Jack Ryan

Six films and a series across four separate continuities, with five different actors in the part.

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Where to start with Jack Ryan

There is no single Jack Ryan story. There are four, sharing a name and nothing else, with five actors in the part. Pick a continuity rather than trying to watch them all in a line.

  1. 1
    The Hunt for Red October (1990) The Hunt for Red October

    The best of them by most accounts, and the start of the only film block with real continuity. Nothing before it.

  2. 2
    Patriot Games (1992) Patriot Games

    Harrison Ford replaces Alec Baldwin with no on-screen explanation, and the film simply carries on as though nothing happened. Its sequel follows it directly.

  3. 3
    Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, season 1 Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan

    A completely separate continuity on Prime Video with its own Ryan and its own Greer. It connects to none of the films, so it is a clean place to start if you want the newest version.

Then what? Clear and Present Danger finishes the first block. The Sum of All Fears and Shadow Recruit are each a reboot that stands entirely alone, so watch them singly or not at all. The series runs four seasons and then finishes in a film, Ghost War, released in May 2026, which is the fifth chapter of that continuity rather than a sixth film in any of the others.

A suggested way in, not an official one. The full list is below: tick anything off in either place.

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The First Continuity

  • The Hunt for Red October 1990
  • Patriot Games 1992
  • Clear and Present Danger 1994

The Two Reboots

  • The Sum of All Fears 2002
  • Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit 2014

The Prime Video Continuity

  • Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan 2018, 4 seasons, 30 episodes
  • Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War 2026

Adjacent

  • Without Remorse 2021

Tom Clancy's own novels

  • Without Remorse 1993
  • Patriot Games 1987
  • Red Rabbit 2002
  • The Hunt for Red October 1984
  • The Cardinal of the Kremlin 1988
  • Clear and Present Danger 1989
  • The Sum of All Fears 1991
  • Debt of Honor 1994
  • Executive Orders 1996
  • Rainbow Six 1998
  • The Bear and the Dragon 2000
  • The Teeth of the Tiger 2003
  • Dead or Alive 2010
  • Locked On 2011
  • Threat Vector 2012
  • Command Authority 2013

The continuation novels

  • Red Winter 2022
  • Support and Defend 2014
  • Full Force and Effect 2014
  • Under Fire 2015
  • Commander in Chief 2015
  • Duty and Honor 2016
  • True Faith and Allegiance 2016
  • Point of Contact 2017
  • Power and Empire 2017
  • Line of Sight 2018
  • Oath of Office 2018
  • Enemy Contact 2019
  • Code of Honor 2019
  • Firing Point 2020
  • Shadow of the Dragon 2020
  • Target Acquired 2021
  • Chain of Command 2021
  • Zero Hour 2022

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