Best movies about special forces

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Best movies about special forces

Discover the best movies about special forces, ranked from best to worst.

Based on 0 votes, the movie Ad Vitam, starring Guillaume Canet and Alexis Manenti, came in first as the best movie about special forces of all time, followed by Basic and Bleeding Steel from 2017. Scroll down for the top 10 movies about special forces, recommended by movie fans in 2026.

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Ad Vitam
2025 - Guillaume Canet, Alexis Manenti, Stéphane Caillard, Nassim Lyes, Zita Hanrot, Johan...
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A former elite agent and his pregnant wife are attacked in their own home. The man embarks on a dangerous hunt that takes him back to a painful past. Guillaume Canet stars in the French •••
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Basic
2003 - John Travolta, Connie Nielsen, Samuel L. JacksonThriller, Crime, Mystery
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During a hurricane, a jungle training exercise for an elite US Army Ranger team in Panama goes horribly wrong: only two soldiers are found alive, and each tells a different story about •••
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Bleeding Steel
2017 - Jackie Chan, Show Lo, Ouyang NanaScience Fiction, Action, Adventure, Thriller
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Jackie Chan plays a hardened special forces agent who fights to protect a young woman from a sinister criminal gang. He feels a strange bond with her, as if they had met in another life. •••
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Commando
1985 - Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong, Dan HedayaAction, Adventure, Thriller
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John Matrix, the former leader of a special forces unit, lives in seclusion in the mountains with his daughter Jenny. When she is kidnapped by a former South American dictator who wants to •••
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Counterattack
2025 - Luis Alberti, Noé Hernández, Leonardo Alonso, Luis Curiel, Guillermo Nava, David...
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After a hostage rescue mission, Captain Guerrero and his elite soldiers make a new enemy. They are ambushed by a criminal group. The Mexican action film on Netflix is directed by Chava •••
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Doom
2005 - Dwayne Johnson, Karl Urban, Rosamund PikeAction, Horror, Science Fiction
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Led by Sarge, a squad of space marines is sent to a science facility on Mars after a security alert. There they learn that a test subject injected with alien DNA has broken free and •••
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Exterritorial
2025 - Jeanne Goursaud, Dougray Scott, Lera Abova, Emanuel Fellmer, Annabelle Mandeng, Kayode...
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Sara, a former special forces soldier, goes to the American consulate in Frankfurt, and her son disappears inside the building. No one seems to remember the boy, so she does everything she •••
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G.I. Joe: Retaliation
2013 - Dwayne Johnson, Bruce Willis, Jonathan PryceAction, Science Fiction, Adventure, Thriller
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Framed for crimes against the country, the G.I. Joe team is shut down by order of the president. Its members have to fight both their old enemy, Cobra, and threats from inside the •••
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Heart of the Beast
2026 - Brad Pitt, J.K. Simmons, Anna Lambe, Justin Melnick, Shaun DeZernAdventure, Thriller
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After a plane crash, Special Forces officer James Belmont is stranded in the Alaskan wilderness with his military dog, Odin. The two must survive the cold and relentless nature together. •••
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Hidden Strike
2023 - Jackie Chan, John Cena, Pilou AsbækAction, Comedy, Thriller, Adventure
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Two elite soldiers must escort a group of civilians through a stretch of the Middle East, on a road full of gunfire and explosions. The two partners do not get along easily, but they have •••
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This list includes, for example, The Losers, Heart of the Beast, Counterattack.

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Among the titles with a known release year, the most recent are: Heart of the Beast (2026), One Last Shot (2026), Rage of Stars (2026).

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Titles released in this period include Triple Frontier (2019), Hunter Killer (2018), Mile 22 (2018).

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