Recruit movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant recruit movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, exciting, tense, suspenseful and cult classic films and TV shows about / with recruit, spy, profanity, danger, rivalry, undercover, fight, gun, violence and dishonesty plots mostly in Drama, Action and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as recruit: Quantico (2015), The Recruit (2003), Four Lions (2010), Police Academy (1984), Tigerland (2000), American Assassin (2017), Drug War (2012), Infernal Affairs II (2003), Green Lantern: Emerald Knights (2011), Trouble with the Curve (2012).

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 6.7
 64K
Quantico (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: A diverse group of recruits has arrived at the FBI Quantico Base for training. They are the best, the brightest and the most vetted, so it seems impossible that one of them is suspected of masterminding the biggest attack on New York City since 9/11.
Style: tense, realistic, surprise ending, detective, disturbing ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: investigation, fbi, terrorist attack, secret, terrorism, terrorist, female fbi agent, recruit, female agent, woman, bonding, twists and turns ...
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 6.6
 142K
The Recruit (2003)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Switzerland
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A brilliant CIA trainee must prove his worth at the Farm, the agency's secret training grounds, where he learns to watch his back and trust no one.
Style: surprise ending, clever, suspense, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: spy, cia, twists and turns, secret service, espionage, double agent, basic training, undercover, hotshot hero, rookie, recruit, deception ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., boston, usa, peru, langley virginia ...
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 7.3
 85K
Four Lions (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Four Lions tells the story of a group of British jihadists who push their abstract dreams of glory to the breaking point. As the wheels fly off, and their competing ideologies clash, what emerges is an emotionally engaging (and entirely plausible) ...
Style: dark comedy, humorous, funny, black comedy, surreal ...
Audience: adult
Plot: terrorism, suicide, stupidity, farce, recruit, comedy of errors, islam, bomb, religion, goofy hero, plan gone awry, team ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, yorkshire, britain, iraq, pakistan ...
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 6.7
 136K
Police Academy (1984)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: New rules enforced by the Lady Mayoress mean that sex, weight, height and intelligence need no longer be a factor for joining the Police Force. This opens the floodgates for all and sundry to enter the Police Academy, much to the chagrin of the ...
Style: funny, parody, light, humorous, hilarious ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: police, police academy, officers and cadets, chase, dumb, recruit, rookie, instructor, cadet, mentor, creativity, police corruption ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1984, 1950s
Place: usa
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 6.9
 43K
Tigerland (2000)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A group of recruits go through Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Polk, Louisiana's infamous Tigerland, last stop before Vietnam for tens of thousands of young men in 1971
Style: realistic, tense, psychological, talky, harsh ...
Plot: military, boot camp, vietnam war, basic training, recruit, anti war, military base, insubordination, buddies, army, war, male nudity ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1971, year 2000
Place: vietnam, louisiana, usa, kansas
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Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Darren Shan is a regular teenage kid. He and his friend Steve find out about a Freak Show coming to town and work hard at trying to find tickets. They do, and together they go to "Cirque du Freak" where they see many strange acts including ...
Style: stylized, scary, semi serious, teen, horror comedy ...
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: vampire, circus, uninhibited rivalry, youth, supernatural ability, supernatural, young heroes, chosen one, transformation, immortality, friends, teenage life ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
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American Assassin (2017)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Following the murder of his fiancée, Mitch Rapp trains under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley. The pair then is enlisted to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on military and civilian targets.
Style: psychotronic, action adventure, exciting, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: cia, terrorism, counter terrorism, terrorist, terrorist plot, one against many, revenge, mentor, spy, training, kickboxing, government agent ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s
Place: london, turkey, italy, rome italy, virginia ...
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 7.0
 11K
Drug War (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The taciturn police commander Zhang leads an undercover drugs team and in his continuous battle against the ubiquitous drug barons, takes up arms against his arch enemy, Timmy Choi. When he gets hold of Choi, he makes a deal with him: in exchange ...
Style: serious, rough, tense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: war on drugs, drug cartel, whistleblower, mole, criminal, recruit, law enforcement, betrayal, dishonesty, triad, gang, shooting ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: china, asia
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Infernal Affairs II (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Singapore, China
Duration: 119 min.
Story: In this prequel to Mou gaan dou (2002), Chan Wing Yan has just become an undercover cop in the triads while Lau Kin Ming joins the police force. Both the triads and the police find an enemy in a rival crime boss.
Style: suspense, neo noir, tense, exciting, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chinese mafia, gangster, triad, organized crime, spy, murder, police, police investigation, survival, recruit, police detective, mind game ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1995, year 1991, year 1997 ...
