20 Best Adventure TV Shows on Paramount Plus 2026
Find 20 Paramount Plus adventure picks, from Star Trek and Survivor to Avatar and Battlestar Galactica, with action, sci-fi, drama, and more.
If you’re looking for the best adventure TV shows on Paramount Plus, this lineup gives you plenty of ways to get swept into new worlds, dangerous missions, and high-stakes journeys. From the exploratory optimism of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and Star Trek: The Next Generation to the political tension of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the platform has plenty for sci-fi fans. You’ll also find big-idea drama in Battlestar Galactica, elemental action in Avatar: The Last Airbender, and family-friendly exploration in The Wild Thornberrys. Reality fans can jump into the competition and survival energy of Survivor and The Challenge, making this list a strong mix of action, adventure, sci-fi, drama, and game-show picks.
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
2 Emmy nominations
action · adventure · sci-fi
Follow Captain Christopher Pike, Science Officer Spock and Number One in the years before Captain Kirk boarded the U.S.S. Enterprise, as they explore new worlds around the galaxy.
Directed by Chris Fisher, Dan Liu, Jordan Canning, Sydney Freeland, Maja VrviloCast Melissa Navia, Anson Mount, Ethan Peck, Christina Chong, Rebecca RomijnParamount PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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The Amazing Race
Won 15 Emmys 108 nominations
adventure · family · reality-tv · sport
This reality competition sees teams embark on a trek around the world to amazing destinations where they must compete in a series of challenges, some mental and some physical. Only when the tasks are completed will they learn of their next location. Teams who are the farthest behind will gradually be eliminated as the contest progresses, with the first team to arrive at the final destination winning the race and the $1 million prize.
Directed by Bertram van Munster, Phil Keoghan, Adam VetriCast Arnold Chun, Gurmit Singh, Joe Rocketshoes Dillon, Duman Nursilinov, Kevin R. HershbergerHuluParamount PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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Battlestar Galactica
Won 3 Emmys 2x Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series · 19 nominations
action · adventure · drama · sci-fi
When 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.
Directed by Michael Rymer, Michael Nankin, Rod Hardy, Sergio Mimica-Gezzan, Robert M. YoungCast Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Jamie Bamber, James Callis, Tricia HelferParamount PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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Survivor
Won 7 Emmys 78 nominations
adventure · game-show · reality-tv
A reality show contest where sixteen or more castaways split between two or more “Tribes” are taken to a remote isolated location and are forced to live off the land with meager supplies for roughly 39 days. Frequent physical challenges are used to pit the tribes against each other for rewards, such as food or luxuries, or for “Immunity”, forcing the other tribe to attend “Tribal Council”, where they must vote off one of their players.
Directed by Michael Simon, Don Roy King, Glenn Weiss, Joe DeMaio, Bill BradyCast Kelly Czarnecki, Jacquie Berg, Lana BussardHuluParamount PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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PAW Patrol
animation · adventure · comedy · family
Marshall, Rocky, Rubble, Zuma and Skye are doing their best to protect the people of their town. Led by Ryder, a tech-savvy 10-year-old boy, each of them is equipped with special equipment and together they help anyone who finds themselves in trouble. No task is too big for them and no puppy is too small.
Directed by Charles E. Bastien, Paul H. Brown, Jamie Whitney, Dipesh MistryCast Ron Pardo, Lilly Noelle Bartlam, Kallan Holley, Justin Paul Kelly, Devan CohenNetflixAmazon Prime VideoParamount PlusMore details on IMDb →
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Avatar: The Last Airbender
Won 1 Emmy 2 nominations
animation · action · adventure · family · fantasy · mystery
In a war-torn world of elemental magic, a young boy reawakens to undertake a dangerous mystic quest to fulfill his destiny as the Avatar, and bring peace to the world.
