100+ Good Action & Adventure Movies & Shows to Watch

Young Sherlock

Young Sherlock isn’t quite accurate to the Andrew Lane book series or the original works from Arthur Conan Doyle. Here,…

The Copenhagen Test

With the titular screening, the brain hacking, and the number of people Alexander Hale has to lie to, there’s a…

The Eternaut

Dir. Bruno Stagnaro

After decades of copyright disputes, The Eternaut finally makes its way on screen, right in time to echo certain worldwide…

The Count of Monte Cristo

With a movie adaptation released earlier in the same year, this miniseries version of the classic French novel was overlooked.…

SAKAMOTO DAYS

Hitmen are just cool. But rather than bring us the same fists and bullets that we usually see with these…

The Bondsman

The premise of The Bondsman is fun enough. In a small Southern town, Bacon plays a bad-ass bounty hunter who…

DAN DA DAN

During adolescence, teenagers get to learn and discover themselves and the world, but for most people, this means going through…

The Day of the Jackal

Watching The Day of the Jackal feels like watching a film; it’s taut, fast-paced, and flashy, featuring incredible dual performances…

Black Doves

I would be okay if Black Doves was just a straightforward spy thriller; Knightley and Whishaw have enough charm, enigma,…

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

If you’re expecting the sleek, playful, and totally over-the-top spy shenanigans of 2005’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith, you’re not going…

Jentry Chau vs the Underworld

After the cool partnerships Titmouse and Netflix had, their next work was bound to be something to look forward to.…

The Gentlemen

After the successful release of The Gentlemen (2019), it would have been easy to just continue the story with the…

My Undead Yokai Girlfriend

Some people can get totally desperate when it comes to their love life, but rarely does this desperation end up…

Twilight of the Gods

Partially due to the surviving Norse myths, as well as certain modernized cinematic depictions, most people think of the Norse…

Fallout

Upon first watch, it’s easy to relegate Fallout to the heap of video game adaptations that are all show and…

House of Ninjas

From the fantasy-powered folktales to superhero-like depictions, ninjas have captivated the world, but seem to be a relic of the…

Spice and Wolf: MERCHANT MEETS THE WISE WOLF

With a wolf deity, wheat harvesting rituals, and farmtown folklore, it may seem that Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the…

The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin

In a TV age where dark comedies and slick satires are all the rage, The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick…

Delicious in Dungeon

When watching fantasy anime, there’s a wonderfully whimsical world that viewers can fully explore. Spectacular magic, brave warriors, and strange…

Zorro

Remakes are a dime a dozen, but Prime Video’s Spanish reinterpretation of Zorro gives justice to the masked vigilante. With…

The Last Round

Dir. Mariam Ahmady

At a certain age, it can feel like starting over again isn’t possible, especially when all signs discourage you from…

Flex x Cop

Dir. Kim Jae-hong

With plenty of familiar elements, Flex X Cop should feel unoriginal. After all, a rich heir that plays at being…

Batman: Caped Crusader

It’s easy to mistake stills of Batman: The Caped Crusader with Batman: The Animated Series, that iconic ‘90s series that…

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

Watching the trailers, and even the first ten minutes, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off just seems like a rehash of the…

Furies

Dir. Cedric Nicolas-Troyan

Like John Wick before it, Furies follows a vengeful and near-invincible (albeit rookie) assassin as she infiltrates the criminal underworld…

Scavengers Reign

“World-building” doesn’t quite capture what Scavengers Reign does — the sheer imagination on display in just the first three episodes…

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End

In fantasy worlds, races with different lifespans are a given, but rarely does a work actually contemplate how these variations…

Skull Island

Set in the Monsterverse—the same shared universe that King Kong, Godzilla, and their respective films inhabit—Skull Island follows a group…

The Unwanted Undead Adventurer

Usually, being swallowed up by a dragon means death. However, for Rentt Faina, The Unwanted Undead Adventurer, becoming a skeleton…

Extraordinary

Imagine if the show Girls was Marvel-ized (or if you like, Derry Girls blended with Encanto): that’s kind of what…

The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic

Usually, when whisked away to a fantasy world, there’s usually some grand reason, like a prophecy or a destined quest…

Parasyte: The Grey

Dir. Yeon Sang-ho

With Sweet Home and Stranger Things, we weren’t surprised that Netflix opted to create a live-action Parasyte, but we were…

Undead Unluck

Undead Unluck is such a strange anime with such a strange duo. Named after their respective powers, the undead Andy…

My Daemon

You know how How to Train Your Dragon has a town terrified of dragons, but it turns out they’re actually…

My Adventures with Superman

Bright, breezy, and refreshingly unburdened by the seriousness of so many live-action Superman shows and movies, this new animated series…

Goosebumps

Based on the classic teen series by R. L. Stine, the latest adaptation of Goosebumps is now a modern-day TV…

Dune: Prophecy

With the popularity of the Villenueve films, it’s no surprise that Warner Bros. Discovery would want to expand on the…

The Artful Dodger

Dir. Jeffrey Walker

The Artful Dodger’s leads might literally come from a Charles Dickens novel, but there’s something more playful about the way…

Metallic Rouge

Dir. Yutaka Izubuchi

With most of early January 2024’s slate focused on fantasy, Metallic Rouge is a fairly decent cyberpunk refresher. With fantastic,…

The Worst of Evil

Dir. Han Dong-wook & Park Geun-buem

After much anticipation, The Worst of Evil has finally been released, starting off the season with a rumble between gangs…