Every Jack Ryan Movie and TV Show Ranked Including 'Jack Ryan: Ghost War'
With 'Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War' premiering on Prime Video May 20th, Moviefone counts down the best Jack Ryan movies and TV shows of all time.
(L to R) Sienna Miller, Michael Kelly, and John Krasinski in 'Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War'. Photo Credit: Jonny Cournoyer / Prime Video. © Amazon Content Services LLC.
Tom Clancy's literary character Jack Ryan has appeared in several film and television projects over the years and has been played by such actors as Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck, Chris Pine, and John Krasinski.
The first movie based on the TV series ‘Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan’ starring Krasinski, entitled ‘Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War’, premieres on Prime Video May 20th.
In honor the new film, Moviefone is counting down and ranking every Jack Ryan movies and TV show ever made.
Let's begin!
7. 'The Sum of All Fears' (2002)
(L to R) Morgan Freeman and Ben Affleck in 'The Sum of All Fears'. Photo: Paramount Pictures.
When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot (Morgan Freeman) recruits a young analyst (Ben Affleck) to supply insight and advice on the situation. Then the unthinkable happens: a nuclear bomb explodes in a U.S. city, and America is quick to blame the Russians.
6. 'Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit' (2014)
Chris Pine in 'Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit'. Photo: Paramount Pictures.
Jack Ryan (Chris Pine), as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.
5. 'Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan' (2018-2023)
John Krasinski as Jack Ryan in Prime Video's 'Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan' Season 4. Credit: Attila Szvacsek/Prime Video. Copyright: Amazon Studios.
When CIA analyst Jack Ryan (John Krasinski) stumbles upon a suspicious series of bank transfers his search for answers pulls him from the safety of his desk job and catapults him into a deadly game of cat and mouse throughout Europe and the Middle East, with a rising terrorist figurehead preparing for a massive attack against the US and her allies.
4. 'Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War' (2026)
John Krasinski in 'Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War'. Photo Credit: Jonny Cournoyer / Prime Video. © Amazon Content Services LLC.
When an international covert mission unravels a deadly conspiracy, Jack Ryan (John Krasinski) is forced back into the world of espionage to confront a rogue black-ops unit.
3. 'Patriot Games' (1992)
(L to R) Thora Birch, Anne Archer and Harrison Ford in 'Patriot Games'. Photo: Paramount Pictures.
When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford) interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge.
2. 'Clear and Present Danger' (1994)
Harrison Ford in 'Clear and Present Danger'. Photo: Paramount Pictures.
CIA Analyst Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford) is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel.
1. 'The Hunt for Red October' (1990)
(L to R) Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin and Scott Glenn in 'The Hunt for Red October'. Photo: Paramount Pictures.
A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius (Sean Connery). The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. A lone CIA analyst (Alec Baldwin) has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it - because the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find him, too. The hunt is on!
