
10 Shows Like The Recruit to Watch Next
Season 2 of the espionage series, The Recruit, starring Noah Centineo debuted yesterday, January 30th, on Netflix after a little over 2 years since its series debut. Season 2 finds CIA Lawyer, Owen Hendricks (Centineo), pulled into a life-threatening espionage situation in South Korea, only to realize that the bigger threat just might be coming from inside the Agency.
In addition to Noah Centineo returning as Owen, The Recruit season 2 series regulars include Teo Yoo (Past Lives), Aarti Mann (The Big Bang Theory), Colton Dunn (Superstore), Fivel Stewart (Atypical), Kristian Bruun (Orphan Black), Kaylah Zander (Fire Country), Maddie Hasson (Malignant), Angel Parker (Runaways), and Vondie Curtis-Hall (Justified: City Primeval).
If you’ve already binged Season 2 and are looking for more action-packed, thriller-like series, we have 10 suggestions of shows like The Recruit you can stream now.
The Americans (2013-2018)
Cast: Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Holly Taylor, Keidrich Sellati, Noah Emmerich, Annet Mahendru, Costa Ronin, Alison Wright, Richard Thomas, Margo Martindale, Maximiliano Hernández
Synopsis: “At the height of the Cold War, two Russian agents pose as the average American couple, complete with family.”
Where to watch: Apple TV, Hulu
Bodyguard (2018 miniseries)
Cast: Richard Madden, Keeley Hawes, Sophie Rundle, Gina McKee, Jed Mercurio, Pippa Haywood, Paul Ready, Vincent Franklin
Synopsis: “Set in and around the corridors of power, Bodyguard tells the fictional story of David Budd (Richard Madden), a heroic, but volatile war veteran now working as a Specialist Protection Officer for the Royalty and Specialist Branch (RasP) of London’s Metropolitan Police Service. When he is assigned to protect the ambitious and powerful Home Secretary Julia Montague (Keeley Hawes), Budd finds himself torn between his duty and his beliefs. Responsible for her safety, could he become her biggest threat?”
Where to watch: Netflix
Citadel (2023 – )
Cast: Richard Madden, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Stanley Tucci, Lesley Manville, Osy Ikhile, Ashleigh Cummings, Roland Møller, Caoilinn Springall, Moira Kelly, Leo Woodall, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Gráinne Good, Leo Ashizawa
Synopsis: “Global spy agency Citadel has fallen, and its agents’ memories were wiped clean. Now the powerful syndicate, Manticore, is rising in the void. Can the Citadel agents recollect their past and summon the strength to fight back?”
Where to watch: Prime Video
The Diplomat (2023 – )
Cast: Keri Russell, Rufus Sewell, David Gyasi, Ato Essandoh, Ali Ahn, Rory Kinnear, Celia Imrie, Nana Mensah, Miguel Sandoval, Michael McKean
Synopsis: “Amid an international crisis, a US diplomat contends with her high-profile new job as ambassador to the UK and her turbulent marriage to a political star.”
Where to watch: Netflix
The Night Agent (2023 – )
Cast: Gabriel Basso, Luciane Buchanan, Hong Chau, D.B. Woodside, Fola Evans-Akingbola, Sarah Desjardins, Eve Harlow, Phoenix Raei, Enrique Murciano, Kari Matchett
Synopsis: “Brought together by a midnight phone call, an FBI agent and a cybersecurity expert must unravel an ever-growing web of political conspiracies.”
Where to watch: Netflix
The Night Manager (2016 miniseries, Season 2 has been confirmed for 2025)
Cast: Hugh Laurie, Tom Hiddleston, Elizabeth Debicki, Olivia Colman, Tom Hollander, David Harewood, Tobias Menzies, David Farr, Alistair Petrie, Sobhita Dhulipala, Neil Morrissey, Douglas Hodge, Noah Jupe, Russell Tovey
Synopsis: “The Night Manager is based on the internationally acclaimed novel by master storyteller John le Carré. This suspenseful thriller follows Jonathan Pine as he endeavours to bring down the notorious arms dealer Richard Roper.”
Where to watch: Apple TV
Patriot (2015-2018)
Cast: Michael Dorman, Kurtwood Smith, Michael Chernus, Kathleen Munroe, Chris Conrad, Terry O’Quinn,
Synopsis: “To prevent Iran from going nuclear, intelligence officer John Tavner must forgo all safety nets and assume a perilous “non-official cover” — that of a mid-level employee at a Midwestern industrial piping firm.”
Where to watch: Prime Video
Prime Target (2025 miniseries)
Cast: Leo Woodall, Quintessa Swindell, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Martha Plimpton, Harry Lloyd, Stephen Rea, Fra Fee, Ali Suliman, Sergej Onopko
Synopsis: “A young mathematician is on the verge of a breakthrough when he realizes an unseen enemy is trying to destroy his idea; together with a government agent who’s been tracking him, he begins to unravel a conspiracy.”
Where to watch: Apple TV+
Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan (2018-2023)
Cast: John Krasinski, Wendell Pierce, Michael Kelly, Abbie Cornish, Betty Gabriel, John Hoogenakker, Kevin Kent, Adam Bernett, Nina Hoss, Noomi Rapace
Synopsis: “Author Tom Clancy introduced the character of Jack Ryan in a series of books before Ryan headed to the big screen in several films. Now the former U.S. Marine is featured in an episodic series for the first time, with John Krasinski portraying Ryan in this Amazon original thriller that centers on Ryan as an up-and-coming CIA analyst. He is thrust into a dangerous field assignment for the first time and uncovers a pattern in terrorist communication.”
Where to watch: Prime Video
Treason (2022 miniseries)
Cast: Oona Chaplin, Charlie Cox, Olga Kurylenko, Tracy Ifeachor, Alex Kingston, Ciarán Hinds, Beau Gadsdon, Adam James, Avital Lvova, Kevin Harvey
Synopsis: “Trained and groomed by MI6, Adam Lawrence’s career seems set. But when the past catches up with him in the form of Kara, a Russian spy with whom he shares a complicated past, he is forced to question everything and everyone in his life. A triangular relationship forms between Kara, Adam and his wife, Maddy; three people who are trying to expose each other’s secrets, navigate political and diplomatic relationships, whilst hanging onto their personal lives, and those they love most.”
Where to watch: Netflix
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