Ex special forces movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant ex special forces movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out exciting, tense, captivating, surprise ending, suspenseful and serious films and TV shows about / with ex special forces, gun, suspense, violence, revenge, gunfight, betrayal, swat team, murder and danger plots mostly in Action, Thriller and Drama genres shot in USA, UK, China and other countries.
ex special forces
TOP 10 movies tagged as ex special forces: Triple Frontier (2019), Extraction (2020), The Foreigner (2017), Operation Red Sea (2018), Yeni Hayat (2020), The Eleventh Hour (2008), American Assassin (2017), Under Siege (1992), To Kill a Beaver (2012), Off-Piste (2016).
Best films
List of ex special forces movies
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Struggling to make ends meet, former special ops soldiers reunite for a high-stakes heist: stealing $75 million from a South American drug lord.
Style:
exciting, tense, captivating, disturbing, inspirational ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug cartel, greed, ex special forces, drug lord, friendship, violence, survival, ex soldier, murder, escapades, robbery, jungle ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
south america, usa, peru, andes mountains, colombia ...
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209K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Tyler Rake, a fearless mercenary who offers his services on the black market, embarks on a dangerous mission when he is hired to rescue the kidnapped son of a Mumbai crime lord…
Style:
tense, exciting, suspenseful, ambiguous ending, surprise ending ...
Audience:
chick flick, manly
Plot:
mercenary, kidnapping, rescue mission, tough guy, one against many, ex special forces, machismo, swat team, death threat, stranded, jungle, one man army ...
Time:
future, 2020s
Place:
india, bangladesh, australia, mumbai india
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117K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, China, USA, India
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Quan is a humble London businessman whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love – his teenage daughter – dies in a senseless act of politically-motivated terrorism. His relentless search ...
Style:
exciting, harsh, scenic, psychological, sad ...
Plot:
revenge, terrorism, tough guy, one against many, bomb, justice, ex special forces, ira, death, suspense, battles, martial arts ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
united kingdom, ireland, northern ireland, britain, new york ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: China, Morocco, Hong Kong
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
A squad of the Jiaolong Commando Unit - Sea Dragon, a spec ops team of the Chinese Navy, carries out a hostage rescue operation in the nation of Yewaire, on the Arabian Peninsula, and fiercely fights against local rebel groups and Zaka, a terrorist ...
Style:
exciting, breathtaking, propaganda film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ex special forces, chinese army, ship, nuclear, law enforcement, terrorism, military, war, group of criminals, save the day, arms dealer, suspense ...
Place:
somalia, china
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
Adam is an ex-special forces solider who is hired to work as a bodyguard for Yasmine,Tymor's wife.
Style:
disturbing, tense, captivating, romantic
Plot:
bodyguard, ex special forces, star crossed lovers, romantic triangle, love triangle, new job, protector, love affair, ex law enforcer, love and romance, new life, forbidden love ...
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An ex-Navy SEAL, Michael Adams, (Matthew Reese) was captured during a raid to free Japanese prisoners from a North Korean prison camp. He endures the North Koreans torture for three years -- seen only as flashbacks -- then released back into ...
Style:
exciting, disturbing, tense, thought provoking, surprise ending
Plot:
secret service agent, female agent, vendetta, violence, chase, husband wife relationship, tragic hero, political prisoner, conspiracy, suspense, husband wife estrangement, male female relationship ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
korea, north korea
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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, exciting, tense, suspenseful, bloody ...
Plot:
cia, spy, terrorism, counter terrorism, terrorist, revenge, kickboxing, assassin, training, mentor, fight, beach ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
turkey, london, warsaw poland, istanbul turkey, romania ...
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
This action-packed thriller takes place on the soon-to-be-decommissioned USS Missouri. Disgruntled ex-CIA operative Strannix, his assistant Krill and their group of terrorists seize the battleship with nuclear blackmail in mind. They've planned ...
