The Good Shepherd

About The Good Shepherd

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.

The Good Shepherd (2006) is a history thriller film directed by Robert De Niro. Matt Damon takes the lead as Edward Bell Wilson, Angelina Jolie as Margaret Ann Russell, Robert De Niro as Bill Sullivan, and Alec Baldwin as Sam Murach.

At 167 minutes long, it arrived in December 2006. Written by Eric Roth. It comes from American Zoetrope, Morgan Creek Entertainment, and Tribeca Productions.

Shelv files it under central intelligence agency (CIA), cold war, kids, and wife. In the United States it streams on Netflix and Netflix Standard with Ads. It scores 6.4 out of 10 from 1,352 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Atomic Blonde, and Spies Like Us make useful companions to The Good Shepherd, all filed under KGB.