25 Prime Originals that make your Amazon Prime membership totally worth it

17. Jack Ryan

Need a military drama? Jack Ryan is the show to turn to. Based on the novels by Tom Clancy, the Amazon series is the first foray into TV. All other adaptations have been movies. John Krasinski takes on the titular role, with Wendell Pierce as James Greer.

Don’t expect this to be anything like the movie versions you’ve already seen. Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan will take you through the origin story. An up-and-coming CIA analyst, Ryan realizes that there may be more to the work that he’s researching. When that proves to be likely, he’s pulled into his first field assignment, one that could put his life at risk.

Soon enough, Jack Ryan continues to uncover a strange pattern in communication. The team also uncovers terrorism on a bigger scale. As all denominations of Muslims unite, the world is threatened in a way never seen before.

This is not a series for the faint-hearted. There are some heartbreaking scenes that will leave you clawing for the next episode to find out what’s happened. Don’t watch this before you go to bed, as it can give you nightmares.