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Shows that feel likeAvatar: The Last Airbender (2024–)

A young boy known as the Avatar must master the four elemental powers to save a world at war — and fight a ruthless enemy bent on stopping him.

If you loved Avatar: The Last Airbender, the closest series we have are Percy Jackson and the Olympians (2023), ONE PIECE (2023) and Resident Alien (2021). All three share Avatar: The Last Airbender's cerebral and dreamlike feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Gifted (2017).

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Percy Jackson and the Olympians
2023– · 3 seasons · Hulu
★ 7action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasy · dramaNetflixDisney+

A kid shouldering a world-saving quest with friends who keep it light

The difference: Modern-day myth romp — smaller scale, quippier tone

Percy Jackson is on a dangerous quest. Outrunning monsters and outwitting gods, he must journey across America to return Zeus's master bolt and stop an all-out war. With the help of his friends Annabeth and Grover, Percy's journey will lead him closer to the answers he seeks: how to fit into a world where he feels out of place, and who he's destined to be.

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ONE PIECE
2023– · 3 seasons · Netflix
★ 8.3action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasyNetflix

A found crew sailing toward destiny with its sincerity fully intact

The difference: Sillier and saltier — pirate romp over elemental mythology

With his straw hat and ragtag crew, young pirate Monkey D. Luffy goes on an epic voyage for treasure.

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Resident Alien
2021–2025 · 4 seasons · USA Network
★ 8sci-fi & fantasyNetflixPeacock

The same mix in both: ideas, then dream logic

The difference: Less kinetic, more its own thing

Crash-landed alien Harry takes on the identity of a small-town Colorado doctor. Arriving with a secret mission, he starts off living a simple life…but things get a bit rocky when he’s roped into solving a local murder and realizes he needs to assimilate into his new world. As he does, he begins to wrestle with the moral dilemma of his mission and asking the big life questions like: “Are human beings worth saving?” and “Why do they fold their pizza before eating it?”

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Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
2023– · 2 seasons · Apple TV
★ 7sci-fi & fantasy · drama · action & adventureApple TV+

Ordinary people dwarfed by forces that reshape the whole world

The difference: Adult mystery-box pacing — family secrets over a hero's quest

After surviving Godzilla's attack on San Francisco, Cate is shaken yet again by a shocking secret. Amid monstrous threats, she embarks on a globetrotting adventure to learn the truth about her family—and the mysterious organization known as Monarch.

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DC's Stargirl
2020–2022 · 3 seasons · The CW
★ 7.1sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventure · dramaMax

A kind young hero rallying a new team under an old legacy

The difference: CW small-town superheroics — cozier and far less mythic

Courtney Whitmore, a smart, athletic and above all else kind girl, discovers her step-father has a secret: he used to be the sidekick to a superhero. "Borrowing" the long-lost hero’s cosmic staff, she becomes the unlikely inspiration for an entirely new generation of superheroes.

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Warrior Nun
2020–2022 · 2 seasons · Netflix
★ 7action & adventure · drama · sci-fi & fantasyNetflix

A reluctant chosen one handed a war she never asked for

The difference: Darker Catholic mythology — and cancelled mid-story

After waking up in a morgue, an orphaned teen discovers she now possesses superpowers as the chosen Halo-Bearer for a secret sect of demon-hunting nuns.

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Xena: Warrior Princess
1995–2001 · 6 seasons · Syndication
🍅 63%★ 6.8drama · action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasy

Kinetic and epic in the same breath

The difference: Made in the 1990s, in a different era of the craft

Xena is an infamous warrior on a quest to seek redemption for her past sins against the innocent. Accompanied by her comrade-in-arms Gabrielle, the campy couple use their formidable fighting skills to help those who are unable to defend themselves.

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Cursed
2020 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 6action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasyNetflix

Kinetic action & adventure, and it commits to that

In this fresh take on the Arthurian legend, teenager Nimue joins forces with mercenary Arthur on a quest to find Merlin and deliver an ancient sword.

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Marvel's Runaways
2017–2019 · 3 seasons · Hulu
★ 6.8action & adventure · drama · sci-fi & fantasy

Contemplative sci-fi & fantasy in both cases

Every teenager thinks their parents are evil. What if you found out they actually were? Six diverse teenagers who can barely stand each other must unite against a common foe – their parents.

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Secret Invasion
2023 · 1 season · Disney+
★ 5.8drama · sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventureDisney+

Both lean on scale more than on drama

Nick Fury and Talos discover a faction of shapeshifting Skrulls who have been infiltrating Earth for years.

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The Gifted
2017–2019 · 2 seasons · FOX
★ 7.2sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventure · dramaHulu

Young people with dangerous gifts hunted by a fearful world

The difference: Grounded fugitive drama — no wonder, just the running

A suburban couple's ordinary lives are rocked by the sudden discovery that their children possess mutant powers. Forced to go on the run from a hostile government, the family joins up with an underground network of mutants and must fight to survive.

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Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn
2012 · 1 season · YouTube
★ 6.7sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventure

Family with a pulse of ideas, in both cases

UNSC Cadet Thomas Lasky must conquer his inner fears and join forces with super-soldier John-117 to take down a massive faction of the Covenant.

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