Best German action series

Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch action shows from Germany, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!

  • Poster for Barbarians

    Barbarians 2020

    Three people's fates are interwoven in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 A.D., during which Germanic warriors halt the spread of the Roman Empire.

    Netflix
    72
  • Poster for Biohackers

    Biohackers 2020

    A medical student enters a top German university on a secret mission to uncover a conspiracy linking a family tragedy to a visionary biology professor.

    Netflix
    69
  • Poster for Crossing Lines

    Crossing Lines 2013

    Through globalization, many countries have been opened and barriers removed to ensure easy trade, travel and cultural diversity. However, this openness has given opportunities to criminals looking to exploit the system and ultimately threaten our global safety. As Europe has become a "safe house" for criminals eluding law enforcers, a special kind of law enforcement team is needed to handle specific ongoing crimes on a global level. "Crossing Lines" is the story of one such team, made up of five international cops, headed by Captain Daniel. The team - comprised of individuals who have little in common - must learn to live and work under the most dangerous and potentially deadly conditions. Housed in an unused storage section underneath the ICC, this mismatched team faces bureaucratic, jurisdictional and cultural obstacles while traversing continents in pursuit of justice.

    NBC
    69
  • Poster for Kleo

    Kleo 2022

    After the fall of the Berlin Wall, a former East German spy resolves to find out who betrayed her and why — and use her lethal skills to exact revenge.

    Netflix
    74
  • Poster for Crooks

    Crooks 2024

    A priceless coin puts rival gangs across Europe at odds, forcing a retired safecracker to team up with a two-bit gangster for one last heist.

    Netflix
    70
  • Poster for The Odyssey

    The Odyssey 1997

    In this adaptation of Homer's timeless epic, Armand Assante stars as Odysseus, the warrior King of the mythical island of Ithaca, who must endure a decade long quest to reach home after the Trojan war, overcoming savage monsters, powerful forces of nature, and seductive nymphs, and he must outsmart them all, with all the guile and intellect he can muster.

    CTV
    69
  • Poster for Alarm for Cobra 11

    Alarm for Cobra 11 1996

    A long-running German television series about a two-man team of highway police, originally set in Berlin and later in North Rhine-Westphalia.

    RTL
    71
  • Poster for Impact

    Impact 2009

    Impact is a mini-series about a meteor shower which eventually sends the moon on a collision course with Earth. The two-part mini-series premiered February 14 and 15, 2009 on the Canadian premium television channel Super Channel and was also shown on ABC on June 21 and 28, 2009 and on Alpha TV on September 2011 .

    Super Channel
    55
  • Poster for 8 Days

    8 Days 2019

    With a huge asteroid rushing towards Europe, there are only eight days left till impact. In the face of the apocalypse everything changes; laws and rules are abandoned. Who can save themself, what is really important now?

    Sky 1
    60
  • Poster for Sandokan

    Sandokan 1976

    In this mini-series in six parts from 1976 the Indian actor Kabir Bedi plays the lead role. Carol Andre plays Lady Marianna Guillonk and as Sandokans best friend Yanez de Gomera we see Phillipe Leroy. The noble prince Sandokan is a fighter of the first rank who are cruel to their enemies, but always loyal to his friends.

    ORTF Télévision
    70
  • Poster for Space Patrol

    Space Patrol 1966

    Raumpatrouille – Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion, also known as Raumpatrouille Orion, and Space Patrol Orion in English, was the first German science fiction television series. Its seven episodes were broadcast by ARD beginning September 17, 1966 six years before Star Trek first aired in West Germany. Being a huge success with several reruns audience ratings went up to 56%. Over the years, the series acquired a distinct cult status in Germany.

    ARD
    72
  • Poster for V.I.P.

    V.I.P. 1998

    While attending a Hollywood premiere with a famous action star, a crazed fan pulls a gun—but her movie hunk turns into a coward, and it's Vallery who becomes the hero. Suddenly, she's thrown into a world of action and danger as owner of a Hollywood protection agency, Vallery Irons Protection (V.I.P.), taking risks to protect others at a price few are willing to pay.

    Syndication
    50
  • Poster for Auf Achse

    Auf Achse 1980

    The adventures of a group of German truckers on jobs all over the world.

