Shows like Jack Ryan
2018 · Series · TV-MA · your starting pointIf Jack Ryan is the itch, these scratch it — some louder, some quieter. Free ones first.
Shows like Jack Ryan, ranked

1. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)
John Krasinski reprises his role as the brilliant CIA analyst thrust into fieldwork, facing economic terrorism plots that demand both tactical skill and moral compromise under intense international pressure.

2. Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War (2026)
This follow-up deepens Jack's evolution from analyst to field operative, expanding the geopolitical intrigue with a rogue-agent conspiracy that tests his alliances with the CIA and British intelligence across even higher personal stakes.

3. Executive Decision (1996)
The same escalating tension between desk-bound intelligence work and field-level action unfolds as an analyst must confront an imminent terrorist threat requiring both tactical expertise and improvisation.

4. Clear and Present Danger (1994)
Harrison Ford's methodical CIA operative faces similar moral quandaries and international conspiracies as he uncovers corruption from the highest levels of government while operating in hostile foreign territories.

5. The Sum of All Fears (2002)
John Krasinski reprises his role as the brilliant CIA analyst thrust into geopolitical crises where desk work transforms into life-or-death fieldwork against global threats.

6. Operator (2015)
A high-stakes thriller where ordinary people thrust into extraordinary danger must navigate impossible choices under intense time pressure while orchestrating a complex operation across multiple fronts.

7. Jack Reacher (2012)
An ex-military investigator uncovers a conspiracy beneath surface-level evidence, deploying methodical intelligence work and tactical precision across multiple locations as the stakes escalate toward catastrophe.

8. Chief of Station (2024)
Geopolitical conspiracies unravel through tense field operations when a seasoned intelligence operative must confront buried truths that challenge everything he believed about his agency's past.
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