Tom Clancy
Born in Maryland in 1947, Thomas Leo Clancy Jr is best-known for his technically-detailed political thrillers and espionage novels, generally set in and around The Cold War. A political conservative, he has donated thousands of dollars to the US Republican party, though he was a surprising supporter of Islam after the September 11 attacks. Many of his books have been translated to film with his ubiquitous Jack Ryan character being played by Harrison Ford twice in 'Clear and Present Danger' and 'Patriot Games', by Alec Baldwin in 'Hunt for Red October', and Ben Affleck in 'The Sum of All Fears'.
"I've made up stuff that's turned out to be real, that's the spooky part." - Tom Clancy
Clear and Present Danger (1994)
6.9/10
Director: Phillip Noyce
Starring: Harrison Ford, Anne Archer, Willem Dafoe
CIA superhero Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford) becomes aware of an illegal government plot against Colombian drug dealers. Second Tom Clancy thriller to star... Read more
Net Force (1999)
Director: Robert Lieberman
Starring: Scott Bakula, Kris Kristofferson, Judge Reinhold, Brian Dennehy
From best-selling author Tom Clancy comes this exciting cyber-action thriller set in the year 2005, where the continuous advancement of technology has... Read more
Patriot Games (1992)
6.9/10
Director: Phillip Noyce
Starring: Anne Archer, Patrick Bergin, Harrison Ford, Sean Bean, Thora Birch, James Fox, J...
This edge-of-the-seat thriller has ex CIA agent Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford) intervening in a terrorist attack, inspiring an Irish radical (Sean Bean) to... Read more
The Hunt For Red October (1990)
7.6/10
Director: John McTiernan
Starring: Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Sam Neill
An exciting, complex tale about a Soviet submarine captain who may (or may not) be planning to defect to the U.S. during the maiden voyage of a super... Read more
The Sum of All Fears (2002)
6.4/10
Director: Phil Alden Robinson
Starring: Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman, James Cromwell, Liev Schreiber, Bridget Moynahan
Ben Affleck inherits the role of Jack Ryan in this action-packed adaptation of Tom Clancy's novel. When a group of neo-Nazis steals a nuclear bomb, i... Read more