Movies like The Good Shepherd
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The Good Shepherd (2006)
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion, qualities that help him to be recruited for a career in the newly founded OSS. His dedication to his work does not come without a price though, leading him to sacrifice his ideals and eventually his family.
Style:
tense, realistic, suspense, factual, political, serious, suspenseful, rough, cerebral, emotional ...
Plot:
cold war, spy, cia, espionage, double agent, corruption, intrigue, betrayal, invasion, conspiracy, politics, suspicion, kgb, patriotism, secret agents, government agency, dishonesty, state affairs, who to trust, gangsters, secret service, husband wife relationship, intelligence agency, idealism, world war two ...
Time:
1940s, 60s, 50s, year 1945, year 1939, year 1947, year 1944 ...
Place:
usa, cuba, berlin germany, washington d.c., africa, latin america, russia ...
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Most similar movies to The Good Shepherd
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out interesting, realistic, tense and suspenseful films with plots about betrayal, dialogue, spy, espionage, secrets, corruption and politics mostly in Drama, Thriller and History genres. Some movies like The Good Shepherd: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Bridge of Spies (2015), Syriana (2005), Breach (2007), Munich (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet mole within his former colleagues at the heart of MI6.
Style:
suspense, thought provoking, tense, bleak, non-linear ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, espionage, spy, investigation, secret service, mole, british intelligence, double agent, betrayal, government agency, secret agents, surveillance ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
europe, london, england, budapest, istanbul turkey ...
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100%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Germany, India, USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate ...
Style:
suspense, political, realistic, tricky, intense ...
Plot:
lawyer, cold war, espionage, spy, cia, berlin wall, negotiation, justice, soviet spy, court, border crossing, rescue ...
Time:
60s, year 1957, year 1960, 50s, 20th century
Place:
berlin germany, east germany, ussr, west germany, brooklyn new york city ...
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100%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The Middle Eastern oil industry is the backdrop of this tense drama, which weaves together numerous story lines. Bennett Holiday is an American lawyer in charge of facilitating a dubious merger of oil companies, while Bryan Woodman, a ...
Style:
suspense, political, tense, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot:
terrorism, spy, cia, espionage, capitalism, politics, globalization, corruption, oil, conspiracy, political conspiracy, deal ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
middle east, usa, iran, lebanon, israel ...
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100%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Eric O'Neill, a computer specialist who wants to be made an agent is assigned to clerk for Robert Hanssen, a senior agent with 25 years in the FBI, and to write down everything Hanssen does. O'Neill's told it's an investigation ...
Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, intense, suspense ...
Plot:
espionage, spy, investigation, fbi, surveillance, cia, manipulation, intrigue, betrayal, double agent, suspicion, character study ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century, year 2001, 2000s
Place:
usa, ussr, moscow russia, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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228K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, France
Duration: 164 min.
Story:
During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track down and ...
Style:
political, suspenseful, tense, rough, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, espionage, assassination, jewish, vengeance, spy, mossad, murder, politics, judaism, terrorist, secret agents ...
Time:
70s, year 1972, 20th century
Place:
middle east, israel, beirut lebanon, europe, palestine ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 290 min.
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Story:
In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6's echelons.
Style:
talky, clever, serious, ironic, cynical ...
Plot:
cold war, spy, espionage, secret service, double agent, secret agents, betrayal, investigation, kgb, russian, mole, twists and turns ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
london, england, britain, europe, paris france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, scary, interesting ...
Plot:
cold war, spy, reconnaissance, russian spy, cuban missile crisis, counter intelligence, interrogation, secret agents, agent, special agents, war, wartime ...
Time:
year 1960, year 1962, year 1964, 60s, 50s ...
Place:
langley virginia, cuba, ussr, moscow russia, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Dramatisation of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the discovery by the Americans of missle bases established on the Soviet allied island of Cuba. Shown from the perspective of the US President, John F Kennedy, ...
Style:
political, suspenseful, tense, thought provoking, disturbing ...
Plot:
cold war, politics, president, political intrigue, leadership, un, diplomacy, white house, spy, undercover, nuclear threat, rivalry ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1962
Place:
cuba, ussr, boston, russia, the philippines ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A tragic love story set in East Berlin with the backdrop of an undercover Stasi controlled culture. Stasi captain Wieler is ordered to follow author Dreyman and plunges deeper and deeper into his life until he reaches the threshold of doubting the ...