    ARD
    66
  • Poster for Wild Republic

    Wild Republic 2021

    In the midst of the impassable landscape at the foot of the Alps, a young group of serious offenders is undergoing an experiential educational program intended to rehabilitate them. All of a sudden, a member of the program dies a violent death. Nobody knows exactly what happened, and the youths face a difficult decision. Should they wait for the authorities to recover the body and investigate the crime? Or, escape and take their fate into their own hands? The group doesn't have much in common with each other, though one thing unites them; all of them have had really bad experiences with the authorities and don‘t expect to be treated fairly. Since they don't know who the perpetrator is, they only have one option: to run. Up the mountains, up the highest peaks of the Alps. It seems hopeless until they stumble onto a complex cave system where they can find shelter from wind, weather, and their pursuers.

    MagentaTV
    57
  • Poster for Treasure Island

    Treasure Island 2007

    A terrible storm is raging the night it all begins - with a knock on the door. 17-year-old Jim Hawkins helps his widowed mother run their little tavern on the coast of 19th century England. When the door is opened they are startled by a sight that makes their blood run cold...

    ProSieben
    53
  • Poster for The Three Detectives

    The Three Detectives 2023

    Kim, Franzi, and Marie have what other girls can only dream of: their very own detective club!

    Disney+
    70
  • Poster for TESTO

    TESTO 2024

    5 prisoners, a bank robbery, 6 hostages, adrenaline, chaos, unfinished business. Fast, unpredictable, merciless.

    ARD
    61
  • Poster for The Peppercorns

    The Peppercorns 1999

    Die Pfefferkörner is a German television series produced by Der Kinderkanal. The peppercorns are five friends from Hamburg: Jana Holstein Coutre, Natasha "Tascha" Jaonzäns, Philip "Fiete" Overbeck, Cem Gülec and Vivien "Vivi" Overbeck, Fiete's eight year old sister. After school, the young detectives meet at a high level of a spice warehouse of the company Overbeck & Associates, which belongs to Fiete and Vivi's parents in the first part, but is later given to Fiete and Vivi to look after. Here, in the historic warehouse district, the five friends have their headquarters. With smarts, combined delivery and support of the Internet, they find their cases here. The detectives convict polluters, animal dealers and drug smugglers. They also help each other with personal problems they encounter. Cem has lost his parents in a car accident and sometimes feels sad and lonely. Jana lives with her divorcee mother, a lawyer who is rarely at home. Natasha comes from Latvia. Her parents initially have very strict rules in terms of her education, that make Natasha unhappy. Fiete has problems showing his feelings and hides them behind grumpiness and hostility towards girls, until he falls in love with Natasha. Vivi is suffering from her role of the youngest member of the group. She believes that she must constantly struggle for recognition.

    ARD
    62
  • Poster for Der Clown

    Der Clown 1998

    Der Clown was a German television series that ran between 21 April 1998 and 11 October 2001. It ran for 46 episodes, and starred Sven Martinek, Diana Frank, Thomas Anzenhofer and Volkmar Kleinert. Der Clown was also a 2005 film.

    RTL
    57
  • Poster for Jim Button

    Jim Button 1999

    Jim Button and his friends Luuk and Princess Li Si travel the world in their locomotive.

    KiKa
    62
  • Poster for GSG 9 - Ihr Einsatz ist ihr Leben

    GSG 9 - Ihr Einsatz ist ihr Leben 2007

    GSG 9 is a German TV-series about the special unit GSG 9 der Bundespolizei of the German Federal Police. It premièred in the Spring of 2007. Its original title, GSG 9 - Ihr Einsatz ist ihr Leben, is a pun on the word Einsatz. Einsatz can be translated as "mission, stake, bet, dedication", depending on the context. Thus, it can be translated as, GSG 9 - Their Mission Is Their Life or GSG 9 - They Put Their Lives at Stake.

    SAT.1
    64
  • Poster for Der Mann im Mond

    Der Mann im Mond 2022

    Amazon
    73
  • Der letzte Song aus der Bohne 2022

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  • Poster for TEAM NO LIMITS

    TEAM NO LIMITS 2025

    joyn
    100
  • Poster for Adventure Buddies

    Adventure Buddies 2024

    joyn
    100
  • Poster for Jack Holborn

    Jack Holborn 1982

    Jack Holborn was a 1982 ZDF Adventure TV mini-series. The story is based on the book by Leon Garfield. It was shown in the United Kingdom by ITV.

    ZDF
    61
  • Poster for The Way Out Germany

    The Way Out Germany 2025

    Germany's first comedy escape room show. Comedians versus creators. In each episode, one duo from each team must prove themselves in identically designed escape rooms. The team with the best overall time wins the season.

