

Caliphate(2020)

45min per episode | War & Politics, Drama
3.7/5 (with 53 votes)

National Security agent Fatima receives a tip that a terrorist attack against Sweden is in the planning stage. Meanwhile Sulle, a teenage girl in Stockholm, gets interested in her student assistant who opens doors to a new and fascinating world - the true path. Kalifat is a thriller about the intermingled fates of five young women who get caught up in the seducing and destroying force of religious fundamentalism.

Directed by Goran Kapetanović - With Gizem Erdogan, Aliette Opheim, Albin Grenholm

Blue Eyes(2014-2015)

1h per episode | Drama, Mystery, War & Politics
3.9/5 (with 7 votes)

High adrenaline Swedish political thriller from the creative talent behind Humans – An extreme right-wing party is heading towards its best election result when the chief of staff at the Justice Department disappears without a trace. Racism, immigration and nationalism are explored in this series praised by New York Times.

With Louise Peterhoff, Kjell Wilhelmsen, Anna Bjelkerud, Karin Franz Körlof, Linus Wahlgren, Sven Nordin, ...
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