The Dirty Dozen (1967), Operation Crossbow (1965), Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017), American Assassin (2017), The Devil's Brigade (1968), Legion of Brothers (2017), G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009), The Green Berets (1968) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Special Ops movies.
Storyline: A Major with an attitude problem and a history of getting things done is told to interview military prisoners with death sentences or long terms for a dangerous mission; To parachute behind enemy lines and cause havoc for the German Generals at a rest house on the eve of D-Day.
Plot Keywords: colonel, prisoner, murderer, nazi, rapist, major, brash ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: This is the story of the methods used to defeat Hitler's V1 (doodlebug) and V2 (rocket) "revenge weapons" towards the end of World War II. Even though the Nazis were in retreat, these weapons could have turned their defeat into victory. This movie includes references to Hannah Reich, who was a German test pilot in real-life.—Steve Crook <steve@brainstorm.co.uk>
Plot Keywords: lieutenant, woman, spy, prime minister, general, colonel, suspenseful ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In the Century XXVIII, the space station Alpha is a city where beings from different planets live together exchanging their knowledge and culture. Peace is granted by a human force, including Major Valerian and his partner Sergeant Laureline. They are assigned by the Defence Minister to retrieve the last species of converter in a dangerous mission. They succeed and back to Alpha, unknown humanoids abduct Commander Arun Filitt expecting to steal the converter. They head to a forbidden area that is infected but Valerian and Laureline follow them and disclose a hidden secret about the race and the infected area.
Plot Keywords: operative, alien, villain, civilian, space traveler, government official, brooding ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Twenty three-year-old Mitch lost his parents to a tragic car accident at the age of fourteen, and his girlfriend to a terrorist attack just as they were engaged. Seeking revenge, he is enlisted by CIA Deputy Director Irene Kennedy as a black ops recruit. Kennedy then assigns Cold War veteran Stan Hurley to train Mitch. Together they will later on investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on military and civilian targets. The discovery of a pattern in the violence leads them to a joint mission with a lethal Turkish agent to stop a mysterious operative intent on starting a world war in the Middle East.
Plot Keywords: recruit, fiancé, terrorist, agent, operative, emotional, engaging ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: At the onset of World War II, American Lt. Col. Robert Frederick (William Holden) is put in charge of a unit called the 1st Special Service Force, composed of elite Canadian commandos and undisciplined American soldiers. With Maj. Alan Crown (Cliff Robertson) leading the Canadians and Maj. Cliff Bricker (Vince Edwards) the acting head of the American contingent, there is initial tension -- but the team comes together when given a daunting mission that few would dare to attempt.
Plot Keywords: colonel, major, american, soldier, canadian, private, confident ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Immediately after the 9/11 attacks, fewer than 100 US Troops were sent on a secret mission to overthrow the Taliban. What happens next is equal parts war-origin story and cautionary tale, illuminating the impact of 15 years of constant combat.—edited by Peter Victor
Plot Keywords: green beret, terrorist, soldier, george w. bush, intense, patriotic, powerful ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Two soldiers stationed in Kazahkstan (Captain Duke Hauser and his partner "Ripcord") are ordered to transport special warheads created by MARS, an arms' manufacturer controlled by James McCullen. When they are attacked by thieves (led by Anastasia DeCobray, with whom Duke has history), they are saved by a top secret, international special forces unit known as "G.I. Joe". The leader of G.I. Joe, General Abernathy (or Hawk) is on the trail of the thieves: an evil organization called "Cobra". While Duke and Ripcord train to join the Joes, McCullen ("Destro") is secretly working for Cobra and plotting to recapture his metal-eating "Nanomite" warheads. Duke and Ripcord (with help from Heavy Duty, Snake Eyes, and the rest of the Joes) must prove that they are Real American Heroes -- by stopping the launch of these warheads before Cobra uses them to take over the world.
Plot Keywords: general, arms dealer, soldier, thief, hero, beautiful woman, gutsy ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: U.S. Special Forces troops ("Green Berets") under the command of Colonel Mike Kirby defend a firebase during the Vietnam war. War correspondent George Beckwith accompanies Kirby and objects to both the war and the means by which it is executed. Kirby's firebase is overrun and his troops fight bravely to retake it. Kirby and a select group of his men are then ordered on a special mission to capture a high-level Viet Cong officer.
Plot Keywords: green beret, army officer, soldier, colonel, reporter, orphan, rousing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: During the Vietnam War, a village that American forces are using to spy on the Ho Chi Minh Trail has its sacred elephant killed by the North Vietnamese Army because they were cooperating with the Americans. The villagers need an elephant for a ceremony that will occur within the week. Captain Sam Cahill, an easygoing man who is heading home, and his hotheaded replacement Captain TC Doyle scrounge up another elephant with the help of sneaky supply chief warrant officer David Poole, luckless farmboy Lawrence Farley, and short-timer Harvey Ashford, and transport it across South Vietnam to get it to the village on time, running into all sorts of transport problems, personality conflicts, and an NVA squad that wants the Americans out of the village.—Jeff Cross <blackjac_1998@yahoo.com>
Plot Keywords: captain, soldier, villager, trainer, viet cong, elephant, playful ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Stacie Randall plays Harley, a Special Forces agent-turned-investigator, who arrives on the scene of an apparent mob hit to help the local police. In actuality, she's hunting down Francis Lydell, her former C.O. and lover, who shot her in the head when she turned down his offer to become part of the freelance assassination squad he was forming. Ignoring the need for surgery to remove the bullet fragment which still causes her to have occasional bouts of disorientation, she continues her quest to bring down Lydell before he has the chance to kill a Mafia informant being held at the police station.—Chris Holland <stomptokyo@aol.com>
Plot Keywords: woman, special agent, assassin, thrilling, suspenseful, tense, los angeles ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Andy Marlow, an ex British S.A.S serviceman turned mercenary, is sent into the Balkans after a military coup has arisen to rescue a U.S ambassador and his aide.
Plot Keywords: mercenary, ambassador, war criminal, suspenseful, serbia, safe, special ops ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: An AWOL Marine with secret government information is hunted by Russian special operations soldiers, the L.A.P.D., and a dangerous assassin.
Plot Keywords: russian soldier, russian spy, marine, secret agent, informant, gripping, gritty ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: During the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Yon Zheng sends a squad of blade-wielding assassins after his enemies, the Herders.
Plot Keywords: emperor, warrior, thrilling, cool, china, empire, magic ...
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