Best crime, action, war, animation, & romance shows streaming, ranked.
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NetflixParamount+Avatar: The Last Airbender
2005–2008 · Series · 3 seasonsAnimation · Action
1 EmmyBest Animation SeriesIn a war-torn world of elemental powers, a young boy reawakens to undertake a dangerous mystic quest to fulfill his destiny as the Avatar, and bring peace to the world.
NetflixParamount+ - #798#798
HuluNetflixOne Piece
1999– · Series · Japanese · 1 seasonAnimation · Action
Monkey D. Luffy, a pirate with rubber powers, forms the Straw Hat crew and sails the Grand Line, battling rivals and the World Government on a quest for the legendary treasure One Piece and the title of Pirate King.
HuluNetflix - #897#897
HuluNetflixPrime VideoHunter x Hunter
2011–2014 · Series · Japanese · 1 seasonAnimation · Action
Gon Freecss aspires to become a Hunter, an exceptional being capable of greatness. With his friends and his potential, he seeks out his father, who left him when he was younger.
HuluNetflixPrime Video - #1196#1196
HuluNetflixPrime VideoDeath Note
2006–2007 · Series · Japanese · 1 seasonAnimation · Crime · Drama
An intelligent high school student goes on a secret crusade to eliminate criminals from the world after discovering a notebook capable of killing anyone whose name is written into it.
HuluNetflixPrime Video - #1496#1496
HuluNetflixFrieren: Beyond Journey's End
2023– · Series · Japanese · 2 seasonsAnimation · Action · Comedy
Elf mage Frieren and her fellow adventurers have defeated the Demon King and brought peace to the land. But Frieren will long outlive the rest of her former party. How will she come to understand what life means to the people arou...
HuluNetflix - #1596#1596
NetflixViolet Evergarden: The Movie
2020 · Movie · Japanese · 2h 20mAnimation · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
After the aftermath of a war, a young girl who was used as a 'tool' for war learned to live. With the scars of burns, she goes back to her past to feel the true feelings of the Major's, "I love you."
Netflix - #1995#1995
NetflixMonster
2004–2005 · Series · Japanese · 1 seasonAnimation · Crime · Drama
Tenma, a brilliant neurosurgeon with a promising future, risks his career to save the life of a critically wounded young boy. The boy, now a charismatic young man, reappears 9 years later in the midst of a string of unusual serial...
Netflix - #2494#2494
HuluNetflixDragon Ball Super: Beerus
2026– · Series · Japanese · 1 seasonAnimation
Several years have passed since the fierce battle against Majin Buu, and Earth has finally regained a brief moment of peace. At the same time, Beerus, the God of Destruction, awakens from his long, deep sleep. The Kais and Supreme...
HuluNetflix - #2793#2793
Paramount+Battlestar Galactica
2004–2009 · Series · 4 seasonsAction · Drama
3 EmmysWhen an old enemy, the Cylons, resurface and obliterate the 12 colonies, the crew of the aged Galactica protect a small civilian fleet - the last of humanity - as they journey toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth.
Paramount+ - #2893#2893
Paramount+Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987–1994 · Series · 7 seasonsAction · Drama
18 EmmysSet almost 100 years after Captain Kirk's five-year mission, a new generation of Starfleet officers sets off in the U.S.S. Enterprise-D on its own mission to go where no one has gone before.
Paramount+ - #3393#3393
NetflixCrash Landing on You
2019–2020 · Series · Korean · 1 seasonAction · Comedy · Drama
The absolute top secret love story of a chaebol heiress who made an emergency landing in North Korea because of a paragliding accident and a North Korean special officer who falls in love with her and who is hiding and protecting ...
Netflix - #3893#3893
NetflixAlchemy of Souls
2022–2023 · Series · Korean · 2 seasonsAction · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Set in a fictional country called Daeho, it is about the love and growth of young mages as they overcome their twisted fates due to a forbidden magic spell known as the "alchemy of souls", which allows souls to switch bodies.
Netflix - #3992#3992
HuluNetflixThe Apothecary Diaries
2023– · Series · Japanese · 2 seasonsAnimation · Drama · History
A young maiden is kidnapped and sold into servitude at the emperor's palace, where she secretly employs her pharmacist skills with the help of the head eunuch to unravel medical mysteries in the inner court.
HuluNetflix - #4292#4292
HuluNetflixPrime VideoJUJUTSU KAISEN
2020– · Series · Japanese · 3 seasonsAnimation · Action
After Yuji Itadori swallows a cursed talisman - the finger of a demon - he becomes cursed himself. He enters a shaman's school to be able to locate the demon's other body parts and thus exorcise himself.