Place: hong kong, asia, china, thailand
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Green Lantern: Emerald Knights (2011)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: As the home planet of the Green Lantern Corps faces a battle with an ancient enemy, Hal Jordan prepares new recruit Arisia for the coming conflict by relating stories of the first Green Lantern and several of Hal's comrades.
Style: harsh, stylized, exciting, serious, anime ...
Audience: kids, teens, pre-teens
Plot: superhero, comic book, transformation, heroic mission, good versus evil, save the world, supernatural ability, supernatural, recruit, escapades, rivalry, magical ring ...
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Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. Television producer by day, CIA assassin by night, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA at the height of his TV career and trained to become a covert operative. Or so Barris said.
Style: dark comedy, semi serious, suspenseful, stylized, non-linear ...
Plot: cia, double life, secret agent, hitman, double agent, intrigue, love and romance, artists and showbiz, biopic, espionage, profanity, government agency ...
Time: year 2002, 1940s, 2000s, y2k, 60s ...
Place: california, new york, mexico, latin america, usa ...
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Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance (2006)
Genre: Short, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 26 min.
TV show
Story: Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance is an online series that aims to fill in the gaps between seasons two and three of the Re-imagined Series. The webisodes can be viewed through the official web portal at Syfy.com. The webisode series was written ...
Style: futuristic, exciting, stylized, suspenseful, serious
Audience: boys' night
Plot: battlestar galactica, resistance, space wars, trapped, invasion, betrayal, life is a bitch, heroes, escapades, space and aliens, danger, recruit ...
Time: future
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Trouble with the Curve (2012)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Slowed by age and failing eyesight, crack baseball scout Gus Lobel takes his grown daughter along as he checks out the final prospect of his career. Along the way, the two renew their bond, and she catches the eye of a young player-turned-scout.
Style: inspirational, touching, melancholic, entertaining, light ...
Audience: adult
Plot: father daughter relationship, baseball, aging, blind character, lawyer, pitcher, kids and family, good versus evil, parents and children, ambitious, accident, career ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place: north carolina, usa, georgia, atlanta georgia
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 4.6
 388
Tango One (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Three officers are assigned to go undercover and join a mission to capture Den Donovan.
Style: captivating, psychological, tense, suspense
Plot: undercover, drug dealer, corruption, recruit, undercover agent, mob boss, organized crime, secret mission, danger, daughter, godfather, drug ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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Against the Clock (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 102 min.
Story: After a CIA Agent is seriously injured during a mission, his wife, a former CIA operative, becomes determined to find out what happened - a truth the CIA Director wants concealed at all cost.
Style: disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating
Plot: mission, truth, conspiracy, accident, recruit, police investigation, danger, couples, vengeance, life is a bitch, police, betrayal ...
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Power Rangers Mega Force (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: When the evil Warstar aliens attack Earth, the supernatural guardian Gosei and his faithful robot assistant Tensou recruit five teenagers with attitude to combat the invading forces. Equipped with powers that grant them mastery over martial arts and ...
Style: super sentai, exciting, suspenseful, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience: kids
Plot: power rangers, space and aliens, partner, imaginary, rivalry, danger, good versus evil, supernatural ability, heroes, escapades, supernatural, recruit ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
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 7.9
 4K
Spy (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Spy is a British comedy series created and written by Simeon Goulden. The first series aired on 14 October 2011 on Sky1 in the UK, as well as on the online video service Hulu in the United States. A second series began airing on 19 October 2012, ...
Style: humorous, witty, realistic, light, captivating ...
Plot: spy, secret agent, espionage, goofy hero, disorder, boss, career change, government agency, family relations, fellow agent, double life, social worker ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, europe
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 6.8
 59K
V (2009)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: V is an American science fiction television series that ran for two seasons on ABC, from November 3, 2009 to March 15, 2011. A remake of the 1983 miniseries created by Kenneth Johnson, the new series chronicles the arrival on Earth of a ...
Style: cliffhanger, suspenseful, apocalyptic, captivating, stylized ...
Audience: teens
Plot: ufo, alien invasion, invasion, alien, fate of humanity, evil alien, alien encounter, conspiracy, fbi, uncover truth, world domination, disguise ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
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 7.1
 166K
Spy Game (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Japan, France, UK
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Veteran spy Nathan Muir is on the verge of retiring from the CIA when he learns that his one-time protégé and close friend, Tom Bishop, is a political prisoner sentenced to die in Beijing. Although their friendship has been marred by bad blood and ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, stylized, rough, clever ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, cia, espionage, mentor, undercover, working undercover, government agency, conspiracy, secret agent, terrorist, cold war, against the rules ...
