Adrenaline is the main criteria here. I liked all the series listed below
I especially recommend !
- Bodyguard / Netflix / A gripping story of a protection officer who faces terrorists, organized crime and… politicians !
- Money heist (la casa de papel) / Netflix / A genius recruits a team of specialist in order to pull off the heist of the century
- Peaky blinders / Netflix / Birmingham, 1920. A ruthless gypsy family takes control of all the city’s trafficking
- Secret city / Netflix / A journalist investigating a murder in Sydney unravels a major political conspiracy
- Vikings / Amazon & Netflix / A bold young man decides, against all odds, to sail west. He will define the viking’s history + Vikings Valhala : 100 years later, also very good
These series are also good
- Batman caped crusader / Amazon / A faithful but still renewed adaptation, with a psychological approach that adds depth
- Bodkin / Netflix / In a picturesque village in Ireland, foreign journalists will reaveal well-seated secrets, and unleash chaos
- Buffy / Disney / Once in each generation, a girl get the gift to fight and slay demonic creatures
- Citadel / Amazon / Citadel, an independant agency founded to ensure peace, is destroyed by its rival. But two top-spies survive.
- Citadel Diana / Amazon / Citadel’s spin-off, based on the Italian part of Manticore. Diana is a double agent recruited by both secret organizations.
- Citadel, Honey Bunny : a prequel, about Nadia’s parents, two agents in India, and her childhood.
- Clickbait / Netflix / The video of the abduction of a alleged rapist goes viral. At 5 M views, he dies.
- Game of thrones / HBO / The mega-success that breathed new life into heroic fantasy series, and maybe series in general
- The last kingdom / Netflix / At the end of IXth century, Saxons resist to Danes (vikings) invasions. England will be born from this fight.
- Lupin / Netflix / Assane Diop is a fan of Arsene Lupin. He will copy his hero’s methods to avenge an injustice
- My Lady Jane / Amazon / In a dystopic England, Jane Grey becomes Queen of a nation divided between “normal” humans and metamorphic ones
- Poldark / Netflix / Cornwall, around 1800. Captain Ross Poldark, a ruined noble, comes back after three years in America.
- Renegade Nell / Disney / England, 18th century. Helped by a pixie, a young woman fights for justice
- The catch / Disney / A woman running a private detective agency discovers that her fiancé has conned her
- The Lincoln lawyer / Netflix / A bold lawyer confronts criminals and defies the justice system without regard for risk
- Those about to die / Amazon / Rome, 79 AD. The people are hungry, the emperor gives them gladiators and horse races