Best Action & Adventure on Peacock, ranked by IMDb rating
58 action & adventure titles on Peacock rate 6.0+ on IMDb — the top 50 are ranked below.
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The Storyteller (1988)
★ 8.8 IMDb
The Storyteller, aided by his cynical dog, narrates classic folk tales, fables, and legends.
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Spooks (2002)
★ 8.3 IMDb
Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they work against the clock to safeguard the nation. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, and the series follows the w
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The Avengers (1961)
★ 8.3 IMDb
A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assistants throughout the s
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The Rifleman (1958)
★ 8.3 IMDb
The Rifleman is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son, Mark McCain. It was set in the 1880s in the town of North Fork, New Mexico Territory.
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Crime Story (1986)
★ 8.3 IMDb
The hard-boiled saga of hair-trigger cop Lieutenant Mike Torello and his obsessive pursuit of ruthless gangster Ray Luca.
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Farscape (1999)
★ 8.2 IMDb
A freak accident during an experimental space mission catapults Astronaut John Crichton across a thousand galaxies to an alien battlefield.
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Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (2004)
★ 8.2 IMDb 🍅 67%
When a full-scale war is engaged by the evil Scarran Empire, the Peacekeeper Alliance has but one hope: reassemble human astronaut John Crichton.
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The Day of the Jackal (2024)
★ 8.1 IMDb
An unrivalled and highly elusive lone assassin, the Jackal, makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee. But following his latest kill, he meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence officer who starts
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Gunsmoke (1955)
★ 8.1 IMDb
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the Americ
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DreamWorks Dragons (2012)
★ 7.9 IMDb
From the creators of "How to Train Your Dragon" comes a new series that takes Hiccup and Toothless to the edge of adventure.
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Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu (2012)
★ 7.9 IMDb
When the fate of their world, Ninjago, is challenged by great threats, it's up to the ninja: Kai, Jay, Cole, Zane, Lloyd and Nya to save the world.
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Emergency! (1972)
★ 7.9 IMDb
The crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and Rampart Hospital respond to emergencies in their operating area.
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Thunderbirds (1965)
★ 7.9 IMDb
Thunderbirds is a 1960s British science-fiction television series which was produced using a mixed method of marionette puppetry and scale-model special effects termed "Supermarionation". The series is set in the 21st ce
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LEGO Ninjago: Dragons Rising (2023)
★ 7.9 IMDb
A phenomenon known as the Merge has caused many legendary realms to suddenly combine into one, but their union is unstable. A Spinjitzu Ninja Master must train a new generation of heroes to help find Elemental Dragons wh
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Being Human (2009)
★ 7.8 IMDb
Deciding to turn over a new leaf, a group of friends who also happen to be vampires and werewolves move into a house together, only to find that it is haunted by ghosts of people who have been killed under mysterious cir
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The Musketeers (2014)
★ 7.8 IMDb
Set in 17th century Paris, musketeers Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D'Artagnan are members of an elite band of soldiers who fight for what is just. They are heroes in the truest and most abiding sense – men that can be trus
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The Magic School Bus (1994)
★ 7.8 IMDb
An eccentric schoolteacher takes her class on wondrous educational field trips with the help of a magical school bus.
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Wiseguy (1987)
★ 7.8 IMDb
Vinnie Terranova does time in a New Jersey penitentiary to set up his undercover role as an agent for the OCB (Organized Crime Bureau) of the United States. His roots in a traditional Italian city neighborhood form the u
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Continuum (2012)
★ 7.6 IMDb
The series centers on the conflict between a group of rebels from the year 2077 who time-travel to Vancouver, BC, in 2012, and a police officer who accidentally accompanies them. In spite of being many years early, the r
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The Dresden Files (2007)
★ 7.6 IMDb
A Chicago-based wizard works as a private investigator.
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Sliders (1995)
★ 7.4 IMDb
In his basement in San Francisco, boy-genius Quinn Mallory unlocks the doorway to an infinite number of Earths. During a test run, Quinn invites co-worker Wade Welles and his teacher Professor Maximillian Arturo to see h
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LEGO Monkie Kid (2020)
★ 7.4 IMDb
Centuries ago, the beloved Chinese Monkey King used his magical staff to capture and trap the evil Demon Bull King deep inside a mountain. Flash-forward to modern-day China, when fate leads MK (aka Monkie Kid), a young n
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Stingray (1985)
★ 7.4 IMDb
Ray is an enigmatic adventurer with no traceable past who travels from place to place fighting crime and helping people in trouble. He refuses to be paid for his services; however, those seeking his assistance must promi
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Twisted Metal (2023)
★ 7.3 IMDb
A motor-mouthed outsider with no memory of his past is offered a chance at a better life, but only if he can successfully deliver a mysterious package across a post-apocalyptic wasteland. With the help of a badass axe-wi
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Sanctuary (2008)
★ 7.3 IMDb
The adventures of the beautiful, enigmatic and always surprising Dr. Helen Magnus, a brilliant scientist who holds the secrets of a clandestine population called Abnormals—a group of strange and sometimes terrifying bein
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The Greatest American Hero (1981)
★ 7.3 IMDb
The chronicles of teacher Ralph Hinkley's adventures after a group of aliens gives him a red suit that gives him superhuman abilities. Unfortunately, Ralph, who hates wearing the suit, immediately loses its instruction
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Prime Suspect (2011)
★ 7.3 IMDb
Detective Jane Timoney finds that being a homicide detective in New York City is tough enough and having to contend with a male-dominated police department to get respect makes it that much tougher. She's an outsider who
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The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977)
★ 7.3 IMDb
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries is a television series which aired for three seasons on ABC. The series starred Parker Stevenson and Shaun Cassidy as amateur sleuth brothers Frank and Joe Hardy, respectively, and Pam
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Bubblegum Crisis (1987)
★ 7.3 IMDb
MegaTokyo 2033: Tokyo was left flattened as a result from a great earthquake.
