Forget Money Heist, These Are 15 Best Action Thriller TV Shows Ever Made
Let's face it - while the TV series format is perfect for drama, comedy and even horror, it's clearly a poor fit for the action subgenre. The thing is, action movies are successful because they can cram a lot of fireworks and fist fights into two hours or less, keeping fans entertained but not bored.
Of course, with the extended lengths of TV shows, it's really quite difficult to keep the fans interested in the story, as the banalities of the action genre become much more visible the longer the project goes on.
Still, the world has seen a lot of incredible action shows over the years, and we decided to rank 15 of the best:
As you've probably noticed, most of the shows on this list have been released in the last five years or so, with only a handful released more than a decade ago. And there's an explanation for that.
Older action shows struggled to perfect the formula, and most of them bored audiences to sleep, as seeing the same explosions and shootouts week after week was not something they dreamed of.
Over time, however, screenwriters were able to differentiate TV action from movie action, delighting fans with deep storytelling usually associated with TV and inventive action scenes.