8 Binge-Worthy Adventure Series to Watch While Waiting for 'One Piece' Season 3, Ranked by IMDb
These shows have everything: a spirit of adventure, exotic locations, and a friendship strong enough to move mountains.
The second season of One Piece has ended, leaving us once again in a state of agonizing anticipation. The Straw Hat crew just reached the Grand Line, encountered a giant whale, made a new reindeer friend, and faced the schemes of the mysterious Crocodile.
Apparently, the third season won't be released until 2027. But don't despair – the world of adventure series is vast, and there are plenty of stories to tide you over.
8. 'National Treasure: Edge of History', 2022-2023
IMDb Score: 5.8/10
This is a TV series adaptation of the feature-length National Treasure duology starring Nicolas Cage.
Twenty-year-old Jess embarks on a treasure hunt for which her archaeologist father found the key in the early 2000s. He was killed by Mexican criminals who were also hunting for gold.
Jess joins a group of young adventurers who travel the world collecting clues in search of the coveted treasure.
7. 'The Mosquito Coast', 2021-2023
IMDb Score: 6.8/10
The Mosquito Coast is an adaptation of the 1986 film of the same name, starring Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren.
The plot centers on the Foxes, a couple who either once worked for the Secret Service or crossed paths with them. They are now hiding around the world with their teenage children.
In order to escape, the characters must illegally cross the border into Mexico and traverse the Death Valley desert. While the characters in the original movie immediately found themselves in the jungle and adapted to their new life, the series turns this into a protracted journey.
6. 'The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin', 2024-2025
IMDb Score: 7.0/10
This is a pseudo-historical comedy series based on real people. It centers on Dick Turpin, an English highwayman who led a gang of outlaws in Essex and gradually became a folk hero.
In the series, Turpin dreams of becoming the greatest highwayman of all time. However, his plans are thwarted by his rival, the con man Jonathan Wilde.
5. 'Around the World in 80 Days', 2021
IMDb Score: 7.2/10
Jules Verne's novel has been adapted for the big and small screens numerous times, attracting filmmakers with its dense plot set against major world landmarks.
One of the most recent adaptations is a 2021 TV series starring David Tennant as a bored aristocrat.
Phileas Fogg makes a bet with the Geographical Society that he can circumnavigate the globe in 80 days. He is accompanied by his valet, Passepartout, and a Daily Telegraph journalist, Abigail Fix.
4. 'Moon Knight', 2022
IMDb Score: 7.3/10
Moon Knight, starring Oscar Isaac, is based on the comic book series of the same name. It tells the story of Marc Spector, a former Marine who suffers from dissociative identity disorder.
He sees strange images at night, either from his past or an alternate present. In an attempt to understand what's happening, Marc gains the power and strength of the Egyptian moon god.
This Marvel Studios series, which typically doesn't venture into the Indiana Jones genre, brilliantly blends superheroics and action adventure.
3. 'Sweet Tooth', 2021-2024
IMDb Score: 7.7/10
Ten years have passed since the Great Crumble, an epidemic caused by a strange virus that wiped out most of humanity and mutated newborn children into animal-human hybrids.
The survivors are at a loss as to what to do because the hybrids don't get sick: should they blame the new species for the epidemic and exterminate them, or experiment on them in search of a cure?
One of these hybrids is Gus, a boy with deer antlers who has lived his entire life deep in the forest with his father. After his father dies, Gus finds a photo of a woman he believes to be his mother and embarks on a perilous journey to find her.
2. 'Black Sails', 2014-2017
IMDb Score: 8.2/10
The action takes place in Nassau, Bahamas, essentially a pirate capital where there is no proper government and the city thrives on plunder. At the center of the story is Captain Flint.
He is not a legendary hero, but rather a man who is constantly on the brink of mutiny with his own crew. His obsession is intercepting a Spanish galleon carrying a vast fortune.
He needs this money to fortify Nassau and give the pirates a chance to survive the British fleet's onslaught.
1. 'Blue Eye Samurai', 2023-...
IMDb Score: 8.7/10
The series is set in 17th-century Japan during the Edo period and the reign of the Tokugawa clan. The main character, born to a white man and a Japanese woman, seeks revenge against the four Europeans who dishonored her mother.
After wandering and studying with various sensei for years, she has mastered swordsmanship and is ready to crush her enemies.
Blue Eye Samurai is a captivating story of revenge and self-discovery in a world that is both harsh to outsiders and rich in beauty.