HuluNetflixPrime Video - #4392#4392
HuluNetflixDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
2019–2024 · Series · Japanese · 4 seasonsAnimation · Action
A family is attacked by demons and only two members survive - Tanjiro and his sister Nezuko, who is turning into a demon slowly. Tanjiro sets out to become a demon slayer to avenge his family and cure his sister.
HuluNetflix - #4492#4492
NetflixNeon Genesis Evangelion
1995–1996 · Series · Japanese · 1 seasonAnimation · Action · Drama
In a post-cataclysmic future, reluctant teen Shinji Ikari is called by his estranged father to pilot an Evangelion for NERV, humanity's last defense against invading Angels threatening Tokyo-3.
Netflix - #4792#4792
NetflixPrime VideoThe Untamed
2019– · Series · Mandarin · 1 seasonAction · Drama
Two talented disciples from respected clans meet during their youth and form a close affinity, only to be separated by dire circumstances. Sixteen years later, can they unravel the tragedy of the past to solve the mysteries of the...
NetflixPrime Video - #4892#4892
Netflix1917
2019 · Movie · 1h 59mWar · Action · Drama
3 OscarsApril 6th, 1917. As an infantry battalion assembles to wage war deep in enemy territory, two soldiers are assigned to race against time and deliver a message that will stop 1,600 men from walking straight into a deadly trap.
Netflix - #5092#5092
HuluNetflixPrime VideoDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
2025 · Movie · Japanese · 2h 35mAnimation · Action
The Demon Slayer Corps are drawn into the Infinity Castle, where Tanjiro and the Hashira face terrifying Upper Rank demons in a desperate fight as the final battle against Muzan Kibutsuji begins.
HuluNetflixPrime Video - #5392#5392
NetflixSlam Dunk
1993–1996 · Series · Japanese · 1 seasonAnimation · Comedy · Drama
About Sakuragi Hanamichi, a freshman of Shohoku High School who joins the basketball team because of the girl he has a crush on, Haruko. Although he is newbie in this sport, he is no ordinary basketball player.
Netflix - #5892#5892
NetflixThe Forgotten Battle
2021 · Movie · Dutch · 2h 4mWar · Action
In WWII's final years, a soldier in the German army, a British glider pilot, and a Dutch resistance fighter's paths intertwine. Their choices shape destinies, impacting not only their freedom but also that of others.
Netflix - #6891#6891
NetflixNayattu
2021 · Movie · Malayalam · 2h 4mCrime · Thriller
Three police officers who are on a run for life, escaping the outbreak against them due to the unlawful arrest and torture of a civilian. It brings in a few shades of arrogant yet very much human police officers and their helpless...
Netflix - #7191#7191
Paramount+Prime VideoTerminator 2: Judgment Day
1991 · Movie · 2h 17mAction · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
4 OscarsA cyborg from the future, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten-year-old son John from an even more advanced and powerful cyborg.
Paramount+Prime Video - #7791#7791
NetflixPeacockPrime VideoGreat Teacher Onizuka
1999–2000 · Series · Japanese · 1 seasonAnimation · Comedy · Drama
About Eikichi Onizuka, a 22-year-old ex-gangster member and a virgin. He has one ambition that no one ever expected from him. His sole life purpose is to become the greatest high school teacher ever.
NetflixPeacockPrime Video - #8490#8490
Paramount+Dexter: Resurrection
2025– · Series · 1 seasonCrime · Drama · Thriller
Dexter Morgan awakens from a coma and sets out for New York City, determined to find Harrison and make things right. But when Miami Metro's Angel Batista arrives with questions, Dexter realizes his past is catching up to him fast.
Paramount+ - #8890#8890
Paramount+Invader ZIM
2001–2006 · Series · 2 seasonsAnimation · Action
1 EmmyZim dreams of greatness. Unfortunately, though, he's hopelessly inept as a space invader. Desperate to be rid of the annoying Zim, his planet's leaders send him on a mission to infiltrate Earth, providing him with leftover, cobbled-together equipment. To their consternation, Zim succeeds in setting up a base on Earth and infiltrating human culture, posing as a human child as he plots the planet's downfall. Only Zim's archnemesis, Dib, recognizes that Zim is an alien, and of course, nobody believes Dib's claims.
