Robert De Niro, 2006 (8*)
Based on a true story, this is the best directed film from Robert De Niro, who also co-stars in this film about Edmund Wilson, played as a straight patriot by Matt Damon. Wilson was recruited as an intelligence agent during WW2, before there really was a CIA established, so he's around in the formative days of the cold war of intelligence vs. the commies and other subversives. This is a realistic spy movie, so look for less action than the Bourne series of Damon's, but it's gripping and rewarding on its own merits, and also has Angelina Jolie but in an undemanding role.