Style:
intense, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
martial arts, u.s. navy, terrorism, terrorist plot, suspense, one man army, lone hero, violence, mercenary, one against many, terrorist, hostage ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1991, 80s
Place:
new jersey, san francisco, hawaii, pentagon, pacific ocean
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A man returns home after a long time. The house is in a bad shape, ruined with graffiti on walls, but it doesn't stop him from staying in. The man has an aim that requires complex preparations. The house has however already a new inhabitants ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological
Plot:
getting home, relationship problems, fall in love, love affair, secret, couple relations, tragic past, male female relationship, social problems, confronting the past, love and romance, relationships ...
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814
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Ireland
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
An ex-SAS recluse, living in the mountains of France to escape a traumatic past, is hunted down by those who's lives he has destroyed.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
revenge, snow, anger, winter, murder, sniper, manhunt, suspense, swat team, mountain, redemption, threat ...
Place:
alps, france
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Secret-service agent Vic Davis is on his way to pick up his estranged son, Sean, from his college campus when he finds himself in the middle of a high-stakes terrorist operation. His son's friend Erin Walton, the daughter of Supreme Court ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
computer cracker, secret agents, secret service, cia agent, secret service agent, fight, rescue, murder, chase, kidnapping, gunfight, group of criminals ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A spinoff of The Fate of the Furious, focusing on Johnson's US Diplomatic Security Agent Luke Hobbs forming an unlikely alliance with Statham's Deckard Shaw.
Style:
buddy comedy, entertaining, tense, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
tough guy, car, terrorism, chase, brother and sister, secret organization, fight, martial arts, father daughter relationship, brother sister relationship, scientist, car chase ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Place:
usa, ukraine, moscow russia, tower bridge london, los angeles ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A group of diamond thieves on the run kidnap the wife of a recently discharged marine who goes on a chase through the South Carolinian wilderness to retrieve her.
Style:
road movie, exciting, entertaining, light, melancholic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
marines, kidnapping, chase, ex special forces, heroes, gang, spouse in danger, daring rescue, escapades, muscleman, revenge, good versus evil ...
Time:
80s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, rome italy, south carolina, australia, europe
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, political, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, espionage, cia, military, swat team, spy, manhunt, terrorist, al qaeda, investigation, terrorist group, 9/11 ...
Time:
september 11 2001, year 2005, year 2003, year 2011, 2000s ...
Place:
middle east, pakistan, iraq, baghdad iraq, langley virginia ...
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A team of Special Ops elite soldiers, led by Captain Gus, formed a strong allegiance in battle. Gus is forced to bring the team back into action including a persuasive ex-priest Andreas "Doc" Clemens and fighter Benjamin Scholz when their ...
Style:
intense, buddy movie, exciting, serious
Plot:
revenge, game, reunited friends, father daughter reunion, ex special forces, blackmail, kidnapped girl, swat team, kidnapping, child abduction, haunted by the past, rape and revenge ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After being involuntarily discharged from the U.S. Special Forces, James Harper decides to support his family by joining a private contracting organization alongside his best friend and under the command of a fellow veteran. Overseas on a covert ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, captivating, thrilling, neo noir ...
Plot:
military, mission, ex military, veteran, ex soldier, ex special forces, murder, soldier, fight, swat team, suspense, flashback ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
germany, atlanta georgia, berlin germany
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A disgraced ex special forces agent turns to a demon that offers him a job as a soul hunter. Chaos ensues when a former associate goes on a killing spree with the soul hunter as his main target.
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspenseful
Audience:
teens
Plot:
demon, heaven and hell, angel, ex special forces, contract, agent, life turned upside down, good versus evil, supernatural, suspense, moral dilemma, deal with the devil ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller, Western
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Canada 1931: The unsociable trapper Johnson lives for himself in the ice-cold mountains near the Yukon river. During a visit in the town he witnesses a dog-fight. He interrupts the game and buys one of the dogs - almost dead already - for $200 ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
wilderness, survival, winter, snow, bounty hunter, nature, manhunt, disaster, mountain, tough guy, serial killer, gunfight ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1931
Place:
canada, yukon, alaska, louisiana
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Genre: Action
Country: China
Duration: 103 min.
Style:
captivating, tense, disturbing
Plot:
mission, ex special forces, fight, fighting crime, threat, family in danger, battles, suspense, swat team, special agents, criminal
Place:
china
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
This intense action-thriller unfolds in real time as two embattled souls fight for their lives. Gary Oldman stars as a vicious crime boss out to kill Nick, the lone witness set to testify against him. He hires a mysterious female motorcycle courier ...