    Amazon
    78
  • Poster for Ghosts under the Ferris Wheel

    Ghosts under the Ferris Wheel 1979

    Two kids suddenly call three very enchanted persons to reality while spending summer in their grandma's village.

    DFF 1
    63
  • Poster for Robin Hood: Mischief In Sherwood

    Robin Hood: Mischief In Sherwood 2015

    Richard the Lionheart has gone to war, leaving power in the hands of Prince John. Sherwood is in danger, but Robin Hood and his gang are on hand to save the day! Meet Maid Marian with her castle insider knowledge, charming Little John, grumpy Tuck and Robin's funny cousin Scarlett. Follow the gang who with comedy, magic and friendship will save the day.

    Disney Channel
    66
  • Poster for Arctic Warrior

    Arctic Warrior 2023

    Paramount+
    62
  • Poster for Licht aus

    Licht aus 2024

    Amazon
    56
  • Poster for Drift: Partners in Crime

    Drift: Partners in Crime 2023

    Two brothers and police officers, Ali and Leo, have not spoken to each other for decades after a big family row. But when they suddenly become involved in an international conspiracy, they have to work together again.

    Sky 1
    49
  • Poster for Alarm für Cobra 11 - Einsatz für Team 2

    Alarm für Cobra 11 - Einsatz für Team 2 2003

    RTL
    60
  • Poster for The Sea Wolf

    The Sea Wolf 1971

    Writer Humphrey van Weyden is thrown overboard in a shipwreck in the Bay of San Francisco, and is rescued by the seal-hunting schooner 'Ghost' under the command of the brutal Captain Wolf Larsen.

    ZDF
    54
  • Poster for Die Sturmflut

    Die Sturmflut 2006

    Susanne, a meteorologist in Hamburg, has detected signs of an incipient sea storm that could devastate the city. Although given the alarm, local authorities do not listen to their warnings. To ensure the magnitude of the tsunami, Susanne decided to move to an oil platform located offshore, which verifies that their dire predictions are to become reality, as the storm will soon reach the coast, threatening the lives of thousands of people.

    57
  • Poster for Category 7: The End of the World

    Category 7: The End of the World 2005

    It's tornadoes, hurricanes, electrical storms, and mass destruction as the effects of global warming brew into a super storm that threatens to rend the earth with an unprecedented power. Beautiful scientist Faith Clavell, storm chaser Tommy Tornado, and Judith Carr, the head of FEMA, can stop the inevitable from happening-if they have the courage to venture into the roiling blackness of the storm itself.

    CBS
    55
  • Poster for Desert Warrior

    Desert Warrior 2024

    joyn
    66
  • Poster for Crystal Wall

    Crystal Wall 2025

    MMA fighter Louna Loris saves the life of Nicolas, an heir to billions, and becomes his new bodyguard. Though the social barriers between them seem insurmountable, they can’t shake their growing feelings for one another.

    ZDFneo
    58
  • Julien Bam - Der Mann im Mond 2022

    70
  • Poster for Die Jungs-WG

    Die Jungs-WG 2009

    KiKa
    58
  • Poster for Die Schatzinsel

    Die Schatzinsel 1966

    ORTF Télévision
    49
  • Poster for Coast Guard

    Coast Guard 1997

    Küstenwache is a German television series that tells the fictionalized adventures of a unit of Federal Coast Guard officers off the German coast of the Baltic Sea.

    ZDF
    51
  • Poster for Gummy Bear & Friends

    Gummy Bear & Friends 2016

    The silly adventures of everyone's favorite gummy bear character and his friends Kala the cat and Harry the chameleon.

    YouTube
    60
  • Poster for Bibi & Tina

    Bibi & Tina 2020

    Amazon
    43
  • Poster for Zorro: Generation Z

    Zorro: Generation Z 2006

    Pop
    50
  • Poster for Die Gentlemen bitten zur Kasse

    Die Gentlemen bitten zur Kasse 1966

    ARD
    45
  • Poster for Die Draufgänger

    Die Draufgänger 2012

    RTL
    46
  • Poster for Orzowei, il figlio della savana

    Orzowei, il figlio della savana 1977

    ZDF
    44
  • Poster for The Lost World

    The Lost World 2001

    Professor Challenger, on an expedition to South America, shoots an animal that he claims is a pre-historic pterosaur. On his return to England, his fellow Professor, Summerlee, and most of the scientific establishment dismiss it as a hoax. However, an ambitious hunter and womaniser John Roxton and journalist Edward Malone are prepared to undertake the mission to find the truth.