Style:
gloomy, tense, reflective, political, sincere ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
cold war, surveillance, spy, berlin wall, stasi, iron curtain, espionage, communism, redemption, voyeurism, interrogation, loneliness ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, 20th century, 90s
Place:
east germany, berlin germany, germany, europe, east berlin ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
When an Egyptian terrorism suspect "disappears" on a flight from Africa to Washington DC, his American wife and a CIA analyst find themselves caught up in a struggle to secure his release from a secret detention facility somewhere outside ...
Style:
rough, serious, tense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
terrorism, politics, conspiracy, kidnapping, terrorist, surveillance, torture, cia, war on terror, spy, police brutality, introspection ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
middle east, washington d.c., egypt, south africa, israel ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Films like Zero Dark Thirty
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Parole officer Jack Mabry has only a few weeks left before retirement and wishes to finish out the cases he's been assigned. One such case is that of Gerald 'Stone' Creeson, a convicted arsonist who is up for parole. Jack is initially ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, thought provoking, surprise ending, serious ...
Plot:
prison, manipulation, crimes, infidelity, deception, seduction, redemption, twists and turns, couples, dishonesty, dangerous attraction, confined ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, new york, michigan, usa, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The CIA’s hunt is on for the mastermind of a wave of terrorist attacks. Roger Ferris is the agency’s man on the ground, moving from place to place, scrambling to stay ahead of ever-shifting events. An eye in the sky – a satellite link – ...
Style:
tense, realistic, clever, political, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, spy, cia, espionage, intelligence agency, terrorist, cia agent, government agency, secret service, bomb, moral ambiguity, terrorist attack ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
middle east, jordan, israel, virginia, washington d.c. ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Japan, UK
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Adolf Hitler. When events unfold so that he becomes a ...
Style:
factual, tense, bad ending, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi, war, nazism, hitler, nazi germany, conspiracy, resistance, politics, wehrmacht, espionage, german ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, year 1943, 20th century
Place:
germany, berlin germany, africa, poland, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
A French intelligence agent becomes embroiled in the Cold War politics first with uncovering the events leading up to the 1962 Cuban Missle Crisis, and then back to France to break up an international Russian spy ring.
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, psychological, sexy ...
Plot:
spy, cold war, espionage, betrayal, surveillance, cuban missile crisis, kgb, secret agents, politics, state affairs, undercover, government agency ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1962
Place:
cuba, france, paris france, copenhagen, new york ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 189 min.
Story:
New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.
Style:
political, suspense, thought provoking, enigmatic, disturbing ...
Plot:
political conspiracy, investigation, president, kennedy assassination, legal, gay slur, assassination, politics, cia, corruption, assassination of president, lawyer ...
Time:
60s, year 1963, 20th century
Place:
new orleans, washington d.c., austin texas, dallas texas, cuba ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot recruits a young analyst to supply insight ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, exciting, political, tense ...
Plot:
cold war, spy, cia, espionage, terrorism, nuclear bomb, nuclear war, terrorist, white house, nuclear explosion, covert operation, nuclear threat ...
Time:
contemporary, 90s, 21st century, 70s, 2000s ...
Place:
maryland, russia, israel, washington d.c., middle east ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
This espionage thriller represents a landmark in spy movies introducing the sly, dry intelligence agent Harry Palmer. The story, centers on Palmer's investigation into British Intelligence security. He's soon enmeshed in a world of ...
Style:
atmospheric, suspenseful, suspense, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
espionage, cold war, spy, conspiracy, brainwashing, investigation, politics, british, double agent, political intrigue, undercover, rivalry ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
london, albania, england, berlin germany, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Ireland
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a nefarious past and connections to all of the top political and gangster figures in Panama. The ...
Style:
talky, suspense, stylized, sexy, realistic ...
Plot:
spy, espionage, politics, cold war, mentor, adultery, gangsters, brainwashing, conspiracy, mother son relationship, complex characters, happy ending ...
Time:
90s
Place:
panama, latin america, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
British agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the cold war during the 1960s, choosing to face another mission, which may prove to be his final one.
Style:
political, suspense, talky, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
cold war, espionage, spy, berlin wall, iron curtain, double agent, british intelligence, politics, loner, betrayal, library, cynicism ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
berlin germany, east germany, london, england, germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Based on Mariane Pearl's account of the terrifying and unforgettable story of her husband, Wall Street Journal reporter Danny Pearl's life and death.