Style:
psychotronic, captivating, tense, serious, exciting ...
Plot:
female warrior, one woman army, femme fatale, revenge, chase, sniper, attempted murder, fbi agent, criminal, woman in danger, mercenary, swashbuckler ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
empire state building manhattan new york city, new york, london, washington d.c., tower bridge london ...
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Genre: Action, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
An elite Navy SEAL uncovers an international conspiracy while seeking justice for the murder of his pregnant wife.
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspenseful, tense, perverse ...
Plot:
one man army, swat team, terrorism, murder, soldier, prison fight, navy, police, rescue mission, cia, revenge, mission ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
syria, usa, north carolina, washington d.c., atlanta georgia ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The origin story of Bruce Wayne's legendary butler, Alfred Pennyworth, a former British SAS soldier who forms a security company and goes to work with Thomas Wayne, Bruce's billionaire father, in 1960s London.
Style:
exciting, tense, bleak, atmospheric, neo noir ...
Plot:
cia agent, superhero, murder, coup d'etat, good versus evil, loss of loved one, violence, chase, army, hunting, woman with a gun, post war ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
england, london, united kingdom, east end london, britain
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Genre: Action
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A former special-forces soldier is given the opportunity to bring the man who betrayed his team on their final mission in Eastern Europe several years ago - to justice.
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
soldier, betrayal, hitman, mission, criminal gang, criminal, gang, outlaw gang, suspense, battles, murderer, ex special forces ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Homeless and on the run from a military court martial, a damaged ex-special forces soldier navigating London's criminal underworld seizes an opportunity to assume another man's identity, transforming into an avenging angel in the process.
Style:
exciting, emotional, serious, atmospheric, talky ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vengeance, redemption, ex military, haunted by the past, homeless, tough heroes, revenge, weapons, mafia, swat team, fight scenes, guilt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, new orleans, afghanistan
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Paramilitary operative David Wolfe stumbles upon an international conspiracy connecting presidential cabinet members to a Middle Eastern terrorist plot. Wanting to expose the truth, Wolfe defies orders and returns to the US as an army of one ...
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, state affairs, assassination, political corruption, political conspiracy, dishonesty, government agency, race against time, military, political intrigue, conspiracy, one against many ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c., middle east
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125K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Framed and on the run, a former FBI agent must save his family from a blazing fire in the world's tallest building.
Style:
tense, psychotronic, suspenseful, anamorphic, emotional ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, chick flick
Plot:
skyscraper, disaster, terrorism, heroism, protective parent, fire, betrayal, panic, courage, helicopter, penthouse, suspense ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
hong kong, china, asia, minnesota
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A legend covert soldier with a mysterious past decides to unleash once again his beast within to stand up for what he cares about.
Style:
exciting, intense, captivating, perverse, anime
Plot:
swat team, one against many, one man army, legend, secret service, special agents, ex military, fight, assassin, rogue agent, secret service agent, battles ...
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15K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
An ex-mercenary known for finding missing children is hired by a mixed martial arts fighter whose daughter has been kidnapped.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, martial arts, child in peril, daring rescue, missing child, organized crime, father son relationship, murder, suspense, government agent, police detective, tough guy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, eastern europe
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80K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
After he and his wife are murdered, marine Ray Garrison is resurrected by a team of scientists. Enhanced with nanotechnology, he becomes a superhuman, biotech killing machine - Bloodshot. As Ray first trains with fellow super-soldiers, he cannot ...
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, exciting, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
superhero, nanotechnology, regeneration, rescue, superhuman powers, back from the dead, supernatural power, one man army, superhuman, memory, super soldier, revenge ...
Time:
future, near future, 2020s
Place:
london, hungary, budapest, england, italy
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An assassin working for the CIA decides to take one final job before quitting only to find out that he is the target of his CIA boss.
Style:
tense, captivating, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
secret agents, betrayal, sniper, conspiracy, on the run, save the day, law enforcement, race against time, special agents, manhunt, undercover, rivalry ...
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