Best movies about special operations

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Best movies about special operations

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

Based on 0 votes, the movie 12 Strong, starring Chris Hemsworth and Michael Shannon, came in first as the best movie about special operations of all time, followed by American Sniper and Clear and Present Danger from 1994. Scroll down for the top 10 movies about special operations, recommended by movie fans in 2026.

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12 Strong
2018 - Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, Michael Peña, Trevante Rhodes, Navid Negahban
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12 Strong takes place in the terrible days after September 11, 2001, when an elite Special Forces unit led by Captain Mitch Nelson (Chris Hemsworth) is chosen as the first unit of American •••
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American Sniper
2014 - Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Kyle Gallner, Cole Konis, Ben Reed, Elise Robertson, Keir...
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Chris is sent to Iraq with one mission: to protect his comrades on the battlefield. His accurate shooting saves many lives, earning him the nickname “Legend” among his fellow soldiers. But •••
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Clear and Present Danger
1994 - Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe, Joaquim de AlmeidaAction, Drama, Thriller
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Newly made acting Deputy Director of Intelligence at the CIA, Jack Ryan finds that an American businessman murdered on his yacht, a friend of the President, had links to drug dealers. To •••
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Extraction
2020 - Chris Hemsworth, Rudhraksh Jaiswal, Randeep Hooda, Golshifteh Farahani, Pankaj Tripathi...
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Tyler Rake (Chris Hemsworth), a tough mercenary operating on the black market, is given the most dangerous mission of his life when he is hired to rescue the kidnapped son of a drug lord.
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Extraction 2
2023 - Chris Hemsworth, Golshifteh Farahani, Adam Bessa, Tornike Gogrichiani, Tornike Bziava...
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After narrowly escaping the events of the first film, Rake returns as the Australian mercenary operating on the black market. A new dangerous mission awaits him: to rescue the family of a •••
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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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In the Grey
2026 - Henry Cavill, Jake Gyllenhaal, Eiza González, Carlos Bardem, Michael Vu, Fisher Stevens...
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A secret team of elite agents is sent to recover a billion dollar fortune stolen by a dictator. The nearly impossible mission turns into a dangerous game of strategy and deception. Henry •••
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Land of Bad
2024 - Liam Hemsworth, Russell Crowe, Luke Hemsworth, Ricky Whittle, Milo Ventimiglia, Chika...
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When a Delta Force special ops mission goes terribly wrong, Air Force drone pilot Reaper has 48 hours to remedy what has devolved into a wild rescue operation. With no weapons and no •••
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Lone Survivor
2013 - Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch, Ben Foster, Eric Bana, Ali Suliman...
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Four Navy SEALs undertake a covert mission in Afghanistan. Following a difficult decision, they are caught in an ambush and fight to survive.
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Mile 22
2018 - Mark Wahlberg, Lauren Cohan, Iko UwaisAction, Thriller
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An elite team of American operatives, backed by a secret tactical unit, must move an informant holding dangerous secrets to an extraction point 22 miles away, through the hostile streets •••
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This list includes, for example, 12 Strong, Lone Survivor, American Sniper.

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Among the titles with a known release year, the most recent are: In the Grey (2026), Warfare (2025), Land of Bad (2024).

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Titles released in this period include 12 Strong (2018), Mile 22 (2018), American Sniper (2014).

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