There is always a ton of great TV shows streaming across different platforms. Netflix is a powerhouse nowadays but HBO Max, CW, Hulu, and even Paramount+ has something to offer to action fans.
Whether you’re into superheroes, sci-fi, adventure or thriller, there was something for you this year, and we want to make sure you will spend your time only on the shows that are deserving of it.
At Budomate we sat down to determined the list of 20 action TV shows you should have been watching in 2022. There is never too much TV!
In from the Cold (season 1)
Release date: January 28, 2022
Country of origin: United States
Streaming: Netflix
Season: 1
Episodes: 8
Stars: Margarita Levieva, Cillian O’Sullivan, Lydia Fleming
A single mother’s life in suburban New Jersey is turned upside down when the CIA arrests her and forces her to make a choice: confront her long-buried past as a highly trained, bio-engineered Russian agent, and become an asset against Russia’s underworld drug trade, and shadow war on U.S. elections or put her family and the new life she has built at risk.
Reacher (season 1)
Release date: February 4, 2022
Country of origin: United States
Streaming: Amazon Prime
Season: 1
Episodes: 9
Creator: Nick Santora
Stars: Alan Ritchson, Malcolm Goodwin, Willa Fitzgerald
When retired Military Police Officer Jack Reacher is arrested for a murder he did not commit, he finds himself in the middle of a deadly conspiracy full of dirty cops, shady businessmen and scheming politicians. With nothing but his wits, he must figure out what is happening in Margrave, Georgia.
Vikings: Valhalla (season 1)
Release date: February 25, 2022
Country of origin: United States
Streaming: Netflix
Season: 1
Episodes: 8
Creator: Jeb Stuart
Stars: Sam Corlett, Leo Suter, Johannes Haukur Johannesson
Follow-up series to ‘Vikings’ set 100 years afterward and centering on the adventures of Leif Erikson, Freydis, Harald Hardrada and the Norman King William the Conqueror.
Halo (season 1)
Release date: March 24, 2022
Country of origin: United States
Streaming: Paramount +
Season: 1
Episodes: 9
Creators: Steven Kane, Kyle Killen
Stars: Pablo Schreiber, Shabana Azmi, Natasha Culzac
Aliens threaten human existence in an epic 26th-century showdown.
Moon Knight (season 1)
Release date: March 30, 2022
Country of origin: United States
Streaming: Disney +
Season: 1
Episodes: 6
Creator: Doug Moench
Stars: Oscar Isaac, Ethan Hawke, May Calamawy
The series follows Steven Grant, a mild- mannered gift-shop employee, who becomes plagued with blackouts and memories of another life. Steven discovers he has dissociative identity disorder and shares a body with mercenary Marc Spector.
The Boys (season 3)
Release date: June 3, 2022
Country of origin: United States
Streaming: Amazon Prime
Season: 3
Episodes: 8
Creator: Eric Kripke
Stars: Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr
A group of vigilantes set out to take down corrupt superheroes who abuse their superpowers.
The Old Man (season 1)
Release date: June 16, 2022
Country of origin: United States
Streaming: FX, Hulu
Season: 1
Episodes: 7
Creators: Robert Levine, Jonathan E. Steinberg
Stars: Jeff Bridges, John Lithgow, E.J. Bonilla
A retired CIA agent is hunted by both the agency he once worked for and his own nightmares, when an unknown man suddenly visits him after nearly three decades.
Terminal List (season 1)
Release date: July 1, 2022
Country of origin: United States
Streaming: Amazon Prime
Season: 1
Episodes: 8
Stars: Chris Pratt, Constance Wu, Taylor Kitsch
The series follows James Reece after his entire platoon of Navy SEALs is ambushed during a high-stakes covert mission. Reece returns home to his family with conflicting memories of the event and questions about his culpability. However, as new evidence comes to light, Reece discovers dark forces working against him, endangering not only his life but the lives of those he loves.
Resident Evil (season 1)
Release date: July 14, 2022
Country of origin: Germany
Streaming: Netflix
Season: 1
Episodes: 8
Stars: Ella Balinska, Tamara Smart, Siena Agudong
The story takes place over two timelines. The first of which involves 14 year old sisters Jade and Billie Wesker moving to New Raccoon City. They come to realise that their father may be concealing dark secrets that could destroy the world.
The Rings of Power (season 1)
Release date: September 1, 2022
Country of origin: United States
Streaming: Amazon Prime
Season: 1
Episodes: 9
Creators: Patrick McKay, John D. Payne
Stars: Morfydd Clark, Ismael Cruz Cordova, Charlie Vickers
Epic drama set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘The Lord of the Rings’ follows an ensemble cast of characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the long-feared re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth.