    BBC One
    47
  • Poster for Rocket Beans Pen & Paper

    Rocket Beans Pen & Paper 2014

    Rocket Beans TV
    50
  • Poster for Novelmore

    Novelmore 2020

    Super RTL
    50
  • Poster for Spuk am Tor der Zeit

    Spuk am Tor der Zeit 2002

    Spuk am Tor der Zeit is the conclusion of the trilogy, the mummy of Roggelin. The children's series from the "Spooky" series by Günter Meyer is thus the continuation of Ghost in the realm of shadows.

    KiKa
    45
  • Poster for HeliCops - Einsatz über Berlin

    HeliCops - Einsatz über Berlin 1998

    HeliCops – Einsatz über Berlin is a German television series.

    SAT.1
    40
  • Poster for Blood of the Templars

    Blood of the Templars 2004

    18-year old David grew up assuming that his mother and his father have died when he was a baby. He was raised by a monk and is close to completing High School. He gets into a fight during a party and discovers he is stronger than he thought he was- also, the blooding of an injury stops immediately and the wound heals within an hour. All of a sudden, the Priory of Sion and the Knights Templar show interest in the boy and the quest for the Holy Grail begins once again, with David being the one who can lead them to it.

    ProSieben
    38
  • Poster for Das Jesus Video

    Das Jesus Video 2002

    ProSieben
    45
  • Poster for Floris von Rosemund

    Floris von Rosemund 1975

    ARD
    40
  • Die Gustloff 2008

    Joseph Vilsmaier Two-part TV movie focuses on the tragic events surrounding the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff, a German passenger ship, at the end of World War II. On 30 January 1945, Captain Hellmuth Kehding was in charge of the ship, evacuating wounded soldiers and civilians trapped by the Red Army. Soon after leaving the harbor of Danzig, it was hit by three torpedoes from the Soviet submarine and sank in less than an hour.

    ZDF
    40
  • Poster for Sherazade: The Untold Stories

    Sherazade: The Untold Stories 2017

    The true story of the classic Arabian Nights tales. We follow Sherazade, the real hero of the famous stories, on her quest to find the Tree of Life and save the Prince of the Golden City, who has been turned into a blue-haired monster.

    RBB Fernsehen
    40
  • Deadline - Every Second Counts 2007

    Deadline is about the cases of a special department of the Berlin police, a department for crime prevention. In other words: For psychological warfare. The special department for crime prevention (SV) is used when the police don't know what to do. Their job is to protect potential victims and seek direct confrontation with the perpetrator. This can be through interpreting the signs he leaves at the crime scene or through direct contact.

    SAT.1
    37
  • Poster for Die 25. Stunde

    Die 25. Stunde 2008

    40
  • Tiger Girl 2019

    Serial cut version of the German feature film "Tiger Girl": Margarethe "Maggie" Fischer wants to become a policewoman. But she flies through the exam and instead starts training at a private security service. Maggie always wants to do everything right. Until the wild tigers show up in their lives ...

    RBB Fernsehen
    40
  • Poster for The Lady Musketeer

    The Lady Musketeer 2004

    When the bride-to-be of King Louis XIV is kidnapped, the sons of the original three musketeers rally to rescue her. Much to their surprise, a fourth musketeer joins the fray. And this brilliant swordsman—the most gifted of the lot—turns out to be D'Artagnan's daughter.

    Hallmark Channel
    32
  • Poster for Cosmic Quantum Ray

    Cosmic Quantum Ray 2010

    "Cosmic Quantum Ray" is a zany comedy-action-adventure series that brings the strange corners of the universe to the world of Earth teenager Robbie Shipton. Robbie represents Earth as a member of Team Quantum - an elite, eccentric team of heroes that saves the Universe almost every day, and hopefully in time for Robbie to get to his third-period Science class!

    Hub Network
    35
  • Poster for Die Motorrad-Cops: Hart am Limit

    Die Motorrad-Cops: Hart am Limit 2000

    RTL
    35
  • Poster for Against the Wind

    Against the Wind 1995

    ARD
    35
  • Poster for Das Mädchen mit dem indischen Smaragd

    Das Mädchen mit dem indischen Smaragd 2013

    Annie Krüger just wants to spend a quiet Christmas with her boyfriend. But a phone call from India changes everything.

    ZDF
    35