Movies like The Good Shepherd
The Good Shepherd (2006) is a thriller movie directed by Robert De Niro. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. Atomic Blonde (2017)
★ 6.4 · 6,821 votes · Action, Thriller
An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents.
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2. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
★ 6.6 · 3,033 votes · Drama, Thriller, Mystery
George Smiley, the aging master spy of the Cold War and once heir apparent to Control, is brought back out of retirement to flush out a top level mole within the Circus. Smiley must travel back through his life and murky workings of the Circus to unravel the net spun by his nemesis Karla 'The Sandman' of the KGB and reveal the identity of the mole before he disappears.
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3. Mission: Impossible III (2006)
★ 6.8 · 7,918 votes · Adventure, Action, Thriller
Retired from active duty, and training recruits for the Impossible Mission Force, agent Ethan Hunt faces the toughest foe of his career: Owen Davian, an international broker of arms and information, who's as cunning as he is ruthless. Davian emerges to threaten Hunt and all that he holds dear – including the woman Hunt loves.
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4. GoldenEye (1995)
★ 6.9 · 4,513 votes · Adventure, Action, Thriller
When a powerful secret defense system is stolen, James Bond is assigned to stop a Russian crime syndicate from using it.
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5. Bridge of Spies (2015)
★ 7.2 · 7,468 votes · Thriller, Drama
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 his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man's freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court.
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6. Anna (2019)
★ 6.7 · 3,125 votes · Action, Adventure, Thriller
Beneath Anna Poliatova's striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the world's most feared government assassins.
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7. The Lives of Others (2006)
★ 8.0 · 4,312 votes · Drama, Thriller
In 1984 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and his actress-lover Christa-Maria. Wiesler becomes unexpectedly sympathetic to the couple, and faces conflicting loyalties when his superior takes a liking to Christa-Maria.
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8. Argo (2012)
★ 7.3 · 9,252 votes · Drama, Thriller
As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.
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9. Black Bag (2025)
★ 6.4 · 1,404 votes · Drama, Mystery, Thriller
When intelligence agent Kathryn Woodhouse is suspected of betraying the nation, her husband – also a legendary agent – faces the ultimate test of whether to be loyal to his marriage, or his country.
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10. The Postcard Killings (2020)
★ 6.3 · 666 votes · Drama, Thriller
After suffering a personal tragedy, and desperate for justice, Jacob Kanon, a veteran New York City police detective, embarks on the search for a twisted killer who is leaving a bloody trail of elaborate murders across Europe.
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11. The Whisper Man (2026)
★ 6.9 · 917 votes · Crime, Drama, Thriller
When his young son vanishes, a widower enlists help from his estranged father, a retired detective who put away the serial killer now linked to the case.
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12. Night Hunter (2019)
★ 6.6 · 1,115 votes · Drama, Thriller
A Minnesota police officer crosses paths with a committed and tireless vigilante as he follows the trail of a ruthless predator responsible for several abductions and murders.
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13. The Client (1994)
★ 6.7 · 1,455 votes · Drama, Thriller, Crime
A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome shoots himself, he tells Mark where the body of a Senator is buried. Clifford shoots himself and Mark is found at the scene, and both the FBI and the Mafia quickly realize that Mark probably knows more than he says.
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14. Butterfly on a Wheel (2007)
★ 6.4 · 589 votes · Crime, Drama, Thriller
A sociopathic kidnapper methodically pushes a desperate pair of parents to their absolute breaking point.
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