Best Action Web Series on Netflix
Wondering what to watch on Netflix? If you are a fan of the action genre, the OTT platform has several web series on offer.
May 30, 2024
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Gone are the days when people used to watch overly stretched television serials for entertainment purposes. Nowadays, with the growth in OTT platforms, many web series can be accessed with a click. From Money Heist to The Witcher, here is a list of the best action web series you can watch on Netflix. Happy binge-watching!
Top Action Web Series on Netflix
Money Heist
The Spanish heist crime drama series follows two meticulously planned heists carried out by the Professor (Álvaro Morte), one on the Bank of Spain and one on the Royal Mint of Spain. The narrative is presented in a manner akin to real time, with an untrustworthy narrator, action sequences, flashbacks, time jumps, and concealed character motivations contributing to its intricacy.
IMDb Rating: 8.2/10
The Gentlemen
Guy Ritchie's action-comedy TV series stars Theo James as the protagonist. As his father's final will and testament are read, Edward Horniman (James) discovers that he has unexpectedly inherited a 15,000-acre estate and the title of Duke of Halstead. In addition to attempting to keep himself alive and defend his house, he must negotiate a world full of strange, dangerous people with sinister intentions.
IMDb Rating: 8.1/10
The Witcher
The Witcher examines the legendary lives of Princess Ciri, Yennefer of Vengerberg, and Geralt of Rivia. It is set on a fictional landmass known as the Continent, which has mediaeval influences. Before finally uniting into a single timeline, the story opens with Geralt of Rivia, Crown Princess Ciri of Cintra, and the quarter-elf sorceress Yennefer of Vengerberg at different points in time. Will they ever meet in the same timeframe and get together to save the world?
IMDb Rating: 8/10
Sweet Tooth
A virus has killed most people on Earth and has also resulted in the birth of hybrid babies—babies born with animal features. Gus is a naive 10-year-old boy with part deer identity who, following the death of his father, sets out to find his mother. The hunt for his mother is filled with action sequences and lots of drama. Will he succeed? James Brolin narrates the aseries that stars Nonso Anozie, Christian Convery, Adeel Akhtar, Stefania LaVie Owen, Dania Ramirez, Aliza Vellani, Will Forte, Neil Sandilands, and Marlon Williams.
IMDb Rating: 8/10
Narcos
Narcos seasons 1 and 2 are set and shot in Colombia and tell the tale of Pablo Escobar, a drug lord and narco-terrorist who became a billionaire by producing and distributing cocaine. Every crime series is incomplete without action sequences and this series will surely give you goosebumps.
IMDb Rating: 8.8/10
Outer Banks
The show centres on the conflict between two groups of teenagers looking for a lost treasure. It is set in a community on North Carolina's Outer Banks. The show depicts a sharp social divide between working-class locals and wealthy seasonal visitors, known as the "Kooks" and "Pogues," respectively. The show is about a group of Pogue teenagers who reside at The Cut and are motivated to learn what happened to John B. the group's leader, who went missing. They soon find a treasure along the route connected to John B.'s father.
IMDb Rating: 7.5/10
3 Body Problem
Astrophysicist Ye Wenjie is conscripted by the military after witnessing her father being beaten to death during a fight in the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Her scientific training lands her a job at a secret military base in a far-off place. A group of scientists in the present are impacted by her choice at the base to react to contact from an alien planet, forcing them to face the biggest threat to humanity.
IMDb Rating: 7.5/10
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