Directed by Oh Seung-hyun, Giancarlo Volpe, Ethan Spaulding, Lauren MacMullan, Dave FiloniCast Dee Bradley Baker, Zach Tyler Eisen, Mae Whitman, Jack De Sena, Dante BascoNetflixParamount PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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Star Trek: The Next Generation
Won 18 Emmys Outstanding Drama Series (1994) · 58 nominations
action · adventure · drama · sci-fi
Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.
Directed by Cliff Bole, Les Landau, Winrich Kolbe, Rob Bowman, Robert ScheererCast Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Marina Sirtis, Brent SpinerParamount PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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Killing Eve
Won 1 Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (2019) · 21 nominations
action · adventure · drama · thriller
A security consultant hunts for a ruthless assassin. Equally obsessed with each other, they go head to head in an epic game of cat-and-mouse.
Directed by Damon Thomas, Stella Corradi, Jon East, Harry Bradbeer, Lisa BrühlmannCast Jodie Comer, Sandra Oh, Fiona Shaw, Kim Bodnia, Owen McDonnellNetflixAmazon Prime VideoParamount PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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The Legend of Korra
animation · action · adventure · family · fantasy · sci-fi
Avatar Korra, a headstrong, rebellious, feisty young woman who continually challenges and breaks with tradition, is on her quest to become a fully realized Avatar. In this story, the Avatar struggles to find balance within herself.
Directed by Ian Graham, Colin Heck, Joaquim Dos Santos, Ki Hyun Ryu, Melchior ZwyerCast Janet Varney, Jeff Bennett, Dee Bradley Baker, P.J. Byrne, David FaustinoParamount PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
animation · action · adventure · comedy · crime · family · mystery · sci-fi · thriller
Four turtles fall into the sewers and are befriended by Hamato Yoshi a Japanese man sent to New York who was forced to live in the sewers. One day he sees a strange green glow which transforms the four turtles into human-like creatures. Hamato (now Master Splinter) changes into a giant rat from the green glow and teaches the turtles the skills of the ninja as they team up with news reporter April O'Neil to battle against Yoshi's arch enemy Shredder and Krang, an alien warlord from Dimension X.
Directed by Bill Wolf, Tony Love, Mike Stuart, Bruno-René Huchez, Reg LodgeCast Cam Clarke, Townsend Coleman, Barry Gordon, Renae Jacobs, Peter RenadayParamount PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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Star Trek
Won 1 Governor's Award 14 nominations
action · adventure · drama · sci-fi
Space. The Final Frontier. The U.S.S. Enterprise embarks on a five year mission to explore the galaxy. The Enterprise is under the command of Captain James T. Kirk with First Officer Mr. Spock, from the planet Vulcan. With a determined crew, the Enterprise encounters Klingons, Romulans, time paradoxes, tribbles and genetic supermen led by Khan Noonian Singh. Their mission is to explore strange new worlds, to seek new life and new civilizations, and to boldly go where no man has gone before.
Directed by Marc Daniels, Joseph Pevney, Ralph Senensky, Vincent McEveety, Jud TaylorCast Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, DeForest Kelley, Nichelle Nichols, James DoohanParamount PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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CIA
action · adventure · crime · drama · mystery · thriller
Follows a partnership between a CIA Case Officer & an FBI Special Agent who work together on a clandestine taskforce to prevent domestic terrorism in New York.
Directed by Ken Girotti, Jon Cassar, Ludovic Littee, Norberto Barba, Jean de SegonzacCast Tom Ellis, Nick Gehlfuss, Natalee Linez, Necar Zadegan, Jonathan Randell SilverParamount PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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Sabrina the Teenage Witch
2 Emmy nominations
action · adventure · comedy · drama · family · fantasy · horror · mystery · romance · sci-fi
On her sixteenth birthday, Sabrina Spellman discovers she has magical powers. She lives with her 600-year-old aunts Hilda and Zelda as well as talking cat Salem in the fictional town of Westbridge, Massachusetts.