Paramount+ - #9090#9090
NetflixPrime VideoStargate SG-1
1997–2007 · Series · 10 seasonsAction · Drama
Set after the events of the Stargate (1994) movie, the series follows SG-1, one of many secret military teams of soldiers and scientists who travel through a gateway to other planets and fight against dangerous aliens to protect e...
NetflixPrime Video - #9390#9390
NetflixCyberpunk: Edgerunners
2022– · Series · 1 seasonAnimation · Action
A Street Kid trying to survive in a technology and body modification-obsessed city of the future. Having everything to lose, he chooses to stay alive by becoming an Edgerunner, a Mercenary outlaw also known as a Cyberpunk.
Netflix - #10390#10390
Paramount+Battlestar Galactica
2003– · Series · 1 seasonAction · Drama
Following the destruction of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol by the Cylons, a rag-tag fugitive fleet of the last remnants of mankind flees the pursuing Cylons while simultaneously searching for their true home: Earth.
Paramount+ - #10489#10489
HuluNetflixPrime VideoJujutsu Kaisen 0
2021 · Movie · Japanese · 1h 52mAnimation · Action · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The prequel to Jujutsu Kaisen (2020), where a high schooler gains control of an extremely powerful cursed spirit and gets enrolled in the Tokyo Prefectural Jujutsu High School by Jujutsu Sorcerers.
HuluNetflixPrime Video - #10589#10589
NetflixWeak Hero
2022– · Series · Korean · 2 seasonsAction · Drama · Thriller
Yeon Shi-eun is a model student, who ranks at the top at his school. Physically, he appears like a weak boy, but, by using his smarts, tools, and psychology, he fights against violence that takes place inside and outside of his sc...
Netflix - #10789#10789
NetflixThe Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
2019– · Series · 1 seasonAction · Family · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
1 EmmyReturn to the world of Thra, where three Gelfling discover the horrifying secret behind the Skeksis' power, and set out to ignite the fires of rebellion and save their world.
Netflix - #10989#10989
Paramount+How to Train Your Dragon 2
2014 · Movie · 1h 42mAnimation · Action
When Hiccup and Toothless discover an ice cave that is home to hundreds of new wild dragons and the mysterious Dragon Rider, the two friends find themselves at the center of a battle to protect the peace.
Paramount+ - #11289#11289
NetflixTeach You a Lesson
2026– · Series · KoreanAction · Drama
The collapse of teachers' Authority, the establishment of the Teachers' Authority Protection Bureau under the Ministry of Education, and the dispatch of supervisors to problem schools to punish students and parents who cross the l...
Netflix - #12289#12289
NetflixThe Disastrous Life of Saiki K.
2016–2018 · Series · Japanese · 3 seasonsAnimation · Comedy · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Saiki Kusuo is a powerful psychic who hates attracting attention, yet he is surrounded by colorful characters who always find a way to remove him from his everyday life.
Netflix - #13888#13888
NetflixLooper
2012 · Movie · 1h 59mAction · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
In 2074, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent into the past, where a hired gun awaits - someone like Joe - who one day learns the mob wants to 'close the loop' by sending back Joe's future self for assassin...
Netflix - #14088#14088
NetflixScooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
2010–2013 · Series · 2 seasonsAnimation · Action · Comedy
This incarnation finds Scooby and the gang living in Crystal Cove, a small town with a long history of ghost sightings, monster tales and other mysteries ripe for the sleuths to solve once and for all.
Netflix - #14488#14488
HuluNetflixPuella Magi Madoka Magica
2011– · Series · Japanese · 1 seasonAnimation · Action
A creature named Kyubey offers Madoka and Sayaka a wish if they agree to become 'magical girls' and fight abstract beings called 'witches'. However, a magical girl named Homura is, for uncertain reasons, determined to stop this ag...
HuluNetflix - #14587#14587
Paramount+Star Trek: Lower Decks
2020–2024 · Series · 5 seasonsAnimation · Action
The support crew serving on one of Starfleet's least important ships, the U.S.S. Cerritos, have to keep up with their duties, often while the ship is being rocked by a multitude of sci-fi anomalies.
Paramount+ - #14787#14787
NetflixNimona
2023 · Movie · 1h 41mAnimation · Action
When a knight in a futuristic medieval world is framed for a crime he didn't commit, the only one who can help him prove his innocence is Nimona -- a mischievous teen who happens to be a shapeshifting creature he's sworn to destroy.
