Shows like Codename Icarus (1981)
Loved Codename Icarus? Here are 24 shows with a similar feel, picked from what fans of Codename Icarus watch next and from titles with the same mix of action & adventure and drama. Codename Icarus was created by Richard Cooper.
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MacGyver (2016)
20-something Angus MacGyver creates a clandestine organization where he uses his knack for solving problems in unconventional ways to help prevent disasters from happening.
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Power Rangers (1993)
A team of teenagers with attitude are recruited to save Angel Grove from the evil witch, Rita Repulsa, and later, Lord Zedd, Emperor of all he sees, and their horde of monsters.
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X-Men: Evolution (2000)
Teenagers Cyclops, Jean Grey, Rogue, Nightcrawler, Shadowcat, and Spike fight for a world that fears and hates them.
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The Bionic Woman (1976)
After fully recovering from her near fatal bout of bionic rejection, Jaime Sommers, the first female cyborg, is assigned to spy missions of her own.
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Free Rein (2017)
A 15-year-old from LA spends the summer at her mom's childhood home on an island off the coast of England, where she bonds with a mysterious horse.
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Mission: Impossible (1988)
Mission: Impossible is an American television series that chronicles the missions of a team of secret American government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force. The show is a revival of the 1966 TV series of the same name. The only…
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The Pretender (1996)
Raised in a secret facility built for experimenting on children, Jarod is a genius who can master any profession and become anyone he has to be. When he realizes as an adult that he's actually a prisoner and his captors are not as…
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Swagger (2021)
A basketball prodigy must navigate a maze of pressure if he's going to overcome the odds against him and learn what it truly means to have swagger.
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The Mysterious Benedict Society (2021)
Four gifted orphans are recruited by an eccentric benefactor to go on a secret mission. Placed undercover at a boarding school known as The Institute, they must foil a nefarious plot with global ramifications, while creating a new sort of…
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First Love (2022)
Young, free and madly in love. As teenagers, the world was their oyster—but, as adults, their lives seem dimmer, like a very important piece is missing.
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Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld (2025)
Two outlaws must navigate the galaxy's dangerous underworld as they chart their destinies.
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G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1983)
An elite team of soldiers thwart the evil Cobra organization's desire for world domination at every turn, cleverly stopping them from controlling the weather, creating unstoppable weapons, and genetically engineering super-warriors.
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Nowhere Boys (2013)
Four teenage boys get lost in the forest and discover, when they return home, that they are in an alternate world identical to theirs except for one startling difference - they were never born.
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S.W.A.T. (1975)
S.W.A.T. is an American action/crime drama series about the adventures of a Special Weapons And Tactics team operating in an unidentified California city. A spin-off of The Rookies, the series aired on ABC from February 1975 to April…
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Girl from Nowhere: The Reset (2026)
In a new universe, the mysterious Nanno poses as a transfer student, exposing cruelty by turning power, guilt and desire against those who abuse them.
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Max Steel (2000)
A teenage boy with accidental body enhancements fights the enemies of peace as a super-powered secret agent.
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The 7.39 (2014)
Partnered commuters Sally and Carl meet on a train and begin a secret affair, exploring themes of love, infidelity, and modern relationships against the backdrop of a mundane commute.
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Jake and the Never Land Pirates (2011)
A crew of kid pirates - leader Jake and pals Izzy and Cubby - and their Never Land adventures as they work to outwit two infamous characters, the one and only Captain Hook and Smee.
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Serendipity's Embrace (2024)
After 10 years in the US, Hu-young returns to Korea and meets his first love, Hong-ju, at a café by chance. Just as the window into which Peter Pan flew happened to be Wendy's room. Just as the prince happened to find Cinderella's glass…
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The New Avengers (1976)
The New Avengers is a British secret agent fantasy adventure television series broadcast during 1976 and 1977. It is a sequel to the 1960s series The Avengers and was developed by Albert Fennell and Brian Clemens. A joint United…
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The Thundermans: Undercover (2025)
Twins Phoebe and Max Thunderman embark on a mission to alleviate the threat in the seaside town of Secret Shores, as well as helping Chloe develop her superhero abilities by bringing her along on their undercover mission. Chloe forms a bond…
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Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983)
Scarecrow and Mrs. King is an American television series that aired from October 3, 1983, to May 28, 1987 on CBS. The show stars Kate Jackson and Bruce Boxleitner as divorced housewife Amanda King and top-level "Agency" operative Lee…
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Ultraviolet (1998)
With the growing threat of viral epidemic and the possibility of worldwide environmental catastrophe, humanity has an unprecedented ability to destroy itself, and vampires need to take control of their threatened food source. CIB is a…
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Why R U? (2020)
Zon, an aspiring sci-fi writer, faces challenges as romantic tensions arise with Saifah, mirrored in his sister's BL novel, while Tutor navigates his own struggles.