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Movies that feel like Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)

If you loved Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, the closest films we have are White House Down (2013), Enemy of the State (1998) and Shooter (2007). All three share Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit's kinetic and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Hulu and others, checked against today's data.

Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.

πŸ… 55% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.2 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Kenneth Branaghkineticcontemplativetenseparanoid
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White House Down
2013 Β· dir. Roland Emmerich
πŸ… 52%β˜… 6.3action Β· drama Β· thriller

Both keep coming back to the same thing: conspiracy

Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service protecting President James Sawyer. Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group. Now, with the nation's government falling into chaos and time running out, it's up to Cale to save the president, his daughter, and the country.

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Enemy of the State
1998 Β· dir. Tony Scott
πŸ… 71%β˜… 7.3action Β· drama Β· thriller

Common ground in both: murder and surveillance

When the videotape of the murder of a congressman unknowingly ends up in the hands of labor lawyer and dedicated family man Robert Clayton Dean, he is framed for the murder. With the help of the mysterious Brill, Dean attempts to throw the NSA off his trail and prove his innocence.

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Shooter
2007 Β· dir. Antoine Fuqua
πŸ… 47%β˜… 7.2drama Β· action Β· thriller

The same preoccupation in both: conspiracy

A top Marine sniper, Bob Lee Swagger, leaves the military after a mission goes horribly awry and disappears, living in seclusion. He is coaxed back into service after a high-profile government official convinces him to help thwart a plot to kill the President of the United States. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, Swagger becomes the target of a nationwide manhunt. He goes on the run to track the real killer and find out who exactly set him up, and why, eventually seeking revenge against some of the most powerful and corrupt leaders in the free world.

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Exterritorial
2025 Β· dir. Christian ZΓΌbert
β˜… 5.8thriller Β· action

The same mix in both: momentum, then tension

The difference: Not nearly as contemplative

When her son vanishes inside a US consulate, ex-special forces soldier Sara does everything in her power to find him β€” and uncovers a dark conspiracy.

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The Commuter
2018 Β· dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
πŸ… 55%β˜… 6.3action Β· thriller Β· mystery

Both lean on paranoia more than on action

The difference: Without the same stillness

A businessman, on his daily commute home, gets unwittingly caught up in a criminal conspiracy that threatens not only his life but the lives of those around him.

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G.I. Joe: Retaliation
2013 Β· dir. Jon M. Chu
πŸ… 29%β˜… 5.7action Β· science fiction Β· adventure

One thread runs through both: surveillance

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Framed for crimes against the country, the G.I. Joe team is terminated by Presidential order. This forces the G.I. Joes into not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence.

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The Little Things
2021 Β· dir. John Lee Hancock
πŸ… 44%β˜… 6.3drama Β· crime Β· thriller

Contemplative drama in both cases

The difference: Played as crime first

Deputy Sheriff Joe "Deke" Deacon joins forces with Sgt. Jim Baxter to search for a serial killer who's terrorizing Los Angeles. As they track the culprit, Baxter is unaware that the investigation is dredging up echoes of Deke's past, uncovering disturbing secrets that could threaten more than his case.

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The Baader Meinhof Complex
2008 Β· dir. Uli Edel
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.3action Β· crime Β· drama

Common ground: terrorism

When German police viciously quell a protest against the shah of Iran, popular journalist Ulrike Meinhof rebels against her dishonest marriage, walks away from her children and joins radical anarchist Andreas Baader. Together with Baader's girlfriend, Gudrun Ensslin, they form the violent Red Faction Army, and together perpetrate a slew of terrorist attacks as a way of disrupting the fabric of what they see as an increasingly fascist state.

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Mutiny
2026 Β· dir. Jean-FranΓ§ois Richet
β˜… 6.4action Β· thriller

Kinetic thriller, and it commits to that

After witnessing his billionaire boss' murder and being framed for the crime, Cole Reed boards a cargo ship on a one-man crusade to avenge his boss' death only to discover an international conspiracy.

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Inferno
2016 Β· dir. Ron Howard
πŸ… 23%β˜… 6.2mystery Β· thriller Β· action

Both are built on the same subject: murder

After waking up in a hospital with amnesia, professor Robert Langdon and a doctor must race against time to foil a deadly global plot.

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Conclave
2024 Β· dir. Edward Berger
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.4drama Β· thriller

Drama built on stillness, twice over

After the unexpected death of the Pope, Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with managing the covert and ancient ritual of electing a new one. Sequestered in the Vatican with the Catholic Church’s most powerful leaders until the process is complete, Lawrence finds himself at the center of a conspiracy that could lead to its downfall.

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Body of Lies
2008 Β· dir. Ridley Scott
πŸ… 55%β˜… 7action Β· drama Β· thriller

Both are built on the same subject: terrorism

The CIA’s hunt is on for the mastermind of a wave of terrorist attacks. Roger Ferris is the agency’s man on the ground, moving from place to place, scrambling to stay ahead of ever-shifting events. An eye in the sky – a satellite link – watches Ferris. At the other end of that real-time link is the CIA’s Ed Hoffman, strategizing events from thousands of miles away. And as Ferris nears the target, he discovers trust can be just as dangerous as it is necessary for survival.

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