Style:
emotional, realistic, serious, factual, touching ...
Plot:
loss of spouse, murder, execution, friendship, justice, faith, journalism, jihad, new love, death, husband wife relationship, father son relationship ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary, 90s, september 11 2001, 2000s ...
Place:
pakistan, middle east, new york, los angeles, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Germany
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A Chechen Muslim illegally immigrates to Hamburg and becomes a person of interest for a covert government team which tracks the movements of potential terrorists.
Style:
bleak, thought provoking, tense, clever, political ...
Plot:
espionage, spy, terrorism, intelligence, surveillance, secret service, investigation, islam, betrayal, manipulation, who to trust, character study ...
Time:
21st century, 2000s, contemporary
Place:
hamburg germany, germany, berlin germany, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Mexico
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
espionage, spy, cold war, treason, undercover, double agent, political conspiracy, dishonesty, society, buddies, rebellion, drugs ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
usa, california, mexico city, ussr, australia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, suspense, political, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, cia, espionage, military, terrorist, 9/11, swat team, spy, manhunt, al qaeda, terrorist group, post september 11 2001 ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary, september 11 2001, year 2003, year 2005 ...
Place:
middle east, pakistan, iraq, baghdad iraq, paris france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
In the run-up to the 1972 elections, Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward covers what seems to be a minor break-in at the Democratic Party National headquarters. He is surprised to find top lawyers already on the defense case, and the discovery of ...
Style:
political, realistic, thought provoking, cerebral, factual ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
journalism, newspaper, political conspiracy, politics, investigation, white house, political corruption, conspiracy, journalist, president, investigative journalism, political intrigue ...
Time:
70s, year 1973, year 1972, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., usa, miami, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
The Manchurian Candidate is a political thriller from American director John Frankenheimer. An American soldier is brainwashed into being a killer for the communist Russians during the Korean War.
Style:
suspense, political, tense, thought provoking, psychological ...
Plot:
conspiracy, cold war, political conspiracy, brainwashing, korean war, senator, manipulation, assassin, political intrigue, spy, politics, assassination ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, year 1952
Place:
north korea, korea, new york, usa, ussr ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Argo similar movies
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A U.S. Army general alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.
Style:
political, suspense, suspenseful, tense, intense ...
Plot:
cold war, politics, conspiracy, white house, military, u.s. air force, espionage, terrorism, secret service, betrayal, race against time, revolution ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 20th century, future
Place:
pentagon, latin america, austin texas, california, russia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Inspired by true events, Olympic swimmer Harry Melchior defects from East Germany in the 1960s and hatches a daring plot to help his sister and others flee East Berlin through a 145-yard underground tunnel.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, compassionate, captivating ...
Plot:
tunnel, berlin wall, politics, betrayal, communism, political unrest, wartime, freedom, breast feeding, brutality, cold war, heroes ...
Time:
60s
Place:
east germany, berlin germany, germany, west berlin west germany, german democratic republic ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Five highly-trained KGB agents are sent to the west to assassinate several Soviet dissidents. In order to stop the diabolical plot, an American agent must infiltrate Soviet intelligence and obtain information from a Russian computer.
Style:
suspenseful, intense, serious, realistic, sexy ...
Plot:
cold war, spy, kgb, iron curtain, espionage, assassination, undercover, dishonesty, politics, journalism, government agency, rivalry ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
east germany, germany, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK, France, Spain, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller and his team of Army inspectors were dispatched to find weapons of mass destruction believed to be stockpiled in the Iraqi desert. Rocketing from one booby-trapped ...
Style:
suspense, tense, exciting, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
iraq war, cia, war, military, swat team, spy, army, deception, soldier, pow, chase, investigation ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary, 2000s, year 2003
Place:
iraq, middle east, baghdad iraq, israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Roy Parmenter is an FBI agent in San Diego; 20 years ago his partner was killed by a Soviet spy, nicknamed Scuba, still at large. Scuba is now trying to extort the Soviets; to prove he's serious, he's killing their agents one by one, ...
Style:
tense, exciting, suspenseful, sexy, clever ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
spy, fbi, cold war, teenager, investigation, crimes, death, teenage boy, mentor, secrets, violence, serial killer ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
russia, los angeles, usa, california, san diego california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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