Every Jack Ryan Movie, Ranked!
With 'Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan' premiering its fourth and final season on Prime Video beginning June 30th, Moviefone counts down the best Jack Ryan movies of all time.
John Krasinski as Jack Ryan in Prime Video's 'Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan' Season 4. Credit: Attila Szvacsek/Prime Video. Copyright: Amazon Studios.
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 fourth and final season of the popular Prime Video series 'Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan,' starring Krasinski, is set to premiere on June 30th.
In honor of the final season of the series, which introduces Michael Peña as Domingo "Ding" Chavez, who could receive a spin-off of his own in the future, Moviefone is counting down the best Jack Ryan movies of all time.
For this list, we are only focusing on the movies, not the TV series, but we are including 'Tom Clancy's Without Remorse,' which doesn't feature Ryan, but does star Michael B. Jordan as John Clark/John Kelly, a character first played by Willem Dafoe in 'Clear and Present Danger,' and later by Liev Schreiber in 'The Sum of All Fears.'
Let's begin!
6. 'The Sum of All Fears' (2002)
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.
5. 'Tom Clancy's Without Remorse' (2021)
When a squad of Russian soldiers kills his family in retaliation for his role in a top-secret op, Sr. Chief John Kelly (Michael B. Jordan) pursues the assassins at all costs. Joining forces with a fellow SEAL (Jodie Turner-Smith) and a shadowy CIA agent (Jamie Bell), Kelly's mission unwittingly exposes a covert plot that threatens to engulf the U.S. and Russia in an all-out war. Torn between personal honor and loyalty to his country, Kelly must fight his enemies without remorse if he hopes to avert disaster and reveal the powerful figures behind the conspiracy.
4. 'Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit' (2014)
Jack Ryan (Chris Pine), as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.
3. 'Patriot Games' (1992)
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)
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)
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!