Cobra Kai (season 5)
Release date: September 9, 2022
Country of origin: United States
Streaming: Netflix
Season: 1
Episodes: 10
Creators: Josh Heald(, Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg
Stars: Ralph Macchio, William Zabka, Martin Kove
Following the shocking results of the All Valley Tournament, Season 5 finds Terry Silver expanding the Cobra Kai empire and trying to make his “No Mercy” style of karate the only game in town. With Kreese behind bars and Johnny Lawrence setting karate aside to focus on repairing the damage he’s caused, Daniel LaRusso must call on an old friend for help.
Vampire Academy (season 1)
Release date: September 15, 2022
Country of origin: United States
Streaming: Peacock
Season: 1
Episodes: 10
Creators: Marguerite MacIntyre, Julie Plec
Stars: Sisi Stringer, Daniela Nieves, Kieron Moore
In a world of privilege and glamour, two young women’s friendship transcends their strikingly different classes as they prepare to complete their education and enter royal vampire society.
Andor (season 1)
Release date: September 21, 2022
Country of origin: United States
Streaming: Disney +
Season: 1
Episodes: 12
Creator: Tony Gilroy
Stars: Diego Luna, Kyle Soller, Stellan Skarsgard
Prequel series to Star Wars‘ ‘Rogue One’. In an era filled with danger, deception and intrigue, Cassian will embark on the path that is destined to turn him into a Rebel hero.
Kung Fu (season 3)
Release date: October 5, 2022
Country of origin: United States
Streaming: CW
Season: 1
Episodes: 8
Creator: Christina M. Kim
Stars: Olivia Liang, Kheng Hua Tan, Eddie Liu
Nicky finds herself dealing with a crime wave in Chinatown which brings her into contact with the vigilante Bo while a mysterious and surprising return from someone in Nicky’s past changes everything. You can check out the episode synopsis for yourself below.
The Peripheral (season 1)
Release date: October 21, 2022
Country of origin: United States
Streaming: Amazon Prime
Season: 1
Episodes: 8
Stars: Chloe Grace Moretz, Gary Carr, Jack Reynor
Stuck in a small Appalachian town, a young woman’s only escape from the daily grind is playing advanced video games. She is such a good player that a company sends her a new video game system to test…but it has a surprise in store. It unlocks all of her dreams of finding a purpose, romance, and glamour in what seems like a game…but it also puts her and her family in real danger.
Titans (season 4)
Release date: November 3, 2022
Country of origin: United States
Streaming: HBO Max
Season: 4
Episodes: 6
Creators: Greg Berlanti, Akiva Goldsman, Geoff Johns
Stars: Brenton Thwaites, Anna Diop, Ryan Potter
After Superman requests a meeting with Conner, the Titans head to Metropolis for exclusive access to S.T.A.R. Labs. But when unexpected complications arise, including the re-emergence of Lex Luthor, Conner faces a tough decision.
Warrior Nun (season 2)
Release date: November 10, 2022
Country of origin: United States
Streaming: Netflix
Season: 1
Episodes: 8
Creator: Simon Barry
Stars: Alba Baptista, Kristina Tonteri-Young, Lorena Andrea
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.
Yellowstone (season 5)
Release date: November 13, 2022
Country of origin: United States
Streaming: Paramount +
Season: 1
Episodes: 6
Creators: John Linson, Taylor Sheridan
Stars: Kevin Costner, Luke Grimes, Kelly Reilly
Yellowstone Season Five is still coming in guns blazing, as the Duttons navigate how to leverage their new political power to try and save their family ranch.
Tulsa King (season 1)
Release date: November 13, 2022
Country of origin: United States
Streaming: Paramount +
Season: 1
Episodes: 10
Creator: Taylor Sheridan
Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Andrea Savage, Martin Starr
Follows New York mafia capo Dwight “The General” Manfredi, just after he is released from prison after 25 years and unceremoniously exiled by his boss to set up shop in Tulsa, Okla. Realizing that his mob family may not have his best interests in mind, Dwight slowly builds a “crew” from a group of unlikely characters, to help him establish a new criminal empire in a place that to him might as well be another planet.
Willow (season 1)
Release date: November 30, 2022
Country of origin: United States
Streaming: Disney +
Season: 1
Episodes: 8
Creator: Jonathan Kasdan
Stars: Ruby Cruz, Ellie Bamber, Erin Kellyman
20 years after vanquishing the wicked queen Bavmorda, the sorcerer Willow Ufgood leads a group of misfits on a dangerous rescue mission into the unknown.