Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Special Forces

If you loved Special Forces, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant

Guy Ritchie's The Covenant

2023★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Special Forces for fans of Action & War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

During the war in Afghanistan, a local interpreter risks his own life to carry an injured sergeant across miles of grueling terrain....

#2
Dirty Angels

Dirty Angels

2024★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Special Forces for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

During the United States' 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, a group of female soldiers posing as medical relief are sent back in to rescue a group of kidnapped teenagers caught bet...

#3
Protector

Protector

2026★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Special Forces for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Nikki's life is shattered when her daughter is kidnapped. Thrust into the criminal underworld while hunted by cops and military, she must fight to rescue her child....

#4
Lions for Lambs

Lions for Lambs

2007★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Special Forces for fans of Action & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Three stories told simultaneously in ninety minutes of real time: a Republican Senator who's a presidential hopeful gives an hour-long interview to a skeptical television reporter,...

#5
The Yakuza

The Yakuza

1974★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Special Forces for fans of Action & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

When George Tanner does business with high-ranking Yakuza Tono, Tono kidnaps his daughter, and George summons his old friend, private eye Harry Kilmer, to Japan to investigate....

#6
Lone Survivor

Lone Survivor

2013★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Special Forces for fans of Action & Drama & War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Four Navy SEALs on a covert mission to neutralize a high-level Taliban operative must make an impossible moral decision in the mountains of Afghanistan that leads them into an enem...

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