Netflix - #14887#14887
HuluNetflixDr. STONE
2019– · Series · Japanese · 4 seasonsAnimation · Action
High schooler Taiju awakens from petrification millennia after a blinding light turned humanity to stone. He finds his scientific genius friend Senku working on a plan to rebuild civilization using science.
HuluNetflix - #15587#15587
Paramount+Wonder Showzen
2005–2007 · Series · 3 seasonsAnimation · Comedy
An all-cynical, all-evil absurdist variety show that parodies the classic educational PBS shows of the 1970s, made up of old cartoons and educational films, children, and puppets from one's worst nightmares.
Paramount+ - #15687#15687
NetflixPrime VideoImage of Victory
2023 · Movie · Hebrew · 2h 8mWar · Drama · History
In 1948, Hassanin joins a platoon going to Palestine to liberate farmers. While documenting their mission, Hassanin's values are tested and both sides re-evaluate what they understand about war.
NetflixPrime Video - #15987#15987
NetflixThe Amazing Digital Circus
2023– · Series · 1 seasonAnimation · Action · Comedy
A woman finds herself trapped in a virtual circus where she and five other humans are subject to the whims of wacky AI. In this digital purgatory they must face frightening NPCs and cope with their own personal traumas.
Netflix - #16087#16087
NetflixParamount+Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head
2022– · Series · 3 seasonsAnimation · Comedy
The iconic animated duo are back and dumber than ever. The '90s pop-culture phenomenons return, voiced by creator Mike Judge, to confound common sense, torment each other, and showcase some of the dumbest comedy imaginable.
NetflixParamount+ - #16587#16587
NetflixMain Vaapas Aaunga
2026 · Movie · HindiRomance · Drama · Mystery
Haunted by a childhood romance and recollections of love lost during the 1947 Partition of India, 95-year-old Ishar Singh Grewal shares his story with his grandson Nirvair, the past unfolding through memories of migration, longing, and a romance that endures across generations.
Netflix - #16687#16687
NetflixMy Hero Academia: Heroes Rising
2019 · Movie · Japanese · 1h 44mAnimation · Action
A group of youths aspiring to become professional superheroes, fight in a world full of people with abilities, also known as quirks. Deku and his fellow classmates from Hero Academy face Nine, the strongest villain yet.
Netflix - #16787#16787
Paramount+The Little Prince
2015 · Movie · 1h 48mAnimation · Action · Comedy
A little girl lives in a very grown-up world with her mother, who tries to prepare her for it. Her neighbor, the Aviator, introduces the girl to an extraordinary world where anything is possible, the world of the Little Prince.
Paramount+ - #16887#16887
Apple TV+Paramount+Prime VideoMinority Report
2002 · Movie · 2h 25mAction · Crime · Mystery
John works with the PreCrime police which stop crimes before they take place, with the help of three 'PreCogs' who can foresee crimes. Events ensue when John finds himself framed for a future murder.
Apple TV+Paramount+Prime Video - #17487#17487
NetflixMaharaja
2024 · Movie · Tamil · 2h 21mAction · Crime · Drama
A barber seeks vengeance after his home is burglarized, cryptically telling police his "lakshmi" has been taken, leaving them uncertain if it's a person or object. His quest to recover the elusive "lakshmi" unfolds.
Netflix - #17587#17587
NetflixBlack Mirror
2011– · Series · 7 seasonsCrime · Drama · Mystery
6 EmmysFeaturing stand-alone dramas -- sharp, suspenseful, satirical tales that explore techno-paranoia -- "Black Mirror" is a contemporary reworking of "The Twilight Zone" with stories that tap into the collective unease about the moder...
Netflix - #17787#17787
NetflixDelicious in Dungeon
2024– · Series · Japanese · 1 seasonAnimation · Action · Comedy
Can sisters be reincarnated from dragon meat? Laios and his friends Marcille and Chilchuck delve into an endless dungeon in search of his fallen sister, fighting monsters, starvation, and corruption.
Netflix - #19086#19086
Paramount+Prime VideoLongmire
2012–2017 · Series · 6 seasonsCrime · Action · Drama
Walt Longmire is the dedicated and unflappable sheriff of Absaroka County, Wyoming. Widowed only a year, he is a man in psychic repair but buries his pain behind his brave face, unassuming grin and dry wit.
Paramount+Prime Video - #19286#19286
Paramount+Star Trek: First Contact
1996 · Movie · 1h 51mAction · Drama
The Borg travel back in time intent on preventing Earth's first contact with an alien species. Captain Picard and his crew pursue them to ensure that Zefram Cochrane makes his maiden flight reaching warp speed.
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