A new city, MegaTokyo, was then recreated due in no small part from the aid of a multi-million dollar company, Genom Corp. Genom created and
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Highlander: The Series (1992)
★ 7.2 IMDb
Duncan MacLeod cannot die -- he is a 400-year-old immortal, who has seen his share of humanity's history. Still, he risks his life in battle against other immortals and tries to save people from harm.
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Primeval (2007)
★ 7.2 IMDb
When strange anomalies start to appear all over England, Professor Cutter and his team must track down and capture all sorts of dangerous prehistoric creatures from Earth's distant past and near future.
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The Continental: From the World of John Wick (2023)
★ 7.1 IMDb
The origin behind the iconic hotel-for-assassins through the eyes and actions of a young Winston Scott, as he's dragged into the Hell-scape of 1970's New York City to face a past he thought he'd left behind. Winston char
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Merlin (1998)
★ 7.1 IMDb 🍅 82%
A retelling of the legend of King Arthur from the perspective of the wizard Merlin. Sam Neill stars in the title role in a story that covers not only the rise and fall of Camelot but also the phase in the legendary histo
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The Six Million Dollar Man (1974)
★ 7.1 IMDb
Follow the adventures of Steve Austin, cybernetically enhanced astronaut turned secret agent, employed by the OSI, under the command of Oscar Goldman and supervised by the scientist who created his cybernetics, Rudy Well
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Emerald City (2017)
★ 7.1 IMDb
In the blink of a tornado’s eye, 20-year-old Dorothy Gale and her K9 police dog are transported to another world, one far removed from our own — a mystical land of competing kingdoms, lethal warriors, dark magic and a bl
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The Copenhagen Test (2025)
★ 7.1 IMDb
When an analyst discovers his eyes and ears have been hacked, he's drawn into a controlled world designed by his agency to draw out their enemies.
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MacGruber (2021)
★ 7.1 IMDb
After rotting in prison for over a decade, America's ultimate hero and uber patriot MacGruber is finally released. His mission: to take down a mysterious villain from his past—Brigadier Commander Enos Queeth. With the en
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Tin Man (2007)
★ 7.0 IMDb
Small-town waitress DG is pulled into a magical realm called the Outer Zone, ruled by the tyrannical Azkadellia. Together with her companions Glitch, Raw and Cain, DG journeys to uncover her lost memories, find her true
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The Colour of Magic (2008)
★ 7.0 IMDb
As Rincewind involuntarily becomes a guide to the naive tourist Twoflower, they find themselves forced to flee the city of Ankh-Morpork to escape a terrible fire, and begin on a journey across the Disc. Unknown to them,
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Gulliver's Travels (1996)
★ 6.9 IMDb
Dr. Gulliver has returned from his journey to his family after a long absence - and tells them the story of his travels.
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Hunter (1984)
★ 6.9 IMDb
Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt. Dee Dee McCall, which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1991. However, Kramer lef
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The Croods: Family Tree (2021)
★ 6.8 IMDb
Two very different families join forces to create a new community, an us-against-the-world, cave person co-op on the most amazing farm in the history of prehistory!
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The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants (2018)
★ 6.8 IMDb
Fourth-grade friends George and Harold have a shared love of pranks and comic books -- and turning their principal into an undies-wearing superhero.
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Z Nation (2014)
★ 6.7 IMDb
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 bl
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The Bionic Woman (1976)
★ 6.7 IMDb
After fully recovering from her near fatal bout of bionic rejection, Jaime Sommers, the first female cyborg, is assigned to spy missions of her own.
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seaQuest DSV (1993)
★ 6.7 IMDb
In the early 21st century, mankind has colonized the oceans. The United Earth Oceans Organization enlists Captain Nathan Bridger and the submarine seaQuest DSV to keep the peace and explore the last frontier on Earth.
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Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story (2001)
★ 6.7 IMDb
Wealthy developer Jack Robinson is stunned when a gigantic human skeleton is discovered on his building site. According to a mysterious woman, it is part of a curse that has dogged his family for years. To lift the jinx
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Jekyll and Hyde (2015)
★ 6.7 IMDb
Inspired by the original novella by Robert Louis Stevenson, Jekyll and Hyde is set in 1930s London and follows Robert Jekyll, the grandson of Henry Jekyll, on his quest to discover his real identity, his true family hist
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Crusoe (2008)
★ 6.7 IMDb
Crusoe is a television adventure drama based loosely on the novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. The series' 13 episodes aired on NBC during the first half of the 2008–2009 television season. It follows the adventures
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Andromeda (2000)
★ 6.6 IMDb
Captain Dylan Hunt and his crew quest to restore a government that once presided over an extended peace and prosperity.