Time: year 2001, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: china, washington d.c., saigon, cyprus, shanghai ...
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 7.6
 461K
Moneyball (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.
Style: inspirational, feel good, realistic, captivating, motivational ...
Plot: baseball, mathematics, underdog, success, rise to the top, strategy, biopic, motivation, entrepreneur, business, leadership, entrepreneurship ...
Time: 80s, year 2011, 2010s, 70s, 2000s ...
Place: california, boston, usa, san francisco, bay area ...
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 7.8
 175K
Bones (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story: Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed that the standard identification ...
Style: witty, detective, suspenseful, intellectual, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: investigation, fbi, partners against crime, forensics, partner, law enforcement, crime investigation, scientist, expert, teamwork, ambitious, killings ...
Time: future, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., usa
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 5.2
 483
Semper Fi (2001)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
Story: Cliff Truckee refuses a privileged start in life at a top college while other young men are enlisting. On the bus out of Chicago he meets a girl on her way to join the Marines, falls in love and decides to do the same. Paris Island is physically ...
Style: suspense, captivating, serious, exciting, crying
Plot: military life, military, bravery, recruit, fight, marine, father son relationship, punishment, prison, friendship between men, bare chested male, vietnam veteran ...
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The Unkabogable Praybeyt Benjamin (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min.
Story: When a civil war in the Philippines breaks out, a gay man born into a military family is forced to enlist in place of his ailing father.
Style: humorous, captivating, not serious, realistic
Plot: gay soldier, gay interest, following a dream, ambition, terrorist, patriotism, machismo, soldier, scientist, gay slur, father son relationship, crush ...
Place: the philippines
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 6.9
 201
I Promise (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 115 min.
Story: In a small army base at the Eastern border of Austria a young recruit is trained to be a soldier to protect his country in case of war. He has to stay for 8 months and during this time he escapes in his own fantasy world...
Plot: recruit, military service, cold war, prostitute, funeral, drinking, cold war era, road accident, boredom, soldier, military uniform, comrade ...
Place: austria
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Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
Style: disturbing, suspense, bleak, psychological, clever ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: vietnam war, military, war, anti war, suicide, soldier, basic training, boot camp, sniper, military life, brutality, blood ...
Time: 20th century, year 1967, year 1968, year 1987, 60s ...
Place: vietnam, persia, america, asia, south carolina
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 7.3
 14K
Good Work (1999)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Foreign Legion officer, Galoup, recalls his once glorious life, leading troops in the Gulf of Djibouti. His existence there was happy, strict and regimented, but the arrival of a promising young recruit, Sentain, plants the seeds of jealousy in ...
Style: surreal, harsh, realistic, touching, serious ...
Plot: foreign legion, military, military training, gay, soldier, french foreign legion, desert, obsession, transformation, lgbt, battles, discipline ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
Place: africa, france, south africa, east africa, salt lake city utah ...
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We Are Marshall (2006)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: When a plane crash claims the lives of members of the Marshall University football team and some of its fans, the team's new coach and his surviving players try to keep the football program alive.
Style: sentimental, inspirational, touching, compassionate, sincere ...
Audience: boys' night, kids, family outing, adult
Plot: football, college, american football, coach, football team, survivor, university, friendship, underdog, small town, teacher, happy ending ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 2006
Place: usa, west virginia, virginia, california
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 8.3
 1K
Stove League (2019)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Se Young is the youngest head of the management team of Dreams, a cellar-dwelling baseball team. She's highly recognized for her perseverance and intense passion for the team. One day, Seung Su is appointed as a general manager. Although ...
Style: dorama, intellectual, witty, inspirational, clever ...
Plot: sport team, teamwork, baseball, manager, target, success, rise to the top, determination, hopes, rivalry, friendship, ambition ...
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 8.2
 146K
Chuck (2007)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Chuck is an American action-comedy/spy-drama television series created by Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak. The series is about an "average computer-whiz-next-door" named Chuck, played by Zachary Levi, who receives an encoded e-mail from an ...
Style: light, semi serious, humorous, captivating, sweet ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: geek, double life, cia, secret agent, espionage, enemy, peril, spy, lifestyle change, misfit, dishonesty, undercover ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
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 7.3
 881
The Tribe (1970)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A Marine Corps drill instructor who is disgusted by the fact that the Corps now accepts draftees finds himself pitted against a hippie who has been drafted but refuses to accept the military's way of doing things.
Style: political, realistic, serious, thought provoking, bleak ...
Plot: vietnam war, hippie, individuality, military training, recruit, military, basic training, military life, boot camp, culture clash, war, soldier ...
Time: 60s
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