Reacher brought the Lee Child character to the small screen in a streaming series on Prime Video. While there were two movies based on the same character with Tom Cruise in the lead, they were not as accepted by fans of the novel because Cruise didn't fit the role of Jack Reacher. However, the streaming series has almost universal acclaim.
For fans who love the series, as Reacher fights for people who can't fight for themselves, and does it brilliantly and tactically, there are plenty of other shows on TV that play along the same lines. Whether fans are wanting big action, strong characters, or just a great time with a fun series, Reacher fans have plenty of options.
Jack Ryan — Stream On Prime Video
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan is different from Jack Reacher in several ways, but he also shares some strong similarities. Both men are brilliant and can figure out what is going on before most of the characters surrounding them. While Reacher is pure muscle, Ryan mostly gets by with his brains and a gun when needed.
However, Jack Ryan is similar to Reacher in that both men are trying to help people who can't help themselves. It also helps that both shows are on Prime Video, so Reacher fans can flip right over to watch Ryan in action without changing services.
Bosch — Stream On Prime Video
Just like Reacher, the Prime Video series Bosch is also based on a popular novel series, this one by Michael Connelly. Movie fans might know Connelly better for his Lincoln Lawyer movies, but that character is a spin-off from the Bosch nooks.
Titus Welliver stars as Bosch, a Los Angeles police homicide detective named Harry Bosch who has little regard for authority and even more trouble staying out of trouble himself.
The Outsider — Stream On HBO Max
based on a novel by Stephen King. While it has horror elements and a monster as the villain, it is at heart a mystery story with a detective at its center.
A family man is accused of the murder of a child and the entire community turns on him. However, when evidence proves he is innocent, a local detective starts looking into it and calls in a PI named Holly Gibney to help him solve the case. This is very similar to Reacher calling out to his PI friend, s.
Luther — Stream On Netflix
Jack Reacher shares a bit in common with John Luther. Both men are big and willing to get their hands dirty if it means helping someone. In Luther, it is Idris Elba as the Detective Chief Inspector for the Serious Crimes department.
In the series, which originally aired on BBC, Luther has to solve murder cases while realizing that one specific murderer has his eye on him for complicated reasons. Like Reacher, Luther is impulsive and violent, but also brilliant and deductive.
Justified — Stream On Hulu
One thing that Reacher is known for is dealing with problems in smaller American cities. In Reacher, he was in a small town in Georgia that had a corrupt mayor and sheriff, and a wealthy man running things in the town. In Justified, the small town is even smaller.
Based on the novel series by Elmore Leonard, Justified is about a lawman named Raylan Givens who will resort to violence when needed to stop criminals. However, his life is complicated by his relationship with a local criminal named Boyd Crowder.
Titans — Stream On HBO Max
Fans will find more in common than they might have expected between Reacher and the DC Comics series on HBO Max, Titans. This is not the Teen Titans that parents watched with their kids for the last two decades. This is a violent and brutal look at vigilantism.
However, there is one other reason fans of Reacher might love Titans. Jack Reacher himself, Alan Ritchson plays Hawk in Titans, one of Robin's old allies and one of the main characters in this comic book world.
Mayor Of Kingstown — Stream On Paramount+
Mayor of Kingstown is a new series that premiered on Paramount+ in 2021. It also has some very familiar faces in the lead roles, with the MCU's Jeremy Renner, Kyle Chandler, and Dianne Wiest. This show will remind everyone of the politics of a corrupt town.
Here, it is one powerful family in Kingstown, Michigan, who controls everything because they control the only profitable business keeping the town alive. It is the same dilemma from Reacher, and as in that series, it is all about bringing this family down without destroying the community.
Sneaky Pete — Stream On Prime Video
Sneaky Pete is another Prime Video series, this one following a released convict who takes over the identity of his cellmate to avoid returning to the life that he left behind. However, once he arrives in the town of that man, he learns that he is now possibly in worse trouble than ever before.
Giovanni Ribisi starred as Pete Murphy, the con-man who took the other man's identity. He then tricks the other man's family into believing it is him and then puts everyone else in danger when his past catches up with him over the three seasons of the show.
The Following — Buy On Prime Video
Kevin Bacon starred in The Following, a network mystery thriller from Fox about a former FBI agent who wants to recapture a serial killer who escaped from prison. The problem is that the two men know each other two well since it was Bacon's Ryan that put James Purefoy's Joe away, to begin with.
When Joe starts a cult that brings together like-minded killers, it makes the police's job even harder. There was also a second season that kept the idea of a cult of killers that want to lure Joe out of hiding, while a third season ties the entire story up.
Shooter — Stream On Netflix
Shooter shares more than one similarity with Reacher and is a very comparable show for fans. In Reacher, Jack Reacher is a former military man who left with honor and has chosen to walk the country, where he often ends up in trouble. It is then that he uses his specialized military training to solve his problems.
In Shooter, Ryan Phillippe stars as Bob Lee Swagger in a show based on the novel Point of Impact by Stephen Hunter. Here, he is a retired Marine Corps sniper living in seclusion who is called in to help stop an assassination attempt on the president but finds himself framed for the murder of the Ukrainian president. He then has to use his military training to clear his name and save himself.