Directed by Gary Halvorson, Kenneth R. Koch, Brian K. Roberts, Linda Day, Peter BaldwinCast Melissa Joan Hart, Nick Bakay, Caroline Rhea, Beth Broderick, Nate RichertHuluParamount PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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The Challenge
action · adventure · game-show · reality-tv
Alumni from reality TV and other forms of entertainment and first time cast members live together and compete against one another in physical and mental challenges for cash prizes.
Directed by Rico Martinez, Jeff Fisher, Joy Rillo Hryniewicz, Mark Seliga, Anthony DominiciCast Verne Troyer, Bruce Flanders, Andrew Morgado, Melissa ReevesParamount PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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Golden Axe
action & adventure · animation · comedy · fantasy · science-fiction
Legendary warriors Ax Battler, Tyris Flare, and Gilius Thunderhead reunite to save Yuria from the evil giant Death Adder, who just won't seem to stay dead. Their quest is complicated by Hampton Squib, an inexperienced and wildly underprepared adventurer whose dream of heroism far exceeds his abilities. Forced to work together despite their flaws, they must find a way to stop Death Adder once and for all.
Directed by Lexy Naut, Matthew Bordenave, Christina ManriqueCast Danny Pudi, Lisa Gilroy, Liam McIntyre, Carl Tart, SungWon ChoAmazon Prime VideoParamount PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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Peppa Pig
Won 1 BAFTA Children's Award
animation · short · adventure · comedy · family
Peppa Pig is an energetic piggy who lives with Mummy, Daddy, and little brother George. She loves to jump in mud puddles and make loud snorting noises.
Directed by Mark Baker, Neville Astley, Joris van Hulzen, Phil Hall, Sarah RoperCast John Sparkes, Morwenna Banks, Oliver May, Richard Ridings, Alice MayNetflixAmazon Prime VideoParamount PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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Star Trek: Voyager
Won 7 Emmys 34 nominations
action · adventure · drama · sci-fi · thriller
Pulled to the far side of the galaxy, where the Federation is 75 years away at maximum warp speed, a Starfleet ship must cooperate with Maquis rebels to find a way home.
Directed by David Livingston, Winrich Kolbe, Allan Kroeker, Michael Vejar, Cliff BoleCast Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan PhillipsParamount PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Won 4 Emmys 32 nominations
action · adventure · drama · sci-fi · thriller
At Deep Space Nine, a space station located next to a wormhole in the vicinity of the liberated planet of Bajor, Commander Sisko and crew welcome alien visitors, root out evildoers and solve all types of unexpected problems that come their way.
Directed by David Livingston, Les Landau, Winrich Kolbe, Allan Kroeker, LeVar BurtonCast Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, Cirroc Lofton, Alexander Siddig, Colm MeaneyParamount PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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Star Trek: Discovery
Won 2 Emmys 10 nominations
action · adventure · drama · sci-fi
Follow the voyages of Starfleet on their missions to discover new worlds and new life forms, and one Starfleet officer who must learn that to truly understand all things alien, you must first understand yourself.
Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi, Jonathan Frakes, Doug Aarniokoski, Lee Rose, Christopher J. ByrneCast Sonequa Martin-Green, Anthony Rapp, Doug Jones, Mary Wiseman, Emily CouttsParamount PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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Battlestar Galactica
3 Emmy nominations
action · adventure · drama · sci-fi
A re-imagining of the original series in which a "rag-tag fugitive fleet" of the last remnants of mankind flees pursuing robots while simultaneously searching for their true home, Earth.
Directed by Michael RymerCast Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackhoff, Jamie Bamber, James CallisParamount PlusMore details on IMDb →
Wrapping Up
Whether you want space exploration, survival stakes, or animated quests, this collection shows how much variety Paramount Plus brings to the adventure genre. Titles like Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Battlestar Galactica, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and Survivor each deliver a different kind of momentum, so it’s easy to find the mood you want next. Bookmark this page so you can come back when you want fresh viewing ideas, and check again later since it’s updated regularly with new recommendations and changes to the catalog.
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